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Research report Labour MarketEnsuring Social Security? An Examination of the Swedish Social Insurance Code
In the new SNS report “Ensuring Social Security? An Examination of the Swedish Social Insurance Code” legal scholars Ruth Mannelqvist and Sara Stendahl examine three core benefits...Legal experts warn: Sweden’s social insurance system fails to deliver social security
In the new SNS report Ensuring Social Security? An Examination of the Swedish Social Insurance Code legal scholars Ruth Mannelqvist and Sara Stendahl examine three core benefits...- Seminar More topics
SNS/SOFI: Why are Men Falling Behind?
New research shows that boys and men, particularly those from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds, are facing growing challenges in education, employment, and health....
Research report Labour MarketThe New Mosaic of Income Security in Sweden
Supplementary benefits provided through collective agreements and union membership play an important role in securing financial protection for many Swedes in the...Researchers: Supplementary Benefits Are Not Necessarily a Threat to Public Welfare
Supplementary benefits provided through collective agreements and union membership play an important role in securing financial protection for many Swedes in the...
Research report Labour MarketA Swedish Patchwork. 50 Years of Parental Insurance
Last year, the Swedish parental leave insurance turned 50 – a cornerstone of Swedish family policy. A new SNS report highlights not...Five Decades of the Swedish Parental Leave Insurance: Increased Gender Equality while Income Equality Is Still Lagging Behind
Last year, the Swedish parental leave insurance turned 50 – a cornerstone of Swedish family policy. A new SNS report highlights not...How Can Society Prevent Recidivism?
Over four out of ten of all individuals previously convicted of a crime return to criminal activities within a few years’ time. To reduce the risk of recidivism and the resulting costs to society, it is important to identify what factors causally impact reoffending. This, in turn, offers the basis for more evidence-based criminal justice policies, as argued by economist Randi Hjalmarson in a new SNS report.
Research report Democracy and societyDeterminants of Recidivism: How Criminal Justice Interactions and the Post-Release Environment Affect Repeat Offending
Over four out of ten of all individuals previously convicted of a crime return to criminal activities within a few years’ time. To reduce the risk of recidivism and the resulting costs to society, it is important to identify what factors causally impact reoffending. This, in turn, offers the basis for more evidence-based criminal justice policies, as argued by economist Randi Hjalmarson in a new SNS report.Economists: Improve the student finance for transition and retraining program to reach the individuals who need it the most
The rules regarding the student finance for transition and retraining program need to be altered to ensure that the individuals with the greatest needs can engage in further training in order to improve their position in the labor market. According to two researchers in a new SNS report, this support should in particular be aimed at those at risk of becoming unemployed, such as individuals having been made redundant by their employer.