This paper studies how the new, integrated employment and social services look like with respect to government structures, e.g. shifts of responsibility upwards or downwards for both groups and how en

This paper estimates the effect of changes in population age structure on fertility through using the Easterlin/Macunovich mechanism. One finding is that as of yet, we do not have a sufficient theory

From a comparative point of view the Nordic countries have succeeded well in terms of poverty alleviation; however, last-resort safety-nets are changing. This study analyses central dimensions of Nord

An important mechanism in low fertility countries is social interactions and its effects on ideal family size; as this is hard to capture in formal models, this paper uses an agent based simulation mo

This study sets out to discuss the Swedish parental leave system and identify achievements, policy dilemmas and reform alternatives in a European perspective. In perspective of changing demographic st

The present paper sets out to develop the discussion of equity in health by outlining a strategic approach to promote it between different social and occupational groups. Download Working Paper 2007 no

The aim of this study is to explore to what extent housing is a constraint for first births in Sweden 1972-2005. Three characteristics of housing are studied: housing type, tenure, and size of dwellin

This paper will relate the worsened situation for low educated in general, and youth in particular, to two institutional factors: a changed organisation of vocational education in upper secondary scho

This paper examines the Nordic Social Democratic parties’ own efforts to manage the inner and outer challenges of the so-called Nordic welfare model, i.e. how it is described, legitimized, and what ro

This article addresses the matter of “urban spillover” in rural population development, i.e. how urban localities tend to push a ring of diffuse urban growth outwards as they expand in area. The data