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Gender bias in public long-term care? A survey experiment among care managers
(Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-14)Daughters of elderly women are more likely to provide informal care than sons. If care managers take this into account and view informal care as a substitute for formal care, they will statistically discriminate against ... -
The gender difference in sickness absence: Do managers evaluate men and women differently with regard to the appropriateness of sickness absence?
(Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Aims: Women have much higher rates of sickness absence than men, but the causes of the difference are not well understood. This study examines whether managers have more lenient attitudes toward women’s than toward men’s ... -
Gender Discrimination in the Hiring of Skilled Professionals in Two Male-Dominated Occupational Fields: A Factorial Survey Experiment with Real-World Vacancies and Recruiters in Four European Countries
(KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie;Volume 72, suppl 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-01)The present article investigates gender discrimination in recruitment for two male-dominated occupations (mechanics and IT professionals). We empirically test two different explanatory approaches to gender discrimination ... -
Gender equality in sickness absence tolerance: Attitudes and norms of sickness absence are not different for men and women
(PLoS ONE;13 (8), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-01)Previous research offers limited understanding as to why sickness absence is higher among women than among men, but attitudes and norms have been suggested as plausible explanations of this gender gap. The purpose of the ... -
The gendered district effect: psychosocial reasons why girls wish to leave their rural communities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The rural youth exodus has mostly been explained with the pull of the city. In this mixed-method study, we explore whether young people also experience a push to leave the rural community due to a lack of psychosocial ... -
Gendered health consequences of unemployment in Norway 2000–2017: a register‑based study of hospital admissions, health‑related benefit utilisation, and mortality
(BMC Public Health;22, Article number: 2447 (2022), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-12-28)Background: The existing literature indicates that unemployment leads to deteriorated mental and somatic health, poorer self-assessed health, and higher mortality. However, it is not clear whether and to what extent the ... -
Gendered Returns to Education: The Association between Educational Attainment, Gender Composition in Field of Study and Income
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Women’s higher college completion rates and greater economic returns to education are regarded as a pathway towards economic gender equality. However, gender-segregated educational choices contribute to persisting gender ... -
Generasjon prestasjon? Ungdoms opplevelse av press og stress
(Tidsskrift for ungdomsforskning;Årgang 18, nr. 2, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-25)Artikkelen undersøker hvor mange ungdommer som opplever prestasjons-press på ulike områder og hvor mange som har problemer med å takle presset de står overfor. Et viktig funn er den store variasjonen som finnes mellom ... -
Generasjoner imellom. Holdninger til familiens ansvar øst og vest i Europa
(Nordisk Østforum;Vol 33 (2019), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-11)The article addresses the strength and character of family responsibility norms in Eastern and Western Europe. The strength is measured by the level of support for filial and parental responsibilities (i.e., adult children’s ... -
Generasjonskløfta som forsvant: Et ungdomsbilde i endring
(Tidsskrift for ungdomsforskning;14(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Artikkelen tar utgangspunkt i en serie empiriske funn fra Ung i Oslo undersøkelsene (1996, 2006, 2012) som indikerer at ungdom i Norge er blitt mindre opprørske og opposisjonelle og at generasjonskløfta er blitt betydelig ... -
Generational analysis of the advanced welfare state
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-13)In this chapter, we begin by laying out the interconnection between generation-belonging and welfare state services, and argue how generations shape the welfare state, whereas the welfare state shapes how generations pass ... -
Generational tensions and solidarity within advanced welfare states
(Chapter, 2021-09-13)An advanced welfare state democracy is an institutionalized collective agreement on solving social problems and coordinating actions. Although welfare state democracies have different shapes, the scope of government is ... -
Generational Tensions and Solidarity Within Advanced Welfare States
(Book, 2021-09-13)This book explores generation as both a reference to family or kinship structures and a reference to cohorts or age sets. The principal objective is branching out this two-part concept through studies of tensions and ... -
The geography of intergenerational mobility in Norway: Labor market diversity, career opportunities, and gender
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)We investigate intergenerational income mobility across labor market regions in Norway, looking at gender differ- ences in response to industrial diversity. Our identification strategy exploits variation in the timing ... -
Gjennom Nåløyene: Forskjellsbehandling i rekrutteringsprosesser i offentlige virksomheter
(Søkelys på arbeidslivet;Årgang 38, nr. 3-4-2021, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-02)I hvilken grad er det likebehandling mellom etniske minoriteter og majoriteter i rekrutteringsprosesser i offentlige virksomheter? I denne artikkelen besvares dette spørsmålet med bruk av data som omfatter alle faser i ... -
Governmentality Versus Community: The Impact of the COVID Lockdowns
(International Journal of Community Well-Being;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The COVID lockdowns were characterised by new forms of governmentality as lives were disrupted and controlled through the vertical transmission of biopolitics by the state. The paper considers how this was experienced by ... -
The great social housing trade-off. ‘Insiders’ and ‘outsiders’ in urban social rental housing in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In this paper, I ask how social housing providers in urban Norway balance between the needs of existing tenants (the insiders) and prospective residents (the outsiders). Based on qualitative interviews with social housing ... -
The green shift? Narratives of changing cannabis policies and identity-work among Norwegian adolescents
(Drugs: education prevention and policy;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01-05)Recent years have seen a growing public debate concerning the political regulation of cannabis products, substantiated by a multitude of competing narratives about the effects of various policies. However, little is known ... -
The green shift? Narratives of changing cannabis policies and identity-work among Norwegian adolescents
(Drugs: education prevention and policy;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01-05)Recent years have seen a growing public debate concerning the political regulation of cannabis products, substantiated by a multitude of competing narratives about the effects of various policies. However, little is known ... -
Grenser for skolens ansvar? Skolelederes perspektiv på mandat i det frafallsforebyggende arbeidet
(Nordisk administrativt tidsskrift;Årg 96 Nr 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Etter Reform 94 har de videregående skolene i Norge fått et økt ansvar for at flest mulig unge gjennomfører videregående opplæring. Samtidig er skolenes mandat for frafallsforebygging uklart, og det er opp til ledelsen og ...