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abstract: 'In the 1990s Sweden went through a deep economic recession accompanied
by a massive increase in unemployment and a rapidly growing budget
deficit. The crisis had large repercussions for the welfare of many
citizens and it generated cutbacks in virtually all social policy
programmes. This halted a welfare-state expansion that had been going on
for decades. It also caused great concern about the state of welfare of
the nation. In 1999 the Swedish Government appointed a `Welfare
Commission'', a team of academic researchers who were assigned the task
of drawing up a balance sheet for the development of welfare in the
1990s. The Commission delivered its final report in October 2001. This
article is a condensed account of one of the more central issues for the
Commission; namely, how the unemployment crisis affected already
socially and economically vulnerable groups. Looking at the development
over the entire decade, three groups stand out as particularly
disadvantaged in terms of individual welfare resources: young adults,
immigrants and single mothers. The downturn for these groups was
especially accentuated in terms of employment and income. Young people
and immigrants trying to get into the labour market during the crisis
years faced the problems of newcomers to the systems of social
protection. The poor economic development for single mothers could
essentially be attributed to the shortage of work in general and of
full-time work in particular that followed from the unemployment crisis.
As a consequence, the importance of selective benefits increased and the
relative size of all public transfers - despite rationing measures -
stayed fairly unchanged. The results highlight the great influence of
macroeconomic conditions and policy making for the welfare of vulnerable
groups in society.'
affiliation: 'Bergmark, A (Corresponding Author), Mid Univ, Dept Social Work, SE-83185
Ostersund, Sweden.
Mid Univ, Dept Social Work, SE-83185 Ostersund, Sweden.
Stockholm Univ, Swedish Inst Social Res, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
Inst Future Studies, Stockholm, Sweden.'
author: Bergmark, A and Palme, J
author_list:
- family: Bergmark
given: A
- family: Palme
given: J
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1111/1468-2397.00249
files: []
issn: 1369-6866
journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE
keywords: 'Swedish welfare; unemployment crisis; single mothers; immigrants; young
adults; Welfare Commission'
language: English
month: APR
note: 'International Symposium on the Uncertain Future of Social Security, UNIV
CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, 2001'
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '12'
pages: 108-122
papis_id: 3cd503e6bed696d6673cfaf0b7240a1a
ref: Bergmark2003welfareunemployment
times-cited: '38'
title: 'Welfare and the unemployment crisis: Sweden in the 1990s'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000182392200005
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '16'
volume: '12'
web-of-science-categories: Social Work
year: '2003'