Search for dissertations about: "Public employment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 185 swedish dissertations containing the words Public employment.

  2. 1. Enabling employment? : Drivers and outcomes of active labour market policies in comparative perspective

    Author : Daniel Fredriksson; Tomas Korpi; Kenneth Nelson; Marie Evertsson; Ive Marx; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; active labour market policy; unemployment; employment; comparative welfare state research; social policy; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : This thesis includes three empirical studies that analyse driving forces and outcomes of active labour market policies (ALMP) in comparative perspective. Whereas previous comparative research has largely relied on broad conceptualisations of ALMP, often considering policies such as public employment services and training programs as one single type of intervention, the studies in this thesis instead analyse more fine-grained categories and classifications of ALMP. READ MORE

  4. 2. Temporary employment and illness

    Author : Anna-Karin Waenerlund; Anne Hammarström; Per E Gustafsson; Pekka Virtanen; Ragnar Westerling; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Temporary employment; psychological distress; self-rated health; illness; logistic regression; trajectory analysis; grounded theory; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Abstract : Background: It is debated whether temporary employment compared to permanent employment entails an elevated risk of illness or not, as the empirical studies have not shown a unified picture. Since a significant part of the Swedish workforce is currently working under temporary employment contracts, it is important for public health research to pay close attention to what the implications in terms of illness might be. READ MORE

  5. 3. Health and Health Care Utilization among the Unemployed

    Author : Annika Åhs; Ragnar Westerling; Urban Janlert; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Social medicine; Unemployment; self-rated health; mental health; mortality; health care utilization; health promotion; Socialmedicin;

    Abstract : The number of persons who are not employed has increased in Sweden since the early 1990s. Unemployment has been found to influence health, especially when unemployment rates are low. The extent to which unemployment affects health when unemployment is high is less clear, and this needs to be further studied. READ MORE

  6. 4. Co-operation in Vocational Rehabilitation employment : Methods in multiprofessional intersectorial group meetings and their effects on

    Author : Björn Jakobsson; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Keywords: Co-operation; communicative process; comparison groups; effects; employment; integration; multiprofessional rehabilitation; participant observation; sick-leave; unemployment; vocational rehabilitation.; Social medicine; Socialmedicin;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Vocational rehabilitation is a complex process. As well as the client, it often involves the employer, medical professionals, national-insurance officials, employment counsellors from the employment office and social services officials. READ MORE

  7. 5. The worries of working : Longitudinal studies on the impact of employment uncertainty and employment transitions on clinically defined mental health conditions

    Author : Sandra Blomqvist; Linda Magnusson Hanson; Hugo Westerlund; Sarah Burgard; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Employment uncertainty; Organizational downsizing; Job insecurity; Mental health; Psychotropic drugs; Suicide; Suicide attempt; Longitudinal studies; Survey data; Register data; Generalized Estimating Equations; Marginal Structural Models; folkhälsovetenskap; Public Health Sciences;

    Abstract : While mental health problems according psychotropic drug purchases and sick leave spells for psychiatric disorders have increased in Sweden the past 15 years, this is not reflected in trends of psychiatric diagnoses or suicide mortality. In parallel, labor markets have undergone structural changes pressuring employers to increase their flexibility to ensure permanence. READ MORE