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Active Ageing in the Nordic Countries: Introduction
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2012 The year 2012 is designated as the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations. The aim of the year is to raise awareness of the position of older people in a manner where they can enjoy a better quality of life and still play an ...
Robert H. Salomon
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Swedish active labour market programmes in the 1990s: overall effectiveness and differential performance [PDF]
, 2002 The 'Swedish model' of active labour market programmes is investigated in relation to some crucial institutional features with two aims: examining how successful it has been in the context of the high unemployment atypically experienced by Sweden in the ...
Sianesi, Barbara +2 more
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Temporary Employment and the Future Labor Market Status
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2017 The aim of this article is to describe and explain the development of temporary employment in Sweden between 1992 and 2010, and to investigate the effect of temporary employment for individuals’ future career on the labor market.
Tomas Berglund +3 more
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Does Age Matter in HR Decision Making? Four Types of Age Policies in Finnish Work Organizations
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2012 The extension of work careers is one of the key targets of social policy in the EU as well as in Finnish national policy-making. But how is this objective of lengthened work life received at the workplace level?
Anna Pärnänen
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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 +2 more
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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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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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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 +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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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 +8 more
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