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Report on the employment of disabled people in European countries: Denmark
- Author:
- BENGTSSON Steen
- Publisher:
- Academic Network of European Disability Experts
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- Utrecht
The purpose of the report (Terms of Reference) is to review national implementation of the European Employment Strategy from a disability equality perspective, and to provide the Commission with useful evidence in support of disability policy mainstreaming. More specifically, the report will review implementation of EU Employment Strategy and the PROGRESS initiative with reference to policy implementation evidence from European countries, including the strategies addressed in the EU Disability Action Plan (such as flexicurity and supported employment).
Child care and school performance in Denmark and the United States
- Authors:
- ESPING-ANDERSEN Gosta, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 34(3), March 2012, pp.576-589.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Child care and education policies are designed to raise average achievement levels, particularly for less advantaged children. This study investigated whether high quality child care has equalising effects using longitudinal data from two comparison countries, Denmark and the United States. Data for Denmark were derived from a panel study of 6,011 children born in 1995. Data for the United States came from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, which followed a nationally representative of children who enrolled in kindergarten in 1998. Findings revealed that, in Denmark, enrolment in high-quality formal care at age 3 was associated with higher cognitive scores at age 11. Also, the findings suggest stronger effects for the lowest-income children and for children at the bottom of the test score distribution. In the US, results were different. Enrolment in school or centre based care was associated with higher cognitive scores at school entry, but the beneficial effects erode by age 11, particularly for disadvantaged children. This may be because low income children attend poorer quality care and subsequently attend lower quality schools. Implications for future research are discussed.
Equal opportunities, true options or hidden unemployment? A comparative market perspective on labour-market marginality
- Authors:
- MALMBERG-HEIMONEN Ira, JULKUNEN Ilse
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 11(2), April 2002, pp.120-131.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Previous studies have shown that women generally adjust to unemployment better than men. This study shows that young women value work equally as highly as men, and have negative feelings when unemployed, which indicates the existence of a closed gender gap. However, children have a different influence on men’s and women’s unemployment experiences. Being a parent increases job-search activity and work involvement among men. On the other hand, children moderate negative experiences of unemployment among women, and they decrease their job-search activity and work involvement. Being a parent increases labour-market marginality among young unemployed women. For young men it is a motivational factor for searching for and getting a job. The comparison shows furthermore that patterns of re-employment vary in the involved countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Scotland. They reflect differences in the overall unemployment situation in the countries and the welfare strategies applied.
Report on the employment of disabled people in European countries: Denmark
- Author:
- BENGTSSON Steen
- Publisher:
- Academic Network of European Disability Experts
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 18p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Utrecht
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
This report, covering Denmark, is one of a series reviewing national implementation of the European Employment Strategy from a disability equality perspective. It provides an update as at November 2009 to a first report published in 2008. Evidence is summarised, along with a comment on the current economic crisis. It is then briefly reviewed in a standardised format under the following headings: academic publications and research reports; employment statistics and trends; laws and policies, type and quality of jobs; specific examples of good practice; and conclusions and recommendations. A major policy change as of August 2009 is the decentralisation of the employment service so that it is now housed within municipal jobcentres. Previously there were disability consultants in 12 locations whereas under the new system one of the offices has become a knowledge centre for the whole country. There has been no important new legislation but a number of programmes, initiatives and agreements have been introduced. General unemployment has doubled to 4% during the current economic crisis but there is no clear evidence that this has affected people with disabilities more than others.
Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia: the limits of political ambition?
- Editors:
- MELBY Kari, RAVN Anna-Birte, WETTERBERG Christina Carlsson, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 244p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Gender equality is often seen as a hallmark of the Nordic countries. This book explores this notion by examining the meanings of gender that underpin policies in the Scandinavian welfare states, historically and today. The book focuses on three Scandinavian countries - Denmark, Norway and Sweden - and explores the policy reforms that have occurred relating to family and care. Beginning with the radical marriage reform carried through in all the three countries in the early decades of the 20th century, the book progresses to explore contemporary challenges to the traditional model of equality, including equal rights for fathers, multiculturalism and a critical young generation. The book focuses on differences as well as similarities between the countries and discusses the relevance of talking about a Nordic model. Stressing the importance of viewing the concept of equality in its historical context, the book critically investigates and discusses the Scandinavian 'success story' portrayed in normative political theory and presents an historical analysis of the development of gendered citizenship rights.
Changing social equality: the Nordic welfare model in the 21st century
- Authors:
- KVIST Jon, et al
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 224p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
The Nordic countries are judged to have been able to raise living standards and curb inequalities without compromising economic growth. However, as social inequalities are rising in Europe, this book considers how the much-vaunted Nordic welfare models have fared when compared to countries with alternative welfare models, such as the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany. The editors bring together leading Nordic researchers who offer the following perspectives: equality and the Nordic welfare model - principles, pressures and perspectives; anti-immigration attitudes, support for redistribution, and party choice in Europe; do we all (dis)like the same welfare state?; configurations of public support for the welfare state in comparative perspective; eroding minimum income protection in the Nordic countries; equality in the social service state - Nordic childcare models in comparative perspective; welfare state institutions, unemployment and poverty - comparative study on changes in labour market and income status in 15 European countries; social inequalities in health - the Nordic welfare state in comparative context; income inequality and poverty - do the Nordic countries still constitute a family of their own?; does immigration challenge the economic sustainability of the Nordic welfare model?; and Nordic responses to rising inequalities.
Social origin and the risks of disadvantage in Denmark and Norway: the early life course of young adults
- Authors:
- WIBORG Oyvind Nicolay, MOBERG Rasmus Juul
- Journal article citation:
- Work Employment and Society, 24(1), March 2010, pp.105-125.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This study, using comparable Danish and Norwegian administrative registers in the period 1992 to 2003, examines how social origin affects unemployment risks and social assistance reception over the early life course. Traditionally Denmark and Norway have been viewed as similar in political, cultural and social aspects, however, labour market regulation in Denmark is more liberal than in Norway. This study, using a 10% sample of people born between 1972 and 1975, therefore serves as a unique comparison of the impact of social origin under varying conditions of labour market regulation. The findings show that, while parental income is initially seen as having an effect on social disadvantage, the absolute probability of being disadvantaged decreases as individuals’ progress in age from 20 to 30 and varies between Denmark and Norway. The relative impact of social background is stable and similar. In conclusion, the results of this study offer little support to theories that put a strong emphasis on inter-generational transmission through educational achievements, but rather lean toward the importance of ascriptive resources, where social origin does have a rather larger and continuing direct impact on disadvantage over the early adult years, a pattern which holds true even when the educational credentials are taken into account.
Disability policies in European countries
- Authors:
- OORSCHOT Wim van, HVINDEN Bjorn
- Publisher:
- Kluwer Law International
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 128p.
- Place of publication:
- The Hague
This book examines the possible convergence in disability policies in Europe. It points out that assessment of claims for disability benefits are often complex and rely on input from interdisciplinary groups. It argues that in the disability area there rarely a simple relationship between cash and care. The policies of Spain, The Netherlands, Great Britain, Denmark and Ireland are examined.
Putting men in their place?
- Authors:
- MOSS Peter, OWEN Charlie
- Journal article citation:
- Coordinate, March 1998, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- National Early Years Network
Highlights the key issues in the growing debate about how to increase the proportion of men working in early childhood services, and what roles they should play.
A comparison of arguments for employing men as child care workers and social workers in Denmark and the UK
- Author:
- CHRISTIE Alastair
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Europe, 5(1), 1998, pp.2-17.
- Publisher:
- Russell House
Draws on developments in child care services in Denmark and the UK to review arguments for and against including men social worker's employment in child care services. These arguments exist within the overlapping domains of child care and the labour market. Explores tensions between promoting equal opportunity objectives and pursuing the development of child care services. Provides a profile of social work and child care workers in Denmark and the UK.