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This paper describes jobs, wages and wage gaps in the public and private sector in the Netherlands in 2008. Additional tables are available on request. Commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs...

The seasonally adjusted unemployment figure for October 2010 stood at 410 thousand, i.e. 2 thousand fewer than in September.

Dutch economic growth in the third quarter of 2010 reached 1.8 percent compared to the same quarter of 2009.

In the third quarter of 2010 there were 17 thousand fewer jobs of employees than in the same quarter of 2009. Employment is gradually declining less.

Over 297 thousand individuals aged under 64 claimed welfare benefits at the end of 2008. One in twelve of them found a job in 2009.

Adjusted for seasonal variation, 412 thousand persons were unemployed in September 2010.

At the request of RWI (Council for Work and Income), Statistics Netherlands’ Centre for Policy Related Statistics has composed a set of tables with information on the labour market of position of...

The average gross annual wage of an employee in 2008 approached 30 thousand euro.

Command of the Dutch language is an important identification factor for people with a non-western background. Participation on the labour market is also conducive to identification with the...

There were 82 thousand fewer jobs of employees in the second quarter of 2010 than in the second quarter of 2009; a decline of 1.0 percent.

At the request of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Statistics Netherlands’ Centre for Policy Related Statistics has calculated figures on jobs and top incomes in the workplace for...

An increasing percentage of young adults return to live with their parents for a time after having left home. The main reasons for this increase in the number of ‘boomerang children’ are relationship...

In the first quarter of this year, 156 thousand jobs of employees (2.0 percent) were lost compared to the first quarter of 2009. If seasonal effects are taken into account, 56 thousand jobs were lost...

Shelf stacking, delivering newspapers and shop assistant are the most popular jobs secondary school pupils do next to their study.

The number of jobs of employees was 156 thousand lower in the first quarter of 2010 than in the first quarter of 2009; a decline by 2.0 percent.

In the period March-May 2010, the number of unemployed persons in the Netherlands averaged 437 thousand, i.e. 5.6 percent of the labour force versus 4.6 percent in the same period last year.

The number of jobs of employees was 145 thousand lower in the first quarter of 2010 than in the first quarter of 2009; a fall of 1.8 percent. The decrease is in the same order of magnitude as in the...

472 thousand people were unemployed in the Netherlands in the period January-March 2010.

Nearly 94 percent of 25 to 35-year-old higher educated no longer attending any form of education were employed in 2009. With 89 percent, the employment rate was also high among higher educated with a...

In the third quarter of 2009, nearly 400 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed; 24 percent managed to find new jobs of twelve hours a week or more within three months, as opposed to...

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...

An average of 441 thousand people (5.7 percent of the labour force) were unemployed Netherlands in the period December 2009–February 2010, as against 4.1 percent one year previously.

Nearly one in twelve people in work would like to increase their working hours. Male part-timers more often want to increase their working hours than women and they appear to be more successful in...

An average of 430 thousand persons were unemployed in the period November 2009-January 2010, i.e. 5.6 percent of the labour force.