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The Survival of the Nordic Welfare State and Social Trust

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Why does free riding not escalate in the universal Nordic welfare state?How is it possible to maintain such a cooperative equilibrium where most people tend to cooperate?Our model suggests that the "missing link" is the accumulated stock of cooperation norms in terms of social trust.Arguably, a sufficient number of norm enforcers facilitate this unique collective insurance system.

Source: RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

Authors: Urs Steiner Brandt, Gert Tinggaard Svendsen

Language: Swedish

Topic: Social Policy and Reform Studies

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2166738618

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Cites: 39

Cited by: 14

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