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

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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

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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

This paper outlines recent developments in private provision of elder care services and examines arguments and actors for increasing private financing, both supportive and dissenting. The purpose is t

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The goals of growth and competitiveness as promoted by the European Union are discussed in the context of forecasts claiming the European population to be declining in size and growing increasingly ol

The purpose of this paper is to study the long term effects of the college-to-work transition. The results reveal that unemployment immediately upon graduation has substantial and permanent effects on