Do "flexicurity' Policies Work for People With Low Education and Health Problems? A Comparison of Labour Market Policies and Employment Rates in Denmark, The Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom 1990-2010
Do "flexicurity' Policies Work for People With Low Education and Health Problems? A Comparison of Labour Market Policies and Employment Rates in Denmark, The Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom 1990-2010
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10.1177/0020731415600408
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发表时间：
2015-10-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Burstrom, Bo
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作者：
McAllister, Ashley;Nylen, Lotta;Burstrom, Bo
患有限制性长期疾病和教育程度低的人可能会在劳动力市场遇到问题。减少就业保护，维持个人的经济安全，被称为灵活保障，已被提议作为增加整体就业的一种方式。我们比较了丹麦和荷兰（代表灵活保障）、英国和瑞典1990年至2010年劳动力市场政策的发展和就业率。在研究所涉期间，所有国家目标群体的就业率都比其他群体低得多。然而，在丹麦实行的灵活保障制度远非灵丹妙药，似乎对受教育程度低、长期患病的人尤其无效。另一方面，瑞典的政策，特别是在研究期的早期，提供了更高的就业保护和更高的经济保障，导致这一群体的就业率较高。调查结果还显示，所有国家的经济安全政策都在削弱，并转向个人责任。最后，结果表明，积极的劳动力市场政策需要细分，以更好地了解哪种类型最适合目标群体。增加目标群体的就业可以减少对健康的不利影响，并有助于减少健康方面的不平等。
People with limiting longstanding illness and low education may experience problems in the labor market. Reduced employment protection that maintains economic security for the individual, known as flexicurity, has been proposed as a way to increase overall employment. We compared the development of labor market policies and employment rates from 1990 to 2010 in Denmark and the Netherlands (representing flexicurity), the United Kingdom, and Sweden. Employment rates in all countries were much lower in the target group than for other groups over the study period. However, flexicurity as practiced in Denmark, far from being a magic bullet, appeared to fail low-educated people with longstanding illness in particular. The Swedish policy, on the other hand, with higher employment protection and higher economic security, particularly earlier in the study period, led to higher employment rates in this group. Findings also revealed that economic security policies in all countries were eroding and shifting toward individual responsibility. Finally, results showed that active labor market policies need to be subcategorized to better understand which types are best suited for the target group. Increasing employment among the target group could reduce adverse health consequences and contribute to decreasing inequalities in health.