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Brukermedvirkningens uttrykk og virkning i barnevernets undersøkelser – et maktanalytisk perspektiv
(Praktiske grunde;(3-4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)User participation in child protection investigations – a power perspective. This article explores how user participation is expressed in conversations between parents and social workers in Norwegian child welfare ... -
Buy to let housing investors in the Nordic countries
(Nordic Economic Policy Review;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The last few decades have seen high population and housing price growth in the Nordic capital cities. The high prices have led to concerns about affordability of housing and unsustainable mortgage levels. Policy makers and ... -
Can Education Reduce Violent Crime? Evidence from Mexico before and after the Drug War Onset
(Journal of Development Studies;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-22)Existing theories relate higher education to lower crime rates, yet we have limited evidence on the crime-reducing effect of education in developing countries. We contribute to this literature by examining the effect of ... -
Can policies stall the fertility fall? A systematic review of the (Quasi‐) experimental literature
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In the course of the twentieth century, social scientists and policy analysts have produced a large volume of literature on whether policies boost fertility. This paper describes the results of a systematic review of the ... -
Cannabis use in early adulthood is prospectively associated with prescriptions of antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and antidepressants
(Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica;Volume 141, Issue 2, February 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-27)Objective: Cannabis is an acknowledged risk factor for some mental disorders, but for others the evidence is inconclusive. Prescribed medicinal drugs can be used as proxies for mental disorders. In this study, we investigate ... -
Capitalization of neighbourhood diversity and segregation
(Environment and planning A: Economy and Space;Vol 51, Issue 8, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-02)In this paper we study how concentrations and diversity of different groups of households were reflected in the housing prices of neighbourhoods in the Oslo urban area, Norway. The focus is primarily on the settlement ... -
Care parading as service: Negotiating recognition and equality in user-controlled personal assistance
(Gender, Work and Organization;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-11)This article addresses aspects of the relationship between disabled people and their personal assistants within the user-controlled personal assistance programme in Norway (BPA). Within this programme, a disabled person ... -
Caring for older parents in Norway – How does it affect labor market participation and absence from work?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)As the population ages, younger generations will increasingly be called upon to provide informal care to their aging parents. To prepare for this development, it is essential to understand how employees combine the dual ... -
Changing educational aspirations in the choice of and transition to post-compulsory schooling - a three-wave longitudinal study of Oslo youth
(Journal of Youth Studies;17(5), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-10-11)With the transition from a comprehensive compulsory school to differentiating upper secondary schools, young people in Norway are forced to choose their future educational path and look ahead. How does educational choice ... -
Changing Welfare Institutions as Sites of Contestation
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Child welfare clients and educational transitions
(Child & Family Social Work;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-19)Despite long-standing knowledge about child welfare clients' educational disadvantage, we know less about the individuals' progress through the educational system. Based on Norwegian data, this study examined educational ... -
Child welfare clients and school satisfaction
(European Journal of Social Work;2014, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-07-10)Despite long-standing knowledge about child welfare clients’ poor educational outcomes, we know less about these vulnerable young people’s situation in school. This article addresses school satisfaction among upper secondary ... -
Child welfare clients first step away from higher education. The influence of school performances, educational aspirations and background factors on choosing the vocational track after compulsory school
(Nordic Social Work Research;4(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-04-03)This article addresses the concern that the educational attainment of child welfare clients (CWCs) is generally poor. Dra wing upon previous research showing that former CWCs lack higher education, this study argues ... -
Childbearing behaviours of Polish migrants in Norway
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018)The chapter explores the aspects of childbearing, procreation plans and fertility among Polish migrant couples and families settled in Norway. It tackles the migration-fertility nexus by engaging with five hypotheses put ... -
Childhood Housing Tenure and Young Adult Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Sibling Comparisons in Norway
(Journal of Housing Economics;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)We investigate how childhood housing careers affect young adults’ secondary school and college educational attainments, focusing on the role played by cumulative exposure to homeownership. We analyze Norwegian census and ... -
Childhood Housing Tenure and Young Adult Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Sibling Comparisons in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)We investigate how childhood housing careers affect young adults’ secondary school and college educational attainments, focusing on the role played by cumulative exposure to homeownership. We analyze Norwegian census and ... -
Childhood Maltreatment and Revictimization in Young Adulthood: Is Problematic Substance Use a Mediator? A Linked Survey–Register Data Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Victims of childhood maltreatment often experience revictimization later in life. However, there is scant knowledge of the explanatory mechanisms that generate this phenomenon. Problematic substance use is a maladaptive ... -
Childhood personality and academic performance: A sibling fixed-effects study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objective: This study investigated the associations between personality traits at age 8 and academic performance between ages 10 and 14, controlling for family confounds. Background: Many studies have shown links between ... -
Childlessness and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife and Old Age
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-22)This entry reviews the literature on the relationship between parental status and psychological well-being in middle and old age. Psychological well-being is defined broadly, in order to capture the complexity of the costs ...