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The relationship between altruism and equal sharing. Evidence from inter vivos transfer behavior

Halvorsen, Elin; Thoresen, Thor O. - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2005

degree of income compensation should be stronger in one-child families and we expect the altruism motive to dominate the … fairness norm when income differences between siblings are large. The results suggest that equal divisions are intentional and …

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Type, number, and incidence. Recent patterns and differentials in relationship careers in Norway

Wiik, Kenneth Aarskaug; Dommermuth, Lars - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2011

multivariate results showed that high income men experienced fewer unions than lower income men. Having a low income increased the …

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Relationship quality in Europe

Wiik, Kenneth Aarskaug; Lappegård, Trude; Keizer, Renske - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2010

In this study, we utilize data from the first wave of the Generations and Gender Surveys to investigate relationship quality among currently married and cohabiting individuals aged 18 to 55 (N = 41, 666) in eight European countries (Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Romania, Russia,...

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The intergenerational transfer of the employment gender gap

Haaland, Venke Furre; Rege, Mari; Telle, Kjetil; … - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2014

Despite well-documented convergence during the later years of the 20th century, labor market attachment remains markedly higher for men than for women. The current paper employs rich longitudinal registry data to investigate the intergenerational transfer of the gender gap in employment. We...

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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 - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 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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Gender equality in the family and childbearing

Dommermuth, Lars; Hohmann-Marriott, Bryndl; Lappegård, … - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2013

This study focuses on the possible effect of gender equality and equity in the family on the transition to first, second and third births. The analysis includes the division of housework and childcare as well as the perception of whether this division is fair and just. We use a unique dataset...

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Differences in childbearing by time frame of fertility intention. A study using survey and register data from Norway

Dommermuth, Lars; Klobas, Jane; Lappegård, Trude - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2014

This paper focuses on the realization of positive fertility intentions with different time frames. The analyses are based on a unique combination of survey data and information from Norwegian administrative registers on childbearing in the years following the complete selected sample. Guided by...

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Indirect Social Sanctions from Monetarily Unaffected Strangers in a Public Good Game

Rege, Mari; Telle, Kjetil - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2003

Several economists have maintained that social sanctions can enforce cooperation in public good situations. This experimental study investigates whether indirect social sanctions from monetarily unaffected observers can increase contributions to a public good. The experiment has two treatment...

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The Pattern of Household Savings during a Hyperinflation The Case of Urban China in the Late 1980s

Aaberge, Rolf; Zhu, Yu - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 1998

on the relative importance of savings by lower, middle and upper income groups for single-child families and for all … households, this study also demonstrates that the savings decisions depend heavily on the level of household income. Single …

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Inequality in current and lifetime income

Aaberge, Rolf; Mogstad, Magne - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2012

Standard theory of intertemporal choice predicts that people smooth out life-cycle changes in income by borrowing and … saving, such that their standard of living in any given year depends more on lifetime income than on that year’s income. Yet …, contemporary empirical studies of income inequality are typically based on observations of income for one or a few years. This …

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