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This paper relates unemployment outcomes from the Dutch labour force survey to the number of individuals registered at Dutch employment offices. Both series evolve rather similar, despite the...

This discussion paper describes a method based on latent class modeling

This discussion paper describes a method based on latent class modeling

In this paper, a generalisation of the Fellegi-Holt paradigm is proposed that can incorporate various complex edit operations in a natural way. In addition, an algorithm is outlined that may be used...

In recent years, the importance of the households sector in measuring economic welfare has increasingly been recognised, and the development of additional indicators to measure inequalities is...

Transitivizing elementary price indices for internet data using the cycle method

Existing proofs of central limit theorems in random sampling from finite populations are quite lengthy. The present paper shows how the proof for this kind of theorem in random sampling can be...

This paper by Ralph Foorthuis and Sjaak Brinkkemper aims to identify best practices for carrying out business and systems analysis in projects that are required to comply with an Enterprise...

In this paper, we describe a method for assessing the measurement validity as well as the bias of administrative and survey variables by means of a structural equation model. The method is applied to...

The present paper outlines the current modernisation programme of household surveys carried out by Statistics Netherlands. It focuses on its objectives in terms of data collection and standardisation...

In 2006 the selection of respondents for the Time Use Survey (‘Tijdbestedingsonderzoek’ or ‘TBO’) consisted of three stages. In this paper we employ R-indicators to investigate the representativity...

In this paper, we describe the controversy that arose between Statistics Netherlands and the Ministry of Economic Affairs in 2009 after the Dutch government announced a tax relief measure for...

This paper presents the methods used for compiling balance sheets for consumer durables in the Netherlands. The Perpetual Inventory Method is used to convert time series of consumption of consumer...

This paper presents the methods used for compiling complete balance sheets for inventories. Furthermore, the underlying assumptions are explained and results of sensitivity analyses are shown. The...

Design-based and model-assisted estimation procedures are widely applied by most of the European national statistical institutes. There are, however, situations were model-based approaches can have...

This paper explains the OQM model developed by SN, and describes nine applications of the model. The applications vary from large-scale (TQM and process assurance) to small-scale. They demonstrate...

This paper describes the evaluation and redesign of the Structural Business Survey questionnaire. We describe how and to what extent various evaluation methods contributed to our understanding of the...

At first sight, web surveys seem to be an interesting and attractive means of data collection. However, there is another side to this coin. Due to methodological problems, outcomes of web surveys may...

Statistics Netherlands developed a factsheet containing several indicators measuring conjunctural change. This factsheet can be divided into three parts. The first part is based on 15 macro-economic...

Survey nonresponse occurs when members of a sample cannot or will not participate in the survey. It remains a problem despite the development of statistical methods that aim to reduce nonresponse. In...

In this paper by Floris van Ruth, a graphical tool is presented for analysing the labour market. The state of the labour market, defined as tightness, is characterised via the interaction of supply...

Data editing is arguably one of the most resource-intensive processes at NSI’s. Forced by ever increasing budget pressure, NSIs keep searching for more efficient forms of data editing. Efficiency...

Due to methodological problems, the quality of the outcomes of web surveys may be seriously affected. This paper addresses one of these problems: self-selection of respondents. Self-selection leads...

Labour productivity of health services has received a lot of attention in the Netherlands in recent years. Labour productivity requires the measurement of output and labour input. This paper...

From July to December 2005 a large scale follow up of nonrespondents in the Dutch Labour Force Survey (LFS) was conducted at Statistics Netherlands. In the study a sample of nonrespondents in the LFS...