Contractual obligation, individual autonomy, and sanction in targeting benefits for third-country nationals’ work promotion in Austria, Finland, and Czech Republic
Contractual obligation, individual autonomy, and sanction in targeting benefits for third-country nationals’ work promotion in Austria, Finland, and Czech Republic

Author(s): Eddy Bruno Esien
Subject(s): Labor relations, Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Contractual obligation; individual autonomy; third-country nationals; work promotion in Austria; Finland and Czech Republic; Nordic countries; Western European; CEE;
Summary/Abstract: Over the past century, budget deficit, fiscal constraints, and demographic necessities that confront the industrialized society have forced policy makers under intense pressure to structure welfare provision for unemployed people around targeting benefits. Several studies have revealed that targeting benefits emphasize public resources are distributed on a measure of financial need instead of universal transfers to the entire population, but the governance faces challenges in terms of equity and efficiency as the programs may not reach all intended beneficiaries (Neil, 2004; Devereux & Sebates-Wheeler, 2004; Devandas 2017; Andries, 1996; Bitran & Munoz 2000; Jill, 2001; Peck, 2003). Until now, little importance has been given to the studies in Central Eastern European (CEE), Western European, and Nordic countries explaining eligibility criteria in public assistance programs. Studies of contractual obligation, individual autonomy, and sanction-induced behavioural criteria under targeting benefits and its implication to young third-country nationals’ (TCNs) heterogeneous subgroups’ transition from welfare to work are rare and require clarification.

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