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Europe > Netherlands > Labor

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Agricultural workers > Female 2% [59th of 77]
Agricultural workers > Male 4% [67th of 78]
Compensation of employees > % of expense 8.49 % Time series [69th of 97]
Compensation of employees > current LCU 17068000000 Time series
Days off work 1 days [19th of 20]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19 37.78 [87th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24 73.34 [81st of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29 84.99 [60th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34 83.5 [87th of 165]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 35-39 83.66 [91st of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 81.27 [95th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 76.08 [105th of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 65.51 [123rd of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59 43.24 [153rd of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64 13.29 [163rd of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus 1.14 [164th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 15-19 38.78 [101st of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 73.85 [158th of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29 93.12 [139th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34 96.19 [141st of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39 96.06 [146th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44 94.5 [150th of 163]
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49 91.65 [160th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54 85.15 [151st of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59 60.09 [157th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64 19.13 [161st of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 2.45 [158th of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19 36.73 [63rd of 164]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 72.8 [49th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29 76.55 [57th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34 70.2 [83rd of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39 70.55 [85th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44 67.5 [88th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54 45.17 [111st of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59 25.99 [125th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64 7.6 [158th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus 0.23 [167th of 167]
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 2 % Time series [41st of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment 3.9 % Time series [46th of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 8.3 % Time series [52nd of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 29.6 % Time series [37th of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 85.6 % Time series [16th of 86]
Employees, services, male > % of male employment 62.4 % Time series [15th of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 3 % Time series [47th of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 20 % Time series [49th of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment 72.9 % Time series [16th of 94]
employment rate > Source / date of > information 2003 OECD .
Employment rate of highly educated women 86.6% [5th of 18]
Employment rate of lesser educated women 53.4% [12th of 18]
Female decision makers 27% [36th of 67]
Female doctors 35.1% [6th of 18]
Female economic activity 45.4% [107th of 156]
Female economic activity growth 5% [63rd of 156]
Female professionals 46% [47th of 68]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 17.3 weeks of wages Time series [133rd of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 69.55 % Time series [37th of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 84.52 % Time series [59th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 77.16 % Time series [33rd of 184]
force with primary education > % of total 30.9 % Time series [15th of 48]
force with secondary education > % of total 45.2 % Time series [19th of 51]
force with tertiary education > % of total 23.5 % Time series [21st of 52]
force, female > % of total labor force 44.18 % Time series [69th of 184]
force, total 8,611,269 Time series [49th of 184]
    force, total (per capita) 0.528 per capita Time series [16th of 184]
Foreign labor force 3.4 [15th of 23]
Gender division of housework 2.04 [8th of 13]
Industrial workers > Female 9% [72nd of 79]
Industrial workers > Male 31% [44th of 79]
Labor force 7,604,000 Time series [44th of 132]
    Labor force (per capita) 458,884.653 per million people Time series [59th of 131]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 4%, industry 23%, services 73%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 3% Time series [23rd of 32]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 21% Time series [15th of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 76% Time series [3rd of 29]
Long term unemployment 0.9% [20th of 27]
Long term unemployment > Share 43.5% [10th of 28]
Long-term unemployment > % of total unemployment 29.2 % Time series [15th of 48]
Long-term unemployment, female > % of female unemployment 28.1 % Time series [15th of 46]
Long-term unemployment, male > % of male unemployment 30.1 % Time series [15th of 46]
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Date September 14, 1976
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Minimum age 15 [93rd of 146]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 16 weeks
Parental leave > Paid paternity leave 3 days 100%
Parental leave > Restrictions
For unpaid leave you have have worked for an employer for over 1 year. Unpaid leave for children under 8.
Parental leave > Unpaid maternity leave 13 weeks 100%
Parental leave > Unpaid paternity leave 13 weeks 100%
Regulation 54 [60th of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 79 [52nd of 123]
Regulation > Firing 33 [66th of 123]
Regulation > Hiring 51 [61st of 123]
Researchers in labor force 50 per 10000 people [15th of 18]
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date December 22, 1993
Rigidity of employment index 42 Time series [70th of 166]
Seafarers' Pensions Convention > Ratification Date August 27, 1957
Service workers > Female 84% [21st of 79]
Service workers > Male 63% [11th of 79]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 45.4 % Time series [61st of 174]
Strikes 4 [23rd of 27]
Technicians in R&D > per million people 1,725.34 per million people Time series [5th of 49]
Temporary employment share 13.8% [9th of 26]
Total work time > Females 308 minutes [30th of 29]
Total work time > Females over males 98% [27th of 29]
Total work time > Males 315 minutes [29th of 29]
Trade union membership 25% [13th of 18]
Unemployment 2.6% [17th of 18]
Unemployment and education > Tertiary 1.8% [15th of 18]
Unemployment and education > Upper secondary 2.1% [17th of 18]
Unemployment benefit as % of GDP 2.6 % of GDP [3rd of 18]
Unemployment benefit replacement 47 [2nd of 20]
Unemployment gender ratio 161% [5th of 30]
Unemployment rate 4.6% Time series [63rd of 107]
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 38.3 % Time series [47th of 71]
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 32.3 % Time series [46th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 17.4 % Time series [34th of 77]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 15.6 % Time series [39th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, male > % of male unemployment 19.2 % Time series [21st of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 4.4 % Time series [76th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 4.1 % Time series [78th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 4.3 % Time series [80th of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 9.7 % Time series [48th of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 9.5 % Time series [49th of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 9.6 % Time series [47th of 77]
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required 4 weeks
Work time > Market-oriented 48% [24th of 29]
Work Time > More than 40 hours 36.9% [13th of 18]
Work time > Non-market-oriented 52% [7th of 29]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 5,678,000,000 $ Time series [10th of 149]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP) 9.096 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [47th of 166]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita) 347.92 $ per 1,000 people Time series [11th of 167]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 2,227,000,000 $ Time series [32nd of 156]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per $ GDP) 3.568 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [120th of 165]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per capita) 136.46 $ per capita Time series [45th of 167]
Working mothers 66 [6th of 23]
Workplace safety > Dangerous Countries to Work In the EU > Fatalities 60 [8th of 15]
Workplace safety in the EU > Fatalities 2 per 100,000 employees [11th of 15]
Youth unemployment 6.6% [24th of 30]

SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; World Development Indicators database; OECD; Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details: ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation; Wikipedia: List of countries by employment rate ; OECD Employment Outlook 2002, p.74; calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; OECD Health Data 2002 (CD ROM) available year for Australia, Japan = 1998; Denmark = 1995; 1980 figures for Canada and France are interpolated; calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; OECD; Jeanne A. Batalova and Philip N. Cohen, 'Premarital Cohabitation and Housework: Couples in Cross-National Perspective', Journal of Marriage and Family 64, August 2002, p.748; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook. Paris; Wikipedia: Minimum Age Convention, 1973 ; Wikipedia: Parental leave ; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference.; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference; OECD; Wikipedia: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 ; Wikipedia: Seafarers' Pensions Convention, 1946 ; Harvey, Andrew S. 1995 ?Market and Non-Market Productive Activity in Less Developed and Developing Countries: Lessons from Time Use.? Background Paper for Human Development Report 1995. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report, Goldshmidt-Clermont, Luisella, and Elisabetta Pagnossin Aligisakis. 1995. ?Measures of Unrecorded Economic Activities in Fourteen Countries.? Background paper for Human Development Report; Figures are from the OECD. The figures are from EIRO for France, Ireland and Italy; OECD Historical Statistics; OECD, Employment Outlook 2002 ; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002; World Health Organization; calculated on the basis of data on male and female unemployment rates from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook 2001. Paris; Wikipedia: Vacation ; ILO, Key Indicators; Wikipedia: Workplace safety ;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, Nederland, the netherlands

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