between the United States, on one hand, and the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) on the other. Our base …

variety, two essential elements of flexibility. Critically, the training associated with workplace flexibility does not simply … workplace flexibility is disproportionately oriented toward employees with a greater formal education. Our results also provide … modest evidence of an age bias of workplace flexibility. However, the link between workplace flexibility and training does …

derive from the temporary (albeit prolonged) negative shocks to capital stock growth in Denmark and Sweden, and the permanent … impact in Finland than in its twin economy, Sweden … downturn of capital stock growth in Finland. We are thus able to explain why the crisis of the early 1990s had a more acute …

, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact … - the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality - Austria, Finland, France …

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