The Nordic model. Embracing globalization and sharing risks
"Is there a Nordic model? What are the main characteristics of the Nordics? What challenges are they facing? Is the Nordic welfare state viable in conditions of globalization and ageing populations? What reforms are needed? The Nordic countries have attracted much international attention in rec...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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2007
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| author | Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, Helsinki Andersen, Torben Holmström, Bengt Honkapohja, Seppo Korkman, Sixten Söderström, Hans Tson Vartiainen, Juhana |
| author_facet | Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, Helsinki Andersen, Torben Holmström, Bengt Honkapohja, Seppo Korkman, Sixten Söderström, Hans Tson Vartiainen, Juhana |
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| description | "Is there a Nordic model? What are the main characteristics of the Nordics? What challenges are they facing? Is the Nordic welfare state viable in conditions of globalization and ageing populations? What reforms are needed?
The Nordic countries have attracted much international attention in recent years. The school system in Finland has repeatedly been ranked the best in the world. The Swedish pension reform is a benchmark in the international debate. Danish “flexicurity” figures prominently on the policy agenda in the EU and the OECD.
The economic performance of the Nordic countries has been impressive in comparative terms: rapid growth, high employment, price stability, healthy surpluses in government finances. The Nordics have embraced globalization and new technologies. Cross-country comparisons support the view that the Nordics have been successful in reconciling economic efficiency with social equality.
While successful in the past, the Nordic model is facing increasingly serious challenges in the future. Globalization and the demographic transformation have major consequences for labour markets and the public sector. The viability of the Nordic welfare state as it exists today is put into question." |
| format | TEXT |
| geographic | Scandinavia |
| id | 19291959124910191319_4b430b1871e04d85bc209df3aeacd8cd |
| institution | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| is_hierarchy_id | 19291959124910191319_4b430b1871e04d85bc209df3aeacd8cd |
| is_hierarchy_title | The Nordic model. Embracing globalization and sharing risks |
| language | English |
| physical | 165 p. Digital |
| publishDate | 2007 |
| publisher | Helsinki ETLA |
| spellingShingle | Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, Helsinki Andersen, Torben Holmström, Bengt Honkapohja, Seppo Korkman, Sixten Söderström, Hans Tson Vartiainen, Juhana ageing population educational system globalization pension reform welfare state flexicurity Scandinavian model The Nordic model. Embracing globalization and sharing risks |
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| title | The Nordic model. Embracing globalization and sharing risks |
| topic | ageing population educational system globalization pension reform welfare state flexicurity Scandinavian model |
| url | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19291959124910191319-The-Nordic-model.-embracing-gl.htm |