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dc.contributor.authorBratsberg, Bernt
dc.contributor.authorRøed, Knut
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-09T11:53:25Z
dc.date.available2018-01-09T11:53:25Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2476398
dc.description.abstractIs it possible to sustain an ambitious and redistributive Nordic welfare state in a Europe with open borders? Drawing on longitudinal administrative records spanning four decades, we first present discouraging historical evidence showing that labor migrants from low-income source countries tend to have unstable employment careers with marked overrepresentation in welfare programs. This pattern extends to post-accession labor migrants from Eastern Europe, who quickly experience high rates of unemployment. The article discusses possible avenues for making the welfare state “migration robust.” We argue that there are alternatives to reclosing borders and/or cutting down welfare state ambitions, and recommend policies based on strengthening of activity requirements in social insurance programs, raising minimum job standards, and substitution of work-oriented services for cash-based family allowances.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.titleThe Nordic welfare model in an open European labor marketnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.description.versionacceptedVersionnb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber19-42nb_NO
dc.source.journalNordic Economic Policy Reviewnb_NO
dc.source.issue2nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.6027/TN2016-503


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