Blar i Tidsskriftpublikasjon på forfatter "Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen"
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Assessments of citizenship criteria: are immigrants more liberal?
Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen; Brochmann, Grete; Erdal, Marta Bivand; Kruse, Mathias; Jensen, Kristian Kriegbaum; Bevelander, Pieter; Mouritsen, Per; Bech, Emily Cochran (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The literature on citizenship policies is flourishing, yet we know little of which naturalisation requirements majorities and minorities find reasonable, and how they view existing citizenship regimes. Drawing on original ... -
Beskytter assimilering mot diskriminering? Opplevd diskriminering blant innvandrere og etterkommere av innvandrere i det norske arbeidslivet
Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen; Kitterød, Ragni Hege (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Artikkelen sammenligner graden av selvopplevd diskriminering i arbeidslivet blant innvandrere og etterkommere av innvandrere i Norge. Datagrunnlaget er SSBs levekårsundersøkelse blant personer med innvandrerbakgrunn fra ... -
‘Birthplace unknown’: on the symbolic value of the passport for identity-construction among naturalised citizens
Erdal, Marta Bivand; Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021) -
Citizenship, integration and the quest for social cohesion: nationality reform in the Scandinavian countries
Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen (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 ... -
Do Some Countries Discriminate More than Others? Evidence from 97 Field Experiments of Racial Discrimination in Hiring
Quillian, Lincoln; Heath, Anthony; Pager, Devah; Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen; Fleischmann, Fenella; Hexel, Ole (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Comparing levels of discrimination across countries can provide a window into large-scale social and political factors often described as the root of discrimination. Because of difficulties in measurement, however, little ... -
Do terrorist Attacks Affect Ethnic Discrimination in the Labour Market? Evidence from Two Randomised Field Experiments
Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Chan, Tak Wing; Ugreninov, Elisabeth; Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen; Rogstad, Jon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Terrorist attacks are known to influence public opinion. But do they also change behaviour? We address this question by comparing the results of two identical randomized field experiments on ethnic discrimination in hiring ... -
Dual Citizenship in an Era of Securitisation: The Case of Denmark
Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This article uses the case of Denmark to critically discuss key assumptions in the theoretical literature on dual citizenship. When Denmark surprisingly accepted dual citizenship in 2015, the decision reflected two distinct ... -
Ethnic niche formation at the top? Second-generation immigrants in Norwegian high-status occupations
Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen; Nadim, Marjan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)As an increasing number of highly educated second-generation immigrants are entering the labour market, their occupational trajectories are of growing interest. This article examines processes of mainstream inclusion and ... -
Ethnic Penalties In Western Labour Markets: Contributions, Explanations, Critiques
Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen (Journal article, 2015)This article reviews the comparative literature on ethnic penalties in Western labour markets. Although there is considerable variation between ethnic groups, immigrants and descendants, and across national contexts in ... -
Ethnicity as skill: Immigrant employment hierarchies in Norwegian low-wage labour markets
Friberg, Jon Horgen; Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Immigrants are often concentrated in particular, often low-waged, segments of the labour market and employers tend to assume that immigrants posit (soft) skills which make them particularly suited for specific tasks. Less ... -
Gender Bias in Academic Recruitment? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in the Nordic Region
Carlsson, Magnus; Finseraas, Henning; Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen; Rafnsdòttir, Gudbjörg Linda (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)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 ... -
Gendered Consequences of Social Mobility: Second-Generation Immigrants’ Work–Care Considerations in High-Status Occupations in Norway
Nadim, Marjan; Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023) -
Ideological biases in research evaluations? The case of research on majority–minority relations
Finseraas, Henning; Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen; Thorbjørnsrud, Kjersti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Social science researchers tend to express left-liberal political attitudes. The ideological skew might influence research evaluations, but empirical evidence is limited. We conducted a survey experiment where Norwegian ... -
Innvandrernes etterkommere: Teoretiske og komparative perspektiver
Friberg, Jon Horgen; Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Integrasjon av innvandrere har vokst fram som en av de største sosiale, økonomiske og politiske utfordringene i dagens Norge. Innvandringens langsiktige konsekvenser vil imidlertid langt på vei avgjøres av hvordan det går ... -
Innvandringshistorie som faghistorie: Kontroverser i norsk migrasjonsforskning
Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Dette er en skisse til innvandringshistorie som faghistorie. Med utgangspunkt i sentrale tekster og fagdebatter i migrasjonsforskningen fra 1970-tallet og til i dag, viser artikkelen hvordan innvandring har beveget seg fra ... -
Meta-analysis of field experiments shows no change in racial discrimination in hiring over time
Quillian, Lincoln; Pager, Devah; Hexel, Ole; Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)This study investigates change over time in the level of hiring discrimination in US labor markets. We perform a meta-analysis of every available field experiment of hiring discrimination against African Americans or Latinos ... -
Navigating to the Top in an Egalitarian Welfare State: Institutional Opportunity Structures of Second-generation Social Mobility
Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen; Nadim, Marjan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021) -
Philosophies of integration? Elite views on citizenship policies in Scandinavia
Brochmann, Grete; Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Research on the ‘civic turn’ in European citizenship policies suggests that concerns over immigrant integration have fueled the restrictive development of citizenship policies in recent decades. However, few efforts have ... -
The making and unmaking of ethnic boundaries in the public sphere: The case of Norway
Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)This article employs theories of ethnic boundary-making to explore when and under what conditions ethnicity and religious background shape minorities’ experiences when participating in the public sphere in Norway. Drawing ... -
The Making of Immigrant Niches in an Affluent Welfare State
Friberg, Jon Horgen; Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)This article explores how immigrant niches have emerged within two traditional working-class industries in Norway. Drawing on extensive case studies in urban and coastal areas, we analyze how employers perceive the ...