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Arbetslöshetsförsäkringen och de arbetslösa. Resultat från en enkätundersökning. : Unemployment insurance and the unemployed: Results from an attitude study
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Although there is wide agreement that unemployment is a social problem that requires public intervention, unemployment insurance and unemployment benefits are often subject to political as weIl as scientific debate. On the one hand, there is an evident need to alleviate the economic hardship of the unemployed; on the other hand, there is widespread concern that unemployment insurances are being abused, and that too generous unemployment benefits may increase unemployment This report exarnines attitudes in the Swedish aduIt population (age 16-64) with regard to unemployment in general and the unemployment insurance in particular. Data were gathered in telephone interviews with 1824 respondents during the national Labour Force Survey in May 2000. To begin with, the respondents were asked what they thought that receivers ofunemployment benefits should be prepared to do in order to get a job. According to the rules, unemployment benefit recipients were in principle obliged to accept a job even ifthat meant l) being away from home up to twelve hours a day, 2) moving to another town or region, 3) lowering their income, and 4) changing occupation. A majority of the respondents considered the first three of these conditions to be too severe. Next, the respondents were asked what they, for their own part, would be prepared to do if they should lose their job. The respondents' attitudes towards the unemployed corresponded weIl with their own reported willingness to act A number of questions about economic conditions during unemployment were also included in the survey. The results indicate a relatively strong tendency among the respondents to advocate more generous unemployment benefits. However, the response rate for these questions was relatively low, so interpretations should be made with some caution. Finally some more general questions were asked about attitudes towards the unemployed. A relatively large majority of the respondents agreed ("totally" or "part- Iy") with statements that many unemployed could find a job if they just wanted to, and that society shoulddemandmore in return trom unemploymentbenefit recipients. In addition to the general response patterns described here, the report also contains more detailed analyses that consider a number of background variables - gender, age, family situation, socio-economic status, trade union membership, experiences of employment, and perceived risk of future unemployment The results from the present study are also compared with results from a similar study made in 1999 by StatisticsSweden and the MinistryofIndustry, Employmentand Communications.
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More or less transnational : Two unwritten papers
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Ingår i: Transnational Spaces. - Malmö : International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER), Malmö university. - 9171040609 ; , s. 64-77
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