DP5489 Civic Attitudes and the Design of Labour Market Institutions: Which Countries Can Implement the Danish Flexicurity Model?

Author(s):	Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc
Publication Date:	February 2006
Keyword(s):	civic attitudes, job protection, unemployment benefits
JEL(s):	J23, J65, J68
Programme Areas:	Labour Economics
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We argue that the efficiency of the Danish flexicurity Model, which combines high unemployment benefits with low job protection and high participation rate, relies on strong public-spiritedness. We also argue that Continental and Mediterranean European countries are unlikely to be able to implement the Danish Model because the lack of public-spiritedness of their citizens raises moral hazard issues which hinder the implementation of efficient public unemployment insurance.