A flexicurity labour market in the great recession: The case of Denmark

Economist

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-140

  Andersen, Torben M ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Active labour market policy; Financial crisis; Flexicurity; Persistent unemployment

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

DENMARK;

EID: 84860586838     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10645-011-9181-6     Document Type: Article

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