{"id":81705,"date":"2017-11-17T15:49:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T14:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=81705"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:53","slug":"nog-minder-jonge-hoogopgeleiden-werkloos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2017\/11\/17\/nog-minder-jonge-hoogopgeleiden-werkloos\/","title":{"rendered":"Unemployment rates among highly educated young people reduced even further"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the third quarter of 2017 the unemployment rate among holders of Master\u2019s degrees aged 25-35 was a mere 2.3 percent, versus 2.9 percent of similarly aged holders of Bachelor\u2019s degrees. In 2016, both of these percentages exceeded 3.<\/p>\n

Young holders of Master\u2019s degrees are particularly fortunate. Statistics Netherlands\u00a0has kept tabs<\/a>\u00a0since 2003. In the fourteen years since then, unemployment rates among young Master\u2019s degree holders have only once been lower than they are now. That was in the year 2007.<\/p>\n

Young men with Master\u2019s degrees more likely to find jobs<\/h3>

However, holders of Bachelor\u2019s degrees are also enjoying the lowest unemployment rates in five years. Women are more likely to reap the benefits of this than men. At present, 2.3 percent of young female holders of Bachelor\u2019s degrees issued by universities or universities of applied sciences are unemployed, versus 3.6 percent of their male counterparts.<\/p>\n

The situation is reversed among holders of Master\u2019s degrees. Young male holders of Master\u2019s degrees are less likely to be unemployed than similarly well-educated women: 1.8 percent versus 2.7 percent.<\/p>\n

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