New Policies to Promote Youth Inclusion

Halvorsen, Rune; Hvinden, Bjørn

doi:10.6027/tn2014-564

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“…When hiring, employers face imperfect information. In the case of migrants, there may be concerns that cultural and linguistic differences could lead to a ‘lack-of-fit’ at the workplace or organisation (Halvorsen and Hvinden, 2015). As regards disabled persons, there may be considerable uncertainty on the part of employers about whether impairments represent an obstacle to work capacity and productivity (Vedeler, 2014).…”

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The Nordic Welfare Model in the Twenty-First Century: The Bumble-Bee Still Flies!

Halvorsen

Hvinden

Schøyen

2015

Social Policy & Society

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The Nordic countries are admired for high employment, low levels of poverty and inequality, encompassing welfare states, and peaceful industrial relations. Yet the model is criticised for hampering the employment opportunities of vulnerable groups. The literature identifies several potential mechanisms of exclusion. Compressed wage structures may make employers reluctant to hire certain workers for fear that their productivity is too low to justify the cost. Second, generous benefits lower individuals’ incentive to work. Third, businesses increasingly specialise in high-skill activities. We explore these arguments comparatively by considering the employment chances of two vulnerable groups: disabled persons and migrants. The Nordic countries are compared with other rich democracies that take different approaches to social protection and wage dispersion. The Nordic countries do not perform systematically worse than other ‘varieties of capitalism’. In line with recent research, we also find that there is considerable intra-Nordic variation, which calls for further study.

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