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Measure with the primary motive of reducing the environmental burden.

Surveys differ in their topics, language, style and design, and, consequently, in their sensitivity to measurement error.

This paper presents statistical methods to measure the impact due to a survey process redesign to avoid interruption of time series.

This paper reports on three experiments relating to measuring well-being in which several scale types have been tested.

Kunneman thinks the particular value of detecting emotions on Twitter

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) asked a committee of independent scientific experts to investigate external researchers’ use of remote access to consult CBS’ databases.

Reintegration support is an important tool to increase the number of people moving from a social benefit to work. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW) measures the results of this...

Measuring the economy is one of the core tasks of Statistics Netherlands. This is done according to an agreed set of international guidelines and methods, assuring that the figures of the various...

The international and national measures introduced in March in response to the COVID-19 outbreak have resulted in a lower influx of asylum seekers and following family members.

Nearly 70 of companies in the Netherlands report having taken measures to survive the effects of the economic recession.

In 2015, Statistics Netherlands studied the price levels of consumption expenditure for the three islands that make up the Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba). The study shows that...

In recent years, the importance of the households sector in measuring economic welfare has increasingly been recognised, and the development of additional indicators to measure inequalities is...

Statistics Netherlands aims to produce high-quality and undisputed statistics. High response rates for its surveys are an important element in this respect. Unfortunately, respondents do not always...

‘A breakthrough in how we think about bias’ – that is how professor Jaap van den Herik at Leiden University described Statistics Netherlands (CBS) researcher Quinten Meertens’ PhD thesis...

Latest data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8 Decent work and economic growth: economy and factors of production. SDG 8.1 focuses on making the economy more sustainable and more efficient. In...

Latest data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8 Decent work and economic growth: economy and factors of production. SDG 8.1 focuses on making the economy more sustainable and more efficient. In...

A small number of very big enterprises dominates R&D in the Netherlands.

In 2020, the total volume of incoming and outgoing cargo shipments to and from Dutch seaports declined to nearly 558 million tonnes.

In July 2021, the economic situation according to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer has become slightly more positive.

In 2020, the Netherlands exported 8.8 billion euros worth of meat, making it the biggest exporter of meat in the EU.

The Dutch economy shrank by 5.1 percent in the second quarter of 2009 compared with the same quarter last year.