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A gender-generation gap in political representation? The contingent impact of preference voting in Norwegian municipal elections
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The article analyses the impact of preference votes on the gender balance in municipal councils in Norway, and to what extent this impact varies with candidates’ age, party and local context. We compare actual representation ... -
A Human Interest Economy: The Strategic Value of Turning Ordinary People into Exemplars in the News Media
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article explores how personal experience in the form of human interest stories has become a road to visibility, legitimacy, and impact for organizational actors and interest groups. Focusing on news media representations ... -
A Platform for Individualized Campaigning? Social Media and Parliamentary Candidates in the 2009 Norwegian Election Campaign
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A Review of Family Demographics and Family Policies in the Nordic Countries
(Journal article, 2014)Family policies in the Nordic countries gain international attention.1 An important reason for this is that they appear to produce good results: the Nordic countries combine comparatively high levels of fertility with high ... -
A socialization paradox: trade union policy cooperation in the case of the enforcement directive of the posting of workers directive
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)The formulation of common political positions from the trade union movement at the European Union (EU) level mainly takes place at the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). In the case of the Enforcement Directive of ... -
A woman’s cause? Popular attitudes towards pension credits for childcare in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)In many countries – including Norway – concerns about the persistent gender gap in pensions have led to the introduction of child credits that compensate mothers for losing accrued pension rights while they care for small ... -
Absenteeism, efficiency wages, and marginal taxes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)In this paper, I test the argument that increased taxes on earnings correspond to increased incentives to shirk, thus causing an increase in the rate of worker absenteeism. After fixed job effects are taken into account, ... -
Actual and Preferred Working Time : Regulations, incentives and the present debate on working time in Norway.
(Research report, 2001)I internasjonal sammenheng har Norge en meget høy sysselsettingsrate. I følge den komparative studien Employment Options of the Future, som ble gjennomført i 16 europeiske land i 1998, er sysselsettingsraten (for personer ... -
Aktivitetsplikt for unge mottakere av sosialhjelp: Delrapport 1
(Rapport – Institutt for samfunnsforskning, Research report, 2019)Fra 1. januar 2017 har alle kommuner vært pålagt å innføre aktivitetsplikt til alle brukere av økonomisk sosialhjelp som er under 30 år. Tidligere var det mulig å stille vilkår om aktivitet, men det var opp til den enkelte ... -
All about the Party? Constituency Representation—and Service—in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)The article investigates the relationship between Norwegian MPs and their home constituency. The approach is based on the concept of constituency representation, which combines representational focus and constituency ... -
Alle til lags : Frivillighetssentralene i nærmiljøet
(Research report, 2008)Politiske myndigheter ønsker at de norske frivillighetssentralene skal fungere som nærmiljøsentraler. Men hva ligger i en slik betegnelse, og i hvilken grad tilfredsstiller dagens sentraler normene for en slik sentral? I ... -
Ancestry Culture and Female Employment - An Analysis Using Second-Generation Siblings
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Anger, Fear, and Echo Chambers: The Emotional Basis for Online Behavior
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Emotions, such as anger and fear, have been shown to influence people’s political behavior. However, few studies link emotions specifically to how people debate political issues and seek political information online. In ... -
Antisemittisme på nett og i sosiale medier i Norge: Kjennetegn, avsendere og motvirkning
(Rapport – Institutt for samfunnsforskning, Research report, 2019)De siste årene har det blitt større oppmerksomhet om antisemittisme og andre typer hatefulle ytringer på nett og i sosiale medier. Flere deltar nå i det offentlige ordskiftet, men samtidig kan flere bli utsatt for ... -
Arbeidsbetingede stønader - liberale virkemidler i arbeidslinjas verktøykasse
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)Arbeidsbetingede stønader eller “in-work benefits” er kontantytelser eller skattelettelser som gis bare til lønnstakere og som dermed gjør det mer økonomisk lønnsomt å velge arbeid fremfor passivt trygdemottak. Ordninger ... -
Arbeidsinnvandring - varig gevinst?
(Journal article, 2014)Siden EØS-utvidelsen i 2004 har vi opplevd en ekstraordinær stor tilstrømning av østeuropeiske arbeidsinnvandrere. I 2012 var det 122 000 personer fra de nye EU-landene som var yrkesaktive i Norge med arbeidsinntekt over ... -
Arbeidslinja – nå også for 70-åringer? Eldre arbeidstakeres tanker om lønnsarbeid, pensjon og det gode liv
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Eldre arbeidstakere oppfordres i dag til å stå lenger i arbeid. Basert på 28 intervjuer med ansatte i privat sektor i alderen 55–66 år spør vi hvordan eldre arbeidstakere forholder seg til denne forventningen. Vi finner ... -
Arbeidslivsforskning - fra industrisosiologi til arbeidsmarkedsstudier.
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Arbeidsmarkedet for akademikere
(Research report, 2004)Andelen av alle sysselsatte med akademisk utdanning har økt med 60 prosent i løpet av de siste 10 årene. 27 prosent av økningen kan forklares ved endringer i næringsstrukturen, mens hele 73 prosent kan forklares ved økt ... -
Are immigrant youth involved in voluntary organizations more likely than their non-immigrant peers to be engaged in politics? Survey evidence from Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The aim of this paper is to examine the link between associational involvement and political participation among youth in Norway and how this link varies between boys and girls of an immigrant or non-immigrant background. ...