Is There Less Labor Market Exclusion of People With Ill Health in “Flexicurity” Countries? Comparative Evidence From Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, and Belgium

Higher employment rates among vulnerable groups is an important policy goal, and it is therefore vital to examine which (mix of) social policies that are best able to incorporate vulnerable groups – such as people with ill health – into the labor market. We examine whether there is less labor market exclusion among people with ill health in the two ‘flexicurity’ countries Denmark and the Netherlands, compared to the neighboring countries of Norway and Belgium. The two country pairs of Denmark—Norway and the Netherlands—Belgium are analyzed using OLS regressions and propensity score kernel matc... Mehr ...