Further decrease in unemployment – Financieele Dagblad (Registration)

Unemployment in the Netherlands fell in March for the second consecutive month. The Central Bureau of Statistics reported Thursday that in comparison with February 7000 unemployed less. In February there was a decrease by 12,000. The decline in unemployment is due to a smaller supply of people in the labor market, because the number of stagnant jobs. In February, 1,000 jobs were lost in March 2000.

The number of unemployment benefits came last month at 443,000, 12,000 less than in February, according to figures from the UWV. Last month, a total of 626,000 people unemployed. This was 7.0% of the workforce is unemployed, compared to 7.2% three months earlier. In March last year, there were 692,000 unemployed, then equal to 8.1% of the workforce.

More young people started

Young people are more often at work. In the first three months of this year the number of people between 15 and 25 years with an average of 10,000 jobs per month. In addition, more young people per week twelve or more hours at work. The unemployment rate among young people declined in the last three months, from 11.8 to 10.8. Also, the number of unemployment benefits declined, especially among this group of 15- to 25-year-olds, reports the UWV.

Since mid last year attracts the number of workers between 15 and 25 years. Compared with a year earlier, the number of young workers rose by 63,000, to 1.25 million.

over-45s

On-45s, the number of workers too, but less rapidly than in the young. In the first months of 2015, the number of working-45s according to the CBS by an average of nearly 2,000 per month. Where the number of people between 45 and 75 years has been increasing for years, shrinking the group of 25- to 45-year olds. Aging plays an important role. This shift is reflected in the number of workers by age group.

Significant decrease unemployment benefits

The number of unemployment benefits rose in March 2015 decreased to 443,000, a decrease of 12,000 compared to February. Especially among young people up to 25 years, the number of benefits. But also in people over 50 had a decrease. For that group was the first decline in six months. The decline in the number of unemployment benefits is largely through temporary employment agencies and seasonally sensitive sectors such as construction and agriculture.