• Dilemmas when implementing conditional cash transfers: Lessons for Ghana and the rest of us 

      Danquah, Jones; Øverbye, Einar (International Social Security Review;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Using the Ghanaian LEAP benefit programme as a case study, we investigate how administrators, service personnel and beneficiaries perceive and respond to implementation dilemmas. The investigation focuses on the LEAP benefit ...
    • Er selektivisme bedre enn universalisme i velferdspolitikken? 

      Øverbye, Einar (Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift;Årgang 2, nr. 1-2018, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-05)
      Det har blitt stadig vanligere å karakterisere norske velferdsordninger som «universelle»,også i autoritative politiske dokumenter. Det reiser spørsmålet om hva som karakteriserer universelle velferdsordninger, og om ...
    • Esop : et forskningssenter med definisjonsmakt 

      Øverbye, Einar (Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift;47 (4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
    • Prospective register-based study of the impact of immigration on educational inequalities in mortality in Norway 

      Elstad, Jon Ivar; Øverbye, Einar; Dahl, Espen (BMC public health;15(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-04-11)
      Background: Differences in mortality with regard to socioeconomic status have widened in recent decades in many European countries, including Norway. A rapid upsurge of immigration to Norway has occurred since the 1990s. ...
    • Sanksjoner – arbeidslinjas nattside? 

      Hagelund, Anniken; Øverbye, Einar; Hatland, Aksel; Terum, Lars Inge (Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning;19(01), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-01-01)
      Aktive vilkår for mottak av velferdsytelser er en felleseuropeisk trend. Dette innebærer at retten til velferdsytelser betinges av at mottaker deltar i en form for aktivitet, for eksempel arbeid for trygd (workfare), ...
    • Who deserves to be sanctioned? A vignette experiment of ethnic discrimination among street-level bureaucrats 

      Øverbye, Einar; Fekjær, Silje; Terum, Lars Inge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      To study discrimination in labour/housing markets, and among street-level bureaucrats in the welfare state, present both theoretical and methodological challenges. In the sociological study of discrimination, experiments ...