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Last year, 38 percent of employees were doing overtime on a regular basis. This percentage has hardly changed in recent years and also remained stable during the economic crisis.

Between 2008 and 2009, 773 thousand people changed jobs, a decrease by more than 100 thousand relative to the period 2007-2008. Changing jobs often also implies a change of working environment.

The Dutch economy contracted by 0.8 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the first quarter of 2011.This negative growth was realised with one working day extra. In the fourth quarter of...

In secondary vocational education (mbo), women more often than men opt for training programmes at a higher level. Programmes with an emphasis on socio-pedagogical subjects are particularly popular.

In 2007, turnover of the sector hotels and restaurants was again distinctly higher than in the previous year. Turnover increased by 5 percent, just like in 2006.

Dutch inflation rose marginally in January to 2.0 percent, an increase by 0.1 of a percentage point compared to December.

Retail turnover was nearly 1 percent up in August 2012 compared with August 2011. Retail prices were nearly 2 percent higher; the volume of retail sales was more than 1 percent down on twelve months...

The mood among Dutch manufacturers deteriorated somewhat in July. The producer confidence indicator stood at -5.2 versus -4.8 in June.

Domestic household spending on goods and services was 1.0 percent down in December 2012 from December 2011. Household consumption has been continuously down from twelve months previously for eighteen...

Last year, 219 thousand working days were lost in the Netherlands, the highest number since 2002.

The 20 National Landscape conservation areas in the Netherlands cover nearly 900 thousand hectares, i.e. more than 20 percent of the total Dutch land area.

In the third quarter of 2010 there were 708 thousand self-employed people without personnel in the Netherlands, up 27 thousand on the previous year. The economic crisis slashed the number of...

Dutch exports contribute 29 percent to the gross domestic product (GDP).

The Dutch economy grew by 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last year. The growth was considerably less substantial than in the first quarter, when the gross...

The Dutch inflation rate was 2.9 percent in March, i.e. marginally lower than in January and February, when the rate was 3.0 percent.

Adjusted for seasonal variation, 115 thousand vacancies were unfilled at the end of June 2010.

Dutch inflation was 2.3 percent in September, just as in July and August. Prices for air tickets had an upward effect on inflation in September, but prices for new cars had a downward effect. On...

Inflation in the Netherlands was 1.4 percent in January versus 1.7 percent in December. Dutch inflation has slowed down considerably after a 3.1 peak in July 2013. In January, the lowest level in...

Dutch inflation was 2.6 percent in October, 0.1 percentage points lower than in September. Prices charged for airline tickets and petrol largely accounted for the decline.

The number of job vacancies in the Netherlands rose by 17 thousand in the second quarter of 2006.