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Private Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in the Nordic Countries: Development and governance of the welfare mix

Trætteberg, Håkon Solbu; Sivesind, Karl Henrik; Paananen, Maiju; Hrafnsdóttir, Steinunn (Rapport – Institutt for samfunnsforskning, Research report, 2021)

This report examines the role of private providers of ECEC services in the five Nordic countries: Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. For each country, we map the ECEC journey from a selective service at the ...
Quasi-Market Regulation in Early Childhood Education and Care: Does a Nordic Welfare Dimension Prevail?

Trætteberg, Håkon Solbu; Sivesind, Karl Henrik; Paananen, Maiju; Hrafnsdóttir, Steinunn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

Until about 25 years ago, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and Finland used a bureaucratic-professional governance model to reach common welfare goals in ECEC, something that arguably constituted a Nordic dimension. Since ...