Lazy or efficient? Dutch work the least of all Europeans, says CBS

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Lazy or efficient? Dutch work the least of all Europeans, says CBS

While a high proportion of the Dutch have a job, the number of hours they work is one of the lowest totals in Europe, the national statistics office CBS said on Wednesday. But the total number of hours they work is very low compared with the rest of Europe, says chief economist Peter Hein van Mulligen. ‘But these new figures show that the high number of jobs does not compensate for the shorter working week.’ In 2016, Dutch men worked an average of 36 hours a week, women worked 26. Taking the entire population of working age into account, the Dutch work 20 hours a week, compared with 24 hours in Sweden, Estonia and the Czech Republic.

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Lazy or efficient? Dutch work the least of all Europeans, says CBS

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Dutch work fewer hours than other EU workers

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Seven in 10 Dutch women have a job but most still work part time

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Seven in 10 Dutch women have a job but most still work part time

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Dutch women have less time for themselves than men: survey

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