Code and Data for: "Danish Flexicurity: Rights and Duties"
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Claus Thustrup Kreiner, University of Copenhagen; Michael Svarer, Aarhus University
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Project Citation:
Kreiner, Claus Thustrup, and Svarer, Michael. Code and Data for: “Danish Flexicurity: Rights and Duties.” Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2022. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-11-02. https://doi.org/10.3886/E174561V1
Project Description
Summary:
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Denmark is one of the richest countries in
the world and achieves this in combination with low inequality, low
unemployment, and high income security. This performance is often attributed to
the Danish labor market model characterized by what has become known as
flexicurity. This essay describes and evaluates Danish flexicurity. The Danish
experience shows that flexicurity in itself, i.e., flexible hiring and firing
rules for firms combined with high income security for workers, is insufficient
for successful outcomes. The flexicurity policy also needs to include
comprehensive active labor market programs (ALMPs) with compulsory
participation for recipients of unemployment compensation. Denmark spends more
on active labor market programs than any other OECD country. We review theory showing
how ALMPs can mitigate adverse selection and moral hazard problems associated
with high income security and review empirical evidence on the effectiveness of
ALMPs from the ongoing Danish policy evaluation, which includes a systematic
use of randomized experiments. We also discuss the aptness of flexicurity to
meet challenges from globalization, automation, and immigration and the
trade-offs that the United States (or other countries) would face in adopting a
flexicurity policy.
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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Labor Market Policy;
Employment
JEL Classification:
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J08 Labor Economics Policies
J08 Labor Economics Policies
Geographic Coverage:
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OECD countries
Time Period(s):
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1/1/2019 – 12/12/2019 (Data is from 2019 or latest available year, the latest being 2011 in one circumstance)
Collection Date(s):
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4/9/2021 – 6/20/2022
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