Category: CBS Microdata

There is not a single way of being and living as a transgender and gender diverse (TGD) person. A typical trajectory of transition for them in the Netherlands includes diagnoses, legal gender marker change and hormonal and surgical treatments. However, many TGD people may derive from this ‘standard’ trajectory for many reasons; some even abolish…

People with a migration background continue to face disadvantages in the Dutch labour market, including lower pay, less job stability, and fewer chances for promotion. This project examines whether diversity in organizational leadership—for example, having managers or board members with a migration background—can help reduce these inequalities. Using detailed, anonymized data that link employees to…

Over recent decades recorded crime has declined sharply across Western societies. Yet the reasons for this decline remain unclear. Does the decline reflect changes in age-related patterns — for instance, that young people today are less likely to offend during adolescence (age effects)? Has society become safer in ways that reduce offending among people of…

Children’s early development lays foundation for their future health, education, and wellbeing. Both cognitive skills (such as memory and problem-solving) and non-cognitive skills (such as perseverance and self-control) develop rapidly during the first years of life. Families play a crucial role in supporting this growth, but financial difficulties can make it harder for parents to…

Children’s learning and development can be disrupted by both family-level problems—such as parental job loss, divorce, or illness—and societal crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. This project investigates how these two types of adversity interact to affect children’s learning progress in Dutch primary schools. Using detailed microdata from Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and longitudinal standardized test data…

We examine how renewable energy facilities (e.g., wind turbines/solar farms) affect residential prices, household sorting and wealth inequality. Sources of renewable energy, such as wind turbines and solar farms, are instrumental in the efforts to transition towards a carbon neutral economy. Conversely, the placement of wind turbines and solar farms negatively affects the prices of…

Most Western countries are abolishing early retirement schemes and increasing the statutory retirement age to stimulate employment among older workers. However, many people are unwilling or unable to work full-time until a higher statutory retirement age. We study whether incentives for partial retirement can complement traditional policies to stimulate labour participation at old age. We…

The number of people living with dementia in the Netherlands is expected to increase from 261.000 in 2022 to 506.000 in 2050. Because effective medication to treat or prevent dementia has not been found yet, the prevention of dementia has become more and more important.  Evidence is summing up that decreasing air pollution can prevent…

The past decade has seen several efforts to combat profit shifting and tax evasion by multinationals. So far, measuring profit shifting and the effectiveness of efforts to combat profit shifting have remained difficult due to data limitations. Country-by-country reporting (CbCR) data is a new and promising source of information on profits, employment, assets and tax…