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The Netherlands

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Social Security and Solidarity in the European Union

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The Dutch social security system aims at providing income for citizens who do not or no longer participate in the labour process as a consequence of sickness, disability, unemployment or old age.They are provided with a substitute income. Under certain circumstances, citizens may also claim supplementary income if their income, either from work or from social insurance benefits, is insufficient to meet the general costs of living, or in the event of exceptional costs (children, specific medical expenses). The system has additional aims. It aims to prevent people from becoming permanently excluded from the labour market due to, for instance, disability or unemployment. It also aims at re-integrating disabled and unemployed persons into the labour market.

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  1. Catholic Study Centre, Catholic University of Nijmegen, Erasmusplein 1, P.O. Box 9103, 6500 HD, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Joos P. A. van Vugt

  2. Wezenlaan 197, 6521 MP, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Jan M. Peet

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Asscher-Vonk, I., Pennings, F., Sparrius, C., Delsen, L. (2000). The Netherlands. In: van Vugt, J.P.A., et al. Social Security and Solidarity in the European Union. Contributions to Economics. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57676-8_9

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