A Mastekaasa
Biographic Data
| ID | 20923 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Mastekaasa |
| GIVEN NAMES | A |
| FAMILY NAME | Mastekaasa |
| SIGNATURE | MASTEKAASA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9001-549X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 46 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 453 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 46 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 12 |
The intergenerational transmission of social advantage and disadvantage: Comprehensive evidence on the association of parents’ and children’s educational attainments, class, earnings, and status
In recent years, multidimensional conceptualizations of social origin have become increasingsly common in social stratification research. We provide evidence on the associations between four origin measures, parents’ class, status, earnings and education on the one hand and the corresponding offspring measures on the other. We also extend previous research on differences in origin effects at different levels of the children’s educational attainme…
Absenteeism in the Public and the Private Sector: Does the Public Sector Attract High Absence Employees
Evidence from many countries shows that public sector employees have considerably higher rates of absenteeism than have private sector employees. Based on regression analyses of a large probability sample of the Norwegian population, this article shows that most of the sector difference in long-term absence can be accounted for by taking into consideration the sociodemographic characteristics of the workforce and the occupational composition in t…
Long-Term Trends in Adult Socio-Economic Resemblance between Former Schoolmates and Neighbouring Children
Schools and residential neighbourhoods constitute key contexts of development beyond the family of origin. Yet, few prior studies address whether the overall impact of these childhood contexts on adult life chances has changed over time. In this article, we investigate changes in socio-economic resemblance between former schoolmates and neighbouring children using Norwegian administrative data covering three decades. We use cross-classified multi…
Horizontal Stratification of Higher Education: The Relative Importance of Field of Study, Institution, and Department for Candidates’ Wages
Studies typically find large variation in labor market outcomes not only between educational levels, but also among individuals with a higher education. However, the importance of different types of horizontal divisions in higher education is mostly treated in separate literatures. In this paper, we use multilevel models and an outcome-based approach to investigate the relative importance of institution (college), department, and field of study i…
Gender, occupational gender segregation and sickness absence: Longitudinal evidence
Women have much higher sickness absence rates than men. One prominent hypothesis is that this is a result of gender segregation in the labour market and the differences in employment or working conditions that follow from this. Previous studies assessing this idea give mixed results, but they do not take into account the possibility of selection effects. Long-term health differences between individuals may, for instance, influence both what jobs …
Immigrant concentration and student outcomes in upper secondary schools: Norwegian evidence
We analyse the effects of immigrant concentration on two measures of native students’ outcomes in upper secondary schools in Norway, completion and exam grades. Administrative data for full cohorts of new students 2002–2008 are employed. To take into account potential selection effects, we rely mainly on models with fixed school and educational programme effects. The analyses present a consistent picture: Immigrant concentration seems to have no …
Occupational Segregation and Gender Differences in Sickness Absence: Evidence from 17 European Countries
Previous research indicates that women fare less well than men on a wide range of health-related measures, including sickness absence from work. Possible explanations are that women have—on average—less healthy jobs than men, or that they are more vulnerable to job-related stressors. We address these issues using comparative data on 17 European countries from the EU Labour Force Surveys. Employing logistic regression, we find that gender differen…
Ethnic differences and social boundaries
Unionization and Certified Sickness Absence: Norwegian Evidence
The author analyzes the relationship between unionization and absences due to sickness in Norway using register data covering the entire population employed in the private sector during 2003 to 2007. A few previous studies have shown much higher sickness absence among unionized than nonunionized employees in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The author shows this is also true for Norway, although primarily for employees in lower …
Fertility, pregnancy and mothers' work
Dependent Children and Women's Sickness Absence in the EU Countries and Norway
Previous research has yielded quite varying results with regard to the relationship between children and women's sickness absence from work. This study examines the issue using data from the EU Labour Surveys. Cross-sectional data from 2005 covering 23 EU countries plus Norway are used. The data are analysed by means of logistic regression with control for country, age, working hours and socio-economic status. For married/cohabiting women, there …
How important is Autonomy to Professional Workers
A common assumption is that autonomy is crucial to professional workers. I examine this using survey data on a sample of public sector welfare professionals, viz. medical doctors, nurses, teachers, social workers. Comparisons are made with general population data from the International Social Survey Programme. Two methods of assessing the importance of work autonomy are employed; respondents’ direct ratings and statistical associations between wo…
Social Origins and Labour Market Success--Stability and Change over Norwegian Birth Cohorts 1950-1969
This article examines to what extent social origins have direct impact on people’s earnings, over and above what is mediated by their educational attainment, and whether such effects have changed over time. Population data on Norwegian birth cohorts from 1950 to 1969 are employed. Parents’ level of education has relatively weak negative effects on earnings. Parents’ earnings have a stronger and positive effect, which is either stable or slightly …
The Equalizing Effect of Wives' Earnings on Inequalities in Earnings Among Households
Since the 1970s, inequalities in earnings among men have risen in many countries. In the same period, married women's labour force participation has increased. This may affect inequality in household earnings in three ways, related to (a) the degree of inequality in women's earnings, (b) the share of women's earnings of total household earnings, and (c) the correlation of wife's and husband's earnings. Using Annual Norwegian Labour Force Surveys …
The impact of downsizing on remaining workers' sickness absence
Highly educated immigrants in the Norwegian labour market: Permanent Disadvantage
This article analyses earnings and employment differences between native Norwegians and immigrants over the period 1993-2003. Register data for the entire population of graduates from Norwegian universities 1992-2002 are used. Immigrants' earnings and employment rates are considerably lower than those of native Norwegians. The differences decline with time of residency. Keeping time of residency constant, however, earnings differences between nat…
Is marriage/cohabitation beneficial for young people? Some evidence on psychological distress among Norwegian college students
Although a large number of studies have examined the association between marital status or cohabitation on the one hand and psychological distress on the other, few have looked specifically at young people. Theoretically, the effects of marriage may be expected to vary with age, and differential selection into or out of marriage/cohabitation may also have different implications at different age levels. This paper uses cross-sectional data on abou…
Educational Transitions at Graduate Level: Social Origins and Enrolment in PhD Programmes in Norway
The prevailing view in the research literature is that social origin has little impact on educational choices made late in one's educational career. The article focuses on one very late transition, viz. enrolment in PhD programmes. The most important theoretical point of departure is the Breen and Goldthorpe relative risk aversion (RRA) theory. The analyses show that class origins have an impact, but only in how individuals at the very top of the…
Gender differences in educational attainment: The case of doctoral degrees in Norway
Despite strong trends in most Western countries towards gender equality in educational attainments, men are still considerably more likely to obtain doctoral degrees. Using data comprising nearly all students graduating from Norwegian universities during 1981–1996, separate event history analyses are carried out of recruitment to and completion of doctoral studies. Multilevel models are used to take both differences among individuals and among ed…
Sickness absence in female- and male-dominated occupations and workplaces
Chapter 5. Risk factors for sick leave - general studies
Extensive information is available from official statistics and descriptive studies on the association between different socio-demographic background factors and sickness absence. This information addresses age, gender, place of residence, and socio-economic status. However, few studies have thoroughly analysed these background factors, and rigorous scientific evidence on the causal relationship between these factors and sick leave is lacking. Re…
Social Origins and Recruitment to Norwegian Business and Public Sector Elites
Building upon recent studies of social mobility, this paper considers the relationship between social class origins and the attainment of top positions in business organizations and in central and local government administration. Data comprise all persons between 25 and 50 years of age employed in these sectors in 1995. Elite status is defined in terms of position in each organization's pay distribution, and the data are analysed by means of bino…
The best and the brightest»? – Økonomiske incentiver og doktorgradsrekruttering i Norge
In recent decades there has been a very strong increase in the number of people enrolled in higher education in Norway. This increase has taken place although the economic returns to schooling in Norway are low. The increase in the number of doctoral degrees has been particularly strong. This paper focuses on two issues. First, we estimate the economic returns to a doctoral degree. Second, we provide some largely indirect evidence on how the (low…
Satisfied Movers, Committed Stayers: The Impact of Job Mobility on Work Attitudes in Norway
This article examines the impact of interorganizational (quits and layoffs) and intraorganizational (promotions and downward/lateral moves) job mobility on changes in job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The analysis is based on panel data from a representative sample of Norwegian work organizations and their employees. The authors find that promotions increase employees' perceptions of the quality of their jobs and thereby enhance bot…
Parenthood, gender and sickness absence
Marriage and Psychological Well-Being: Some Evidence on Selection into Marriage
Highly educated immigrants in the Norwegian labour market: Permanent Disadvantage
This article analyses earnings and employment differences between native Norwegians and immigrants over the period 1993-2003. Register data for the entire population of graduates from Norwegian universities 1992-2002 are used. Immigrants' earnings and employment rates are considerably lower than those of native Norwegians. The differences decline with time of residency. Keeping time of residency constant, however, earnings differences between nat…
Parenthood, gender and sickness absence
Multiplicative and additive models of job and life satisfaction
Social Origins and Labour Market Success--Stability and Change over Norwegian Birth Cohorts 1950-1969
This article examines to what extent social origins have direct impact on people’s earnings, over and above what is mediated by their educational attainment, and whether such effects have changed over time. Population data on Norwegian birth cohorts from 1950 to 1969 are employed. Parents’ level of education has relatively weak negative effects on earnings. Parents’ earnings have a stronger and positive effect, which is either stable or slightly …
Social Origins and Recruitment to Norwegian Business and Public Sector Elites
Building upon recent studies of social mobility, this paper considers the relationship between social class origins and the attainment of top positions in business organizations and in central and local government administration. Data comprise all persons between 25 and 50 years of age employed in these sectors in 1995. Elite status is defined in terms of position in each organization's pay distribution, and the data are analysed by means of bino…
Psychological Well-Being and Marital Dissolution: Selection Effects
The low psychological well-being of the divorced and separated could be due to the hardships of the divorce process, more general problems of unmarried living, or differential selection for divorce. Using combined questionnaire and register data on 39,000 Norwegian men and women, it is shown that psychological well-being is a strong predictor of subsequent marital dissolution over a 2-to 4-year period. The strength of the relationship is particul…
The perceived quality of life in Norway: Regional variations and contextual effects
Satisfied Movers, Committed Stayers: The Impact of Job Mobility on Work Attitudes in Norway
This article examines the impact of interorganizational (quits and layoffs) and intraorganizational (promotions and downward/lateral moves) job mobility on changes in job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The analysis is based on panel data from a representative sample of Norwegian work organizations and their employees. The authors find that promotions increase employees' perceptions of the quality of their jobs and thereby enhance bot…
Marital Status, Distress, and Well-Being: An International Comparison
A relationship between marital status on the one hand and various indicators of wellbeing and mental health on the other has been found in a large number of studies. Typically, that the currently married have been shown to enjoy the most favorable position, the divorced and widowed are generally worst off, and the never married in an intermediate position. This paper provides an analysis of the consistency and generality of this relationship: To …
Marital status and subjective well-being: A changing relationship
Marital Dissolution and Subjective Distress: Panel Evidence
Journal Article Marital Dissolution and Subjective Distress: Panel Evidence Get access ARNE MASTEKAASA ARNE MASTEKAASA Department of Sociology, University of OsloP.O. Box 1096 Blindern, N–0317 Oslo, Norway, e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar European Sociological Review, Volume 11, Issue 2, September 1995, Pages 173–185, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.esr.a03635…
Long-Term Trends in Adult Socio-Economic Resemblance between Former Schoolmates and Neighbouring Children
Schools and residential neighbourhoods constitute key contexts of development beyond the family of origin. Yet, few prior studies address whether the overall impact of these childhood contexts on adult life chances has changed over time. In this article, we investigate changes in socio-economic resemblance between former schoolmates and neighbouring children using Norwegian administrative data covering three decades. We use cross-classified multi…
Immigrant concentration and student outcomes in upper secondary schools: Norwegian evidence
We analyse the effects of immigrant concentration on two measures of native students’ outcomes in upper secondary schools in Norway, completion and exam grades. Administrative data for full cohorts of new students 2002–2008 are employed. To take into account potential selection effects, we rely mainly on models with fixed school and educational programme effects. The analyses present a consistent picture: Immigrant concentration seems to have no …
Sickness absence in female- and male-dominated occupations and workplaces
Gender, Absenteeism, and Job Characteristics: A Fixed Effects Approach
It is well documented that women are generally absent from work more often than men. Using data from two large samples of Norwegian public sector employees, the authors use fixed effects methods to compare men and women who have identical job titles and work in the same workplace. Even under presumably very similar employment and working conditions, women have 1.3 to 1.7 times as many absences as men. The authors also provide strong indications t…
The Subjective Well-Being of the Previously Married: The Importance of Unmarried Cohabitation and Time Since Widowhood or Divorce
This article examines cohabitation among the unmarried, which is very common, particularly among the divorced. Unmarried cohabitation is in most cases associated with a substantially higher level of subjective well-being, but the importance of cohabitation depends on the time since the termination of the marriage. There is a substantial short-term negative effect of becoming widowed, but little or no long-term effect. The negative effect of divor…
Educational Transitions at Graduate Level: Social Origins and Enrolment in PhD Programmes in Norway
The prevailing view in the research literature is that social origin has little impact on educational choices made late in one's educational career. The article focuses on one very late transition, viz. enrolment in PhD programmes. The most important theoretical point of departure is the Breen and Goldthorpe relative risk aversion (RRA) theory. The analyses show that class origins have an impact, but only in how individuals at the very top of the…
Is marriage/cohabitation beneficial for young people? Some evidence on psychological distress among Norwegian college students
Although a large number of studies have examined the association between marital status or cohabitation on the one hand and psychological distress on the other, few have looked specifically at young people. Theoretically, the effects of marriage may be expected to vary with age, and differential selection into or out of marriage/cohabitation may also have different implications at different age levels. This paper uses cross-sectional data on abou…
Age variations in the suicide rates and self‐reported subjective well‐being of married and never married persons
Previous research has established that people who never marry have higher suicide rates and lower self‐reported subjective well‐being than the married. The present study examines how the differences between: (1) never married persons who live alone, (2) never married cohabitees; and (3) currently married people, vary between age groups. The relevance of such age variations for status integration theory and theories of marital selection is discuss…
Absenteeism in the Public and the Private Sector: Does the Public Sector Attract High Absence Employees
Evidence from many countries shows that public sector employees have considerably higher rates of absenteeism than have private sector employees. Based on regression analyses of a large probability sample of the Norwegian population, this article shows that most of the sector difference in long-term absence can be accounted for by taking into consideration the sociodemographic characteristics of the workforce and the occupational composition in t…
Firm Internal Labor Markets and Organizational Commitment in Norway and the United States
This paper examines how and why firm internal labor markets (FILMs) are related to employees' organizational commitment (OC) Membership in a FILM might be expected to enhance one's OC for several reasons: FILMs are assumed to be associated with greater promotion opportunities, earnings, firm-specific skills, and autonomy; and less likely to be related to unionization. We measure these concepts and examine their role in linking FILMs and OC Our an…
Organizational Contexts and Individual Behavior: Potential and Limitations of the Norwegian Study of Organizations
The paper provides a description of the Norwegcan Study of Organizations and Employees (NSOE). in which data were collected at the establishment level as well as from individual employees. Research design as well as fieldwork are discussed. Using wage determination as an example. the usefulness of this kind of multi-level data collection is illustrated by means of two kinds of analysis: viz. within group estimation. to remove selectivity bias. an…
Gender differences in educational attainment: The case of doctoral degrees in Norway
Despite strong trends in most Western countries towards gender equality in educational attainments, men are still considerably more likely to obtain doctoral degrees. Using data comprising nearly all students graduating from Norwegian universities during 1981–1996, separate event history analyses are carried out of recruitment to and completion of doctoral studies. Multilevel models are used to take both differences among individuals and among ed…
The intergenerational transmission of social advantage and disadvantage: Comprehensive evidence on the association of parents’ and children’s educational attainments, class, earnings, and status
In recent years, multidimensional conceptualizations of social origin have become increasingsly common in social stratification research. We provide evidence on the associations between four origin measures, parents’ class, status, earnings and education on the one hand and the corresponding offspring measures on the other. We also extend previous research on differences in origin effects at different levels of the children’s educational attainme…
"Comment on Janson's and Martin's "Job Satisfaction and Age: A Test of Two Views
Post-Materialist Values and Subjective Satisfaction: Testing Ronald Inglehart's Hypotheses
According to Ronald Inglehart, post-materialist values are a well-integrated and stable part of the individuals personality, affecting a wide range of attitudes and behaviors. This article focuses on possible effects on the criteria by which individuals evaluate their living conditions; for instance, do materialists - compared to post-materialists - give more weight to such concerns as income or housing standard and less to broader social and pol…
The perceived quality of life in Norway: Regional variations and contextual effects
Multiplicative and additive models of job and life satisfaction
Measurement error and research design: A note on the utility of panel data in quality of life research
Marriage and Psychological Well-Being: Some Evidence on Selection into Marriage
Organizational Contexts and Individual Behavior: Potential and Limitations of the Norwegian Study of Organizations
The paper provides a description of the Norwegcan Study of Organizations and Employees (NSOE). in which data were collected at the establishment level as well as from individual employees. Research design as well as fieldwork are discussed. Using wage determination as an example. the usefulness of this kind of multi-level data collection is illustrated by means of two kinds of analysis: viz. within group estimation. to remove selectivity bias. an…
Union-non-union wage differentials: Individual Level and Organizational Level Effects
The wage difference between unionized and non-unionized employees is assumed to be small in Norway (and in other Scandinavian countries), due to a high degree of unionization, spill-over effects, and standard rate policies. Previous research nevertheless indicates that there is a union member—nonmember wage differential, at least for blue-collar workers. For white-collar workers the wage differential is smaller or even negative. This paper argues…
Marital status and subjective well-being: A changing relationship
Marital Status, Distress, and Well-Being: An International Comparison
A relationship between marital status on the one hand and various indicators of wellbeing and mental health on the other has been found in a large number of studies. Typically, that the currently married have been shown to enjoy the most favorable position, the divorced and widowed are generally worst off, and the never married in an intermediate position. This paper provides an analysis of the consistency and generality of this relationship: To …
The Subjective Well-Being of the Previously Married: The Importance of Unmarried Cohabitation and Time Since Widowhood or Divorce
This article examines cohabitation among the unmarried, which is very common, particularly among the divorced. Unmarried cohabitation is in most cases associated with a substantially higher level of subjective well-being, but the importance of cohabitation depends on the time since the termination of the marriage. There is a substantial short-term negative effect of becoming widowed, but little or no long-term effect. The negative effect of divor…
Psychological Well-Being and Marital Dissolution: Selection Effects
The low psychological well-being of the divorced and separated could be due to the hardships of the divorce process, more general problems of unmarried living, or differential selection for divorce. Using combined questionnaire and register data on 39,000 Norwegian men and women, it is shown that psychological well-being is a strong predictor of subsequent marital dissolution over a 2-to 4-year period. The strength of the relationship is particul…
Firm Internal Labor Markets and Organizational Commitment in Norway and the United States
This paper examines how and why firm internal labor markets (FILMs) are related to employees' organizational commitment (OC) Membership in a FILM might be expected to enhance one's OC for several reasons: FILMs are assumed to be associated with greater promotion opportunities, earnings, firm-specific skills, and autonomy; and less likely to be related to unionization. We measure these concepts and examine their role in linking FILMs and OC Our an…
Age variations in the suicide rates and self‐reported subjective well‐being of married and never married persons
Previous research has established that people who never marry have higher suicide rates and lower self‐reported subjective well‐being than the married. The present study examines how the differences between: (1) never married persons who live alone, (2) never married cohabitees; and (3) currently married people, vary between age groups. The relevance of such age variations for status integration theory and theories of marital selection is discuss…
Acta 40 years: Theoretical Ambitions and Trivial Pursuit
Marital Dissolution and Subjective Distress: Panel Evidence
Journal Article Marital Dissolution and Subjective Distress: Panel Evidence Get access ARNE MASTEKAASA ARNE MASTEKAASA Department of Sociology, University of OsloP.O. Box 1096 Blindern, N–0317 Oslo, Norway, e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar European Sociological Review, Volume 11, Issue 2, September 1995, Pages 173–185, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.esr.a03635…
Unemployment and Health: Selection Effects
A large number of studies have shown that the unemployed are less healthy, both physically and psychologically, than the employed. The explanation may be that unemployment has negative health effects. An alternative, or additional, explanation is that healthy persons are less likely to become unemployed or more likely to find new employment if they become unemployed. Such effects of health on employment status are generally referred to as selecti…
Marital Dissolution as a Stressor: Some Evidence on Psychological, Physical, and Behavioral Changes in the Pre-Separation Period
Organizational Size, Layoffs, and Quits in Norway
Journal Article Organizational Size, Layoffs, and Quits in Norway Get access Arne L. Kalleberg, Arne L. Kalleberg University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Direct correspondence to Arne L. Kalleberg, Department of Sociology, CB #3210, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Arne Mastekaasa Arne Mastekaasa University of Oslo Search for other works by this autho…
Gender, Absenteeism, and Job Characteristics: A Fixed Effects Approach
It is well documented that women are generally absent from work more often than men. Using data from two large samples of Norwegian public sector employees, the authors use fixed effects methods to compare men and women who have identical job titles and work in the same workplace. Even under presumably very similar employment and working conditions, women have 1.3 to 1.7 times as many absences as men. The authors also provide strong indications t…
Parenthood, gender and sickness absence
Do Women or Men Have the Less Healthy Jobs? An Analysis of Gender Differences in Sickness Absence
Journal Article Do Women or Men Have the Less Healthy Jobs? An Analysis of Gender Differences in Sickness Absence Get access Arne Mastekaasa, Arne Mastekaasa Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Harald Dale-Olsen Harald Dale-Olsen Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar European Sociological Review, Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2000, Pages 267–286, https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/1…
Satisfied Movers, Committed Stayers: The Impact of Job Mobility on Work Attitudes in Norway
This article examines the impact of interorganizational (quits and layoffs) and intraorganizational (promotions and downward/lateral moves) job mobility on changes in job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The analysis is based on panel data from a representative sample of Norwegian work organizations and their employees. The authors find that promotions increase employees' perceptions of the quality of their jobs and thereby enhance bot…
The best and the brightest»? – Økonomiske incentiver og doktorgradsrekruttering i Norge
In recent decades there has been a very strong increase in the number of people enrolled in higher education in Norway. This increase has taken place although the economic returns to schooling in Norway are low. The increase in the number of doctoral degrees has been particularly strong. This paper focuses on two issues. First, we estimate the economic returns to a doctoral degree. Second, we provide some largely indirect evidence on how the (low…
Chapter 5. Risk factors for sick leave - general studies
Extensive information is available from official statistics and descriptive studies on the association between different socio-demographic background factors and sickness absence. This information addresses age, gender, place of residence, and socio-economic status. However, few studies have thoroughly analysed these background factors, and rigorous scientific evidence on the causal relationship between these factors and sick leave is lacking. Re…
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