Anne Lise Ellingsæter

• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise & Kitterød, Hege (2023). Enabling family policies, changing gender norms: increasing childcare and housework among Norwegian fathers from 1980–2010. Journal of Family Studies. ISSN 1322-9400. 29(6), p. 2491–2508. doi: 10.1080/13229400.2023.2179524. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Father politics belongs to different ‘worlds’, according to Michael Rush. The Nordic ‘world’ has developed better opportunities for fathers’ involvement in unpaid family work than other Western countries, thus lessening the gap between increasing social expectations and fathers’ practices. In recent decades, Norwegian fathers have increased the time they spend on childcare and housework. This article explores the role of fathers’ education in generating this change. Our analysis of four linked time use surveys in 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2010 showed that the fathers spent more time on both housework and childcare in 2010 than in 1980, even when compositional changes among the fathers, including increased levels of education, were accounted for. This development likely resulted from enabling family policies, generation replacement and changing gender norms. While the total time devoted to housework and childcare increased among the fathers across all educational groups, in 2010 the fathers with a long university education spent the most time on these activities. They also had the highest rate of change, especially in the 2000s, which may indicate a further consolidation of new father practices.

• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2022). Resisting or maintaining gender inequality? Wedding traditions among Norwegian millennials. Acta Sociologica. ISSN 0001-6993. 66(1), p. 44–58. doi: 10.1177/00016993221074826. Full text in Research Archive
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Kitterød, Ragni Hege & Hansen, Marianne Nordli (2021). How does parental time relate to social class in a Nordic welfare state? Acta Sociologica. ISSN 0001-6993. 65(2), p. 150–165. doi: 10.1177/00016993211052079. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Time intensive parenting has spread in Western countries. This study contributes to the literature on parental time use, aiming to deepen our understanding of the relationship between parental childcare time and social class. Based on time-diary data (2010–2011) from Norway, and a concept of social class that links parents’ amount and composition of economic and cultural capital, we examine the time spent by parents on childcare activities. The analysis shows that class and gender intersect: intensive motherhood, as measured by time spent on active childcare, including developmental childcare activities thought to stimulate children's skills, is practised by all mothers. A small group of mothers in the economic upper-middle class fraction spend even more time on childcare than the other mothers. The time fathers spend on active childcare is less than mothers’, and intra-class divisions are notable. Not only lower-middle class fathers, but also cultural/balanced upper-middle class fathers spend the most time on intensive fathering. Economic upper-middle and working-class fathers spend the least time on childcare. This new insight into class patterns in parents’ childcare time challenges the widespread notion of different cultural childcare logics in the middle class, compared to the working class.

• Windwehr, Jana; Duvander, Ann-Zofie; Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Eydal, Gudny Björk; Humer, Ziva & Nakazato, Hideki (2021). The Nordic Model of Father Quotas in Leave Policies: A Case of Policy Transfer? Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society. ISSN 1072-4745. 29(1), p. 190–214. doi: 10.1093/sp/jxaa041. Full text in Research Archive
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise & Kitterød, Ragni Hege (2021). The 'unfinished' revolution: What is the impact of education on fathers' family work? Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. ISSN 0040-716X. 62(1), p. 27–50. doi: 10.18261/ISSN.1504-291X-2021-01-02. Full text in Research Archive
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2020). Father quota policy dynamics. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. ISSN 0040-716X. 61(4), p. 323–342. doi: 10.18261/ISSN.1504-291X-2020-04-01.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2020). Fedrekvotepolitikkens dynamikk. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. ISSN 0040-716X. 61(4), p. 323–342. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-291X-2020-04-01. Full text in Research Archive
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Hatland, Aksel; Haave, Per & Stjernø, Steinar (2020). Den nye velferdsstaten, Den nye velferdsstatens historie : ekspansjon og omdanning etter 1966. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205498693. p. 372–387.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Hatland, Aksel; Haave, Per & Stjernø, Steinar (2020). Lange linjer i velferdsstatens utvikling, Den nye velferdsstatens historie : ekspansjon og omdanning etter 1966. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205498693. p. 27–55.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Hatland, Aksel; Haave, Per & Stjernø, Steinar (2020). Den norske velferdsstaten etter 1966, Den nye velferdsstatens historie : ekspansjon og omdanning etter 1966. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205498693. p. 20–26.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2020). Conflicting Policy Feedback: Enduring Tensions over Father Quotas in Norway. Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society. ISSN 1072-4745. 28(4), p. 999–1024. doi: 10.1093/sp/jxaa027. Full text in Research Archive
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2020). Likestilling i revers? Den nye velferdsstatens historie : ekspansjon og omdanning etter 1966. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205498693. p. 337–347.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2020). Barnehagerevolusjonen, Den nye velferdsstatens historie : ekspansjon og omdanning etter 1966. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205498693. p. 323–336.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2020). Slaget om kontantstøtten, Den nye velferdsstatens historie : ekspansjon og omdanning etter 1966. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205498693. p. 237–244.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2020). Tidsklemme og farsomsorg, Den nye velferdsstatens historie : ekspansjon og omdanning etter 1966. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205498693. p. 154–166.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2020). Familiepolitisk linjeskift? Den nye velferdsstatens historie : ekspansjon og omdanning etter 1966. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205498693. p. 146–153.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2020). Kvinneopprør og familiepolitikk, Den nye velferdsstatens historie : ekspansjon og omdanning etter 1966. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205498693. p. 80–96.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Kitterød, Ragni Hege & Østbakken, Kjersti Misje (2019). Immigrants and the ‘caring father’: Inequality in access to and utilisation of parental leave in Norway . Ethnicities. ISSN 1468-7968. 20(5), p. 959–982. doi: 10.1177/1468796819890109. Full text in Research Archive
• Duncan, Simon; Ellingsæter, Anne Lise & Carter, Julia (2019). Understanding tradition: marital name change in Britain and Norway. Sociological research online. ISSN 1360-7804. 25(3), p. 438–455. doi: 10.1177/1360780419892637. Full text in Research Archive
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise & Jensen, Ragnhild Steen (2019). Politicising Women's Part-time Work in Norway: A Longitudinal Study of Ideas. Work, Employment and Society. ISSN 0950-0170. 3, p. 444–461. doi: 10.1177/0950017018821277. Full text in Research Archive
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2018). Familiepolitikkens kjønnsforståelser - to spor og fire tiår. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0800-336X. 35(3-4), p. 246–255. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3054-2018-03-04-05. Full text in Research Archive
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2018). Norway: The Evolution of a Scandinavian Earner-Carer Model. In Shaver, Sheila (Eds.), Handbook on Gender and Social Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 9781785367120. doi: 10.4337/9781785367168.00029.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2018). Bryllup i avtradisjonaliseringens tidsalder. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. ISSN 0040-716X. 59(3), p. 261–279. doi: 10.18261/ISSN.1504-291X-2018-03-02. Full text in Research Archive
• Mosesdottir, Lilja & Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). Ideational struggles over women's part-time work in Norway: Destabilizing the gender contract. Economic and Industrial Democracy: an international journal. ISSN 0143-831X. 40(4), p. 1018–1038. doi: 10.1177/0143831X16681483. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  High rates of part-time work have been associated with high female employment rates in the Nordic countries, except for Finland. Part-time work has played a key role in the modification of the male breadwinner gender contract by enabling women to enter paid work while continuing to take on the main domestic responsibilities. Previously tacit and little disputed, this ‘normalization’ of women’s part-time work has increasingly become a contentious issue in the public debate in Norway, both in terms of its persistently high level and of the cultural values surrounding it. In their case study, the authors analyse the articulation of these critiques and the underlying conflict dynamics that put the gender contract under pressure and facilitate its modification. The empirical focus is on events inciting debates and the arguments or ideational frames key political actors have used to support their position. The analysis is based on newspaper articles published during the period 1997–2013.

• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Kitterød, Ragni Hege & Lyngstad, Jan (2017). Universalising childcare, changing mothers' attitudes: policy feedback in Norway. Journal of Social Policy. ISSN 0047-2794. 46(1), p. 149–173. doi: 10.1017/S0047279416000349. Show summary

  The way that welfare policies influence the interpretative processes of social actors is attracting increasing attention. In this article, we investigate policy change impacts on ideas mothers have about the best form of care for their children. The data are taken from representative surveys among mothers of preschool-age children in 2002 and 2010 in Norway. The surveys cover a decade of marked reforms in childcare services with regard to the supply of places, parents’ fees and the right to be given a place in care. Policy change gave rise to major shifts in attitude. From conditional attitudes to the suitability of institutional care, the majority view shifted towards ‘childcare services only’ being considered the best form of care for preschool-age children. This occurred among mothers in all socio-economic groups and in all parts of the country. Based on policy feedback theories, mechanisms likely to have caused this shift – policy visibility, proximity and timing – are considered.

• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2016). Kampen om familiepolitikken: Farvel til hybridregimet? Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. ISSN 0040-716X. 57(3), p. 227–256. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-291x-2016-03-01.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2016). Mødre og jobb - i evig ubalanse? In Halrynjo, Sigtona & Teigen, Mari (Ed.), Ulik likestilling i arbeidslivet. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-05-49601-9. p. 37–53.
• Duvander, Ann-Zofie & Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2016). Cash for childcare schemes in the Nordic welfare states: diverse paths, diverse outcomes. European Societies. ISSN 1461-6696. 18(1), p. 70–90. doi: 10.1080/14616696.2015.1124903.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise & Pedersen, Eirin (2016). Institutional Trust: Family Policy and Fertility in Norway. Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society. ISSN 1072-4745. 23(1), p. 119–141. doi: 10.1093/sp/jxv003.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2015). Making, Unmaking and Remaking: The Evolution of Nordic Cash for Childcare Schemes. In Engelstad, Fredrik & Hagelund, Anniken (Ed.), Cooperation and Conflict the Nordic Way : Work, Welfare, and Institutional Change in Scandinavia. De Gruyter Open. ISSN 978-3-11-044428-5. p. 262–280. doi: 10.1515/9783110436891-015.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2015). Politisering av foreldreskap: Likestilling, anerkjennelse og valgfrihet, Myndighet og medborgerskap: Festskrift til Gro Hagemann på 70-årsdagen 3. september 2015. Novus Forlag. ISSN 978-82-7099-819-7. p. 185–196.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2014). Kjønnsessensialisme - segregeringens evighetsmaskin? In Reisel , Liza & Teigen, Mari (Ed.), Kjønnsdeling og etniske skiller på arbeidsmarkedet. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-05-48088-9. p. 86–106.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2014). Skandinavia: De mest kjønnsdelte arbeidsmarkedene? In Abrahamsson, Lena & Gonäs, Lena (Ed.), SOU 2014:30 Jämställt arbete? Organisatoriska ramar och villkor i arbetslivet. Delegationen för jämställdhet i arbetslivet. ISSN 978-91-38-24111-0. p. 23–47.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise & Pedersen, Eirin (2014). Påvirker tillit til familiepolitikken fruktbarheten? Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. ISSN 0809-2052. 17(3), p. 2–13.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2014). Nordic earner-carer models-why stability and instability? Journal of Social Policy. ISSN 0047-2794. 43(3), p. 555–574. doi: 10.1017/S004727941400021X.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2014). Towards universal quality early childhood education and care: the Norwegian model. In Gambaro, Ludovica; Stewart, Kitty & Waldfogel, Jane (Ed.), An equal start? Providing quality early education and care for disadvantaged children. Policy Press. ISSN 9781447310518. doi: 10.2307/j.ctt9qgznh.8.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise & Pedersen, Eirin (2013). Fruktbarhetens fundament i den norske velferdsstaten. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. ISSN 0040-716X. 54(1).
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Jensen, An-Magritt & Lie, Merete (2013). The social meaning of children embedded in institutions and personal relations. In Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Jensen, An-Magritt & Lie, Merete (Ed.), The Social Meaning of Children and Fertility Change in Europe. Routledge. ISSN 978-0-415-81091-3. p. 170–179.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Jensen, An-Magritt & Lie, Merete (2013). The social meaning of children and fertility change. In Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Jensen, An-Magritt & Lie, Merete (Ed.), The Social Meaning of Children and Fertility Change in Europe. Routledge. ISSN 978-0-415-81091-3.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise & Pedersen, Eirin (2013). Economic risk, fertility and the welfare state: understanding individual rationales. In Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Jensen, An-Magritt & Lie, Merete (Ed.), The Social Meaning of Children and Fertility Change in Europe. Routledge. ISSN 978-0-415-81091-3.

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• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2024). Nordic Earner-Carer Politics. A Comparative and Historical Analysis. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781802207071.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Hatland, Aksel; Haave, Per & Stjernø, Steinar (2020). Den nye velferdsstatens historie : ekspansjon og omdanning etter 1966. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISBN 9788205498693. 440 p.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). Vår tids moderne tider. Det norske arbeidstidsregimet. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 9788215028071. 243 p.

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• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2024). Kan fruktbarhetsnedgangen løses politisk? Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839. p. 18–19.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2023). Familier og familiepolitikk.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2023). Alle foreldres rett. Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839. p. 20–21.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2023). Bør kjernefamilien skrotast? [Radio]. Kompass P1.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2022). Childcare in the Nordic countries .
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2022). Comment to A. Penner et al.: Within-Job Gender Pay Inequality in 15 Countries.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Kitterød, Ragni Hege & Teigen, Mari (2022). Flere kvinner tar ulønnet permisjon. Skyldes det den økte fedrekvoten? Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116. p. 30–31.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Hatland, Aksel; Haave, Per & Stjernø, Steinar (2020). Motsetningenes forening. Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839. p. 14–15.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2020). Degendering: How the perception of women's part-time work changed in Norway.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2019). Deltid - fra løsning til problem? [Radio]. NRK P1+.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2019). Family formation policy: Reproduction, fertility and childlessness.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2019). Kvinners deltidsarbeid - fra løsning til problem? .
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2019). A frontier for gender equality? Father quota reform and policy feedback in Norway.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2019). Er det grunn til ståhei om fedrekvoten? Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2019). Bør vi føde barn for staten? Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839. p. 28–29.
• Haslie, Nina Alnes & Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2018). Forskere: Slik kan regjeringen sørge for likestilte foreldre. [Newspaper]. Forskning.no.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2018). Working time regimes and family policies in modern economies.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2018). Familiepolitikkens kjønnsforståelser - to revolusjoner.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). Hvorfor todelt permisjon? Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). Bryllup i avtradisjonaliseringens tidsalder.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). NOU 2017:6 Offentlig støtte til barnfamiliene.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). Farsrolle i takt med tiden. Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). Universelle ordninger i en ny tid.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). Forslag til endringer i foreldrepermisjon og kontantstøtte.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). NOU 2017:6 Offentlig støtte til barnefamiliene.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). NOU 2017:6 Offentlig støtte til barnefamiliene.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). Dagsrevyen.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). Dagsnytt 18.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). NOU 2017:6 Offentlig støtte til barnefamiliene.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). NOU 2017:6 Offentlig støtte til barnefamiliene.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). NOU 2017:6 Offentlig støtte til barnefamiliene.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). NOU 2017:6 Offentlig støtte til barnefamiliene.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). NOU 2017: 6 Offentlig støtte til barnefamiliene.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). Barnefamilienes økonomi.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). The Making of a Nordic Earner-Carer Model.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Brækhus, Hege; Fasting, Mathilde; Kvande, Elin; Håkonsen, Lars & Markussen, Simen (2017). En familiepolitikk for i dag, og i morgen. VG : Verdens gang. ISSN 0805-5203.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). Gratis barnehage til alle barn . www.nrk.no/ytring.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). Statsråd Solveig Horne mottar utredning om støtten til barnefamiliene.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). Utvalg foreslår gratis barnehage. [TV]. NRK, Distriktsnyheter Midtnytt (Trøndelag).
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). Husmoren har blitt nesten borte.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2016). Bryllup i avtradisjonaliseringens tidsalder.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2015). Morgenbladetsalongen: Likestillingsparadokset. [Internet]. Morgenbladet.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2015). The rise and fall of birth rates as a social problem: Norway 1965-2012.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2015). Hvordan og hvor byråkratiske er vi?
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2015). Likestillingsparadokset.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2015). Work and family in the Nordic countries.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2015). Family policy, fertility and institutional trust.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2015). Normative policy feedback: Universalising childcare services, equalising mothers’ attitudes in Norway.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2015). Institutional trust: Family policy and fertility in Norway.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2014). Nordic earner carer models – why stability and instability.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2014). Cash for childcare schemes in the Nordic welfare states – how durable?
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2014). Comment on Maria Charles.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2014). Institusjonell tillit, familiepolitikk og fruktbarhet.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2014). Familieformer, fruktbarhet og organisering av foreldreskap – det store bildet.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise & Kitterød, Ragni Hege (2022). Den mannlige forsørgeren: Endringer i praksis og idealer belyst ved utvalgte forskningsbidrag. Institutt for samfunnsforskning. ISSN 978-82-7763-725-9. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Industrisamfunnets mannlige forsørgermodell, der menn forsørget familien gjennom lønnsarbeid mens kvinner tok seg av hus og barn, har siden 1970-tallet vært under avvikling både som ideal og som praksis. I det norske samfunnet deltar nesten alle kvinner i arbeidslivet, også mens de har små barn, og menn bidrar mer i det ulønnede familiearbeidet, både husarbeidet og omsorgsarbeidet (Ellingsæter & Kitterød, 2021). Men vi blir stadig minnet om at likestillingen er mangelfull, i arbeidslivet så vel som i familien. Det er fremdeles betydelige kjønnsforskjeller på en rekke arbeidslivsindikatorer og i omfanget av familiearbeidet. Det er bred enighet om at en nødvendig betingelse for økt likestilling er at menn øker sitt bidrag til det ulønnede arbeidet. Men det som i mindre grad har vært tematisert i norsk likestillingsforskning og -debatt, er endringer i den mannlige forsørgerrollen. Ulike forsørgerroller vil kunne påvirke menns og kvinners mulighetsrom, og bidra til å opprettholde kjønnsforskjeller i arbeidsliv og familie. Med dette notatet ønsker vi å løfte fram noen problemstillinger, analytiske perspektiver og empiriske utviklingstrekk knyttet til dette temaet. For dette formålet trekker notatet veksler på utvalgte forskningsbidrag. Det er altså ikke snakk om en fullstendig litteraturgjennomgang.

• Nordberg, Tanja Haraldsdottir; Ellingsæter, Anne Lise & Mangset, Marte (2018). Lederen som forvalter av familiepolitikken – mellom kjønnede normer og virksomhetenes målsettinger. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet. ISSN 978-82-8364-125-7.
• Ellingsæter, Anne Lise (2017). NOU 2017: 6 Offentlig støtte til barnefamiliene. Departementenes servicesenter. ISSN 978-82-583-1323-3. 2017(6).

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