Labour market reforms and performance in Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Finland

Beschreibung

"The Danish, German, Swedish and Finnish labour market reforms and performances are analysed in this publication between 2000 and 2010. A descriptive report is presented from each country concentrating in the main reforms, their context and the outcome based on research evidence. All the four countries have implemented remarkable labour market reforms. The reforms have addressed tighter unemployment benefit regime, the tasks and organisation of the public employment service as well as the volume and content of active labour market policy measures. In addition, certain specific groups of people have been addressed in the reforms. All these are components of successful labour market reforms. In Denmark, especially innovative is the combination of broad activation policy, relatively generous unemployment benefits and loose employment protection regulation, known as the Danish flexicurity model. Germany has experienced a continuum of systematic reforming. Fostering the long-term labour supply and effective integration of the difficult groups of people to the labour market has been emphasised in Sweden. The Finnish transition security and education an one's own initiative with unemployment benefits can be considered as innovative reforms. Denmark has been especially succesful in integration of young people, the general employment rate is high and the labour market dynamic. Germany has, due to the broad reforms, improved the overall labour market performance. In Sweden the general and elderly employment rates are high and the labour market dynamic. Finland has succeeded in improving the employment of the elderly and also the female employment rate is high. This report tries to build a systematic outlook on the labour market reforms an one hand, and the labour market performance on the other as well as to specify the more and less successful components of the reforms." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Zitationshinweis

Räisänen, Heikki, Johanna Alatalo, Kristian Krüger Henriksen, Torbjörn Israelsson & Sabine Klinger (2012): Labour market reforms and performance in Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Finland. (Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy. Employment and entrepreneurship 19/2012), Helsinki, 105 S.