• Associations between change in labour market policies and work stressors: a comparative longitudinal survey data analysis from 27 European countries 

      Lunau, Thorsten; Wahrendorf, Morten; Dragano, Nico; Siegrist, Johannes; Wel, Kjetil A. van der; Rigó, Mariann (BMC Public Health;20, Article number: 1377 (2020), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-10)
      Background: Many studies have shown that work stressors have a negative impact on health. It is therefore important to gain an understanding of how work stressors can be reduced. Recent studies have shown that employees ...
    • Changes in life expectancy and lifespan variability by income quartiles in four Nordic countries: a study based on nationwide register data 

      Brønnum-Hansen, Henrik; Östergren, Olof; Tarkiainen, Lasse; Hermansen, Åsmund; Martikainen, Pekka; Wel, Kjetil A. van der; Lundberg, Olle (BMJ Open;Volume 11, Issue 6, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06-29)
      Objectives: Levels, trends or changes in socioeconomic mortality differentials are typically described in terms of means, for example, life expectancies, but studies have suggested that there also are systematic social ...
    • Gestational Age, Parent Education, and Education in Adulthood 

      Bilsteen, Josephine; Alenius, Suvi; Bråthen, Magne; Børch, Klaus; Ekstrøm, Claus Thorn; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Lashkarian, Mariam; Nurhonen, Markku; Risnes, Kari Ravndal; Sandin, Sven; Wel, Kjetil A. van der; Wolke, Dieter; Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie (Pediatrics;Volume 149, number 1, January 2022: e2021051959, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-08)
      Background: Adults born preterm (<37 weeks) have lower educational attainment than those abstract born term. Whether this relationship is modified by family factors such as socioeconomic background is, however, less well ...
    • Mental health and access to active labor market programs 

      Bråthen, Magne; Wel, Kjetil A. van der; Løyland, Borghild (Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies;Vol 10 No 3 (2020), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-14)
      This paper examines the often-overlooked precondition for successful implementation of active labor market policy, namely equal access to labor market programs. Focusing on a cohort of social assistance recipients, we ...
    • Utsatte unges livsbaner før og etter NAV-reformen: Flere «integrerte», sammenhengende, progressive og effektive forløp? 

      Wel, Kjetil A. van der; Hermansen, Åsmund; Saltkjel, Therese; Dahl, Espen (Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning;Årgang 24, nr. 1-2021, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03-26)
      Artikkelen tar utgangspunkt i spriket mellom forventningene som har vært knyttet til betydningen av samordning og integrering av velferdstjenestene, først og fremst NAV-reformen, og omfanget av forskningsbasert kunnskap ...