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Internet use among the older generation in the Netherlands has increased dramatically in recent years. Older people are catching up on younger generations.

The share of 65 to 75-year-olds in the Netherlands active on the internet has more than doubled since 2005. Internet usage in the Netherlands in this age category is among the highest in the EU.

In 2008, more than half of people in the Netherlands who use the internet use it to listen to the radio or watch TV, and nearly half download newspapers.

Nearly 4 in 5 Dutch people aged 16-75 do their banking online. This brings the Netherlands to the top of the European Union.

GDP, GDP per capita, Value added, Compensation of employees, Labour input Region

Whether we want to sell new or second-hand products, book a hotel room or simply share photos on social media, online platforms are taking on an ever-greater role, both in our society and in our...

Nearly 10 million people in the Netherlands regularly shop online. They are buying more and more clothes online, especially women. Most online shoppers buy only new products.

74 percent of Dutch households had a fast internet connection at home in 2007.

The Dutch population aged 16-74 years became more skilled in using the internet between 2010 and 2013. The level of internet skills in the Dutch population is higher than average in the European Union

Around seven in ten Dutch people aged 16-75 years shopped online in 2011. This figure reflects the continuing increase in online shopping in the Netherlands, and places the Netherlands among the top...

The Netherlands is the world’s largest importer of solar panels. Eighty-nine percent of the solar panels come from China.

Labour productivity in the market sector increased by 1.0 percent year-on-year in 2022. A year earlier, labour productivity still improved by 4.3 percent.

Over the past three months, the number of unemployed has continued to rise by an average of 7 thousand per month.

In 2023, the Dutch agricultural sector generated 6.7 percent more income relative to the previous year. Animal output decreased slightly (-0.7 percent), while crop production saw a relatively sharp...

More and more Dutch couples are meeting via the internet or at work, while fewer people met on an evening out or on holiday in the last ten years.

Discussion paper about a method to estimate detailed mobility trends corrected for discontinuities

China is the largest supplier of products that contain critical raw materials (CRMs), such as solar panels.

Of the Dutch population who have shopped online over the course of 2019, half have reported complaints. In 2015, 40 percent said they experienced problems related to online purchases.

More than one in three internet users in the age category 12 years and older were engaged in cloud computing in 2014. Young internet users in particular tend to embrace this internet facility, which...

Dissertation on how economic uncertainty due to non-standard employment affects choices and life course, with a focus on partnership, parenthood, and health.

The resulting new method is to shed further light on the size of the internet economy in the Netherlands.

With 94 percent in 2011 (versus 78 percent in 2005), the Netherlands has had the highest proportion of households with access to the Internet from home in Europe for years on end.