Blar i Statistics Norway's Open Research Repository (SNORRe) på forfatter "Drange, Nina"
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29 recommendations to combat social inequalities in health. The Norwegian Council on Social Inequalities in Health
Arntzen, Annett; Bøe, Tormod; Dahl, Espen; Drange, Nina; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Elstad, Jon Ivar; Fosse, Elisabeth; Krokstad, Steinar; Syse, Astri; Sletten, Mira Aaboten; Strand, Bjørn Heine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)All political parties in Norway agree that social inequalities in health comprise a public health problem and should be reduced. Against this background, the Council on Social Inequalities in Health has taken action to ... -
Can a cash transfer to families change fertility behaviour?
Andersen, Synøve Nygaard; Drange, Nina; Lappegård, Trude (Discussion papers;800, Working paper, 2015-02)This paper assesses the relationship between cash transfers to families and subsequent childbearing. We take advantage of a cash-for-care (CFC) policy introduced in Norway in 1998, and compare the fertility behaviour of ... -
Child care before age two and the development of language and numeracy: Evidence from a lottery
Drange, Nina; Havnes, Tarjei (Discussion papers;808, Working paper, 2015-05)Young children are thought to be vulnerable to separation from the primary caregiver/s. This raises concern about whether early child care enrollment may harm children's development. We use child care assignment lotteries ... -
Child care center staff composition and early child development
Drange, Nina; Rønning, Marte (Discussion Papers;No. 870, Working paper, 2017-12-13)We estimate effects of child care center staff composition on early child development. During the years our data covers, child care centers in Oslo were oversubscribed, and child care slots were allocated through a ... -
Early Childcare and Cognitive Development: Evidence from an Assignment Lottery
Drange, Nina; Havnes, Tarjei (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Young children are thought to be vulnerable to separation from their primary caregiver. This raises concern about whether early childcare enrollment may harm child development. We use childcare assignment lotteries to ... -
The effect of preschool on the school performance of children from immigrant families : results from an introduction of free preschool in two districts in Oslo
Drange, Nina; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;631, Working paper, 2010)Two districts of Oslo started to offer five-year-old children free preschool four hours a day. We analyze the effect of this intervention on the school performance of the children from immigrant families 10 years later ... -
Effects of extended paternity leave on union stability and fertility
Hart, Rannveig Kaldager; Andersen, Synøve Nygaard; Drange, Nina (Discussion Paper;No. 899, Working paper, 2019-03-14)Long paternity leaves have the potential for lasting effects on parental unions, potentially reducing specialization and increasing union stability and fertility. We put these hypotheses to a causal test, using an ... -
Evaluering av forsøk med gratis kjernetid i barnehage. Delrapport 2: Foreløpige analyser av sammenhengen mellom gratis kjernetid og skoleresultatene på 1. trinn
Drange, Nina (Rapporter;2013/56, Report, 2013-11)I 2007/2008 fikk fire- og femåringer i Oslo-bydelene Alna, Stovner, Grorud, Bjerke og Søndre Nordstrand tilbud om gratis kjernetid i barnehage. Bakgrunnen for tiltaket var et ønske om å rekruttere flere minoritetsspråklige ... -
Gratis kjernetid i barnehage i Oslo : Rapport 1. Oppfølging av barna på tredje trinn
Drange, Nina (Rapporter;2016/36, Report, 2016-12)I perioden 2011 til 2014 foretok forskningsavdelingen ved Statistisk sentralbyrå og Fafo en omfattende evaluering av tilbudet om gratis kjernetid for fire- og femåringer i bydelene Alna, Stovner, Grorud, Bjerke og Søndre ... -
Gratis kjernetid i barnehage i Oslo Rapport 2: Oppfølging av barna på femte trinn
Drange, Nina (Rapporter;2018/34, Report, 2018-10-26)Denne rapporten er den andre oppfølgingsrapporten i en longitudinell studie som Statistisk sentralbyrå gjennomfører for Utdanningsdirektoratet. Utgangpunktet er et forsøk med gratis kjernetid i barnehage for fire- og ... -
Gratis kjernetid i barnehage i Oslo. Rapport 3: Oppfølging av barna på åttende trinn
Drange, Nina (Rapporter;2021/30, Report, 2021-11)Denne rapporten er den tredje oppfølgingsrapporten i en longitudinell studie som Statistisk sentralbyrå gjennomfører for Utdanningsdirektoratet. Utgangpunktet er et forsøk med gratis kjernetid i barnehage som ble igangsatt ... -
Kindergarten for all. Long run effects of a universal intervention
Drange, Nina; Havnes, Tarjei; Sandsør, Astrid M. J. (Discussion papers;695, Working paper, 2012-06)Theory and evidence points towards particularly positive effects of high-quality child care for disadvantaged children. At the same time, disadvantaged families often sort out of existing programs. To counter differences ... -
Promoting integration of immigrants. Effects of free child care on child enrollment and parental employment
Drange, Nina; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion papers;799, Working paper, 2015-02)Proficiency in the language spoken by the majority population may be crucial for the cognitive development of children from immigrant families. High-quality child care is believed to promote such language skills, and it ... -
Universal child care and inequality of opportunity Descriptive findings from Norway
Drange, Nina; Telle, Kjetil (Rapporter;No. 880, Working paper, 2018-07-25)Encouraging effects from random assignments of intensive and high-quality early child care to disadvantaged children have spurred hopes that publicly funded universal child care can improve human development and social ... -
Workload, staff composition, and sickness absence. Findings from employees in child care centers
Gunnes, Trude; Drange, Nina; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;No. 882, Working paper, 2018-08-17)We proxy workload by the number of adults per child in Norwegian child care centers, but do not find that centers with many adults per child have lower sickness absence than other centers. However, we do find that more ... -
Workload, staff composition, and sickness absence: findings from employees in child care centers
Drange, Nina; Gunnes, Trude; Telle, Kjetil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Persistently, high workload may raise sickness absence with associated costs to firms and society. We proxy workload by the number of adults per child in Norwegian child care centers and find that more educated teachers ...