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Secondary education (VO)
Collective term for the first year of high school, special secondary education, secondary general education (havo, vwo), and prevocational training (vmbo, lwoo).
Final court judgement
Verdict by a judge in a civil law case started with a summons and ending with a final decision in the relevant instance.
Goods
Tangible products, such as food, durable consumer items, machinery etc.
University education
Education provided by universities and similar private institutions (KIM, KMA, private institutions providing masters degrees) aiming at bachelors, masters or PhD degrees and university-level second...
Savings
The amount of non-transferable deposits with resident banks, which is held in the Netherlands by the sector households and the sector non-profit institutions serving households.
Work and Social Assistance Act (WWB)
Dutch law that came into force on 1 January 2004 providing social assistance. It replaces the National Assistance Act (ABW) and the
Reduction of disablement volume Act (TAV)
The aim of the law is to curb the inflow into, and stimulate the outflow out of disablement provisions.
Sub-bituminous coal
Coal with a calorific value between 17,435 and 23,865 megajoule per kilogram and a content of volatile matter of more than 31 percent (ash-free dryweight).
Government-owned corporation
Government bodies mainly selling the goods and services they produce at market prices to other government, households, enterprises or the rest of the world.
Reunification migration
Immigration where the immigrant entering the Netherlands moves to an address already occupied by a family member (parent, spouse, child, uncle or aunt, cousin, nephew or niece).
Summons
Official document (writ) summoning a person to appear in court to settle a conflict (civil procedure) or to go on trial on criminal charges (criminal procedure)
Subsidies on imports
Subsidies on imports are related to the value or the volume of imported products that are re-exported without undergoing any processing.
Law on the extended obligation to pay sickness benefits (WULBZ)
This law prescribes that employers must pay the employees wage during sickness for a maximum of one year.
Joinder during a court session
Joining several criminal cases registered separately by the public prosecutor so that they can be dealt with as one court case.
Personal income
An individual’s gross income is made up of: income from work, income from enterprise, benefits from income insurance and social benefits (except child allowances).
Medical decision at the end of life.
If there is more than one decision, the death is classified on the basis of the most drastic intervention.
Basic qualification
A diploma at the level of senior general secondary education (havo), pre-university education (vwo), or level-2 of senior secondary vocational education (mbo).
Property income (NR)
Income that owners of financial assets and tangible non-produced assets receive when they put them at the disposal of other institutional units.
Acquittal
Verdict by a judge who feels there is no proof that the suspect committed the crime he/she was charged with by the public prosecutor.
Mobility motive
The activity at the destination of the trip. If this is the home address, then it is the activity at the origin of the trip.
Working in shifts
Working in a system where the working hours of two or more groups of employees (of about equal numbers) follow or slightly overlap.
Social work
Hands-on help, advice, mediation and psychological and social aid to people with social or personal difficulties. Prevention and indication of problems are also included.
Occupational health
Protecting and improving the health of employees when related to the relationship employees have with their work and working environment.
General secondary education
Term for various kinds of Dutch secondary school with a theoretical or predominantly theoretical content: vwo, havo, mavo (vmbo tracks theoretical and combined theoretical and prevocational programme)