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Second generation more successful than first generation
Slowdown in job losses
Age, sex and education level affect hourly wages
Unemployment up slightly
Part-time jobs in private sector also increasing
Nine out of ten women go back to work after having a baby
Slight increase in the number of vacancies
Older people working more
Labour disability no longer growing
Dutch unemployment rate still one of the lowest in Eurozone
Unemployment up after months of decrease
Third quarter economic growth: 1.4 percent
One quarter of income support claimants start reintegration process
Highest sick leave rate in Flevoland
Working less, learning longer
Job losses in all provinces except Flevoland in 2003
Unemployment further down
Welfare no longer increasing in number
Smaller increase in collectively agreed wages
More female managers
End to rise in jobs in non-commercial services
Job loss increasing to 119 thousand
97 thousand young unemployed in 2003
Unemployment falls slighty
Job vacancies rise further
Many foreigners move out of disability benefits
Strong rise in unemployment at an end
Dutch economy grows 1.0 percent in second quarter 2004
Forty-hour working week still exists
Local government: job growth and ageing employees
No further rise in unemployment
Increase in unemployment benefits slows down, decrease in labour disablement benefits
Wage costs rise faster than wages
Part-time work booming in last decade
Returners less active job hunters
Over 100 thousand jobs lost
Sick leave rate down in first quarter 2004
Almost half a million people unemployed
Partners rarely both work full-time
More vacancies
Fewer movements on the labour market in 2003
Unemployment remains high
Many employees earn more than ministers
Wage costs rise by more than collectively agreed wages
Fewer vacancies for school-leavers
Unemployment continues rapid rise
Increase in unemployment benefits and national assistance, decrease in labour disablement benefits
Small incidental wage increase in 2002
Sick leave private sector 11 percent down
Most employees retire around 60
Higher education level: short unemployment, longer periods of disability
Clever at school, successful on the labour market
Changing prosperity around family formation
More than four in ten employees work in the evening or on Saturdays
No further fall in job vacancies
Unemployment tops 6 percent
Unemployment up sharply in Flevoland and North Brabant
Unemployment grows faster among foreigners
Fewer jobs again in private sector
Sharp increase in unemployment
Labour participation down in 2003
Fewer people off sick in private sector
Strong rise in unemployment in 2003
Unemployment benefits up again
Three million people cannot or do not want to work
Collectively agreed wage increases above inflation in 2003
Highest job growth in Flevoland and Friesland
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