ABSTRACT
Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, Denmark’s flexicurity system has attracted attention from scholars and policy makers worldwide. By combining flexible labour markets, generous unemployment insurance and active labour market policies with strong emphasis on training, the Danish system produces institutional complementarities that underpin the competitiveness of firms without sacrificing goals of equality and social protection of workers. Moreover, the system facilitates ongoing coordination between employer and wage earner organisations. This means that challenges stemming from globalisation and technological changes can be tackled in an offensive manner and without the interference of the political system and yet still be legitimised on both sides of the class divide.
