The embedded flexibility of Nordic labor market models under pressure from EU-induced dualization: The case of posted work in Denmark and Sweden
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The embedded flexibility of Nordic labor market models under pressure from EU-induced dualization : The case of posted work in Denmark and Sweden. / Arnholtz, Jens.
In: Regulation & Governance, Vol. 17, 2023, p. 372–388.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The embedded flexibility of Nordic labor market models under pressure from EU-induced dualization
T2 - The case of posted work in Denmark and Sweden
AU - Arnholtz, Jens
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - While many coordinated market economies have responded to internationalization by regulation that creates dualization between insiders and outsiders, the Nordic countries have opted for an embedded flexibilization in which strong unions and cooperative employers have combined flexibility and equality. However, in recent years, the Nordic countries have come under pressure from an EU-induced dualization that has institutionalized mobile low-wage workers as an outside group. This article presents case studies of how Denmark and Sweden have responded to these challenges. While political processes have been different in the two countries, pressure from EU regulation and changes in employers' incentive to compromise implies that there is now a specific category of low-wage workers in both countries' otherwise egalitarian labor markets. The article, thus, contributes to the literature on dualization by highlighting the pressure coming from EU regulation rather than national policy.
AB - While many coordinated market economies have responded to internationalization by regulation that creates dualization between insiders and outsiders, the Nordic countries have opted for an embedded flexibilization in which strong unions and cooperative employers have combined flexibility and equality. However, in recent years, the Nordic countries have come under pressure from an EU-induced dualization that has institutionalized mobile low-wage workers as an outside group. This article presents case studies of how Denmark and Sweden have responded to these challenges. While political processes have been different in the two countries, pressure from EU regulation and changes in employers' incentive to compromise implies that there is now a specific category of low-wage workers in both countries' otherwise egalitarian labor markets. The article, thus, contributes to the literature on dualization by highlighting the pressure coming from EU regulation rather than national policy.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - dualization
KW - European Union
KW - labor market regulation
KW - Nordic countries
KW - posting of workers
U2 - 10.1111/rego.12461
DO - 10.1111/rego.12461
M3 - Journal article
VL - 17
SP - 372
EP - 388
JO - Regulation and Governance
JF - Regulation and Governance
SN - 1748-5983
ER -
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