Search for dissertations about: "workfare"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word workfare.

  2. 1. Destination employment? : Contradictions and ambiguities in Swedish labour market policy for newly arrived migrants

    Author : Elin Ennerberg; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; labour market policy; workfare; social investment; social policy; integration; arbetsmarknadspolitik; arbetsmarknadsetablering; socialpolitik; integration; social investering; workfare;

    Abstract : Sweden’s “establishment reform” was introduced in 2010 with the ambition to increase the labour market participation of newly arrived migrants. It was in line with other labour market policies of the centre-right Alliance government, elected in 2006, which aimed to increase work incentives particularly for groups seen as “vulnerable” in, or excluded from, the labour market. READ MORE

  4. 2. Activation Programs, Benefit Take-Up, and Labor Market Attachment

    Author : Anna Persson; Matz Dahlberg; Eva Mörk; Anders Björklund; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social asssitance; activation programs; workfare; job displacement; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay 1 (with Ulrika Vikman): Previous literature shows that activation requirements for welfare participants reduce welfare participation, but the dynamics behind these results have not been fully examined. In this paper we use a rich set of register data covering the entire working age population in a Swedish municipality to study how the introduction of mandatory activation programs aimed at unemployed welfare participants affect the probability of entering and exiting welfare. READ MORE