Abstract:Med logistiska regressioner analyseras samband mellan socialtjänstens aktivering av socialbidragstagare under ett år och inkomster från arbete respektive socialbidrag påföljande två år. 351 ärenden från fyra kommuner ingår. Enligt resultaten var aktiveringsinsatser inriktade på resurser som utbildning och praktik på en reguljär arbetsplats kopplade till att klienterna fick arbete. Sanktioner, som är en del av aktivering, var kopplade till att fortsätta ha socialbidrag. Sanktioner verkade kunna ha olika resulta… Show more
“…Over time, however, the meaning of the 'work principle' was increasingly deprived of its emphasis on social security (Bengtsson & Jacobsson 2018; see also Nybom 2014). In the wake of the economic recession between 1991 and 1993, unemployment increased from 1.7 per cent in 1990 to 9.4 per cent in 1994 (Fredriksson 2022: 32).…”
Section: Activating the Unemployedmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Hence, at the local level, this opens up for disparate practices of activation that 'may or may not include upskilling of people' (Jacobsson et al 2017: 87). Below, I move on to the effects of local activation schemes, where practices may be distinguished in terms of leaning towards either 'resource activation' or 'job activation' (Nybom 2014).…”
Section: Increased Pressure On Municipalities To Extend Local Activat...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In terms of the contents of municipal activation schemes, Jenny Nybom (2014) showed how activation measures can be divided into 'resource activation' on the one hand, where the purpose is to improve the position of social welfare beneficiaries vis-à-vis the labour market by means of educative and competence-enhancing activities, and 'job activation' on the other hand, entailing stricter activation requirements in the form of sanctions as a means of deterring the unemployed from passively receiving benefits. Nybom's study, which was based on quantitative data from 351 welfare clients residing in four Swedish municipalities, showed that 'resource activation' seemed more effective than 'job activation' in getting clients out on the regular labour market.…”
Section: Contents and Effects Of Municipal Activation Schemesmentioning
“…Over time, however, the meaning of the 'work principle' was increasingly deprived of its emphasis on social security (Bengtsson & Jacobsson 2018; see also Nybom 2014). In the wake of the economic recession between 1991 and 1993, unemployment increased from 1.7 per cent in 1990 to 9.4 per cent in 1994 (Fredriksson 2022: 32).…”
Section: Activating the Unemployedmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Hence, at the local level, this opens up for disparate practices of activation that 'may or may not include upskilling of people' (Jacobsson et al 2017: 87). Below, I move on to the effects of local activation schemes, where practices may be distinguished in terms of leaning towards either 'resource activation' or 'job activation' (Nybom 2014).…”
Section: Increased Pressure On Municipalities To Extend Local Activat...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In terms of the contents of municipal activation schemes, Jenny Nybom (2014) showed how activation measures can be divided into 'resource activation' on the one hand, where the purpose is to improve the position of social welfare beneficiaries vis-à-vis the labour market by means of educative and competence-enhancing activities, and 'job activation' on the other hand, entailing stricter activation requirements in the form of sanctions as a means of deterring the unemployed from passively receiving benefits. Nybom's study, which was based on quantitative data from 351 welfare clients residing in four Swedish municipalities, showed that 'resource activation' seemed more effective than 'job activation' in getting clients out on the regular labour market.…”
Section: Contents and Effects Of Municipal Activation Schemesmentioning
“…Aktivering definieras här som att öka arbetslösas deltagande i arbetsmarknadsrelaterade aktiviteter som är socialt värdefulla enligt det etablerade samhället (se Hvinden 1999; Ulmestig 2007). Forskningen bekräftar också att det finns en sådan potential i lokal aktivering (Nybom 2014;Dahlberg, Mörk & Thorén 2013a).…”
Samverkan mellan Arbetsförmedlingen och kommunerna lyfts av staten upp som en kungsväg till framgångsrik lokal aktiveringspolitik. Detta problematiseras med utgångspunkt i organisationernas konkurrerande logiker. Resultatet visar att samverkan kan reproducera en aktiveringspolitik som både upprätthåller en svag ställning för de arbetslösa och riskerar att leda till lokalt godtycke.
“…Den gemensamma slutsatsen är att det saknas forskning om effekterna av lokal arbetsmarknadspolitik (Thorén 2012;Panican och Ulmestig 2017) . Detta bekräftas också av annan forskning (ex Vikman & Westerberg 2017;nybom 2014) .…”
Swedish labour market policy faces major challenges . Sweden has a labour deficit and a very low unemployment rate at the same time as unemployment is high among young people and immigrants . Unemployed in Sweden with high thresholds to enter the labour market are referred to the local labour market policy where the municipalities co-operates, competes and negotiates with the Public Employment Service (PES) . The purpose of this study is to understand the organizational boundaries between PES and the municipalities and how these boundaries affects the local labour market policy in eleven municipalities . We have carried out semi-structured group interviews with managers . The boundaries between PES and the municipalities are vague and require negotiations regarding resources such as the unemployed, different forms of activities offered to the unemployed and economic resources . Clearer boundaries would generate condi- tions that offer unemployed people a strategic organization of the local labour market policy with enhanced co-operation and adaptation to common goals instead of competition and large amount of time spent on negotiating.
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