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National Energy Outlook 2015
The National Energy Outlook outlines the current state of the Dutch energy system in an international context.
NEV 2015: Energy in the Netherlands at a tipping point
NEV 2015: Energy supplies in the Netherlands have reached a tipping point.
Employment marginally down
The number of employee jobs declined by 4 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2013 relative to the third quarter. In the preceding quarters, the decline was much more substantial.
Number of jobs continues to fall
The number of jobs of employees was 147 thousand lower in the second quarter of 2013 than in the same period of 2012, a reduction by 1.9 percent.
Second estimate for first quarter of 2013: economy shrinks by 0.4 percent
According to Statistics Netherlands’ second estimate, Dutch economic growth was -0.4 percent in the first quarter of 2013 compared with the previous quarter.
Employment falls further
The number of jobs of employees was 121 thousand (1.5 percent) lower in the first quarter of 2013 than in the same period one year previously. It is the fifth consecutive quarter that the number of...
Employment further down
In the third quarter of 2012, 82 thousand jobs of employees were lost relative to the third quarter of 2011, i.e. a decline by 1.0 percent.
Number of jobs declining further
In the third quarter of 2012, 75 thousand jobs of employees were lost relative to the third quarter of 2011. This is a decline of 0.9 percent. In the first two quarters of 2012, the number of jobs...
Fewer jobs
In the second quarter of this year, 53 thousand jobs of employees (a decline by 0.7 percent) were lost relative to the second quarter of 2011. Employment was down in many sectors relative to one year...
Fewer jobs
In the second quarter of this year, 55 thousand jobs of employees (a decline by 0.7 percent) were lost relative to the second quarter of 2011. Employment was down in many sectors relative to one year...
Employment marginally down
In the first quarter of this year, 26 thousand jobs of employees (a decline by 0.3 percent) were lost relative to the first quarter of 2011.
Slightly fewer jobs
In the first quarter of 2012, the number of jobs of employees was 13 thousand down on the first quarter of 2011, a decrease of 0.2 percent.
Modest job growth
In the fourth quarter of 2011, the number of jobs of employees was 34 thousand up from the fourth quarter of 2010, an increase by 0.4 percent.
Number of jobs up by 28 thousand
In the third quarter of 2011, the number of jobs of employees was 28 thousand higher than in the same quarter of 2010, an increase by 0.3 percent.
Increase labour costs at lowest level in two decades
Last year, the labour costs per year of employment increased by 1.4 percent, the smallest increase since 1989. The average annual increase over the past decade was 3.3 percent.
Employment recovers further
The number of jobs of employees was 34 thousand higher in the fourth quarter of 2010 than in the fourth quarter of 2009. For the first time after eighteen months of decline, employment was higher...
Marginal recovery job growth
In the third quarter of 2010, the number of jobs of employees was 13 thousand down on the same quarter of 2009. Employment decline is gradually slowing down.
Dutch agriculture: increase in scale and lower incomes
The number of farms and horticultural businesses in the Netherlands decreased substantially in the period 1995-2009. Labour volume in this sector and agricultural income also fell.
Employment decline less substantial
There were 63 thousand fewer jobs of employees in the second quarter of 2010 than in the second quarter of 2009, i.e. a decline by 0.8 percent. The decline is less substantial than in the previous...
Fewer jobs lost
The number of jobs of employees was 147 thousand lower in the fourth quarter of 2009 than one year previously, a decrease by 1.8 percent. In the third quarter of last year, 139 thousand jobs were...
Fewer jobs lost
In the fourth quarter of last year, 147 thousand jobs of employees were lost compared to the fourth quarter of 2008, a reduction by 1.8 percent.
Loss of jobs substantial
In the second quarter of this year, the number of jobs of employees declined by 72 thousand relative to the second quarter of 2008.
Number of jobs plummets
The number of jobs of employees in the Netherlands was 72 thousand (0.9 percent) lower in the second quarter of 2009 than one year previously. A four-year period of continuous job growth has now come...