Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Frontline discretion serves as a core function in welfare delivery. However, little is known about the process between input and output of discretionary assessments. As welfare administrations increasingly explore automated decision‐support systems to improve consistency and efficiency, it becomes crucial to understand the mechanisms and ...
Maria G. Volckmar‐Eeg, Silje Andresen
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Trajectories of sickness absence and disability pension in young working-age adults in Sweden. [PDF]
Sci RepAlaie I +3 more
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Prospects of returning to work after lumbar spine surgery for patients considering disability pension: a nationwide study based on data from the Norwegian Registry for Spine Surgery. [PDF]
Occup Environ Med, 2023 Hammer L +6 more
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Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Socioeconomic developments in high‐income countries since the postwar era have induced fundamental changes in the predominant social risks to which people are exposed. This article seeks to determine whether this evolution is accompanied by changing expectations of the welfare state.
Andrew Zola
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Time until exit from paid work after ages 65-69 and ≥ 70, respectively: importance of prior sickness absence and disability pension. [PDF]
BMC Public HealthMartikainen A +3 more
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Eligible but Not Entitled: The Distinctiveness of Non‐Entitlement Policy Designs at the Frontline
Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper explores the distinctive dynamics of entitlement versus non‐entitlement social programmes, focusing on how this distinction influences frontline workers' management of access to social provisions. While much of the existing literature emphasises the macro‐level impacts of these alternative policy designs, this study focuses on their
Michal Koreh +2 more
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Climate Resilience and Sustainability, Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2026.This article explores the integration of climate change risks into social protection approaches looking at the case of Jordan. Creating cobenefits between SDGs 1 and 13, climate‐sensitive social protection can build the resilience of vulnerable groups and foster mitigation and adaptation behaviors.
Martina Jaskolski +4 more
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Sickness absence and disability pension trajectories in childhood cancer survivors and references- a Swedish prospective cohort study. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 Baecklund F +3 more
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Diversity Snapshots: Intermodal Analysis of Firm Diversity Discourse
Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, Volume 33, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT Pictures are a powerful medium to communicate complex and emotive messages. In particular, the human face expresses corporate culture including diversity and equal opportunity. However, despite the recent visual turn in accounting and finance, quantitative research on diversity in photos is scant because automated solutions for identifying and
Jacqueline Gagnon, Alisher Mansurov
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Sick leave and disability pension in a cohort of TMD-patients - The Swedish National Registry Studies for Surgically Treated TMD (SWEREG-TMD). [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2022 Salinas Fredricson A +8 more
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