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Ten percent of large companies in the Netherlands moved business activities to another country in the period 2009-2011. Lower wage costs were an important factor in this respect

Last year, 219 thousand working days were lost in the Netherlands, the highest number since 2002.

The number of Dutch non-financial companies whose profitability deteriorated has risen further in the first quarter of 2013. More than 38 percent of companies reported deterioration, more than half...

The average bonus of employees has risen by 5 percent in 2011. On average, the highest bonuses were paid in the sectors mineral extraction and financial services.

The most recent figures show that unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation grew by 21 thousand in February to 613 thousand

Collectively negotiated wages rose by 1.6 percent last year, i.e. 0.5 percentage points more than in 2011. The inflation rate over 2012 was 2.5 percent and has been above the increase in collectively...

There were 108 thousand job vacancies at the end of September 2012, i.e. slightly fewer than at the end of June. The number of vacancies in health care dropped by 2 thousand and stood at 15 thousand.

There were 108 thousand job vacancies at the end of September 2012, i.e. slightly fewer than at the end of June.

Retail turnover was nearly 1 percent up in August 2012 compared with August 2011. Retail prices were nearly 2 percent higher; the volume of retail sales was more than 1 percent down on twelve months...

Final report at the request of Eurostat on environment protection expenditures made in the building industry.

In the first quarter of 2012, collectively negotiated (CAO) wages have risen by 1.4 percent. The increase was approximately the same as in the previous two quarters. The CAO wage increase has been...

The Careers of Doctorate Holders (CDH) project aims to collect the most recent data on educational history, work experience and mobility of doctorate holders.

More than 27 percent of Dutch employed were working from home part of their regular working hours in 2010.

The sickness absence rate among employees in the Netherlands was 4.1 percent in the second quarter of 2011.

Until 2007/’08, students in preparatory secondary vocational education (vmbo) could choose one of the four discipline sectors agriculture, health, personal care and welfare, economics, or technology....

In the fourth quarter of last year, the number of jobs of employees grew by 34 thousand (0.4 percent) relative to the fourth quarter of 2009. For the first time in eighteen months, the number of jobs...

Dutch companies quoted at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange paid out more than 11 billion euro in dividends to their shareholders in 2010.

The number of jobs of employees in the third quarter of 2010 was 13 thousand (0.2 percent) down on the third quarter of 2009.

The Dutch growth accounts 2009 describes and analyses in a systematic way the determinants of economic growth in different industries of the Dutch economy.

Adjusted for seasonal variation, 115 thousand vacancies were unfilled at the end of June 2010.

After adjustment for seasonal effects, 113 thousand jobs were vacant at the end of March 2010 in the Netherlands, 11 thousand fewer than at the end of December.

The sickness absence rate among Dutch employees was 4.6 percent on average in the fourth quarter of 2009. This is slightly higher than in the same quarter in 2008, when it was 4.4 percent.

According to the most recent figures released by Statistics Netherlands, the seasonally adjusted number of unfilled job vacancies was 122 thousand at the end of December 2009, i.e. 6 thousand fewer...