Unemployment and economic security for young adults in<scp>F</scp>inland,<scp>N</scp>orway and<scp>S</scp>weden: From unemployment protection to poverty relief

Lorentzen, Thomas; Angelin, Anna; Dahl, Espen; Kauppinen, Timo M.; Moisio, Pasi; Salonen, Tapio

doi:10.1111/ijsw.12006

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“…Thus, for the unemployed youth who failed to achieve a qualification (vocational education) were applied active policies aimed at preparing them, and in the case of unemployed youth who had studies were applied measures to improve their employment [35]. The link between generous unemployment benefits and extensive labor market intervention existing in the Nordic model shows, according to some studies, that although social assistance benefits are an important form of income protection for youth, it has decreased in the last two decades [36].…”

Section: Youth Unemployment In the European Unionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Greening” the Youth Employment—A Chance for Sustainable Development

2015

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Currently, at the European Union level, there has been an increase in unemployment, especially youth unemployment, as a result of certain imbalances in the labor market, exacerbated by the current financial and economic crisis. The sustainable economic development of each country is strongly influenced by the human resource in the context in which it is sought the creation of a strong, competitive and prosperous Europe. The human resource and especially young people are the most precious wealth of a nation. Therefore, solving the problem of youth unemployment is a matter of great concern and requires bringing to the forefront modern employment policies correlated with the economic reality, to which the EU attaches increasingly more importance, namely promoting green employment in a green economy. Our paper begins by analyzing the evolution, causes and differences recorded at the European Union level on the size and structure of youth unemployment and it ends with identifying some measures to reduce it, in the context of European sustainable development. The conclusions in our research highlight the importance of employment policies at both the micro and macro level and show the positive role of active policies, investment in education and green employment. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 2624

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Section: Youth Unemployment In the European Unionmentioning

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2015

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“…In contrast, in Norway, unemployment declined to a much lower level than before 1990. High unemployment eroded the fiscal base of the Finnish and Swedish welfare states and several welfare retrenchments and labour market deregulations took place in Finland and Sweden as a consequence (Lorentzen et al 2014). By the 2000s both the Finnish and Swedish economies and welfare states had undergone large structural changes.…”

Section: Structural Changes In the Nordic Countries In The 1990s And mentioning

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Trends in the Intergenerational Transmission of Social Assistance in the Nordic Countries in the 2000s

Moisio¹,

Lorentzen²,

Bäckman³

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This study considered trends in the intergenerational transmission of social assistance (SA) among young adults in Finland, Norway and Sweden during the 2000s. Comparable administrative register datasets enabled us to compare year by year the social assistance recipiency of 20-year-old adults in the period 1999-2008, together with information on their parents' social assistance recipiency at the time when those young adults were aged 16 years. The intergenerational odds-ratio for SA was stronger in Sweden than in Finland or Norway. The probabilities of transitioning into SA when having an SA family background have declined in all three countries, but less than the transition probabilities into SA when from a non-SA family. This has strengthened the intergenerational oddsratio in all three countries, though only slightly in Norway. The upwards trend in intergenerational odds-ratios for SA follows almost perfectly the declining trend in the number of 20-year-old recipients in these three countries. When the number of SA recipients decrease, it decreases the transition probabilities into SA more among those with a non-SA family background compared to the those with an SA family background. This difference in the decrease of transition probabilities turns into an increase in the intergenerational odds-ratio.

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“…In the UK, the Coalition Government has committed to distributing spending and cuts in such a way that 'money goes to the people who need it most' (Cameron, 2011). Similarly, Italy and Sweden have promised to design an austerity system 'that limits the recessionary effects, [by] supporting the needy' (Letta, 2013, Lorentzen et al, 2012. From this, it is clear that the sufficiency principle has proven pervasive in political rhetoric across all three countries.…”

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“…For example, the maximum duration of entitlement to benefits (300 days) can now only be extended for those qualifying claimants that participate in activation schemes (Sjöberg, 2011). Drastically reduced benefit entitlements through more restrictive criteria reflect the 'work-first principle' promoted in Sweden (Lorentzen et al, 2012).…”

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The Age of Austerity: Contesting the Ethical Basis and Financial Sustainability of Welfare Reform in Europe

Edmiston

2014

Journal of Contemporary European Studies

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This paper examines the policy of austerity in three European welfare regimes with differing levels of social spending and fiscal balance: Italy, Sweden and the UK. In spite of significant material differences between the three countries, the paper begins by illustrating that there is ultimately convergence in their responses to the economic crisis. These welfare regimes have justified the terms of austerity by suggesting that economic and welfare reforms address questions of 'need', 'fairness' and 'sustainability'. Contrary to dominant political and policy rationale, the paper demonstrates that austerity measures in each country fail to meet policy objectives given their own conceptions of social and distributive justice. The three welfare regimes lack cogent strategies to safeguard their financial sustainability and this results in a neo-liberal paradigm that compromises the ethical and internal coherence of austerity.

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Unemployment and economic security for young adults inFinland,Norway andSweden: From unemployment protection to poverty relief

Cited by 34 publications

References 18 publications

“Greening” the Youth Employment—A Chance for Sustainable Development

“Greening” the Youth Employment—A Chance for Sustainable Development

Trends in the Intergenerational Transmission of Social Assistance in the Nordic Countries in the 2000s

The Age of Austerity: Contesting the Ethical Basis and Financial Sustainability of Welfare Reform in Europe

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