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The accuracy of Statistics Norway’s national population projections
(Discussion Paper;No. 948, Working paper, 2021-03)Statistics Norway projects the population by age, sex and immigrant background at the national level. This paper examines the accuracy of the Norwegian population projections produced between 1996 and 2018. We assess ... -
The cash-for-care reform and immigrant fertility: fewer babies of poorer families?
(Discussion Paper;No. 993, Working paper, 2022-12)Cash-for care policies are contested in many contexts, as they represent an incentive for childrearing over work that may reduce labour market participation, especially among immigrant women. From 1 July 2017, immigrants ... -
Does health influence fertility?
(Discussion Paper;No. 921, Working paper, 2020-02)Poor health may constrain women’s capacity for active leisure, including family life and childrearing, for participation in the labor market and potentially affect preferences. Still, health remains remarkably understudied ... -
Effects of policy on fertility: A systematic review of (quasi)experiments
(Discussion Paper;No. 922, Working paper, 2020-02)This paper describes the results of a systematic review of the literature of policy effects on fertility after 1970 in Europe, USA, Canada and Australia. Empirical studies were selected through extensive systematic searches, ... -
Family formation, fatherhood and crime : an invitation to a broader perspectives on crime and family transitions
(Discussion Papers; 579, Working paper, 2009)Using large-scale individual-level Norwegian administrative register data on the total population of men, we study the offending rates five years prior to and after five different family-related transitions. Leading ... -
Family policies and fertility : parents' parental leave use, childcare availability, the introduction of childcare cash benefit and continued childbearing in Norway
(Discussion Papers;No 564, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: We address the relationship between family policies and fertility in Norway, including three somewhat different policies: parental leave, formal childcare, and the childcare cash benefit. Norwegian family policy ... -
Increasingly stable or more stressful? Children and union dissolution across four decades: Evidence from Norway
(Discussion papers;814, Working paper, 2015-07)This study describes the association between having children and the risk of union disruption, and whether this association has changed over time. We expand upon previous research by including data on cohabiting as well ... -
Mortality, fertility and old age care in a two-sex growth model
(Discussion Papers;No. 378, Working paper, 2004)Abstract: The paper discusses the importance of decreasing mortality in explaining demographic change over the last century. A two-sex overlapping generations model is used where care both for children and the elderly ... -
Mother's employment and fertility in Norway
(Discussion Papers;No. 624, Working paper, 2010)Abstract: This paper concerns the effect of employment status on second- and third-birth intensities for Norwegian mothers in the period 1994-2002. Due to unobserved heterogeneity possibly affecting both the birth and the ... -
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 ... -
Understanding the positive effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s fertility in Norway
(Discussion Paper;No. 979, Working paper, 2022-05)This study examines the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility in Norway at the individual level. Studies using data at the macro level have found a positive short-term effect of the pandemic on fertility level in ... -
Ways to project fertility in Europe: Perceptions of current practices and outcomes
(Discussion Paper;No. 929, Working paper, 2020-05)National statistical offices responsible for population projections should regularly evaluate their work. Norway is currently considering changing the way fertility is projected. To establish a solid basis for deciding the ...