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Civic attitudes and the design of labor market institutions: which countries can implement the Danish flexicurity model?

"We argue that the efficiency of the Danish flexicurity Model, which combines high unemployment benefits with low job protection and high participation rate, relies on strong public-spiritedness. We also argue that Continental and Mediterranean European countries are unlikely to be able to impl...

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Main Authors: Algan, Yann, Cahuc, Pierre
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Bonn 2006
IZA
Subjects:
employment security
statistics
unemployment benefit
flexicurity
Danish model
OECD countries
Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19294523124910127059-Civic-attitudes-and-the-design.htm
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Summary:"We argue that the efficiency of the Danish flexicurity Model, which combines high unemployment benefits with low job protection and high participation rate, relies on strong public-spiritedness. We also argue that Continental and Mediterranean European countries are unlikely to be able to implement the Danish Model because the lack of public-spiritedness of their citizens raises moral hazard issues which hinder the implementation of efficient public unemployment insurance."
Physical Description:43 p.
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