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The place in the classification of educational programs by level according to the Dutch Standard Classification of Education (SOI) 1998. This level is based on the minimum educational attainment...

Overall term for the tax on tap water and ground water and tax on the use of municipal land. The latter is levied for some but not other water companies. Ground water tax is levied when groundwater...

Prevocational training preparing for vocational training at the secondary level. It is a four-year course with four tracks, each with a fixed curriculum and set final exams: VMBO theoretical...

This includes: - Collectively labour agreements (CAO in Dutch) Wages and other working conditions laid down by the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment; - Wages and other working conditions laid...

These include the law on industrial accidents of 1901 and 1921, the law on accidents in agriculture and horticulture of 1922-1967, the law on invalidity (since 1919), the law on industrial disability...

Smits develops Dutch measurement model further using 100 indicators and expand it into international measurement model

The Dutch economy shrank by 5.1 percent in the second quarter of 2009 compared with the same quarter last year.

Young people with non-western background still lagging behind in socio-economic terms compared to their native Dutch counterpartsIn socio-economic terms.

According to figures released today, 630 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in November.

A report updating continuing research into the frequency of earthquakes in Groningen.

Pupil in regular primary education who belongs to a disadvantaged category. In order to calculate the financial contribution to schools, each pupil is assigned a weight. Special needs pupils are...

The premiums paid by employers to social security on the gross wages. These include imputed and actual social premiums and actual pension premiums, and payments made directly by the employer.

The ratio between the number of cases of sick leave started in the observation period and the number of employees. The duration of the observation period influences the reporting frequency which...

Introduced on 1 April 2001 when the Immigration Law of 2000 came into force. The permit is valid for a maximum of five years. The permit indicates whether or not the holder has a work permit, and if...

or persons and households this is wage and salary including employee-paid and employer-paid premiums for social insurance, bonuses, save-as-you-earn deductions and remuneration for labour carried out...

Primary income distribution refers to income formation that results directly from the production process, and the distribution of it over the production factors (labour, capital) and government...

Many older people in the Netherlands still remember times of food shortage. Today’s supermarkets, specialist food shops and market stalls sell an unprecedented range of products. At the same time,...

Week 15 (9-13 April 2007)

On 8 and 9 April 2011, an international Expert Meeting took place on the monitoring and assessment of elections. It was the first time election observers from the academic world, politics and...

The value of all goods brought into the Dutch economy for consumption. This is the case when import duties and national taxes have been paid. For imports from EU countries this is the value of the...