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Mental Health and Access to Active Labor Market Programs

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2020
This paper examines the often-overlooked precondition for successful implementation of active labor market policy, namely equal access to labor market programs.
Magne Bråthen, Kjetil A. van der Wel, Borghild Løyland   +2 more
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Getting Sick and Disabled People off Temporary Benefit Receipt: Strategies and Dilemmas in the Welfare State’s Frontline

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2016
This article explores responses by frontline workers in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service (NAV) to activation policy measures. Frontline workers in NAV are required to write work capability assessments for long-term sick and disabled benefit ...
Heidi Moen Gjersøe
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Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
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Do individual and work-related factors differentiate work participation trajectories before and after vocational rehabilitation?

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundUnderstanding diverse labor market trajectories around vocational rehabilitation provides important insight into potential effectiveness of rehabilitation efforts.
Taina Leinonen, Svetlana Solovieva, Kirsti Husgafvel-Pursiainen, Mikko Laaksonen, Eira Viikari-Juntura   +4 more
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Former Glory and Challenges Ahead: The Definition of Working Life Research in Sweden

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2014
This conceptual paper looks into the definition of “working life research” in Sweden and poses two questions: (1) How has the definition of the concept working life research changed over time? (2) Why has it changed?
Carin Håkansta
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Habituating pain: Questioning pain and physical strain as inextricable conditions in the construction industry

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2013
In this article, we investigate the relations between discursive practices within the Danish construction industry and the perceived pain, physical deterioration, and strain affecting the construction workers. Of central importance is the widely accepted
Jeppe Z.N. Ajslev, Henrik L. Lund, Jeppe L. Møller, Roger Persson, Lars L. Andersen   +4 more
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Measuring Employability for Disadvantaged Unemployed People? Evidence from Survey and Register Data

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2017
Disadvantaged unemployed Danes do not easily become re-employed. Previous literature has focused on unemployment versus employment. Expanding on this, the present article is a proposal to assess disadvantaged unemployed people’s employability.
Sofie Dencker-Larsen
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Understanding the Challenges Facing Occupational Health Services in the Swedish Public Sector

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2017
According to Swedish Work Environmental Act, all organizations are required to implement Occupational Health and Safety Management (OHSM). In support of this and when competence within the employer’s own organization is insufficient, regulations state ...
Lisa Schmidt, John Sjöström, Ann-Beth Antonsson   +2 more
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Factors Affecting Prolonged Working Life for the Older Workforce: the Swedish Case

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2017
The aim of this paper is to uncover some of the mechanisms that could make the older workforce willing and able to stay employed. Our focus is on work-related factors that predict the probability of staying in employment despite entitlement to old-age ...
Tomas Berglund, Daniel Seldén, Björn Halleröd   +2 more
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Gender Equality Policy in Sweden: 1970s–2010s

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2012
The aim of this article is to give an overview of gender equality policy in Sweden from the 1970s until today. A number of political measures and whether these measures individually, as well as combined, have promoted gender equality and the dual-earner ...
Anita Nyberg
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