Fafo's Forum on EU enlargement seminar 10 November
 27.10.2006
Offshoring production to the new EU memberstates – are Western
models of labour relations exported? This is the subject for this
autumn's second seminar at Fafo's forum on EU enlargement. Fafo-researcher
Torunn Kvinge (pictured) is one of the speakers. The seminar is
open and lasts from 09.00–11.00.
Find programme here (in Norwegian)
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 Palestinian
Refugees in Syria
26.10.2006
This Fafo-report, edited by Åge A. Tiltnes, provides the first-ever
comprehensive picture of the living conditions of the Palestinian
refugee community in Syria. Areas of focus are health, education,
housing, employment and income. Key demographic features are also
presented, and certain aspects of the refugees' social networks
are described. The report builds on data extracted from interviews
with almost 5,000 families at 65 different locations, including
13 refugee camps. 
Download the report from here |
 Social
assistance dynamics in Norway
23.10.2006
Fafo-researcher Thomas Lorentzen presented his thesis Social
assistance dynamics in Norway, at Bergen University 20 October.
The project is part of Fami
– Norwegian Centre for Research on Poverty and Social Assistance,
a research collaboration between Fafo and NOVA (Norwegian Social
Research).
Read more here (in Norwegian) |
 Apprenticeship
places in local government
16.10.2006
The lack of apprenticeship places available in local government
is a problem -- both for the students, who don't fulfill their education,
and for the local governments, which don't receive the necessary
competence. In a new report, Fafo researchers Anna Hagen and Torgeir
Nyen evaluate options for bettering this situation.
Read more here (in Norwegian) |
New Fafo-paper on six-hour workday
16.10.2006
Fafo researcher Dag Olberg has written a literature review of experiments
with the six-hour workday, and other arrangements with reduced working
hours.
Read more here (in Norwegian) |
New Fafo-paper on tax-favoured pensions savings
13.10.2006
In this paper, Fafo researcher Geir Veland discusses whether or
not it is in the interest of employees to pay their own share in
collective pensions arrangements.
Read more here (in Norwegian) |
 Living
Conditions Survey in Western China
11.10.2006
At a breakfast seminar today Fafo presented a new living conditions
survey from Western China. The Survey was done in cooperation with
our Chinese partners, the National Research Center for Science and
Technology (NRCSTD), and it is one of the major social studies ever
done in China.
Read more and download results from the survey here
Picture: Minister of International Development Erik Solheim
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 New
Fafo-paper on income differences in Norway
05.10.2006
In 1990 Fafo made an evalution for the newspaper Dagbladet on the
5000 richest people's income, and the development in the eighties.
Dagbladet has asked Fafo for an update, to document changes in the
richest's conditions, and changes in the total income division in
Norway. This gives an interesting opportunity to get a picture of
wealth and income differences in a country that has become one of
the world's richest nations.
Read more here (in Norwegian) |
 New
Baltic Welfare publications
02.10.2006
We present two new releases from the project Poverty, social assistance
and social inclusion – developments in Estonia and Latvia:
Insiders’ views about Social
Inclusion and Social Security in Latvia
Social Indicators between Research
and Policy-making in Estonia
The project is carried through in cooperation between Tartu University
in Estonia, University of Latvia and Fafo. The Research Council
of Norway has funded the project.
See all publications at the Baltic
welfare web pages |
