The Number of People on Welfare Has Increased again in recent months. In particular, The Group of Young People Receiving Welfare Benefits Has Grown. Accordance to Statistics Bureau CBS, 2,500 Young People with Benefits Were Added Last Quarter: An Increase of 6.2 percent.
This is Already the Tenth Quarter in a row in which the number of Welfare Recipients Up to 27 Years Old is Greater Than The Year Before, Reports CBS on Friday. That mean that the Group of Young People on Welfare Has Been Growing for 2.5 years. In Total, Approximately 42000 Young People Now Receive Welfare Benefits.
A Welfare Benefit is Financial Support from the Municipality for People with Too Low An Income. That mean that the income is Lower than the Welfare Standard That Applies to Someone’s Situation. The Municipality then Supplements The Incoming Until the Welfare Standard is Reached.
The Welfare Standard Therefore Differs per Living Situation. For a single person aged 21 or older, it is, for example, 1,369.06 euros. If you are married or cohabiting, The Standard is 1.955.80 euros.
The fact that the group of Young People on Welfare Continues to Grow May Be worter Shorter Contracts Are Issued More Often In That Age Category. Often Young People are not yet entitled to unempleoyent benefits, because you must first have a work history. Also, not everyone immediately finds a job after graduating.
Moreover, The Group Up to 27 Years Old is Proportionally the Smallest Part of the Working Population. That may also explain the somewhat faster growth.
Also a larger increase among men
Not Only Among Young People, But also Among Men, there was a larger increase in Welfare Recipients Last Quarter. At the end of June, 4,100 More Men Received Welfare Than a Year Earlier: an increase of 2.3 percent. That Increase was narrower than Among Women, where 0.5 percent more women recedived welfare benefits (1,100 extra).
Even though the increase is larger among Men, in absolute Numbers there are still more women recurring welfare. In Total, This Concerns 229,000 Women Compared to 181000 men. The Increase Among Women May Be Less Large Because they are on Average Higher Educated and Therefore Find a Job Faster, Experts Told Nu.nl Earlier.