Nordic paths from welfare to workfare: Danish, Swedish and Finnish labour market reforms in comparison

Local Economy

Volumn 27, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 558-576

  Kananen, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

active labour market policy; Denmark; Finland; labour market activation; Nordic labour market policy; Nordic welfare model; social assistance; social policy; social protection; Sweden; unemployment insurance; welfare reform; workfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864468325     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269094212445351     Document Type: Article

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