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ISI World Statistics Congress 2025: The Olympic Games of Statistics
This year, the International Statistical Institute (ISI) will host the 65th World Statistics Congress in The Hague from 5 to 9 October.
Small area estimation of social cohesion indicators
Hierarchical Bayesian models, MCMC simulatie, small area estimation.
CBS aims to improve research methodology using AI
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) collects, processes, analyses and publishes data.
Counting the uncounted
This dissertation contains extensions for the capture-recapture model, which in many cases can be used to estimate the size of a population more accurately.
Statistics Netherlands provides statistical support to Ukraine
In September 2024, a delegation from the State Statistics Service of Ukraine paid a study visit to Statistics Netherlands (CBS).
Deep learning for time series forecasting and nowcasting
We explore the added value of deep learning techniques for forecasting and nowcasting in official statistics as an alternative to classic time series models. Several neural network algorithms are...
Experiences with mixed-mode surveys in times of COVID-19 at Statistics Netherlands
This paper shows how Statistics Netherlands managed the unexpected loss of CAPI respondents in social surveys during COVID-19. It covers efforts to reduce response loss, quantifies the impact of...
Measuring the green transition with business tendency surveys
This study proposes a GreenTransition-module for business tendency surveys. It describes managers’ assessments, expectations, plans and constraints about the green transition of their enterprise.
Structural Time Series Models for Consumer Confidence indicators
A time series model to improve the accuracy of estimates about consumer confidence
2021 Census provides an accurate picture of our population
Once every ten years, there is a special day within CBS: the day when, after a long and concerted effort, the most recent census is finalised.
Ensuring the quality of statistics using scientific methods
CBS uses scientifically proven methods to guarantee the quality of its products and services.
Exploring the GK price index
The present paper is about a particular type of price index, called the GK price index (named after Geary and Khamis) and some of its variants. Some of their properties are investigated.
Consumer Confidence Survey during COVID-19
Methodological description of the Consumer Confidence Survey during the Corona crisis.
Small area estimation of sickness absence indicators
Discussion paper about a method to estimate detailed figures on sickness absence for the Health and Wellbeing branch
The role of causal modelling in official statistics
Causal modelling is of interest to augment the interpretation of data published by national statistical institutes. An exploration of the relevant methods as well as a case study in the domain of...
Time series modelling of mobility trends, 1999-2022
Discussion paper about a method to estimate detailed mobility trends corrected for discontinuities
HSMR 2022 Methodological report
Methods used for the calculation of the Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios 2020-2022
CBS switches to new method for measuring business confidence
From July 2023, CBS will use a new method to measure business confidence based on the results of the Netherlands Business Survey (COEN).
A note on efficient audit sample selection
Statistical output, e.g. totals or means of a target variable, are often published for subpopulations that are defined by categorical domain variables (such as categories of educational level,...
Stochastically reconstructing business production networks
Analysing business production networks is a pioneering field for national statistical institutes. The application of network reconstruction methods are the main focus of this paper.
Synthetic data opens up possibilities in the statistical field
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) recently released a new handbook, ‘Synthetic Data for Official Statistics’, to help get statistical institutes started in producing their own...
Business confidence; sector/branches
Business Confidence to sector/branches
International reference work covers diverse business statistics expertise
A truly international reference work, with 36 chapters covering the latest state of play in all facets of business statistics production.
Helmholtz decomposition for digraphs
The present paper is about a concept from analysis, namely the Helmholtz decomposition of vector fields that can be translated into a similar concept for certain directed graphs, also called the...
SDC and special focus groups: a European perspective
Publications on small, special focus groups call for accurate application of statistical disclosure control. To that end, perturbative methods may be useful. Proper communication thereof is...