International Journal of Social Welfare

Papers
(The median citation count of International Journal of Social Welfare is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
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Precarious welfare‐to‐work transitions in a segmented labour market: Evidence from the Netherlands25
Cost‐effectiveness of a ‘Housing First’ programme implemented in Spain: An evaluation based on a randomised controlled trial16
Challenging scalar fallacy in state‐wide welfare studies: AUKsub‐state comparison of civil society approaches to addressing youth unemployment13
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A journey into the new employment service landscape of responsibilisation: Towards de‐personalisation of the caseworker–jobseeker relationship12
Alleviating administrative burden through digitalization and redesign: A laboratory experiment on student financial aid in Germany11
Poverty and public works: Evidence from Hungary11
Chinese older adults' personal–family life balance and its associations with social networks: The moderating role of internet use11
Distinguishing characteristics of out‐of‐school adolescents in South Korea: A machine learning approach11
The family structural and socioeconomic characteristics of the family well‐being of Hong Kong people10
Self‐initiated moves during the formal eviction process: Findings from Swedish Register Data10
The role of experts in forming family policy under an adversarial subsystem in the Czech Republic9
How culture influences the strengthening of market principles in conservative welfare states: The case of long‐term care policy9
Intergenerational transmission or local labour market context? A comparative analysis of the formation of work value patterns in 65 European regions9
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Examining coping and acculturative stress as mediators between perceived discrimination and internalising symptoms among African immigrants7
Same‐sex partnership in the family policies of Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan7
Poverty and inequality impact of COVID‐19 pandemic: The case of Mazar‐i‐Sharif, Balkh province, Afghanistan7
Rights‐based community practice and academic activism in a turbulent world: Putting theory into practice in Israel, Palestine and Jordan By James L.Torczyner, 2021. New York: Routledge, 377 pp., $170 7
Hazards of anti‐Blackness in the United States6
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When hidden politics become visible: Administrative burden experiences of older adults and professionals in home care6
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The crumbling pillar: Assessing the impact of housing costs on recent trends in poverty and deprivation in Australia6
Daily challenges and coping strategies of Chin irregular migrant workers in Malaysia: A qualitative study on health and well‐being6
Intertwined precariousness and precarity: Disentangling a phenomenon that characterises Spanish youth4
Effect of financial services access on health services utilisation among rural older adults in Ghana4
Integrating familial care and extra‐familial care into a new long‐term care policy for China: Examples from Germany's long‐term care insurance4
Capping welfare payments for workless families increases employment and economic inactivity: Evidence from the UK's benefit cap4
Who's minding the children: Gender equity in the first 2 years of the pandemic4
Multidimensional poverty among different age cohorts in South Korea4
Dissenting social work: Critical theory, resistance and pandemicPaul MichaelGarrett, 2021. London and New York: Routledge, 288 pp., ISBN 9780367903701 (Paperback) | ISBN 9781003024019 (eBook).4
Changing society, changing lives: Three decades of family change in China4
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De‐gendering parents: Gender inclusion and standardised language in screen‐level bureaucracy4
An ideology of deserving: A historical analysis of the United States' immigration policies governing forced migration and social welfare4
Impact evaluation of a new counselling and support programme for unemployed with multiple placement obstacles4
Epistemic justice in international social work research: Postcolonial theory and analytic strategies4
Editorial3
Examining the potential impact of universal basic income on labor supply: Focusing on the South Korean models3
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Sustainability and inequality of Taiwan's National Pension Insurance3
Social investment agenda setting: A personal note3
New configurations of labour insertion processes. The case of secondary technical and vocational education and training students in Chile3
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The attitudes of young citizens in higher education towards universal basic income in the context of automation—A qualitative study3
Using a hybrid data collection tool: Analysis of youth labour market trajectories integrating quantitative, qualitative and social network data3
Bureaucratic sludge: Bureaucratic tasks and procedures leading to experiences of strain3
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Success in agenda setting through failure in policymaking: Exploring a new policy venue in the Polish European Semester 2012–20223
Unemployed and then? The role of non‐standard employment in labour market trajectories after unemployment3
Evaluating socio‐economic resilience interventions among out‐of‐school adolescent girls and young women in rural Central Uganda: A quasi‐experimental approach3
Security or autonomy? A comparative analysis of work values and labor market policies in different European welfare states3
Reducing sex work by targeting ‘vulnerable’ sex workers: A post‐structural analysis of policies regulating Danish exit programmes directed at people involved in sex work3
Behavioral health literacy: A new construct to improve outcomes among incarcerated individuals3
Intergenerational solidarity in a developing welfare state: The case of South Korea3
The efficacy and efficiency of public transfer programmes on the poverty of the older population in South Korea3
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Targeting social welfare for people with severe mental illness: A review of policies in China and a call for further action3
Making sense of reablement within different institutional contexts. Collaborative service ideals in Norwegian and Danish home care3
COVID‐19 and support for basic income in Korea2
Ukraine's poor majority: Exploring the driving factors of subjective poverty2
Social workers' recommendations regarding child custody of parents with intellectual developmental disabilities or mental illness2
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Generosity of old‐age pensions for the self‐employed—A typology of European welfare states2
Effective local governance assisting vulnerable groups: The case of youth not in employment, education or training (NEETs) in Sweden2
The perceived fair duration of unemployment benefits for older workers. The role of lifetime achievements in the labour market2
Changing attitudes towards government responsibility for social welfare in China between 2004 and 2014: Evidence from three national surveys2
State temporary assistance for needy families policies and high school diploma or equivalent attainment among mothers following a nonmarital birth: An event history analysis2
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Loans for welfare benefit recipients: Evidence from the Sample of Integrated Welfare Benefit Biographies (SIG) 2007–20202
“Every day is a disaster”: Climate vulnerabilities and disaster subculture of jjokbang‐chon in Seoul, Korea and its implications for social work2
Toward a livable life: A 21st century agenda for social work Edited by Mark RobertRank, 2020. New York: Oxford University Press, 382 pp., HB. ISBN 978‐0‐190‐69105‐9.2
Job demands‐control, job support, and depressive symptoms: Unraveling job support's moderating mechanism among social workers in China2
Administrative burden in older adults: A look at SNAP2
How large families fare in Germany: Examining child poverty risks and policy solutions2
Unpacking vulnerability among migrant minors in the EU: A case study of vulnerability among migrant minors in Spain2
The importance of belonging: Interactions between individual and structural risk factors for youth‐disengagement2
Three dimensions of long‐term care provision in middle‐income countries—A view across Africa, Latin America and Asia2
Women's welfare attitudes in South Korea2
The rise of artificial intelligence, the fall of human wellbeing?2
Welfare state dissatisfaction and support for major welfare reform: Towards means‐tested welfare or a universal basic income?2
A quartered typology of welfare attitudes: Evidence from the World Values Survey Wave 72
The lived experiences of the welfare state of platform workers: The barriers to accessing social protection in Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom2
Cultural–legal brokering and gender: A study of refugee‐serving institutions upon resettlement2
Beyond the precariat: Trajectories of precarious work and its determinants in South Korea2
Poor labour market prospects due to intensive caregiving? Childcare and eldercare among welfare recipients in Germany2
It's the middle that matters? Income group coalitions in support of redistributive welfare reform2
Social assistance assessments of couple households: A vignette study on applicants’ ethnicity and gendered family roles2
Poverty in Europe: How long‐term poverty developed following the financial crisis and what drives it2
Family and work‐related risk factors in children's social–emotional well‐being and parent–educator cooperation in flexibly scheduled early childhood education and care2
The prospects of judicial social work for incapacitated older adults: Evidence on how Chinese social workers may contribute1
Improving employability? Individual placement and support for the long‐term unemployed and individuals with developmental disabilities in Finland1
One ‘welfare recipient’ stereotype or many? Using the stereotype content model to examine the stereotypes of different categories of benefit recipients1
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Dialogues or polemics: Social science expertise and welfare reform in Quebec1
Stabilise, balance and adjust—Framing the early years transitions of children whose parents work non‐standard hours1
Social perceptions and representations of unaccompanied foreign minors on social media1
From national activation legislation to local practices in Norway—Why the same law gives diverse practices1
Careless hospitality: Family reunification in Ireland involving children and young people of international protection background1
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A scoping review of barriers to education faced by migrant minors in Türkiye1
Family policies, social norms and marital fertility decisions: A quasi‐experimental study1
Who spends more to combat COVID‐19 social risks and why?1
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Perceived burdens of interacting with public authorities: How does it influence citizens' state‐encounter behavior?1
Access to social rights under tension: The growing role of third‐party actors in dealing with the administrative burden and its implications1
Impact of internal migration on the economic well‐being of local workers and school dropouts among children in Vietnam1
Automation and segmentation: Downgrading employment quality among the former “insiders” of Western European labour markets1
Developments in China’s governance of its aging society: Evidence from aging policies between 1982 and 20171
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From altruism to sociality: A switch in perception1
The large family penalty in Italy: Poverty and eligibility to minimum incomes1
Social work in space: Expanding policy and practice into the cosmos1
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Human rights and social justice in a global perspective: An introduction to international social workSusan C.MappNew York: Oxford University Press, 2021, 465 pp., US$60, ISBN: 9780190059477 (paperback1
Smaller net or just fewer to catch? Disentangling the causes for the varying sizes of minimum income schemes1
Revisiting auxiliary social services for persons with disability: The Philippines case1
Patterns and determinants of multidimensional poverty and welfare interventions: Towards evidence‐based poverty‐alleviation policies in Hong Kong1
Winners and losers: Class dynamics and social protection in Pakistan1
Do individualised projects help integrate the long‐term unemployed and disadvantaged people? Lessons from the Czech Republic1
Support for an EU‐wide social policy? A country‐comparative analysis of unemployment perceptions1
Ecosocial work among social welfare professionals in Finland: Key learnings for future practice1
Emotional creaming: Street‐level bureaucrats’ prioritisation of migrant clients ‘likely to succeed’ in labour market integration1
The role of social transfers in reducing the poverty risk for larger families in the European Union1
A behavioural livelihoods approach to address psychosocial constraints to empowerment0
Large families and poverty in Austria: What explains their disproportionate risk of experiencing income poverty?0
Do childcare policies and schedule control enhance variable time workers' work–life balance? A gender analysis across European countries0
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Escaping the trap of temporary employment: Precariousness among young people before and after Spain's 2021 labour market reform act0
Psychophysical burden and lack of support: Reasons for care workers’ intentions to leave their work in the Nordic countries0
Exploring care leavers' agency in achieving entry into the world of work: A cross‐national study in six countries0
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Welfare conditionality in Latin America's conditional cash transfers: Models and trends0
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Constructing meaningful transitions in a vulnerable situation—The role of lifelong learning policies in European regions0
Exploring mandatory reporting in social care and social services in Sweden0
Role conflict, role ambiguity, and depressive symptoms: The moderating effects of job autonomy among social workers in China0
Editorial for Special Issue 01/2025 of the International Journal of Social Welfare ‘Characteristics of non‐standard employment and implications for workers and policy‐makers’0
Buddhism in the service of a capitalist elite: An impediment to social rights?0
Automating social assistance: Exploring the use of robotic process automation in the Swedish personal social services0
Risk and protective factors in the training‐employment trajectory of young adult migrants who have left the guardianship system0
Savings trajectories and cohort differences among older Chinese couples0
Validation of the ultra‐short scale for measuring work engagement among social workers in Chinese contexts0
Practising professionalism in activation work: Developing and testing a questionnaire0
Mobility and life satisfaction among wheelchair users: A study using mobile phone data in Seoul, South Korea0
Generosity's double‐edged sword: Unmasking the impact of raised social assistance rates in Norway0
Putting experts in their place: Achieving policy impact as an outsider‐academic in civil service reforms in Slovakia0
Ideas and the changing relationship between states and markets in social policy: A review essay0
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The impact of labor market reforms on firm training for nonregular and regular workers0
Dimensions of controversy: Investigating the structure of public support for universal basic income in the Netherlands0
“Walking the talk”: Putting environmental social work theory into practice0
Additional income support buffers the demand for child protection services at the municipality level0
Imagining the ecosocial within social work0
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Out‐of‐home care placement patterns of children within the Swedish child welfare system: Findings from group‐based trajectory modelling0
A scoping review of gambling policy research in Europe0
Special issue of International Journal of Social Welfare: Integrating young people in the labour market, integrating methodologies0
Welfare state contract and family solidarity: Do informal carers prefer more welfare state support?0
The puzzles of daily life: The temporal orders of families when parents have non‐standard work schedules0
The role of volunteer guardians as a key actor in providing social protection for unaccompanied minors in Italy0
Complex needs and ethical dilemmas—Care managers processing older clients to gerontological social work0
The two‐child limit and child poverty in the United Kingdom0
Exploring the displacement induced changes in social convoys and support for older women in displacement (OWD) in Abuja, Nigeria0
Corrigendum for: Social protection clusters in sub‐Saharan Africa0
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Internet use and Chinese migrant older adults' life satisfaction: A panel data study0
Social safety net features in East Asia: A comparative analysis using the model family approach0
Uneven care across states: Disparities in Medicaid 1915(c) home and community‐based services waivers for older adults in the United States0
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Children’s rights and parents’ rights: Popular attitudes about when we privilege one over the other0
Predictors of burnout for immigrant mental health professionals in the United States0
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Trust in the welfare state among users: The case of Norway0
Shared residence and social security policy: A comparative analysis from 13 countries0
Representation of visible minorities in Canada's public service: Slow but significant progression0
Progress of the social service professions in South Africa's developmental social welfare system: Social work, and child and youth care work0
The quest for standardisation in adult social work: Municipal guidelines and premises for professional discretion0
What if it is not just an additional income? Poverty risks of non‐standard employment histories in Germany0
Do cash transfer programs have different effects on children based on household disability status? Evidence from Malawi and Zambia0
Experience of guilt in court hearings—Comparing rape, assault and fraud cases0
Feelings of being socially excluded: A matter of education, labour market situation, income, deprivation, or other things?0
A scoping review of parental migration and left‐behind children's well‐being in China0
“Do the right thing”: Immigrant perspectives of social worker support in the United States0
The private sector and multidimensional poverty reduction in Vietnam: A cross‐province panel data analysis0
Can increased support to foster care families reduce the number of moves for children in out‐of‐home care? Evidence from Norway0
The impact of tax reforms on human development index: Literature review approach0
Special Issue on the Challenges for family and child well‐being in the new era0
Mixed payment methods and health cost control in China: A machine learning analysis of policy big data0
WeChat use and social participation among community‐dwelling adults with severe mental disorders: A mixed‐methods study0
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Measuring public‐private‐substitution after divorce: Ex‐spouse income and the effect of marital separation on social assistance take‐up0
Conceptualising service integration for inclusive activation: Exploring transferal and translation of models from health care0
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The significance of crisis identification using community‐driven model0
Work–family and family–work conflict and negative attitudes toward having children: A multilevel cross‐national analysis0
“That's where the hunt for the correction begins”: Experiences of administrative errors as sites of administrative burden0
From self‐care to compassion resilience: Extending the model of protective factors for humanitarian practitioners0
The sexual division of labour: A qualitative analysis of social organisations in Peru0
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Satisfaction with social care in the UK: Assessing the interactive effects of age and ideology0
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Large families: The forgotten poverty risk and policy relevance0
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Long maternal working hours were linked to obesity, underweight and stunting in children under age 5 in China0
Daily moods, health routines and recovery among employees working in the retail and services sector: A diary study0
‘It's always a battle against time’. Experiencing and handling temporal conditions in homecare work0
The role of social transfers in mitigating families with children from the economic impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic0
A six‐year longitudinal study of parenting and depressive symptoms among Taiwanese adolescents0
Support and employment preferences in online platform work: A cluster analysis of German‐speaking workers0
Shame and social work: Theory, reflexivity and practice. VeronikaMagyar‐HaasHolgerSchoneville Edited by LizFrost, AlessandroSicora, 2020. Bristol: Policy Press, 200 pp., PB. ISBN 978‐1447344087.0
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Combining generalist and specialist social work in activation policies: A participatory action research0
Exploring the association between educational aspirations and intentions to migrate among youth in Central Mexico by gender0
‘Radical Hope’ offers Poverty‐Aware Practice beyond social work0
Does cash transfer program improve recipients' social participation? Evidence from low‐income households data in China0
Indian older adults and the ‘familialist’ state policies0
Trajectories of NEET in individuals formerly placed in out‐of‐home care: A Swedish national cohort study0
The illusory correlation between parental alienation and other forms of family violence0
Informal employment in the health sector: Examining gender disparities0
Digital industrial accidents: A case study of the mental distress of platform workers in South Korea0
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Non‐standard employment, low standard of living? The role of labour market and social policy measures in preventing material deprivation in different employment trajectories in Europe0
How family policies redefine families: The case of mainland China–Hong Kong cross‐border families0
Exploring how international social workers perceive culturally relevant practices: A case study of Japanese social workers’ experiences in other Asian countries0
Becoming an inadvertent home care user: The transition for cohabitating partners0
Social policy expansion and segmentation in the first two decades of the 21st century in Latin America0
From welfare to work: The health and material well‐being effects of long‐term employment subsidies in Germany0
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A systematic integrative review of international policies for women experiencing homelessness0
From state actions to citizens outcomes: Introduction to the special issue on “Administrative Burden and Social Welfare”0
Associations between HIV stigma and social support for people living with HIV in Hyderabad, India0
Comparison of intergenerational income mobility in South Korea and the United States: Period changes between 1980‒1995 and 1996‒20150
Hidden behind closed doors: Non‐standard employment, migrant women and gender regimes in Europe0
Experts as researchers and policy actors: Czech pension reform0
Home as a risk environment: Negotiating the boundaries of homes and social relationships in services for people using illicit drugs0
When means‐testing meets work‐testing: A multi‐level institutional analysis of claiming in‐work benefits in Hong Kong0
The causal effect of economic sanctions on political stability: A two‐stage difference‐in‐differences analysis0
Better job prospects or an imperative to ‘just work’? A cross‐national study on social investment and women's employment0
Adolescent gambling advertising awareness: A national survey0
Introduction to the special issue on “The role of experts in developing social policies: Social scientists reflect on their experiences in government”0
The concept of generational contract: A systematic literature review0
The ideological roots of the activation paradigm: How justice preferences and unemployment attributions shape public support for demanding activation policies0
Behind closed doors: Sousveillance in mandated social welfare interventions0
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