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Well-being ‘later’: economic capital
Well-being ‘later’: Economic capital relates to what is needed to sustain the economy and meet the material needs of future generations. This includes physical capital (machines, tools, ICT,...
More and more telecommunications and computer services from India
In 2022, Dutch companies imported 2.5 billion euros worth of telecommunications and computer services from India.
ICT sector growing faster than the economy
In 2018, ICT companies showed stronger growth in gross value added than the Dutch economy as a whole compared to the previous year.
Rijks Data Science Programme kicks off
Article about the official launch of the ‘Rijks Data Science Programme’,
Cybersecurity is key in Bibi van den Berg’s inaugural lecture
Corporate news article Cybersecurity is key in Bibi van den Berg’s inaugural lecture
Spark: more computing capacity for big data productions
with Spark enables researchers and statisticians to process large amounts of data at high speed
ICT, knowledge and the economy 2016, summary
This summary in English reviews the key facts from each chapter of the publication, item by item.
ICT, knowledge and economy 2015, summary
describes in brief how individuals and companies use ICT
Shift towards more productive firms mainly in ICT-intensive sectors
ICT has had a positive effect on the Dutch economy between 2000 and December 2010. Firms became more productive in sectors where ICT is used intensively.
ICT and Economic growth
In our present-day world, economic growth is mainly achieved through innovation and increased productivity, which puts knowledge and technology at the heart of the economic policy debate. ICT has a...
Regional differences in long-term care use by elderly and chronically ill people in 2012 (Dutch only)
Tables and a research description on the regional differences in long-term care use by elderly and chronically ill people in 2012. The tables show the regional use of long-term care, an analysis of...
The ESS report 2013
The 2013 ESS Report provides information on the organisation and structure of the ESS and some of its key achievements and initiatives in 2013. It features the European Statistical Governance...
Measuring Inequalities in the Dutch Household Sector
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...
Selectivity of Big data
Assessment of selectivity of Big data sets is generally not straightforward, if at all possible. Some approaches are proposed in this paper. It is argued that the degree to which selectivity – or its...
Explicit and Implicit Calibration of Covariance and Mean Structures
Linear structural equation models (SEMs) are widely used to assess the validity and reliability of survey variables. When population means or totals are of interest, it is also important to assess...
Solving the nonresponse problem with sample matching?
This paper explores the use of matched samples as an alternative for estimators based on surveys suffering from a substantial amount of nonresponse.
Information management as tool for standardization in statistics
We describe the role of information management in redesign programs: why it is needed, how it is at present being developed through international cooperation in the Generic Statistical Information...
Turnover telecom sector further down
Turnover generated by the telecom sector has fallen almost continuously in recent years. At the same time, fewer text messages are sent and the use of mobile internet is growing.
ICT, knowledge and the economy 2013
ICT, knowledge and the economy 2013 extensively describes how individuals and companies use ICT. Other aspects of the knowledge economy, such as education and research, are extensively dealt with as...
Seven in ten use online banking services
More than seven in ten Dutch residents aged 12 years or older (10.2 million persons) used online banking services on a regular basis last year.
Linking ICT related Innovation Adoption and Productivity
E-business systems are increasingly considered as important examples of ICT related innovations embodied in software applications, the adoption of which is essential for capturing the fruits of...
Automatic editing with hard and soft edits
Soft edit rules, i.e. constraints which identify (combinations of) values that are suspicious but not necessarily incorrect, are an important element of many traditional, manual editing processes.
ICT, knowledge and the economy 2012
ICT, knowledge and the economy 2012 describes the Dutch knowledge-based economy on the basis of its pillars ICT, innovation and R&D.
Methodological Manual for a Sport Satellite Account
Conceptual framework of the Sport Satellite Account (SSA). Commissioned by: Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport