Blar i Discussion Papers på forfatter "Kitterød, Ragni Hege"
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Characteristics of parents with shared residence and father sole custody. Evidence from Norway 2012
Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Lyngstad, Jan (Discussion papers;780, Working paper, 2014-06)Shared residence for children has increased considerably in recent years among parents living apart in Norway, while mother sole custody is less common than before and father sole custody is still practiced by a minority. ... -
Comparing mothers’ and fathers’ reports on the non-resident father’s contact with his children
Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Lyngstad, Jan (Discussion papers;744, Working paper, 2013-05)Analyses of contact frequency between non-resident fathers and children are often based on samples of non-resident fathers or resident mothers only. It is well established that non-resident fathers tend to report more ... -
Does more involved fathering imply a double burden for fathers in Norway?
Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Rønsen, Marit (Discussion papers;753, Working paper, 2013-09)While long total work hours (paid plus unpaid work) have usually been framed as a problem for employed women, researchers now ask whether more involved fathering practices imply a double burden for men, too. Based on the ... -
Does parenthood imply less specialization than before? Tales from the Norwegian time use surveys 1980-2010
Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Rønsen, Marit (Discussion papers;757, Working paper, 2013-10)The presence of children still tends to reinforce a traditional division of labour in couples in many countries. This paper explores possible changes in the relationship between parenthood and the division of labour in ... -
Entry into work following childbirth among mothers in Norway. Recent trends and variation
Rønsen, Marit; Kitterød, Ragni Hege (Discussion papers;702, Working paper, 2012-09)Universal parental leaves with job protection and earnings compensation increase women’s attachment to the labour market, but very long leaves may have negative consequences both at the individual and the societal level. ... -
Housewives in a dual-earner society. Who is a housewife in contemporary Norway?
Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Rønsen, Marit (Discussion papers;No. 659, Working paper, 2011)The number of housewives has declined significantly in most Western countries, but there is now a renewed interest in the homemaker role in the media and public discourse. Utilising representative survey data from 2007 ... -
Mobilising female labour market reserves: What promotes women’s transitions from part-time to full-time work?
Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Rønsen, Marit; Seierstad, Ane (Discussion Papers; No. 658, Working paper, 2011)Considering the high female part-time rates in Norway, one may envisage a sizeable additional labour supply if more part-time working women would switch to full time. In view of an ageing population and increased demand ... -
Parenthood and couples’ relative earnings in Norway 2005-2014
Bergsvik, Janna; Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Wiik, Kenneth Aarskaug (Discussion Papers;No. 873, Working paper, 2018-04-16)In the current paper, we investigate within-couple inequality in earnings using Norwegian register data on married and cohabiting couples. We are particularly interested in assessing whether the negative relation between ... -
A typology of work-family arrangements among dual-earner couples in Norway
Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Lappegård, Trude (Discussion Papers;636, Working paper, 2010)An important aim of Norwegian work-family policies is to promote a dual-earner, equal-sharing family model, but we do not really know how common this family type is. By means of a multinomial latent-class model we develop ... -
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 ... -
Untraditional couples in a neo-traditional setting : which women perform as much paid work as their partner?
Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Rønsen, Marit (Discussion Papers;607, Working paper, 2010)An equal division of paid and unpaid work is a central political ambition in Norway. Yet, couples’ division of paid work has been less studied than their division of unpaid work. This paper shows that women seldom work ... -
What makes full-time employed women satisfied with their working hours?
Rønsen, Marit; Kitterød, Ragni Hege (Discussion Papers;632, Working paper, 2010)In spite of extended parental leaves, tremendous improvement in day-care availability, and a cultural climate that is supportive of women's full-time work, Norwegian women still have one of the highest female part-time ... -
Working hours in dual-earner couples: Does one partner work less when the other works more?
Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Rønsen, Marit; Seierstad, Ane (Discussion Papers;670, Working paper, 2011)Abstract: In spite of increased labour market participation in recent decades, women in Norway still have high part-time rates and seldom work more than their partners. Given that an aging population implies a projected ...