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