@article {10.3844/jssp.2007.43.51, article_type = {journal}, title = {What Characterise the Nordic Welfare State Model}, author = {Greve, Bent}, volume = {3}, year = {2007}, month = {Jun}, pages = {43-51}, doi = {10.3844/jssp.2007.43.51}, url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/jssp.2007.43.51}, abstract = {This article presents the main distinctive characteristics of the Nordic welfare states. These include, for example, full employment, high degree of equality, a high level of taxes and a high level of public spending on welfare. The article further presents data, which enables the reader to a comparison with welfare states in Europe and to analyse whether we are witnessing convergence in Europe and/or the withering away of the Nordic Model. The conclusion being that the Nordic Model is here to stay, although a movement in a European direction is underway.}, journal = {Journal of Social Sciences}, publisher = {Science Publications} }