Stefan Olafsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 328985 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stefan Olafsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stefan |
| FAMILY NAME | Olafsson |
| SIGNATURE | OLAFSSON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3549-8705 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Black Men's Experiences With Health care
Black men have the highest age-adjusted death rate of any major race-gender group in America. Understanding their perceived barriers to accessing health care may benefit future interventions working to increase Black men's health care engagement. Data collected from focus groups of Black men( N = 67), key informant interviews( N = 12), and interviews( N = 5) with participants who pilot tested an online health education system (called "Gabe") were…
Welfare and the Great Recession
Income Inequality in Boom and Bust
Family Policy in Iceland
There are more children in Icelandic families than in the other Nordic countries. Workforce participation in Iceland is also amongst the highest in the West. The need for family support is therefore immense. While overall expenditures on families with children in Iceland have converged with those of other Nordic nations in the last few years, the expenditures per child up to age 17 are still significantly lower in Iceland. This is more marked for…
Variations Within the Scandinavian Model
(1992). Variations Within the Scandinavian Model: Iceland in the Scandinavian Perspective. International Journal of Sociology: Vol. 22, Welfare Trends in the Scandinavian Countries, pp. 61-88
The Rise or Decline of Work in the Welfare State? Equality and Efficiency Revisited
There are two basic positions on the question of how work fares in the modern welfare state: one emphasizing the rise of work and the other predicting its decline. The first sees the mixed-economy welfare state as striving, in the spirit of John Maynard Keynes and William Bever idge, toward the goal of full employment in a free society. The welfare state is assumed to cherish this goal to a greater extent than more market-oriented societies. It i…
Variations Within the Scandinavian Model
(1992). Variations Within the Scandinavian Model: Iceland in the Scandinavian Perspective. International Journal of Sociology: Vol. 22, Welfare Trends in the Scandinavian Countries, pp. 61-88
Black Men's Experiences With Health care
Black men have the highest age-adjusted death rate of any major race-gender group in America. Understanding their perceived barriers to accessing health care may benefit future interventions working to increase Black men's health care engagement. Data collected from focus groups of Black men( N = 67), key informant interviews( N = 12), and interviews( N = 5) with participants who pilot tested an online health education system (called "Gabe") were…
The Rise or Decline of Work in the Welfare State? Equality and Efficiency Revisited
There are two basic positions on the question of how work fares in the modern welfare state: one emphasizing the rise of work and the other predicting its decline. The first sees the mixed-economy welfare state as striving, in the spirit of John Maynard Keynes and William Bever idge, toward the goal of full employment in a free society. The welfare state is assumed to cherish this goal to a greater extent than more market-oriented societies. It i…
The Rise or Decline of Work in the Welfare State? Equality and Efficiency Revisited
There are two basic positions on the question of how work fares in the modern welfare state: one emphasizing the rise of work and the other predicting its decline. The first sees the mixed-economy welfare state as striving, in the spirit of John Maynard Keynes and William Bever idge, toward the goal of full employment in a free society. The welfare state is assumed to cherish this goal to a greater extent than more market-oriented societies. It i…
Variations Within the Scandinavian Model
(1992). Variations Within the Scandinavian Model: Iceland in the Scandinavian Perspective. International Journal of Sociology: Vol. 22, Welfare Trends in the Scandinavian Countries, pp. 61-88
Family Policy in Iceland
There are more children in Icelandic families than in the other Nordic countries. Workforce participation in Iceland is also amongst the highest in the West. The need for family support is therefore immense. While overall expenditures on families with children in Iceland have converged with those of other Nordic nations in the last few years, the expenditures per child up to age 17 are still significantly lower in Iceland. This is more marked for…
Income Inequality in Boom and Bust
Welfare and the Great Recession
Black Men's Experiences With Health care
Black men have the highest age-adjusted death rate of any major race-gender group in America. Understanding their perceived barriers to accessing health care may benefit future interventions working to increase Black men's health care engagement. Data collected from focus groups of Black men( N = 67), key informant interviews( N = 12), and interviews( N = 5) with participants who pilot tested an online health education system (called "Gabe") were…
Social Policy and Reform Studies (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Icelandic (2 works)