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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 ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
Civic and Citizenship Education: From Big Data to Transformative Education
(IEA Research for Education;volume 11, Conference object, 2021-02-27)This chapter brings the results from the chapters in this book together to explore how civic and citizenship education can be or is relevant in a context beyond school. We have demonstrated that IEA’s International Civic ... -
Class, parenting and academic stress in Norway: middle-class youth on parental pressure and mental health
(Discourse;Published online 04 Feb 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Mental health problems among young people have increased in recent decades, particularly among middle-class youth, a development often related to increasing achievement pressure. This paper explores how young people from ... -
Cohort Profile: The Norwegian Life Course, Ageing and Generation Study (NorLAG)
(International Journal of Epidemiology;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-01-26)The Norwegian Life Course, Ageing and Generation Study (NorLAG) was set up to gain new and updated knowledge on ageing and age-related changes in Norway. The nationwide, population-based study includes information on core ... -
Collaboration of Child Protective Services and Early Childhood Educators: Enhancing the Well-Being of Children in Need
(Early Childhood Education Journal;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-09)This paper examines the role of interprofessional collaboration in the identification and reporting of a child in need. Such collaboration is especially important in the context of the global pandemic caused by the novel ... -
Collaborative Management in Norwegian Municipalities: Do Middle Managers Make a Difference?
(Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration;Vol 26, No 2 (2022), Academic article, 2022)Norway is an example of the Nordic model in which the local level is of fundamental importance. However, the municipalities are relatively small and increasingly subject to decentralisation of their activities. To compensate ... -
Common concern for the global ecological commons: solidarity with future generations?
(International Relations;Volume: 35, issue: 3, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-30)This article elaborates on ideas concerning future generations and whether they are useful in understanding some aspects of the concern for the global ecological commons. The article’s main scholarly contribution is to ...