spread of COVID-19 at the onset of the pandemic: While Denmark, Finland and Norway imposed strict measures (‘lockdowns …’), Sweden decided for much lighter restrictions. Empirically, we use novel administrative data on weekly new unemployment and … furlough spells from all 56 regions of the Nordic countries to compare the labor market outcomes of Sweden with the ones of its …

players moved early. Interest rates did not increase in Sweden so there was little to gain by a delayed attack. -- Speculative …

by relaxing it for temporary jobs. These countries are Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands …, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. The article explores the conditions of the reduction of employment protection and takes a closer …

Voluntary public unemployment systems are limited to a handful of countries, including Finland, Sweden, and, more … substantially, Denmark. A voluntary system has the positive feature of other user-cost schemes, potentially efficient targeting of …

Denmark has drawn much attention for its active labor market policies, but is almost unique in offering a voluntary …