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8 in 10 working millionaires are self-employed
Eighty percent of working millionaire breadwinners are self-employed.
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...
Large increase in underwater mortgages
Over 1.4 million Dutch households had a fiscal mortgage debt that exceeded the value of their own home on 1 January 2013. One year earlier this was true for 1.1 million households.
Municipal figures on people on income support benefit, a disability benefit, or in a sheltered workplace, and households by income class (Dutch only)
Custom made tables with information by municipality on the number of inhabitants with a social security benefit or working in a sheltered workplace, by age, ethnic origin and household composition. ...
Fewer households rely on benefits for a long period of time
Last year, 855 thousand Dutch households were dependent on benefits for a sustained period of time, i.e. nearly 40 thousand fewer than in 2009. The total number of households living on benefits...
Wealthy baby boomers
Post-war baby boomers are relatively wealthy. Households, in which the main breadwinner is aged between 50 and 65, are relatively often found in the highest income brackets and more often than people...
Highest income brackets taxed most heavily
The average gross income of Dutch households was more than 56 thousand euro in 2008. Nearly 23 thousand euro, i.e. 40 percent had to be paid in contributions to income and health care insurances and...