Fami-publications in English

Backe-Hansen, E. (2005). Indicators of children and young people's well-being in the Nordic countries. I C. Klöckner & U.Paetzel (eds.). Kindheitsforschung und kommunale Praxis. Praxisnahe Erkenntnisse aus der aktuelle Kindheitsforschung. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

Bay, Ann-Helén and Axel West Pedersen (2006), "The limits of social solidarity. Basic income, immigration and the legitimacy of the universal welfare state." Acta Sociologica, 49(4):419-436

Bay, Ann-Helén and Axel West Pedersen (2003), "The limits of social solidarity: Popular attitudes towards basic income in a Nordic welfare state." Paper prepared for the Annual Conference of The Network for European Social Policy Analysis. Changing European Societies: The Role for Social Policy. Copenhagen November 14-15

Cork, J. & Hammer, T. (2005), "Youth unemployment within different European welfare communities". I Bradley, H. & Hoof, J.v. (red.): Young People in Europe. Bristol: Policy Press 2005

Dahl, Espen and Thomas Lorentzen (2003), "Dynamics of Social Assistance: the Norwegian Experience in Comparative Perspective." International Journal of Social Welfare, 12:4

Dahl, Espen and Thomas Lorentzen (2003) "Explaining transition to work among social assistance recipients: heterogeneity or time dependency?" European Sociological Review, Vol. 19, No. 5: 519-536

Dahl, Espen and Thomas Lorentzen (2003), "How long do social assistance beneficiaries receive aid? A descriptive analysis of a Norwegian cohort of recipients 1992-1999."International Journal of Social Welfare

Drøpping, Jon Anders, B. Hvinden and K. Vik (1999), "Activation Policies in the Nordic Countries". I: Kautto, M. et al., red., Nordic Social Policy. London/New York: Routledge

Drøpping, Jon Anders, B. Hvinden and W. van Oorschot (2000), "Reconstruction and Reorientation. Changing Disability Policies in the Netherlands and Norway". European Journal of Social Security, 2/1

Drøpping, Jon Anders and Espen Dahl (2001), "The Norwegian Work Approach in the 1990s: Rhetoric and Reform". I: Gilbert, N. og R. Van Voorhis, (eds)., Activating the Unemployed. A Comparative Appraisal of Work-Oriented Policies. New Jersey: Transaction Publishers

Drøpping, Jon Anders, Espen Dahl and Ivar Lødemel (2001), "Norway: Relevance of the Social Development Model for Post-war Welfare Policy" International Journal of Social Welfare, 10/4

Fløtten, Tone (2006), Poverty and Social Exclusion – Two Sides of the Same Coin? A Comparative Study of Norway and Estonia. Doctoral Dissertation. Fafo-report 487. Web edition (pd 1.01.Mb)

Fløtten, Tone (1996), "Economic resources" in Jens Grøgaard (red): Estonia in the Grip of Change Fafo-report no 190. Oslo: Fafo

Fløtten, Tone and Aadne Aasland (2001), "Ethnicity and Social Exclusion in Estonia and Latvia." Europe-Asia studies, Vol. 53, No. 7:1023-1049

Fløtten, Tone (2002), "Poverty and social exclusion in a comparative perspective". Paper presented at RC19s session at the XV World Congress of Sociology, Brisbane, Australia, 7. - 13. of July

Fløtten, Tone (2003), "The relationship between poverty and social exclusion - a conceptual discussion" i: Heggen m.fl. (red): Marginalization and Social Exclusion. Conference report. Volda: Møre research and Volda University College

Fløtten, Tone and Hanne Kavli (2004), "Poverty and social exclusion among children from ethnic minority groups" Paper presented at Espanet conference in Oxford, september 2004.

Grønningsæter, Arne, Aadne Asland and Zane Loža (2001), "We all agree, but no-one is grateful". Developments of the Income Maintenance System in Latvia. Fafo-paper 2001:9. Oslo: Fafo

Grønningsæter, Arne (2003), Great Expectations. Social exclusion and social policy in Estonia and Latvia. Fafo-report 410. Oslo: Fafo

Hammer, Torild (2000), "Mental health and social exclusion among unemployed youth in Scandinavia. A comparative study." International Journal of Social Welfare, 9:53-63

Hammer, Torild (ed). (2003), Youth unemployment and social exclusion in Europe. Bristol: Policy Press

Hammer, T. & Russel, H. (2005), What are unemployed young Europeans up to? A comparative analysis of gender-specific differences in employment commitment. DISKURS, (3)2994/2005:86-98

Hernes, Gudmund and Knud Knudsen (1997), "National Identity and Xenophobia: Exploring Scandinavian Patterns". I: Grønmo, Sigmund and Bjørn Henrichsen, (eds)., Society, University and World Community. Essays for Ørjar Øyen. Scandinavian University Press

Hyggen, Christer (2003), Work commitment among unemployed youth in Norway and Denmark. Paper presentert på konferansen "Marginalisation and Social Exclusion", Ålesund 22-24 mai

Hyggen, Christer (2003), Young Social Benefit Recipients in the European Welfare State - a life course perspective. Paper presented at 6th conference of the European Sociological Association "Ageing Societies. New Sociology" September 23th - 26th, Murcia

Lorentzen, Thomas (2006), Social assistance dynamics in Norway. Doctoral dissertation. Doctoral thesis. Fafo-report 546 Nettutgave (pdf 1,23MB)

Lorentzen, Thomas (2003), Active Labour Market Programmes in Norway: Are they helpful for the disadvantaged? Paper presented at Workshop on Social Work with Long-term Recipients of Social Assistance, Stockholm, Sweden, February 2

Pedersen, Axel West (2006), Who says they are poor? A study of subjective poverty among non-Western immigrants. Paper presented at the ESPanet Conference: `Migrations and social policies in Europe`. Pamplona. 08.-10. juni

Pedersen, Axel West (2004), "Inequality as relative deprivation. A sociological approach to inequality measurement". Acta Sociologica vol 47(1):31-49.

Pedersen, Axel West (2002), The consensual approach to poverty revisited: A critical evaluation, a modified procedure, and an application to Norwegian data. Paper presented at RC19 session in "New trends in the study of poverty: definition, measurement, empirical results" at XV World Congress in Sociology, Brisbane 7-13 juli

Pedersen, Axel West (1999), The taming of inequality in retirement: A comparative study of pension policy outcomes. Fafo-report 317. Oslo: Fafo

Sandbæk, Mona (1998), Competence and Risk factors in Norwegian client and non-client children. Childhood, 5(4), 421-436.

Sinfield, Adrian Sinfield og Pedersen, Axel West (2006), "Child poverty - A persisting challenge." European Journal of Social Security, 8(3):229-234

Sletten, Mira, Tone Fløtten og Anders Bakken (2004), "Poverty and social exclusion among young Norwegians - the role of consumption." Paper presented at Inequality Summer Institute, Harvard University, June 17-18, 2004


Other publications in English

Blau, M.D. (1999). The Effect of Income on Child Development. The review of Economics and Statistics, 81(2): 261-276.

Brooks-Gunn, J. & G.J.Duncan (1997). The Effects of Poverty on Children. The future of Childeren. Children and Poverty, 7 (2), 55-71.

Duncan, G mfl. (1998), How much does childhood poverty affect the life chances of children? American Sociological Review, 63, 406-423.

Mayer, S. E. (1997). What money can't buy. Family income and children's life chances. Cambridge: Harvard University Press

Micklewright, J. (2002): Social exclusion among children: A European view for a US debate. CASEpaper 51. London: LSE.

Ridge, T. (2002). Childhood poverty and social exclusion from a child's perspective, Bristol: The Policy Press.

SOU 2001:55: Barn och Ungdomars välfärd, Stochholm: Statens offentliga utredningar.

Shropshire, J. & Middleton, S. (1999). Small expectations. Learning to be poor? York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Van der Hoek, T. (2004). Child Poverty from a Child's Perspective. Brussels: Paper presented at the EFCW Conference on "Eradicating child poverty: Fact of Fiction?" European Forum for Child Welfare.

Whitbeck, L.B. et.al (1991): "Family economic hardship. Parental support and adolescent self-esteem", in Social Psychology Quarterly, 54, pp.353-363.

 

 

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