Denne artikkelen ser på forholdet mellom frafall i videregående skole og situasjonen på det lokale arbeidsmarkedet. Er det slik at ungdom i større grad dropper ut av videregående skole i gode tider, når det er lett å få ...

This article studies transnational marriages among the second generation and analyses the processes through which transnational marriages shape second-generation women’s attachment to work. Based on in-depth interviews ...

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 ...

Based on the retrenchment literature, Norway is an unlikely candidate for comprehensive pension reform because of its unique economic situation, with a steadily growing petroleum fund and substantial tax revenues flowing ...

Nonprofit, public, and for-profit welfare institutions have different operational logics. The distinctiveness of a nonprofit institution is more prominent in some circumstances than in others. This paper is based on case ...

We analyse the social interaction effects in sick-leave behaviour in the workplace, using high-quality Norwegian matched employer–employee data with detailed individual information on sick leaves during the 2004–2006 period. ...

The European Union’s ambition to create a harmonized reception system for asylum seekers differs from the realities on the ground. We address how differences in national reception conditions stimulate the secondary migration ...

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 ...