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Current accounts concern the generation, distribution and redistribution of income and its use in the form of final consumption. They permit the calculation of saving.

Water of 100 or more degrees Celsius. Expressed as normal steam, that is steam with a pressure of 1 bar and a temperature of 100 degrees Celsius.

Week 15 (9-13 April 2007)

Court that decides in first and sometimes sole instance or in administrative appeals in the administrative law section of the court, in certain administrative disputes.

A person who works, not on the basis of a an explicit employment contract, in the company or practice of the partner or parents.

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...

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...

Employment data, business returns, business costs and profits Economic sectors (SIC'93) in services

Tthe economic growth in the second quarter of 2012 was 0.2 percent relative to the first quarter, but economic growth was 0.5 percent down compared to the second quarter of 2011.

Dutch companies have a positive outlook for 2016. For the first time in five years, there are more companies expecting an increase in vacancies rather than reduction. In spite of a slight decline,...

In the fourth quarter of last year, 147 thousand jobs of employees were lost compared to the fourth quarter of 2008, a reduction by 1.8 percent.

In April 2004 the rate of inflation was 1.4 percent, 0.3 of a percent point higher than in March. The increase follows a period of three years when inflation was almost continually falling. The April...

Accommodation with at least five beds for overnight stays, primarily intended for young guests. Beds are located in rooms or dormitories which guests may have to share with strangers.

The law insures employees against the financial consequences of unemployment. The duration of the WW benefits depends on the employment record.

The place of educational programs in the Dutch Standard Classification of Education (SOI) based on the economic sector, area of working live or scientific area on which the program focuses.

Commodity board or trading organisation founded on the basis of the law on corporate organisation (Wet op de Bedrijfsorganisatie) and the Socio-economic council supervising them.

Spatial deflator and currency convertor, which eliminates the effects of differences in price levels, thus allowing volume comparisons per capita of GDP components and comparisons of price levels.

A grid of 500 by 500 metres is considered an urbanised area when the surrounding address density is 1 500 or more per square kilometre in the grid.

All payments made for which there is no direct exchange in return, that do not burden the payers income and do not serve to finance the long-term expenditure of the receiver.

The International Standard Classification of Occupations revised in 1988 under the supervision of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and introduced in 1990.

The contributions paid to social security. These include imputed and actual social premiums and actual pension premiums.

The number of days of sick leave as a percentage of the number of available working days. Not included is absence after one year of sickness.

Employee earning the minimum wage applicable to his/her age or less. For part-time workers the minimum wage is proportional to the number of weekly hours worked.