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Less skiing and more hiking during winter sports
Austria is the most popular winter sports destination, skiing the main activity. More people go hiking in the snow.
Inflation rate in July stable at 1.6 percent
Inflation remained stable in July 2005. Just like in June, consumer prices were 1.6 percent higher than twelve months ago, according to Statistics Netherlands’ consumer price index. The annual...
Dutch state pension entitlement exceeding entitlement to Dutch supplementary schemes
Dutch state pension (AOW) entitlement nearly doubled between 2008 and 2014 and by far exceed entitlement to the supplementary employee pension schemes.
Improving survey fieldwork with paradata
Dissertation on reducing survey non-response, the effects on the bias of the estimates, and the use of paradata to improve the survey design.
Wellbeing; economic risks, 2003-2012
Happiness, satisfaction with life, Economic self-reliance, financial independence
Very poor turnover results for Dutch construction sector in second quarter
Turnover generated by the construction sector fell by 2.4 percent in the second quarter. The downturn was very obvious in medium-sized and large companies; small businesses performed better than in...
Expenditure on nature and landscape management
Expenditure on nature and landscape management as a percentage of GDP fell from 0.17 percent in 2000 to 0.14 percent in 2015.
TNO and CBS are joining forces on transparent and verifiable AI use
TNO and CBS are joining forces on transparent and verifiable AI use
Sharp drop in fees of estate agents, surveyors and notaries
As a result of the prolonged crisis on the Dutch housing market, fees of estate agents, surveyors and notaries in the Netherlands continue to decrease.
Substantially higher spending on care allowance in 2011
The Dutch government paid 4.7 billion euro in care allowances in 2011, nearly 0.9 billion more than one year previously. The increase is related to an increase in the standard premium for health care...
Tax deduction home owners amounts to 33 billion euro
The tax deduction for home owners amounted to more than 33 billion euro in 2011. The tax advantage for home owners totalled more than 14 billion euro.
Natural gas consumption nearly reduced by half over the past three decades
Household gas consumption in the Netherlands averaged nearly 1,400 cubic metres in 2007, a reduction by almost half relative to 1978.
Prices frequent purchases rise less rapidly than prices infrequent purchases
Prices of frequently bought goods and services have increased less rapidly since July 2013 than prices of goods and services Dutch consumers buy only rarely. In the prior four years the situation was...
Less income from municipal taxes due to changes in property tax
In 2006 The Dutch municipalities will receive 8.9 percent less from municipal taxes than in 2005. This is due to the abolition of property tax for the occupants of dwellings. The loss in property tax...
Lowest inflation rate since 1989
The inflation rate stood at 0.9 percent in October 2006, the lowest result since March 1989.
More than 170 thousand people have no health insurance
On 1 May last year, 171 thousand (1.0 percent) of Dutch residents had no health insurance.