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What do border obstacles cost the Nordic region?
Dec 12, 2011 Is it possible to calculate how much the Nordic countries are loosing because of the many remaining border obstacles affecting the labour market? According to Copenhagen Economics no border obstacles would mean 3,000 to 6,000 more cross-border commuters. If all of them came out of unemployment it would save 4.2bn Danish kroner (€56m).
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What does a stint in jail mean for getting a job?
Jun 22, 2017 A new study compares employment of previous inmates in four Nordic countries up until five years after their release. The aim has been to see whether former inmates in certain countries are more successful in finding work, and whether this is a result of the work of the correctional services or labour market measures.
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What happened to the spirit of consent?
Nov 15, 2018 Have we become less good at solving conflicts in the Nordic region? Are we seeing a weakening of the spirit of consent which has made it possible to reach compromises that everyone can live with? This issue of the Nordic Labour Journal looks at the debate in the five Nordic countries.
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Nov 2015
What happens when the refugee stream has been stemmed?
Nov 27, 2015 “It’s like on a plane when the oxygen masks have been activated. When you’re told to put on your own mask before helping people sitting next to you. If we are to help the world, we must look after our own country first,” says Jøran Kallmyr, State Secretary at the Norwegian Ministry of Justice.
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What is needed to include vulnerable youths into the labour market?
Feb 08, 2018 Norway's government is calling for a joint initiative for youth inclusion. A laudable initiative. But government ministers should also look at the underlying structures if their measures are to achieve more than papering over the cracks. Perhaps we need to think differently about how to combine education and work.
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When language and regulations create obstacles in the Nordics
Apr 30, 2025 Nordic freedom of movement is an ideal we like to highlight. Nevertheless, commuters and businesses face practical obstacles every day. Now, new measures are being implemented to remove them, while the Øresund Bridge celebrates 25 years as a symbol of one common region between two countries.
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