“…Studies from Sweden indicate increasing job strain during the 1990s (Bäckman and Edling, 2000;Rostila, 2008), but Norwegian studies of the 'new' labour market do not seem to indicate a harder working life (Frisholm and Leiulfsrud, 2003;Ellingsaeter, 2007;Kalleberg et al, 2009). Even though working life may not be harder, studies tend to find that work organization adaptations in the form of restructuring and downsizing increase the risk of labour market exclusion (Røed and Fevang, 2007), especially among low-qualified workers (Rege et al, 2005). Notably, the percentage of firms downsizing increased rapidly between 1995 and 2000 (Røed and Fevang, 1 9 7 5 1 9 7 8 1 9 8 1 1 9 8 4 1 9 8 7 1 9 9 0 1 9 9 3 1 9 9 6 1 9 9 9 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 8 Men Women Figure 1.…”