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International education predominantly funded with parental contributions
International education in the Netherlands is much more expensive than regular education and is largely funded with parental contributions.
CAO wages 3.3 percent up in 2008
Collectively agreed (CAO) wages rose by 3.3 percent in 2008 relative to one year previously. The increase is much more substantial than in 2007, when wages rose by 2.1 percent.
Increase in unemployment benefits slows down, decrease in labour disablement benefits
In the first quarter of 2004 the number of unemployments benefits (WW) grew again and totalled 311 thousand at the end of March but the growth rate is slowing down. The number of benefits paid under...
Providers of business services increasingly hampered by shortage of manpower
Business service providers realised a turnover growth of 10 percent in 2007.
Hairdressers and beauty treatment; turnover, index 2010=100, 2005-2017
Hairdressers and beauty treatment; turnover development, index 2010 = 100 ontwikkeling naar bedrijfsactiviteit. SBI 2008
Relatively more women unemployed in the course of time
The economic crisis pushed up unemployment in the Netherlands to 4.8 percent in 2009. This is still very low compared with the towering levels in the 1930s.
Accommodation and food serving; turnover, index 2010 = 100, 2005 - 2013
Accommodation and food serving. Turnover: index 2010 = 100, change (value, price, volume). By activity (SIC 2008).
Household spending almost 2 percent up in October
Dutch consumers spent 1.7 percent more in October 2019 than in October 2018.
Wholesale trade sector; development of stocks, 2005-2012
Wholesale trade, stock index figures, change of stocks Base average quarter stock 2005 = 100
Growth accounts; national accounts 1995-2016
Productivity; labour; capital; growth accounts SIC 2008
Further increase hours worked in temp jobs
In the fourth quarter of 2013, the amount of hours worked in stage A temp jobs was 1.6 percent up from the preceding quarter. In the third quarter, the amount of hours worked in stage A temp jobs...
Unemployment rate marginally higher
An average of 298 thousand persons, i.e. 3.9 percent of the labour force were unemployed in the period November 2008 - January 2009.
Manufacturers more pessimistic
The mood among Dutch manufacturers deteriorated in March. The producer confidence indicator stood at – 2.6 versus – 1.5 in February.
Household consumption nearly 3 percent up in July
Dutch household consumption was almost 3 percent up in July 2018.
GDP growth rate 0.8 percent in Q2 2018
According to the second estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), GDP showed 0.8 percent growth in Q2 2018.
Household consumption 3 percent up in April
Dutch household consumption was 3 percent up in April 2018.
8 thousand care workers commuting across the border
Almost 80 thousand workers in the Netherlands were cross-border commuters from Germany or Belgium in 2017, including 8 thousand working in the healthcare sector.