A conference at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, May 9-10, 2008
A common view among critics of the large EU countries’ social policy and labor market
institutions is that the economic inefficiency and social inequity they ascribe to those
institutions can be remedied by transforming them in the direction of the Nordic social
model. The purpose of the conference is to subject this view to critical scrutiny. It will do
so by exploring:
1) the relationship between the social models and the problems ascribed
to them,
2) the extent to which Nordic institutions and practices point to
remedies for those problems, and
3) the extent to which such remedies are institutionally and politically
applicable to the continental cases.
There will be ample time for questions and comments after each set of
invited papers is presented. When papers become available before
the conference they can be downloaded [here] .
The conference is open to the public but advance registration is
required. See link to registration information. Members of the audience
are responsible for covering their costs, except for meals listed in the
program. For assistance with accommodations, see link to Hotel information. If you
have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the organizers,
Andrew Martin, amartin5@earthlink.net, and Jon Erik Dølvik,
dolvik@fas.harvard.edu.
Co-sponsored by the Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies at
Harvard University and the Harvard Program on Inequality and Social
Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
of Germany, the Research Council of Norway, and the Fafo Institute for
Applied Social Science, Oslo.
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