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Trade deficit up on Bonaire, down on Saba and Statia

In 2016, the trade deficit on Bonaire grew for the second consecutive year.

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Participation in context: Contextual and individual determinants of political participation in Europe and the Netherlands

Dissertation on how differences in conventional and unconventional political participation in Europe, and more specifically in the Netherlands, can be explained by the interplay of individual and...

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Improving survey fieldwork with paradata

Dissertation on reducing survey non-response, the effects on the bias of the estimates, and the use of paradata to improve the survey design.

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Dutch inflation considerably above eurozone level

Since October 2012, the Netherlands is among the countries with the highest inflation in the eurozone. This is largely due to increases in VAT, insurance tax and energy tax rates effective since last...

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GDP Caribbean Netherlands increased in 2015

With 3.0 percent, GDP rose fastest on Bonaire.

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Most reintegration programmes for under-45s

At the end of 2011 nearly 230 thousand people in the Netherlands were in reintegration programmes provided by municipal government. This is more than 17 thousand fewer than twelve months previously.

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Inflation1.8 percent in March

Inflation in the Netherlands was 1.8 percent in March 2005. This is 0.2 of a percent point higher than in February, when prices were 1.6 percent higher than twelve months previously. Fresh vegetables...

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Employment falls further

The number of jobs of employees was 121 thousand (1.5 percent) lower in the first quarter of 2013 than in the same period one year previously. It is the fifth consecutive quarter that the number of...

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Security costs 780 euros per person

Spending on crime prevention and fighting crime, corruption and harassment topped 13 billion euros in 2012. This comes to 780 euros per person. Spending on security has been about the same since 2009.

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More children placed under guardianship

The number of children placed under guardianship has increased considerably in recent years. In 2007, 10.6 thousand children were placed under guardianship.

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Marginal consumption growth

Dutch households spent 0,2 percent more on goods and services in November 2013 than in November 2012. This is the first increase in nearly two and a half years.

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Number of income support benefits continues to grow

According to the most recent figures 325 thousand income support benefits were granted to people under the age of 65 by the end of December last year, i.e. an increase by 9 thousand relative to one...

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Unemployment continues to rise

An average 518 thousand people were out of work in the Netherlands in the first quarter of 2005. This is 7.0 percent of the labour force. After correction for seasonal effects unemployment comes to...

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Sustained reduction social security benefits

In the third quarter of 2007, the number of under-65s receiving income support continued to fall.

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