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No child left behind : universal child care and children's long-run outcomes
(Discussion Papers;582, Working paper, 2009)There is a heated debate in the US and Canada, as well as in many European countries, about a move towards subsidized, universally accessible child care. At the same time, studies on universal child care and child development ... -
Promoting integration of immigrants. Effects of free child care on child enrollment and parental employment
(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 ... -
Public policies and the employment dynamics among new mothers : a comparison of Finland, Norway and Sweden
(Discussion Papers;No. 263, Working paper, 1999)This paper compares the employment patterns of women after first and second birth in Finland, Norway and Sweden during 1972-92, focusing on the impact of parental leave and childcare programs on the transitions to full-time ... -
Socioeconomic differentials in multipartner fertility among men
(Discussion Papers;No. 653, Working paper, 2011)Abstract: This paper analyzes male fertility, focusing especially on multi-partner fertility, for cohorts born 1955 to 1984. We find that socioeconomic disadvantaged men have the lowest chance of becoming fathers, and ... -
The effect of childhood family size on fertility in adulthood. New evidence from IV estimation
(Discussion papers;802, Working paper, 2015-03)While fertility is positively correlated across generations, the causal effect of children's experience with larger sibships on their own fertility in adulthood is poorly understood. Using the sex composition of the two ... -
The family – a barrier or motivation for female entrepreneurship?
(Discussion papers;727, Working paper, 2012-12)The underrepresentation of women in entrepreneurship is consistent over cultures and countries, and is even higher in Norway than in most other industrialised societies. In spite of a growing literature, the reasons for ... -
The relationship between earnings and first birth probability among Norwegian men and women 1994-2008
(Discussion papers;787, Working paper, 2014-10)I analyze whether the correlation between yearly earnings and the first birth probabilities changed in the period 1994-2008 in Norway, applying discrete-time hazard regressions to highly accurate data from population ... -
Transitions from first unions among immigrants and their descendants. The role of partner choice
(Discussion papers;887, Working paper, 2018-11)The family life courses of immigrants and their descendants, particularly intermarriage and the timing of marriage and childbearing, have been widely studied as indicators of societal integration. But largely absent are ... -
Untraditional caring arrangments among parents living apart : the case of Norway
(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 ... -
Variation in the quality of regional child welfare services
(Discussion Papers, No. 681, Working paper, 2012)While child welfare services of high quality are very important for many children, measuring quality is not a simple task. This paper presents a method for estimating differences in the quality of local child welfare ... -
Why are there so few female entrepreneurs? An examination of gender differences in entrepreneurship using Norwegian registry data
(Discussion papers;790, Working paper, 2014-11)Women make up almost 50 percent of the employed population in Norway, but only about 25 percent of the entrepreneurs. Using registry data on the whole population we address gender differences in the propensity to become ... -
Women’s wages and fertility revisited. Evidence from Norway
(Discussion papers;784, Working paper, 2014-06)Since the 1960s, Beckers’ New Home Economics has provided a central theoretical framework for studies of fertility behaviour. New Home Economics predict a negative effect of female wages on fertility. This prediction has ...