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Population thinks government should take care of vulnerable groups
The Dutch population thinks the government should play a more active role in various areas of society. Especially when it comes to taking care of people who are not at all or to a lesser degree able...
Caribbean Netherlands, Bonaire: employed population; economic activity 2010
Employed population Bonaire by economic activity
Unemployment further up
The most recent figures released by Statistics Netherlands show that unemployment increased by 10 thousand in January 2014 to reach 678 thousand, i.e. 8.6 percent in the labour force. The figures are...
Sharp drop in first year teacher training students
There has been a 20 percent drop in students entering teacher training at the hbo level over the last five years. Particularly the interest in training to become an elementary school teacher has...
'New' self-employed without employees want a challenge and flexible working hours
The main reason consultants, IT experts, builders and other self-employed persons without employees that offer their own labour or services give for becoming self-employed is that they wanted a...
Gross domestic product of the Caribbean Netherlands
Gross domestic product (GDP) of the Caribbean Netherlands
Quarter of a million east Europeans in the Netherlands
On 1 January 2009, a quarter of a million people from eastern Europe had settled in the Netherlands, nearly four times as many as during the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989, twenty years...
More than half of employees commute to work
At the end of 2011, nearly 56 percent of employees did not work in their municipality of residence. Larger cities in particular attract many commuters. Half of the busiest commuter roads lead to...
Number of farms and market gardens reduced further
The number of agricultural and horticultural businesses was reduced further to 68.5 thousand between 1 April 2011 and 1 April 2012. Nearly 5 businesses are discontinued every day. There is a trend...
Consumption growth practically at a standstill
In the first six months of 2011, Dutch consumption expenditure remained at the same level as one year previously. In June, households even spent one percent less on goods and services than twelve...
On average, higher educated earn twice as much as lower educated
The average, annual gross income of employed people exceeded 36 thousand euro in 2009. Higher educated earned nearly twice as much as lower educated.
Number of disability benefits down by more than 100 thousand in half a decade
By the end of November last year, 597 thousand disability benefits were paid out, a decrease by 109 thousand from five years ago. The total amount paid out has risen by more than 300 million euro in...
Dutch unused labour force among the lowest in Europe
The unused labour force is relatively small in the Netherlands compared to other European Union member states. Last year, the unused labour force comprised 6 percent of the 15 to 75-year-old...
Dutch women increasingly have a higher income than their husbands
Dutch women are increasingly earning more than their partners. In 2002 some 13 percent of Dutch couples aged between 15 and 65 had the woman as their main earner, whereas in 2012 this was the case in...
Investment climate; entrepreneurship international comparison 1990-2012
Entrepreneurship, firm turbulence, fast growing enterprises, propensity towards entrepreneurship and self - employment rate broken down by region
Youth unemployment at all-time low this century
For eight months now, unemployment among youth has fallen below the lowest point before the economic crisis in 2008.
Dutch entrepreneurs spend €7.7 billion on R&D
The Dutch private sector spent nearly 7.7 billion euros on R&D in 2015.
Third of Polish workers still here after 5 years
In 2011, 63 thousand Poles migrated to the Netherlands to work here, 5 years 20 thousand had remained.