2022

In this article, Are Skeie Hermansen and co-authors analyze the asymmetry of the effect of ups and downs in finance, and the effect of increased capital requirements and the bonus cap on national earnings inequality. They find, among other finds, a strong asymmetry in the effect of upswings and downswings in finance on earnings inequality. They suggest, based on their findings, that downswings do not contribute to a symmetric decline in inequality. 

In this article, Are Skeie Hermansen uses heat plots to visualize differences in ethnic and socioeconomic characteristics of workplace contexts by immigrant background. This reveals a striking overall pattern of intergenerational assimilation of which further details can be read below. 

In this article, Are Skeie Hermansen and co-author visualize women's and men's college majors across four decades in Norway. This visualization underscores the progress that has been made in achieving gender parity in education as well as the challenges that remain. 

In this article, Are Skeie Hermansen and co-authors study whether neighborhood equalization contributes to intergenerational persistence in neighborhood contexts among descendants of immigrants in Norway. Using administrative data they find that immigrant descendants as adults often remain in neighborhood contexts that resemble their childhood neighborhoods. For both economic and ethnic dimensions of neighborhood attainment, childhood neighborhood context is the factor that matters most in accounting for immigrant-native gaps. Their findings point to a pattern of "uneven assimilation" where spatial assimilation is slow despite rapid socioeconomic progress.

In this article, Edvard Larsen and co-authors assess the common assumption that names commonly used to signal race/ethnicity, in experiments, differ only based on perceived race and not some other factor. They find that such names also influence perceptions about socioeconomic status and social class.

In this article, Mats Lillehagen and co-author uses Norwegian administrative data on complete birth cohorts to examine ethnic inequalities in relative transition rates from education to work. They find clear evidence of ethnic inequalities in transition rates.

In this article, Are Skeie Hermansen uses administrative data from Norway to show that exposure to better-educated immigrant neighbours from the same origin country is related to lower risks of criminal engagement and higher likelihoods of completing upper-secondary education. Overall the findings support the predictions of assimilation theories which emphasize that access to social capital and socioeconomic resources within local ethnic enclaves shape the future life chances of immigrant youth.

In this paper, Edvard Larsen and co-authors provide the largest and most comprehensive review of racial/ethnic discrimination research to date. Their findings are numerous and can be read below. Their work confirms that racial/ethnic discrimination in the United States continues to be a persistent and pervasive phenomenon.