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One of the two tracks in secondary vocational training introduced by the WEB (Adult and Vocational Education Act). In this track students spend 60 percent of their time of practical training within a...

In Dutch society, more and more decisions are being made by automated systems that use algorithms.

In 2021, people in the Netherlands were more pessimistic about the future society than in 2018.

Perceived health, chronic disorders Sex, age, educational level

Across the world, there is an increasing need for information on climate change and energy transition, environmental quality and circularity, and nature and biodiversity.

As part of its research programme Statistics Netherlands has derived a network of the entire Dutch population. This paper describes the methods used to derive the network and will give an overview of...

On Wednesday 20 October 2021, Professor Frank Pijpers gave his inaugural lecture on Empirical explorations of a complex society at the University of Amsterdam.

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...

Smoking, alcohol, height and weight, contraceptive pill Sex, age, educational level

GP, specialist, dentist, fysiotherapist, hospitalisation, medicine use Sex, age, educational level

After secondary education, young people up to the age of 25 are more likely to attend secondary vocational education (MBO) than higher vocational education (HBO) or university (WO).

Employed and not employed, want to work, reasons to not want to work Sex, age, level of education

Labour force, unemployment rate, labour participation Sex, age, level of education

Article about the official launch of the ‘Rijks Data Science Programme’,

Employed labour force Sex, characteristics, economic activities

How do the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the circular economy interact with each other?

Labour force, unemployment rate, labour participation Sex, age, level of education

Governments are using artificial intelligence (AI) on an ever-increasing scale and for diverse purposes, from streamlining traffic flows to tackling complex social challenges such as the energy...

How can we make the algorithms used by the government as fair as possible, and what role could proper archiving play in that process?

The route most students take at university to get their master’s degree cost 148 thousand euros in 2012. This is the standard route including failing classes and delays. The shortest possible route...

More and more foreign students enrol at a Dutch university (WO) or university of applied science (HBO).

Prevocational training preparing for vocational training at the secondary level. It is a four-year course with four tracks, each with a fixed curriculum and set final exams: VMBO theoretical...