The main objective of this paper is to analyse the major transformations of the Swedish model. We argue that the current Swedish model appears today more in line with the three core components of the original Swedish model developed during the 1950s. In our view, the period 1975-1991 represents...

Det så kallade Fallskärmsprojektet, som påbörjades 1996, har inneburit en försöksverksamhet vid 17 psykiatriska kliniker runt om i landet med praktisk tillämpning av ett antal i förväg formulerade principer för omhändertagandet och vården av förstagångsinsjuknade psykotiska...

The original essays in this book have been written by a number of leading international experts in the field of labour market studies to honour the intellectual contribution and lifetime achievement of Günther Schmid.

This article analyses the extent to which changes in household composition over the life course affect the gender division of labour. It identifies and analyses cross-country disparities between France, Italy, Sweden and United States, using most recent data available from the Time Use National...

Part-time work is one of the most well-known ‘atypical’ working time arrangements. In contrast to previous studies focusing on the supply side, the originality of our research is to investigate the demand-side of part-time work and to examine how and why companies use part-time work. Based...

The article analyses the potential links between the life course approach and the Transitional Labour Market (TLM) perspective. It provides some empirical evidence of the role played by age and gender in individuals' situation on the labour market, as well as of the heterogeneity in course...

This contribution analyzes how men and women in France, Italy, Sweden, and the United States use their time over the life cycle and the extent to which societal and institutional contexts influence the gender division of labor. In order to test the hypothesis that contextual factors play a...