Behind the Numbers

Technical supplement

A permanent section for those who want to look behind the data. Here you'll find the pieces too deep for the main paper — analyses, reports, thought experiments and empirical foundations that feed the main articles.

Continuously updated · Independent · Open visor

Een onderzoeker bestudeert grafieken en data bij kaarslicht

What is this?

For those who want to see the numbers

The main articles in each edition tell the story. Here you'll find the work underneath: the data analyses, the empirical testing, the thought experiments that don't always fit formal language. Some pieces are personal working documents — we mark those clearly as such. Others are completed analyses based on public sources (CBS, AMECO, OECD).

Current pieces

In this supplement

Data analysis · Personal working document

Are the Netherlands heading toward developing-country status?

Bankruptcies, closures (60× more than bankruptcies!), employment and de-industrialization from 2000 to 2026. A data-driven analysis that reveals patterns official statistics don't show.

18 min read

Data analysis · AMECO data

EU: GDP, Real Wages and the Government Multiplier

GDP growth minus wage development minus real government costs — what macroeconomic room remains? An empirical foundation for 27 EU countries based on AMECO data.

14 min read

In preparation

More research to follow

This supplement is continuously expanded with new data pieces alongside the monthly main paper.

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