• Discrimination against ethnic minorities in activation programme? Evidence from a vignette experiment. 

      Terum, Lars Inge; Torsvik, Gaute; Øverbye, Einar (Journal of Social Policy;Volume 47, Issue 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-01)
      We conducted a vignette experiment involving 470 Norwegian front-line workers to investigate whether their decisions to sanction non-compliance of activation requirements varied with the ethnicity of the welfare claimant. ...
    • In Their Own Best Interest. Is There a Paternalistic Case for Welfare Conditionality? 

      Molander, Anders; Torsvik, Gaute (Journal of Social Policy;Volume 51, Issue 1, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-05)
      This paper examines paternalism as a justification for welfare reforms making benefits conditional on participation in activation programs. We clarify different types of what we denote ‘throffer paternalism’ – a paternalism ...
    • Reclaiming Responsibility: The Case of Welfare-to-Work Policy 

      Eriksen, Andreas (Journal of Social Policy;Volume 48, Issue 3 - July 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-05)
      Welfare-to-work programmes have a contested normative foundation. Critics argue that ‘citizen responsibility’ is being promoted to the sacrifice of more important social values, such as solidarity and fairness. This paper ...