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Report including results, description of methods and tables of the monitoring study of the Dutch ‘top‘ sectors in 2014.Commissioned by: Ministry of Economic Affairs (EZ)

Just over 45 thousand people (in full-time equivalents) were employed in the Dutch sustainable energy sector in 2013. This is 24 percent more than in 2008. In the remainder of the economy employment...

In the second quarter of 2014, nearly 900 thousand people (11 percent of all persons employed in the Netherlands) were working less than twelve hours a week. Three-quarters do not wish or are unable...

The contribution of the tourism sector to Dutch GDP rose from 3.2 percent in 2010 to 3.6 percent in 2013 according to the latest figures released by Statistics Netherlands today. The tourism sector...

The loss of employee jobs continued in the first quarter of this year;32 thousand jobs of employees were lost relative to the fourth quarter of 2013. After a modest loss by 4 thousand in the fourth...

The number of minimum wage jobs has risen marginally over the period 2008-2012. The increase mainly occurred among 20 to 30-year-olds.

Adjusted for seasonal variation, 684 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in March 2014, i.e. 7 thousand fewer than in February. Nevertheless, if a longer period is taken into account,...

In 2012, exports of goods and services generated the equivalent of 2.2 million full-time jobs in the Netherlands. This accounts for one third of total employment in the country.

The vacancy indicator improved further in March and reached the highest level in nearly three years. The mood lifted across the board.

According to the second estimate, the Dutch economy grew 0.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013 relative to the third quarter, versus 0.7 percent on the basis of the first estimate released on 14...

The number of employee jobs declined by 4 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2013 relative to the third quarter. In the preceding quarters, the decline was much more substantial.

This report includes results on the composition of the category of employed living on long-term low incomes and the factors which determine why people are trapped in a long-term low-income situation....

Last year, 70 thousand people, nearly twice as many as in 2008, thought their chances of finding employment was so low that they have stopped looking for work altogether. Especially among 55 to...

The amount of hours worked in temp jobs increased in the fourth quarter of 2013 relative to the third quarter. The number of hours worked on secondment basis also grew.

Adjusted for seasonal variation, 678 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in January 2014, i.e. 10 thousand more than in the preceding month. In December 2013, unemployment rose by 15...

The number of employee jobs declined by 8 thousand (0.1 percent) in the fourth quarter of 2013 relative to the third quarter.

The vacancy indicator provides a quick indication of the trend in job vacancies in the private sector. The indicator improved further in December.

The number of unemployment (WW) benefits has risen in recent years to over 400 thousand by the end of September 2013. Inflow and outflow are increasing. The amount of short-term WW benefits has grown...

Taking seasonal effects into account, there were 47 thousand fewer jobs (0.6 percent) in the third than in the second quarter of 2013.

Between 2008 and 2012, unemployment rose faster among lower educated people than among secondary and high educated people. The unemployment increase was most obvious among lower-skilled technicians...

In the third quarter of 2013, the amount of hours worked in stage A temp jobs was 0.5 percent up from the sector quarter. The modest increase follows five consecutive quarters of decline.

Nearly all employees indicated in 2012 that a pleasant workplace atmosphere is important to them. For three quarters of employees a pleasant workplace atmosphere is essential. Nearly all employees...

the Dutch economy grew by 0.1 percent in the third quarter van 2013 compared to the second quarter. It is the first time after the second quarter of 2012 that there is any quarterly growth.

Taking seasonal effects into account, there were 46 thousand fewer jobs (0.6 percent) in the third than in the second quarter of 2013. The quarter-on-quarter figures on jobs of employees have been in...

Last year, in 54 percent of couples with young children one partner was working on a full-time basis and the other partner on a part-time basis. This was also the case in 2008.