Flexicurity and the economic crisis 2008-2009: evidence from Denmark
A key feature of the Danish labour market is its so-called flexicurity, the coexistence of flexibility (low adjustment costs for both employers and employees) and security (owing to a developed social safety net with high coverage and high replacement ratios). This is often believed to have contributed to the resilience of the Danish labour market and especially to its ability to maintain a low and stable unemployment rate. The aim of this paper is to examine the performance of the flexicurity system and changes therein during the previous three decades, including the first years of the Great ... Show more
Authors: Eriksson, Tor
Published: Paris, France, OECD, 2012
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Physical description: 44 p.
Access item: http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k8x7gw8btq6-en
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