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Cross-sectoral frontline delivery of welfare-to-work services for young adults with complex problems in Norway
Bakken, Frøydis M.; van der Wel, Kjetil A. (Social Policy & Administration;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Activation policies have increasingly targeted new and ‘hard-to-serve’ clients with complex needs, often deprived of the labour market experience, health, skills, and competencies that employers look for. The role of the ... -
European health inequality through the Great Recession: Social policy matters.
van der Wel, Kjetil A.; Saltkjel, Therese; Chen, Wen-Hao; Dahl, Espen; Halvorsen, Knut (Sociology of Health and Illness;Volume 40, Issue 4 - May 2018, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-02)This paper investigates the association between the Great Recession and educational inequalities in self-rated general health in 25 European countries. We investigate four different indicators related to economic recession: ... -
A gold mine, but still no Klondike: Nordic register data in health inequalities research
van der Wel, Kjetil A.; Östergren, Olof; Lundberg, Olle; Korhonen, Kaarina; Martikainen, Pekka; Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo; Urhoj, Stine Kjaer (Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;Vol 47, Issue 6, 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-10)Aims: Future research on health inequality relies on data that cover life-course exposure, different birth cohorts and variation in policy contexts. Nordic register data have long been celebrated as a ‘gold mine’ for ... -
Health related social exclusion in Europe: a multilevel study of the role of welfare generosity
Saltkjel, Therese; van der Wel, Kjetil A.; Dahl, Espen (International journal for equity in health;12(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-09-28)Introduction The aim of this paper was to investigate the association between health, social position, social participation and the welfare state. Extending recent research on the social consequences of poor health, we ... -
Success and failure in narrowing the disability employment gap: comparing levels and trends across Europe 2002–2014
Baumberg Geiger, Ben; van der Wel, Kjetil A.; Tøge, Anne Grete (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: International comparisons of the disability employment gap are an important driver of policy change. However, previous comparisons have used the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), ... -
Who knows the risk? A multilevel study of systematic variations in work-related safety knowledge in the European workforce
Dragano, Nico; Lunau, Thorsten; Eikemo, Terje Andrea; Toch-Marquardt, Marlen; van der Wel, Kjetil A.; Bambra, Clare (Occupational and environmental medicine;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-11-14)Objectives Health and safety instructions are important components of occupational prevention. Albeit instruction is mandatory in most countries, research suggests that safety knowledge varies among the workforce. We ...