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One in ten AOW benefits granted to people living abroad
Part of Dutch social benefits are paid to people living outside the Netherlands; 10 percent of all AOW benefits are paid to people living abroad.
Environmental accounts; energy use by companies & households 1995 - 2013
Energy use by companies and households in the Dutch economy Energy, Energy use, Energy accounts Dutch economy, Energy supply
Disability benefits down by 175 thousand in the space of ten years
At the end of June 2013, 818 thousand people in the Netherlands were claiming a disability benefit, 175 thousand fewer than at the end of December 2002, when the record number of claimants was...
Cancer number one cause of death in 2008
Last year, cancer mortality exceeded cardiovascular mortality for the first time. Cardiovascular mortality rate is declining much more rapidly than cancer mortality.
Crime victims feel unsafe for a long time
Victims of frequently occurring crimes feel less safe than non-victims for a number of years. Victims also avoid unsafe locations more than non-victims. In addition, more of them think they will be a...
Environmental accounts; water use and abstraction 2003 - 2011
Environmental accounts; water use and water abstraction Water use or abstraction by industry and type of water
Number of primary school pupils drops sharply in Limburg
The number of children enrolled in primary schools in the south of the Netherlands, especially in the province of Limburg, fell substantially between 2000/’01 and 2008/’09. This was partly the result...
Indian knowledge migration has doubled
In the period 2012-2017, immigration from India to the Netherlands more than doubled to over 8,600 annually. These are mainly knowledge migrants, with three-quarters employed in IT and information...
Unemployment marginally down
The most recent figures show that seasonally adjusted unemployment declined marginally in February 2012 to 469 thousand, i.e. 6 percent of the labour force.
Cars average 37 kilometres a day
In 2010 Dutch passenger cars averaged 13.3 thousand kilometres a year in the Netherlands and abroad. This is 2.1 percent less than in 2009.
Generally, employed people are more satisfied
People who have accepted a job are more often satisfied than they were in the years prior to employment. The same applies people in their first years of retirement.
6% of international graduates set up a company here
Six percent of international alumni from Dutch universities set up a company in the Netherlands.
Investing abroad and trade relationships
Over half of enterprises outside the service sector with stakes in a foreign business in 2014 also maintained a trade relationship with the country where that business is located.
The citizenship premium: Immigrant naturalisation and socio-economic integration in the Netherlands
Dissertation on the relationship between naturalization and socioeconomic integration of first-generation immigrants in the Netherlands.
Inflation rate rises to 0.6 percent
Inflation rate rises to 0.6 percent