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1 in 3 Sabans are highly educated

12/04/2018 15:30

Among the three islands comprising the Caribbean Netherlands, Saba has relatively many highly educated inhabitants: a share of 33 percent among 25 to 74-year-olds. This is related to the fact that...

Tech education gaining popularity among girls

12/04/2018 15:00

Tech subjects are chosen by an increasing proportion of girls in secondary and higher education.

female labour participation stabilising following years of increase

17/12/2014 15:00

According to figures released by Statistics Netherlands today, participation of Dutch women on the labour market rose substantially in the period 1998-2013. At the end of 2013, however, it fell...

The Rationale of spatial economic top sector policy

16/01/2014 09:30

Cities and clusters are important from an economical point of view. According to various national and international studies, agglomeration economies mean that businesses in urban areas and clusters...

Most common route to master's degree costs 148 thousand euros

18/12/2013 15:00

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...

Fewer women stay at home to care

08/03/2011 15:00

The number of women who could not accept jobs of twelve hours or more a week, because they had to care for their families was reduced form 755 thousand in 2001 to 318 thousand in 2010.

Critical materials in the Dutch economy. Preliminary results

05/11/2010 15:00

This explorative study addresses the impact of critical materials on the Dutch economy. It is based on 41 critical materials identified by a specialist EU working group, plus 3 critical materials...

From unemployment benefit to a permanent job? People who stopped receiving unemployment benefit in 2006, by labour market dynamics in 2006-2008 (Dutch only)

13/04/2010 09:30

Paper and erratum. The results in this report are part of a study on people who start and stop claiming unemployment benefit. This report contains figures on people who stopped receiving...

Most students who move elsewhere to study stay in the same part of the country

30/03/2010 15:00

Annually, 96 thousand 18 to 21-year-olds move to another municipality, often to embark on a study in higher vocational education or university. They often settle in one of the major cities or...

More female farm successors

25/03/2010 15:00

In 2008, more than 11 thousand farm successors were ready to take over an agricultural or horticultural holding; 8.5 percent of them were women, as against 6.8 percent in 2000.