Arbeitspapier

A flexicurity labour market in the Great Recession: The case of Denmark

Flexicurity labour markets are characterised by flexible hiring/firing rules, generous social safety net, and active labour market policies. How can such labour markets cope with the consequences of the Great Recession? Larger labour shedding is to be expected and this strains the social safety net and increases the demands on active labour market policies. This paper takes a closer look at the labour market consequences of the crisis for Denmark. It is found that employment adjustment is not particularly large in international comparison, although it has more weight on the extensive (number of employees) than the intensive (hours) margin. The level of job creation remains high, although job creation is pro-cyclical and job-separation counter-cyclical. As a consequence most unemployment spells remain short. This is critical since a persistent increase in unemployment will affect the financial balance of the model severely. Comparative evidence does not, however, indicate that flexicurity markets are more prone to persistence. Crucial for this is the design of the social safety net and in particular the active labour market policy. However, the larger inflow into activation raises questions concerning the possibility of maintaining the efficiency of the system.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5710

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Labor Economics: General
Thema
flexicurity
employment protection
unemployment insurance
active labour market policy

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Andersen, Torben M.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2011

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-201105306346
Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Andersen, Torben M.
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2011

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