Introduction

This issue contains six articles and two commentaries. The scientific content and perspectives of the articles are presented in the abstracts of each article. Here, on the basis of my own subjective assessment, I will present some broader societal perspectives presented in the eight contributions.

I will start with Hansen, Lind, and Møller's commentary. All three authors have extensively studied Nordic labor market systems for decades. Based on a brief presentation of the Danish unemployment benefit system and the challenges facing this system, a proposal is presented for a new system that will be less bureaucratic, not only still giving unemployed support for getting into work, but also having certain similarities with current proposals for basic income, making a life without work an opportunity.

Grönlund presents in her article data that deeply question widespread ideas about what causes gender inequality at the labor market. There is a widespread assumption, both in scientific and in the wider public, that gender inequalities largely are related to women's own strategies at...