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The importance of reliable data in times of crisis
The COVID-19 crisis has brought with it a great need for reliable data, and national statistical offices (NSOs) are playing an important role in this regard.
Connecting correction methods for linkage error in CRC
Connecting correction methods for linkage error in capture-recapture.
Emissions of air polluting substances according to NEC guide-lines
Air pollution, Dutch emissions calculated according to the European Union 'NEC' directive. By source category.
Emissions of greenhouse gases according to IPCC guide-lines
Dutch greenhouse gas emissions, calculated according to the IPCC directives, by source category
Measuring the internet economy with big data
A discussion paper on measuring the internet economy in the Netherlands in 2016-2018 with big data. This study repeats a similar study from 2016 for the year 2015.
Including migration in hedonic valuation: earthquakes
This paper is an attempt to estimate the willingness to pay for earthquake reduction in and around the province of Groningen (2012-2018), whilst using a discrete choice model to incorporate...
Emissions to air on Dutch territory; totals
Air pollution, total actual emissions in the Netherlands Stationary and mobile sources, by source category
Complexity and simplification of networks
Quantification of the complexity of networks and methods to simplify networks by focusing on their essence.
Correcting for linkage errors in the multiple capture
Correcting for linkage errors in the multiple - recapture method for population size estimation.
Estimating Classification Error under Edit Restrictions in Combined Survey-Register Data
This discussion paper describes a method based on latent class modeling
Automatic travel mode prediction
App-assisted travel surveys use location and motion sensors to measure location and to predict means of transportation. This discussion paper describes the machine learning techniques to translate...
The SPAR index and some alternative house price indices
This paper discusses various ways to compute house price indices and compares them to the
Electrification in the Netherlands 2017–2021
This note aims to provide data that may help to quantify electrification in the Netherlands from 2017 - 2021 for the most releant technologies currently being used: heat pumps and electric cars
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...
End-of-life care often involves pain or symptom management
Just over half of the 171 thousand deaths in 2021 involved a medical end-of-life decision. Thirty percent of deaths involved relief of pain or disease symptoms.
Stops and track detection in travel surveys
Travel surveys with apps focus on reduction of respondent burden.
Quasi stochastic population forecasts
Population forecast intervals obtained from 6 variants using a new technique are compared to stochastic forecasting.
Inflation explained
CBS’ chief economist Peter Hein van Mulligen explains in less than 5 minutes what exactly inflation is and how it is calculated by CBS. Contents: 00:00 - 01:46 What is inflation? 01:47 - 02:17 How...
Children of separated parents
Children of separated parents: registered versus reported place of residence
Multilateral indices and the relaunch problem
A complication of many modern price index methods is the relaunch problem: price changes due to product replacement are not properly measured. This paper compares three solution methods: clustering,...
84 million tonnes of goods from Russia and Ukraine to the Netherlands
In 2020, altogether 84 million tonnes of goods (one tonne equals 1,000 kg) arrived in the Netherlands from Russia and Ukraine, with a value of 32 billion euros.
Director General Ms. Angelique Berg: ‘Societal challenges are central’
On 10 March 2023, the Council of Ministers approved the new Multi-annual Programme of Statistics Netherlands (CBS) for the years 2024-2028.
Estimating consumer confidence using time series models
Discussion paper about estimating monthly consumer confidence figures
CBS World Café VIII – Firm productivity April 4th, 2023, 14:00-15:00
The theme of CBS World Café VIII is Firm productivity. A key measure of firm performance is their ability to transform inputs such as capital and labour, into output such as sales.
An attempt to measuring fossil fuel subsidies by way of official statistics
The international statistical guidelines provide little guidance on how to account for fossil fuel subsidies. In this report we explore the already published estimates and make an attempt to define a...