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PhD student investigates causes of premature birth
On 18 January 2022, Eduardo Villamor Martinez obtained his PhD cum laude from Maastricht University.
What factors influence young adults’ decision to start a family?
Young adults in the Netherlands face a variety of economic challenges: employers are giving out more temporary contracts, income growth is stagnating, students have to take on more debt, there’s an...
Ensuring the quality of statistics using scientific methods
CBS uses scientifically proven methods to guarantee the quality of its products and services.
Trust in Parliament at 10-year low
In the last quarter of 2022, 25 percent of the Dutch population aged 15 years and over had confidence in the lower house of Dutch Parliament, the so-called Tweede Kamer (House of Representatives).
Statistics on nature play crucial role in national and international policy
The figures published by CBS on nature in the Netherlands play an important role in all sorts of societal discussions, including the current debates on nirogen and biodiversity.
Synthetic data opens up possibilities in the statistical field
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) recently released a new handbook, ‘Synthetic Data for Official Statistics’, to help get statistical institutes started in producing their own...
NWO funding for research into global well-being
How does economic growth in the Netherlands affect well-being in poorer countries in the Global South?
Government expenditure and consumption; functions, transactions, sectors
Government expenditure and final consumption by function (COFOG): General public services, defense, health, education and social protection
Quinten Meertens’ breakthrough in how we think about bias
‘A breakthrough in how we think about bias’ – that is how professor Jaap van den Herik at Leiden University described Statistics Netherlands (CBS) researcher Quinten Meertens’ PhD thesis...
Developing a material flow monitor for the Netherlands from national statistical data
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) developed a Material Flow Monitor (MFM) that captures national resource extraction, imports and exports, product flows between economic sectors, as well as emissions and...
How the mathematics of complex systems contributes to statistics
On Wednesday 20 October 2021, Professor Frank Pijpers gave his inaugural lecture on Empirical explorations of a complex society at the University of Amsterdam.
Focus on globalisation together with University of Groningen
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is increasingly joining forces with universities and universities of applied science.
The Netherlands in numbers, 2021 edition
The Netherlands in numbers (2021 edition) answers 36 questions about our country by means of images and text.
Relatively many Chinese restaurant workers and students
In 2019, there were 36.5 thousand Chinese residents in the Netherlands
Using complexity science to understand social problems
On 1 January 2021, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) senior methodologist Frank Pijpers was appointed Professor of Complexity for Official Statistics at the University of Amsterdam (UvA).
Innovating statistics with data challenges
The end of last year saw the second edition of the Big Data Meets Survey Science conference online: the BigSurv20.
From trainee to big data expert
My company’s expertise lies in the field of labour market issues
Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi transitions from CBS to Sanquin
The Director General of Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Mr Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi, will be appointed Chairman of the Executive Board of Sanquin as of 1 April 2020.
Census-taking in the Balkans
In Croatia, Bosnia and North Macedonia, the population census is still carried out in a traditional fashion, using pen and paper
Naturalisation gives migrants more opportunities
how naturalisation affects someone’s chances of getting a job, their income level, and home ownership.
Big data innovation at CBS/UT DataCamp
The aim of the annual DataCamp event is to find solutions for complex issues by using big data
University education
Education provided by universities and similar private institutions (KIM, KMA, private institutions providing masters degrees) aiming at bachelors, masters or PhD degrees and university-level second...
Ellen - Director of Demographic and Socioeconomic Statistics
Ellen - Director of Demographic and Socioeconomic Statistics
EU grant taking data science to a higher level
Article on U grant taking data science to a higher level