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Financial hardship during unemployment in Norway: the impact of public and private sector income support
- Author:
- HALVORSEN K.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 6(4), October 1997, pp.257-267.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Explores the extent to which financial hardship among long-term unemployed people may be caused by unemployment as well as the extent to which it may be due to the fact that members of vulnerable households with poor material resources at the outset of joblessness have a higher risk of becoming and staying long-term unemployed than others.
Personal financial situation during unemployment and mental health
- Author:
- UNDERLID K.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 6(1), January 1997, pp.2-12.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the personal financial situation during unemployment and the connection between financial situation and mental health in a sample of unemployed Norwegians. The results indicate that the unemployed suffered high financial deprivation compared with the own subjective standards, their situation when working, their neighbours and friends, and the average population. However, the unemployed did not constitute a homogenous group in financial terms. In particular, the young unemployed experienced substantial financial problems. Among men, the reduction in income, few leisure facilities and many financial adjustments were closely related to mental health problems. Women who experienced that their income was substantially reduced compared with that of neighbours and friends and women who had carried out many financial adjustments were in poorer mental health than the other women in the sample. The findings are discussed in relation to relevant aspects of the life situation of the unemployed and other research results.
Youth unemployment and mental health - gender differences and economic stress
- Authors:
- HAGQUIST C., STARRIN B.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 5(4), October 1996, pp.215-228.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Accounts for a study among unemployed people under 25 years of age and youth trainees in central Sweden. The results show an explicit relationship between unemployment and mental ill health in young people. One unemployed man of four and every second unemployed woman feels that the mental well-being grew worse when they became unemployed. The opposite is experienced by one male youth trainee of four and four female youth trainees of ten, who state that their mental well-being improved when they got into a youth training programme after earlier having been unemployed. The results also show that young people with poor finances on the whole have more mental troubles and anxiety about the future than young people with good finances have. The article discusses possible explanations for the patterns with respect to gender and private financial situations that appear in the results.
Social welfare and social work: the meaning of poverty programs in Latin America
- Author:
- LAURELL A.C.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 5(3), July 1996, pp.130-134.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
During the last decade, the concern about poverty has turned into a key issue in the government discourse, and participatory poverty programs have multiplied all over Latin America. Nevertheless, poverty and social unrest keep growing. The objective of this article is to explain this apparent paradox. The initial question posed is whether this program alleviates poverty, the quantity of resources and their allocation. Next the participatory approach of the programme is analysed in relation to the empowerment of poor groups and communities. Finally, there is a reflection on the place of social work in this programme and how the role of the social worker has been transformed.
Women's pensions in Sweden
- Author:
- STHLBERG A-C.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 4(1), January 1995, pp.19-27.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
This article analyses the effect of the Swedish pension rules on women's and men's pensions. This is done on the basis of an empirical analysis of a representative sample of the population. The study indicates that the rules are least advantageous for women in typical low-wage occupations. The author also related different people's pension benefits to what they have had to pay into the pension system in the course of their working lives. Calculations show that female law-wage earners probably have to pay more for their pensions than other groups.
Australia's retirement income revolution: a Finnish system 'down-under'
- Author:
- OLSBERG D.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 4(1), January 1995, pp.8-18.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
This article first examines Australia's retirement income system, recent government policy changes and likely implications of these retirement policy changes for the future of Australia's traditional welfare state. Cross-national comparisons of the retirement income regimes in Finland and Australia, identifying international best practice in each country, comprise the second half of the article. Such comparisons will be of interest to policy-makers seeking new policy directions.