• Intergenerational transmission of age at first birth in Norway 

      Riise, Birgitte Sande; Dommermuth, Lars; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-02-10)
      Using data from administrative registers, we examine the intergenerational transmission of timing of first birth in Norway for all men and women born between 1954 and 1964. We assess the extent of any intergenerational ...
    • The relationship between altruism and equal sharing. Evidence from inter vivos transfer behavior 

      Halvorsen, Elin; Thoresen, Thor Olav (Discussion Papers;No. 439, Working paper, 2005)
      Abstract: Several studies reject the implications of the altruism model. In this study it is argued that parents who transfer resources to their children both are altruistic and influenced by an equal division fairness ...
    • Untraditional caring arrangments among parents living apart : the case of Norway 

      Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Lyngstad, Jan (Discussion Papers;No. 660, Working paper, 2011)
      Abstract: In spite of more symmetric parental roles in couples, shared residence is still practiced by a minority of parents following partnership dissolution in Norway, and the same is true for father sole custody. Utilising ...