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Can descriptive representation be justified outside politics?
(Chapter, 2018)In the first part of the chapter an institutional perspective on the difference between political and economic decision making is presented, including the tendency of institutional confusion. In the second part I draw on ... -
Causal Effects of Parental Leave on Adolescents' Household Work
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Certified Equality: The Icelandic Equal Pay Standard
(Rapport – Institutt for samfunnsforskning, Research report, 2018)In 2018, Iceland introduced a statutory certification process for companies and institutions with over 25 employees, which, through this process, must prove that they pay men and women the same for the same job. This ... -
Change and Resilience in Welfare State Policy : The Politics of Sickness Insurance in Norway and Sweden
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)This article compares the processes of reforming sickness insurance in Norway and Sweden. Despite the many similarities between the Norwegian and Swedish welfare states, they have taken different paths when it comes to ... -
Changing priorities, hybrid campaigns: interest groups’ perceptions of gains and risks in the new media landscape
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Interest groups depend on visibility for political influence and organizational growth. The current hybrid media landscape presents both opportunities and constraints for visibility and influence. For organized interests, ... -
Changing relations of neighborhood services, sociability, and social control in Oslo
(Rapport - Institutt for samfunnsforskning;2003:10, Research report, 2003)Denne rapporten representerer det norske bidraget til et komparativt byforskningsprosjekt kalt 'Loges et gardiens, som er basert i Paris. Utgangspunktet er de funksjonene som gjøres av den franske concierge (nå ofte kalt ... -
Characteristics or Returns: Understanding Gender Pay Inequality among College Graduates in the USA
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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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Collective co-production of health and care services – a systematic review of research from the United Kingdom, Germany and Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This article reviews all published English-language articles concerning collective co-production of welfare services in the United Kingdom, Germany and Norway, which are countries representing different welfare regimes. ... -
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 ...