Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
modaal inkomen
English translation:
median family income; typical employee's income; average wage; standard income
Added to glossary by
Henk Peelen
Jan 13, 2003 08:51
22 yrs ago
Dutch term
nynke
modaal inkomen
Non-PRO
Dutch to English
Bus/Financial
income
Proposed translations
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| 4 -1 | modal income |
Henk Peelen
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| 5 | typical employee's income |
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Proposed translations
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Henk Peelen
Netherlands
Netherlands
Native in Dutch
Netherlands
Polytechnic school; Studio & memoQ
Native in: Dutch 
Works in: German to Dutch, English to Dutch
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modal income
average income
Jurlex
Jurlex
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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typical employee's income
Statistically a difference is made between modal, median and average income (modaal, mediaan, gemiddeld)(http://research.umbc.edu/~nmiller/POLI300/PS9_A&D.htm). (modaal, mediaan, gemiddeld). "Modaal inkomen" is also short for "inkomen van Jan Modaal" (the income of a fictive average citizen, in practice "het inkomen van een gezin met twee kinderen en een inkomen op de premiegrens van de sociale verzekeringen"
http://www.nrc.nl/W2/Evj/Begrip/m.html
I would not translate "modaal inkomen" as "median income" or "average income" as this is statistically incorrect. "typical employee's income" seems a better option.
http://www.nrc.nl/W2/Evj/Begrip/m.html
I would not translate "modaal inkomen" as "median income" or "average income" as this is statistically incorrect. "typical employee's income" seems a better option.
Peer comment(s):
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Adam Smith
: I think modal income is best here (ref. http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/citizens/nl/nl/1800.htm)
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