Bård Smedsvik
Biographic Data
| ID | 392084 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bård Smedsvik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bård |
| FAMILY NAME | Smedsvik |
| SIGNATURE | SMEDSVIK B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Department of Social Work, , 7491 Trondheim |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8843-0256 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Compulsory activation of young welfare recipients: Revisiting the Trade-Off Between Workfare and Welfare Generosity
We revisit the trade-off between workfare and welfare through a quasi-natural experiment by exploiting municipal variation from a 2017 Norwegian reform introducing compulsory activation for young welfare recipients. The results show a significant negative effect on social assistance. On the other hand, we find no effect on income adequacy, implying that other transfers mitigate the drop in social assistance. Our results convey therefore that the …
(In)visible Sanctions: Micro-level Evidence on Compulsory Activation for Young Welfare Recipients
Since the early years of activation and workfare in the 1990s, the use of welfare conditionality and benefit sanctions has been proposed among the necessary solutions to ensure the efficiency of welfare policy by reinforcing individual economic incentives. Using rich administrative registers from Norway, we produce micro-level quantitative evidence on compulsory activation for young recipients of social assistance. The empirical challenge is that…
Can increased support to foster care families reduce the number of moves for children in out‐of‐home care? Evidence from Norway
Norwegian youth in out‐of‐home care move three times as frequently as their peers. Such placement instability is linked to negative outcomes in terms of social attachment, well‐being, educational achievements, health, and future opportunities. Norway implemented a new child welfare service reform in 2022 that increased the municipalities responsibilities for out‐of‐home care. The “incentive package” and “Barneløftet” were measures implemented to …
Immigration and social assistance: Evidence from the Norwegian welfare state
In Norway, immigrants receive higher levels of social assistance than natives. How can we explain this difference? After controlling for differences in take‐up rates through a two‐step Heckman procedure, we attempt to answer this question by exploiting rich data from administrative registers. We operationalise social assistance in the Norwegian context by employing a composite variable that includes: (a) financial assistance, (b) housing allowanc…
Immigration and social assistance: Evidence from the Norwegian welfare state
In Norway, immigrants receive higher levels of social assistance than natives. How can we explain this difference? After controlling for differences in take‐up rates through a two‐step Heckman procedure, we attempt to answer this question by exploiting rich data from administrative registers. We operationalise social assistance in the Norwegian context by employing a composite variable that includes: (a) financial assistance, (b) housing allowanc…
Immigration and social assistance: Evidence from the Norwegian welfare state
In Norway, immigrants receive higher levels of social assistance than natives. How can we explain this difference? After controlling for differences in take‐up rates through a two‐step Heckman procedure, we attempt to answer this question by exploiting rich data from administrative registers. We operationalise social assistance in the Norwegian context by employing a composite variable that includes: (a) financial assistance, (b) housing allowanc…
Can increased support to foster care families reduce the number of moves for children in out‐of‐home care? Evidence from Norway
Norwegian youth in out‐of‐home care move three times as frequently as their peers. Such placement instability is linked to negative outcomes in terms of social attachment, well‐being, educational achievements, health, and future opportunities. Norway implemented a new child welfare service reform in 2022 that increased the municipalities responsibilities for out‐of‐home care. The “incentive package” and “Barneløftet” were measures implemented to …
Compulsory activation of young welfare recipients: Revisiting the Trade-Off Between Workfare and Welfare Generosity
We revisit the trade-off between workfare and welfare through a quasi-natural experiment by exploiting municipal variation from a 2017 Norwegian reform introducing compulsory activation for young welfare recipients. The results show a significant negative effect on social assistance. On the other hand, we find no effect on income adequacy, implying that other transfers mitigate the drop in social assistance. Our results convey therefore that the …
(In)visible Sanctions: Micro-level Evidence on Compulsory Activation for Young Welfare Recipients
Since the early years of activation and workfare in the 1990s, the use of welfare conditionality and benefit sanctions has been proposed among the necessary solutions to ensure the efficiency of welfare policy by reinforcing individual economic incentives. Using rich administrative registers from Norway, we produce micro-level quantitative evidence on compulsory activation for young recipients of social assistance. The empirical challenge is that…
Welfare (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Norwegian (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (2 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (2 works) · Incentive (2 works) · Law (2 works)