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Far less child care compensation paid in 2012
The Dutch tax authorities paid out over 2.4 billion in child care compensation in 2012. This is about 400 million less than in 2011.
Job losses slightly down
The number of employee jobs was 75 thousand lower in the first quarter of 2005 than twelve months previously. After seasonal corrections the number of jobs was 21 thousand lower in the first quarter...
Collectively negotiated wage 1.2 percent up in third quarter
In the third quarter of 2013, collectively negotiated wages were raised by 1.2 percent relative to the third quarter last year. The increase is smaller than in the previous quarters and also well...
Asylum and integration 2021
Annual study of register data on reception and integration of asylum migrants arriving in the Netherlands since 2014, 2014-2020
Changes on the job market manifest in more modest increase CAO wages
In the first quarter of 2010, collectively negotiated (CAO) wages were 1.6 percent higher than one year previously. Since early 2009, the increase in CAO wages was reduced by more than half.
One in five businesses fall victim to cybercrime
Over 20 percent of businesses had to deal with the consequences of cyber attacks in 2016.
Public spending up by just over 6 percent
The Dutch government spent 150 billion euro in 2007. This is 6.3 percent more than in 2006.
Many more defaulters, slightly fewer uninsured in 2007
240 thousand people had not paid for their medical insurance at the end of 2007, 26 percent more than at the end of 2006.
Number of jobs grows considerably
In the second quarter of 2007, the number of jobs for employees had grown by 206 thousand relative to the same quarter last year.
Spending on security slightly down in 2014
In 2014, total spending on security in the Netherlands amounted to approximately 13 billion euros. Security expenditure increased up until 2012 inclusive but showed a slight decline after that....
Defence expenditure 1.2 percent of GDP in 2018
In 2018 defence expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP amounted to 1.2 percent. Government expenditure on defecen rose by over 0.5 billion to 9.1 billion euros.
Municipalities lost money on building land in 2009
Dutch municipalities suffered total losses of 414 million euro on building land in 2009. They also had deficits in most other policy areas.
Job growth continues into fourth quarter 2008
The number of jobs of employees grew by 108 thousand in the fourth quarter of last year relative to the same quarter of 2007. Employment also grew relative to the third quarter.
Collectively negotiated wage rates up 1.3 percent in 2010
Wage rates negotiated under collective labour agreements (cao’s) were 1.3 percent higher in 2010 than in the previous year. This increase is significantly smaller than in 2009, when wages rose...