Mortality rates have decreased dramatically in the advanced welfare democracies during the past c... more Mortality rates have decreased dramatically in the advanced welfare democracies during the past century. This is also reflected in improved health among the elderly even if there is no perfect correlation. In this study the link between public pensions and self-reported health and well-being among retired persons in 13 OECD-countries around 2000 is analysed. It is argued that public pension institutions have a potential to affect health and well-being in its capacity as a significant constituent of household income. From a social rights perspective, new institutional data on public pension entitlements allow for a multidimensional analysis of pensions variables that capture different dimensions of old age security. Some indicators relate to basic security and others to income security (less or more related to a persons work history respectively). For improved cross-national comparison relative measures of health and well-being were constructed to account for cultural bias in respons...
In this study, we examine the relationship between institutions of labour market and welfare stat... more In this study, we examine the relationship between institutions of labour market and welfare states and two central aspects of job quality: autonomy and job security. Drawing on theoretical frameworks from varieties of capitalism and a power resource approach, we examine whether macro-level features can explain country differences in perceived autonomy and job security. In multi-level analyses, we combine institutional data with data from the European Social Survey (ESS), which contains information on 13,414 employees from 19 countries. We report three main findings: first, we find high autonomy in the Nordic countries and low autonomy and job security in transition countries; second, the institutional features-union density and skill specificity-are positively associated with autonomy; third, unemployment rate is the most important factor in explaining country differences in perceived job security. Our findings suggest that the power of workers and their skill specificity are important in explaining cross-country differences in autonomy. The study shows that a multi-level approach may help explain how institutions shape employment outcomes.
Denne rapporten skildrer den svenske velferdsstatens og det svenske arbeidsmarkedets utvikling fr... more Denne rapporten skildrer den svenske velferdsstatens og det svenske arbeidsmarkedets utvikling fra 1990 og fram mot i dag. Perioden preges av store og avgjorende forandringer pa en rekke omrader. L ...
Mortality rates have decreased dramatically in the advanced welfare democracies during the past c... more Mortality rates have decreased dramatically in the advanced welfare democracies during the past century. This is also reflected in improved health among the elderly even if there is no perfect correlation. In this study the link between public pensions and self-reported health and well-being among retired persons in 13 OECD-countries around 2000 is analysed. It is argued that public pension institutions have a potential to affect health and wellbeing in its capacity as a significant constituent of household income. From a social rights perspective, new institutional data on public pension entitlements allow for a multidimensional analysis of pensions variables that capture different dimensions of old age security. Some indicators relate to basic security and others to income security (less or more related to a persons work history respectively). For improved cross-national comparison relative measures of health and well-being were constructed to account for cultural bias in response...
The main purpose of this thesis is to examine how different welfare and production regimes may ha... more The main purpose of this thesis is to examine how different welfare and production regimes may have structured individuals’ work orientations into cross-national patterns by the late 1990s and earl ...
Lone Parents’ Self-rated Health in European Comparative Perspective : Socio-Economic Factors, Job... more Lone Parents’ Self-rated Health in European Comparative Perspective : Socio-Economic Factors, Job Context and Social Protection
The main purpose of this thesis is to examine how different welfare and production regimes may ha... more The main purpose of this thesis is to examine how different welfare and production regimes may have structured individuals’ work orientations into cross-national patterns by the late 1990s and early 2000s. Three different aspects of work orientations are considered in the three studies. Study 1: Welfare Regimes, Production Regimes and Employment Commitment: A Multi-level analysis of Twelve OECD countries. Since the introduction of the first social insurance schemes, questions have been raised regarding the trade-off between the adequacy and equity of benefits, and their effects on individuals’ work orientations. This study examines the role of both welfare and production regime institutions for explaining cross-national patterns in individuals’ employment commitment across twelve OECD-countries in the late 1990s. Results from multi-level analyses show firstly how employment commitment is stronger within more generous welfare regimes as well as within more extensively coordinated pro...
Mortality rates have decreased dramatically in the advanced welfare democracies during the past c... more Mortality rates have decreased dramatically in the advanced welfare democracies during the past century. This is also reflected in improved health among the elderly even if there is no perfect correlation. In this study the link between public pensions and self-reported health and well-being among retired persons in 13 OECD-countries around 2000 is analysed. It is argued that public pension institutions have a potential to affect health and well-being in its capacity as a significant constituent of household income. From a social rights perspective, new institutional data on public pension entitlements allow for a multidimensional analysis of pensions variables that capture different dimensions of old age security. Some indicators relate to basic security and others to income security (less or more related to a persons work history respectively). For improved cross-national comparison relative measures of health and well-being were constructed to account for cultural bias in respons...
In this study, we examine the relationship between institutions of labour market and welfare stat... more In this study, we examine the relationship between institutions of labour market and welfare states and two central aspects of job quality: autonomy and job security. Drawing on theoretical frameworks from varieties of capitalism and a power resource approach, we examine whether macro-level features can explain country differences in perceived autonomy and job security. In multi-level analyses, we combine institutional data with data from the European Social Survey (ESS), which contains information on 13,414 employees from 19 countries. We report three main findings: first, we find high autonomy in the Nordic countries and low autonomy and job security in transition countries; second, the institutional features-union density and skill specificity-are positively associated with autonomy; third, unemployment rate is the most important factor in explaining country differences in perceived job security. Our findings suggest that the power of workers and their skill specificity are important in explaining cross-country differences in autonomy. The study shows that a multi-level approach may help explain how institutions shape employment outcomes.
Denne rapporten skildrer den svenske velferdsstatens og det svenske arbeidsmarkedets utvikling fr... more Denne rapporten skildrer den svenske velferdsstatens og det svenske arbeidsmarkedets utvikling fra 1990 og fram mot i dag. Perioden preges av store og avgjorende forandringer pa en rekke omrader. L ...
Mortality rates have decreased dramatically in the advanced welfare democracies during the past c... more Mortality rates have decreased dramatically in the advanced welfare democracies during the past century. This is also reflected in improved health among the elderly even if there is no perfect correlation. In this study the link between public pensions and self-reported health and well-being among retired persons in 13 OECD-countries around 2000 is analysed. It is argued that public pension institutions have a potential to affect health and wellbeing in its capacity as a significant constituent of household income. From a social rights perspective, new institutional data on public pension entitlements allow for a multidimensional analysis of pensions variables that capture different dimensions of old age security. Some indicators relate to basic security and others to income security (less or more related to a persons work history respectively). For improved cross-national comparison relative measures of health and well-being were constructed to account for cultural bias in response...
The main purpose of this thesis is to examine how different welfare and production regimes may ha... more The main purpose of this thesis is to examine how different welfare and production regimes may have structured individuals’ work orientations into cross-national patterns by the late 1990s and earl ...
Lone Parents’ Self-rated Health in European Comparative Perspective : Socio-Economic Factors, Job... more Lone Parents’ Self-rated Health in European Comparative Perspective : Socio-Economic Factors, Job Context and Social Protection
The main purpose of this thesis is to examine how different welfare and production regimes may ha... more The main purpose of this thesis is to examine how different welfare and production regimes may have structured individuals’ work orientations into cross-national patterns by the late 1990s and early 2000s. Three different aspects of work orientations are considered in the three studies. Study 1: Welfare Regimes, Production Regimes and Employment Commitment: A Multi-level analysis of Twelve OECD countries. Since the introduction of the first social insurance schemes, questions have been raised regarding the trade-off between the adequacy and equity of benefits, and their effects on individuals’ work orientations. This study examines the role of both welfare and production regime institutions for explaining cross-national patterns in individuals’ employment commitment across twelve OECD-countries in the late 1990s. Results from multi-level analyses show firstly how employment commitment is stronger within more generous welfare regimes as well as within more extensively coordinated pro...
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