16-02-15 10:33 pm – Source: Reuters
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The dependence of the assistance will increase especially in the northern Netherlands, according to research by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Since 2004, the percentage of people on welfare has increased especially in municipalities in the North. In places like Pekela and Oldambtmeer their share grew by more than 2 percentage points.
These are regions on the edges of the country where the declining population figures. The statistics agency blames the increase in benefit dependency in these areas include shrinkage of deteriorating economic conditions. Employment was here above average hard backward, and it has become harder to find a job in the area.
also counts is that people with good career prospects to the cities in the west. Claimants remain frequent in the region behind
. Shrink Municipalities
In 2014, the share of welfare benefits in the shrinking municipalities increased to an average 5 percent, while the average remained at 4 percent in the other municipalities of the Netherlands.
There live in the areas concerned not only many social assistance recipients, the proportion of disabled is relatively high. In some municipalities it involves more than one tenth of the population.
The CBS also reported Monday that more than half of all households in the Netherlands makes use of social arrangements, with 56 percent. In peripheral regions like East Groningen and South Limburg, the larger. These are figures from 2012. The most used were arrangements and provision for income support, such as special assistance and sickness benefits.
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