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Parenthood and couples’ relative earnings in Norway 2005-2014
Bergsvik, Janna; Wiik, Kenneth Aarskaug; Kitterød, … - 2018
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 children and women’s relative earnings changed during the study period...
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Transitions from first unions among immigrants and their descendants. The role of partner choice
Holland, Jennifer A.; Wiik, Kenneth Aarskaug; … - 2018
The family life courses of immigrants and their descendants, particularly intermarriage and the timing of marriage and …
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Crime and the transition to marriage. The roles of gender and partner's criminal involvement
Monsbakken, Christian Weisæth; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde; … - 2012
Several previous studies have argued that marriage leads to a decline in criminal propensity. Most of these studies … marriage are anticipatory and strongest for men. The changes in offending vary substantially by partner's criminal history. …
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Origin and residential influences on the first partnership choices of the children of immigrants in Norway
Wiik, Kenneth Aarskaug; Holland, Jennifer A. - 2021
immigrated as children or teens, in combination with data from the World Marriage Database, we investigate how residential … partner markets and marriage behavior in countries of origin shape partner choice and choice of union type in Norway. Results … singulate mean age of marriage (SMAM) in countries of origin was positively related to cohabitation, whereas those originating …
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Marriage before children? First family formation among the children of immigrants in Norway
Holland, Jennifer A.; Wiik, Kenneth Aa. - 2021
propensities to form families via marriage or a nonmarital first birth among the majority population and the children of immigrants … America. Results demonstrated a generational shift toward the Nordic late marriage pattern among women and men originating …
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First union formation among the children of immigrants in Norway: Timing and choice of union type
Wiik, Kenneth Aarskaug - 2019
Using Norwegian register data on all individuals born 1985 to 2000 who were either native-born or who immigrated as children or teens (N=1,013,734), the current study investigated timing of first co-residential union and choice of union type in the period 2005 through 2018. Descriptive results...
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Household affiliation of young adults in Italy and Norway. The significance of gender, sociocultural background, work and money
Addabbo, Tindara; Kjeldstad, Randi - 2013
Italy and Norway are characterized by different household patterns of young adults, with young Italians being more likely to live in their parents' house and young Norwegians more likely to live independently, alone or in multi-occupant households. This paper asks why, and how these differences...
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Characteristics of parents with shared residence and father sole custody. Evidence from Norway 2012
Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Lyngstad, Jan - 2014
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. A similar pattern is observed in many other countries as well. In Norway,...
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Increasingly stable or more stressful? Children and union dissolution across four decades. Evidence from Norway
Vinberg, Elina; Hart, Rannveig Kaldager; Lyngstad, … - 2015
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 as married couples, and by studying change over four decades. We use data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968584
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Union dissolution and childlessness. New insights from sequence analysis
Hart, Rannveig Kaldager - 2015
This study investigates how the association between union dissolution and childlessness depends on life course context. Data on union histories and fertility are taken from the Norwegian GGS. To observe union histories up to age 45, I include men and women born 1927-1962, giving a study sample...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968593