SVA - joint: Recent submissions
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Getting to Grippe With Influenza: An Investigation of Why the Disease Is Called That
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)We investigate influenza-related terminology to gain a deeper understanding of what may have driven the choice in disease name when competing options were available. It is unclear why influenza in English should be called ... -
Traumesensitiv opplæring for barn og unge som har opplevd krig og flukt. Kontekstualisering av Better Learning Program fra bruk i konfliktområder til norsk skolekontekst.
(Research report, 2024)De siste årene har millioner av mennesker blitt drevet på flukt. De fleste flyktninger som kommer til Norge opplever det som trygt å være her, men mange har utfordringer knyttet til integrering, språk, tilhørighet, sosial ... -
Why don’t more Norwegians get the flu vaccine? A survey on drivers and barriers of seasonal influenza vaccination, 2015/16 & 2019/20 to 2022/23
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background This study aimed to explore the reasons adults in the general population, influenza risk groups (RGs) and health care workers (HCWs) in Norway give for their vaccination choices and whether these reasons ... -
Comparative analysis of COVID-19 diagnoses and mortality among hospitalized Indigenous and Non-Indigenous populations in Chile: 2020–2021
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background Current literature presents mixed effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Indigenous communities. We aim to highlight potential disparities and temporal shifts in both the impact of COVID-19 and vaccine uptake ... -
The 1919–21 influenza pandemic in Greenland
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)In Alaska, the 1918–20 influenza pandemic was devastating, with mortality rates up to 90% of the population, while in other arctic regions in northern Sweden and Norway mortality was considerably lower. We investigated the ... -
A longitudinal cohort study on the use of health and care services by older adults living at home with/without dementia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: the HUNT study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background Older adults and people with dementia were anticipated to be particularly unable to use health and care services during the lockdown period following the COVID‑19 pandemic. To better prepare for future pandemics, ... -
Senter for velferds- og arbeidslivsforskning (SVA): Virksomhetsrapport 2023
(Report, 2023-05)En oppsummering av året 2023 på Senter for velferds- og arbeidslivsforskning -
Mortality in Norway and Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020 – 22: A comparative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background Norway and Sweden picked two different ways to mitigate the dissemination of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Norway introduced the strictest lockdown in Europe with strict border controls and intense virus tracking of ... -
Learning systems and learning paths in sustainability transitions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Scholars have stressed the need to better understand the role of learning in sustainability transitions. Even though progress has been made, there is a call for more research, both in the form of large-scale empirical ... -
Protocol for a systematic review to understand the long-term mental-health effects of influenza pandemics in the pre-COVID-19 era
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Aims: This protocol describes a forthcoming systematic review of the question: ‘What are the long-term effects of historical influenza pandemics on mental health, resulting either from illness itself or the social or ... -
House price seasonality, market activity, and the December discount
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In Norway, house prices tend to drop in December. This regularity is persistent across regions and over time. I exploit a transaction data set with high temporal granularity to document and estimate the size of the December ... -
Transmission matrices used in epidemiologic modelling
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Mixing matrices are included in infectious disease models to reflect transmission oppor- tunities between population strata. These matrices were originally constructed on the basis of theoretical considerations and most ... -
Technological change and work
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Is the Housing Market an Inequality Generator?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)We study inequality generated by capital gains in the housing market by exploiting two countrywide data sources in Norway: a registry of housing units and a database of transactions. We identify and follow all individuals ... -
COVID-19 vaccination and infection among people with self-reported chronic health conditions and disabilities vs. people without medical risk factors in a survey sample from Oslo
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)People with disabilities and chronic health conditions are at higher risk of poor outcomes to COVID-19, yet may have lower rates of vaccination due to differences in prioritization strategies, accessibility issues, vaccine ... -
Transition risk of a petroleum currency
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The Norwegian krone has been persistently weak since 2017. This is not well explained by data in a standard model where the exchange rate depends on relative interest rates and prices. We extend the standard model by ... -
8 råd fra 10 unge som bor i kommunale boliger
(Others, 2023-09)Policy brief/brosjyre laget til lanseringen av rapporten Ungdom i kommunale boliger, 28. september 2023. Brosjyren ble trykket i brettet A4-format i et begrenset antall til lanseringen. -
Asymmetric effects of monetary policy in regional housing markets
(American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics;Vol. 14, No. 4, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-10-04)The responsiveness of house prices to monetary policy shocks depends on the nature of the shock—expansionary versus contractionary—and on local housing supply elasticities. These findings are established using a panel of ... -
Senter for velferd- og arbeidslivsforskning (SVA): Virksomhetsrapport 2021
(Others, 2022)En oppsummering av SVAs virksomhet gjennom 2021. -
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 ...