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Disentangling the dynamics of social assistance: A linked survey—Register data cohort study of long-term social assistance recipients in Norway
Heggebø, Kristian; Dahl, Espen; van der Wel, Kjetil A. (PLoS ONE;15 (3): e0230891, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-27)Social assistance is a means-tested benefit that is supposed to be a short-term, temporary economic support. Understanding why some individuals are in repeated or continuous need of social assistance is thus of obvious ... -
Does social capital matter more when health status is poor? Labour market attachment among long-term recipients of social assistance in Norway
Heggebø, Kristian; van der Wel, Kjetil A.; Dahl, Espen (European Journal of Social Work;Published online 19 Nov 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Long-term social assistance recipients are a disadvantaged group with loose labour market attachment, and they are therefore in dire need of an ‘alternative route’ into employment. Differing types of social capital (bonding, ...