One explanation of Scandinavia’s strong performance is Sweden’s courageous product market liberalization, the reduced generosity of Denmark’s wage replacement system and the Nokia miracle in Finland. However, while these factors may explain some of Scandinavia’s success, the low rate of unemployment and the high level of GDP per capita also have a much more straightforward explanation: the high share of government employment in the labor force.
Если быть точным, Скандинавия, с ее средним годовым приростом ВВП в 2,2% в период с 1995 по 2005 год, отставала от остальных стран ЕС-15, для которых этот прирост составил в среднем 2,8% в год.