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Children and Careers: How Family Size Affects Parents’ Labor Market Outcomes in the Long Run
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)We estimate the effect of family size on various measures of labor market outcomes over the whole career until retirement, using instrumental variables estimation in data from Norwegian administrative registers. Parents’ ... -
Children and labor market outcomes: separating the effects of the first three children
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)We use miscarriage as a biological shock to fertility to estimate the effect of the first three children on women’s and men’s labor market outcomes. For women, we find that the effect is almost the same for the first, ... -
Children and the Gender Gap in Management
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Women are typically less likely to hold management positions than men. Despite the converging roles of men and women in several labour market outcomes, the gender management gap is persistent. In this paper, we analyse the ... -
Children in dual-residence arrangements: Exploring discourses of fairness and children's best interest in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In many countries, dual residence is increasingly common for children when parents separate. This works well for many children, but opinions differ on whether or not it should be the norm. In analysing interviews with 35 ... -
Citizenship in the Nordic Countries : past, present, future
(TemaNord, Research report, 2018)The Nordic countries have a century-long tradition for cooperation within the area of citizenship law. Since the mid-1970s, however, the Nordic countries have moved in different directions. Today, the Nordic countries ... -
Citizenship, integration and the quest for social cohesion: nationality reform in the Scandinavian countries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)After having coordinated their nationality laws since the late 19th century, the Scandinavian countries have moved in distinctly different directions in this field since the turn of the millennium. Today Sweden has one of ... -
Civic and political volunteering: the mobilizing role of websites and social media in four countries
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Civil society institutions or semi-public agencies? State regulation of parties and voluntary organizations in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)The relationship between the Norwegian State on the one hand, and political parties and voluntary organizations on the other, has traditionally been based on mutual trust. To assess the claim that civil society institutions ... -
Class-size effects on adolescent mental health and well-being in Swedish schools
(Journal article, 2013)This paper analyzes whether class size has an effect on the prevalence of mental health problems and well-being among adolescents in Swedish schools. We use cross-sectional data collected in year 2008 covering 2755 Swedish ... -
Climate politics in hard times: How local economic shocks influence MPs attention to climate change
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Most countries struggle to implement CO2 reducing policies. Implementation is politically difficult since it typically forces politicians to trade‐off different concerns. The literature on how parties and members of ... -
Closing the gender gap in pensions: A microsimulation analysis of the Norwegian NDC pension system
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Combining Work and Pension in Norway: Gathering Information and Imagining the Future
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The Norwegian pension system has provided unprecedented flexibility to combine work and pension drawing from the age of 62, and this has become a popular option. Using qualitative interviews with 28 older workers, we explore ... -
Comfort in numbers? Social integration and political participation among disability benefit recipients in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)There are growing concerns both in academic and political debates that the provision of cash transfers to people in economically active age groups does not support and might even undermine active social citizenship. In ... -
Communicating borders - Governments deterring asylum seekers through social media campaigns
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)This article analyses a novel attempt by the Norwegian Government to use Facebook to influence migrants’ destination choices. With the refugee crisis in the fall of 2015 as a backdrop, the Norwegian case reveals the dilemmas ... -
Communicating borders : informing migrants and potential asylum seekers through social media
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Community-based economy, market and democracy : The case of Norwegian voluntary sport organisations
(Research report, 2001)I rapporten klargjøres først hva en skal legge i termen kommersialisering innenfor norske idrettslag. Deretter undersøkes empirisk hvor utbredt kommersialisering er innenfor lagene. Hvilke virkninger har kommersialisering ... -
Competing perspectives on participatory arrangements: Explaining the attitudes of elected representatives
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)In this article, we investigate elected representatives’ attitudes to citizen participation and the design of participatory arrangements. We distinguish between citizenship-oriented and governance-oriented attitudes. Whereas ... -
Competition and interaction: Party ties to interest groups in a multidimensional policy space
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Political parties and interest groups play a vital role in incorporating societal interests into democratic decision‐making. Therefore, explaining the nature and variation in the relationship between them will advance our ... -
Continued Elite Support for the Norwegian Version of the Nordic Model?
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CORE næringslivsstudie – kjønnsbalanse på toppen i næringslivet: Hindringer og muligheter
(Rapport;2022:4, Research report, 2022)CORE næringslivsstudie undersøker likestillingsstatus, holdninger, ambisjoner og opplevde betingelser blant kvinnelige og mannlige medarbeidere i ti selskap i ulike bransjer. Studien er finansiert av Kulturdepartementet ...