Nordic economic policy review : whither the Nordic welfare model? / Torben M. Andersen [and sixteen others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andersen, Torben M., author.

Series:

TemaNord ; 2015:503.

TemaNord, 0908-6692 ; 2015:503

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Scandinavia--Economic policy.

Scandinavia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Copenhagen, [Denmark] : Nordic Council of Ministers, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The Nordic Economic Policy Review is published by the Nordic Council of Ministers. This year's issue is part of the Danish presidency programme for the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2015. The review addresses policy issues in a way that is useful for in-formed non-specialists as well as for professional economists. All articles are commissioned from leading professional economists and are subject to peer review prior to publication. The review appears once a year. It is published electronically on the website of the Nordic Council of Ministers: www.norden.org/en. On that website, you can also order paper copies of the Review (enter the name of the Review in the search field, and you will find all the information you need).

Contents:

1. Introduction; 1.1 Whither the Nordic Welfare Model?; References; 2. The Nordic welfare model in an open European labor market4F; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Experiences prior to the enlargements of the European labor market; 2.3 Experiences since the expansions of the European labor market; 2.4 Structural challenges; 2.5 A more robust welfare model; 2.6 Conclusion; References; 3. Future Pathways for Labour Market Policy: Including the Excluded; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Active labour market policies for unemployed on the edge of the labour market

3.2.1 Case: Building bridges for young unemployed3.2.2 Case: Mentoring of young people on social assistance; 3.2.3 Case: Measuring Employability; 3.3 Conclusion and discussion; References; 4. Economics of Innovation Policy10F; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Direct innovation policies; 4.2.1 Intellectual property rights; 4.2.2 Government funding of private R&D; 4.2.3 Other innovation policy tools; 4.3 Indirect innovation policies; 4.3.1 Education; 4.3.2 Basic research; 4.3.3 Taxation; 4.3.4 Other indirect innovation policies; 4.4 Conclusions; References

5. Taxing mobile capital and profits: The Nordic Welfare StatesSummary; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Globalization, tax competition and trends in capital taxation; 5.3 The political economy of tax competition; 5.4 Profit shifting and multinationals; 5.5 Curbing base erosion; 5.6 FDI, tax havens and multinationals: A bane or a boon for a host country?; 5.7 Some concluding comments; References; 6. Nordic family policy and maternal employment; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Nordic family policies; 6.2.1 Parental leave programs and cash-for-care; 6.2.2 Subsidized child care

6.3 The causal effects of Nordic family policy on gender equality6.3.1 Effects of paid parental leave and cash-for-care benefits; 6.3.2 Effects of subsidized child care; 6.4 Summary and suggestions for future policy58F; References; 7. Education and equality of opportunity: What have we learned from educational reforms62F; Abstract; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Theoretical considerations related to the intergenerational transmission of human capital; 7.3 Compulsory schooling reforms, tracking and intergenerational persistence; 7.3.1 The compulsory schooling reforms

7.4 Causal effects of compulsory schooling reforms on intergenerational mobility7.5 Parental choice and the importance of family background for pupil achievement; 7.5.1 The choice and voucher reform; 7.5.2 Parental background and school performance; 7.6 The Swedish model: lessons learned and challenges for the future; 7.6.1 Choice and sorting to schools; 7.6.2 School segregation; 7.6.3 Policy considerations of choice and sorting; 7.7 Discussion; References; 8. Retirement and Health in the Nordic Welfare State83F; Summary; 8.1 Introduction

8.2 Welfare state institutions that insure against health-related loss of working capacity

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 11, 2016).

ISBN:

9789289344524

9289344520

9789289344517

9289344512

OCLC:

953657114

Publisher Number:

10.6027/TN2016-503