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 ...

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 ...

Flere OECD-land har i løpet av de siste tiårene innført stønadsordninger hvor et sentralt kriterium for mottak av stønaden er at mottakeren er i inntektsgivende arbeid, såkalte arbeidsbetingede stønader. Det gjøres først ...

Gender disparities in top-level academic positions are persistent. However, whether bias in recruitment plays a role in producing these disparities remains unclear. This study examines the role of bias in academic recruitment ...

Is labour mobility in the European Union a threat to the strength of unions? We argue that the combination of cheap labour, workforce heterogeneity and low unionisation among labour immigrants is a potential challenge for ...

We propose a political reinforcement hypothesis, suggesting that rising inequality moves party politics on welfare state issues to the right, strengthening rather than modifying the impact of inequality. We model policy ...