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The Swedish Model
Yonatan
Reshef
School of Business
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
BASIC PRINCIPLES
FULL EMPLOYMENT/LOW INFLATION
A MARKET ECONOMY COMBINED WITH SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY
VOLUNTARISM
CLOSE COLLABORATION BETWEEN LABOR AND CAPITAL
THE MEIDNER-REHN MODEL (1950;
ENDORSED BY LO IN 1955)
ACTIVE
LABOR MARKET POLICY
Labor demand
policies (relief work)
Labor supply policies (training, mobility
assistance)
Matching policies (job placement,
aptitude testing, occupational rehabilitation, counseling)
Expanding the public sector
SOLIDARISTIC
WAGE POLICY
Equal pay
for work in the same jobs across all industries; plus reasonable differentials
for different jobs within each industry
1952 - the first SW agreement in the
private sectors
1960 - the first SW agreement in the
public sector
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