Jon Ivar Elstad
Biographic Data
| ID | 253208 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jon Ivar Elstad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jon Ivar |
| FAMILY NAME | Elstad |
| SIGNATURE | ELSTAD J I |
| AFFILIATIONS | OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6059-2250 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 205 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Health-related exit from employment before and during the Covid-19 pandemic in Norway: Analysis of population-wide register data 2013–2021
People with health problems experience various labor market disadvantages, such as hiring discrimination and heightened risk of firing, but the impact of deteriorating economic conditions on health-related labor market mobility remains poorly understood. The strength of the downturn/crisis will most likely make a difference. During minor downturns, when few employees are made redundant, health-related exit may occur frequently since employers pre…
Precariousness in Norway and Sweden: A comparative register-based study of longstanding precarious attachment to the labour market 1996–2015
Precariousness in working life is a rising concern in Europe, but scant statistical evidence exists as to the prevalence and development of longstanding precarious employment. Using high-quality individual-level population-wide register data across several decades, this study addresses this issue in Norway and Sweden. Longstanding precarious attachment to the labour market was defined as low/marginal work income during eight years, with frequent …
Income security in Nordic welfare states for men and women who died when aged 55–69 years old
Income security when health impairment or other social risks occur is a major objective of welfare states. This comparative study uses register data from four Nordic welfare states for examining equivalized disposable income during the last 12 years alive among men and women who died when aged 55–69 years old. The analysed outcome indicates the aggregate result of a varied set of income maintenance mechanisms. Median income increased in the Finni…
Contribution of smoking and alcohol consumption to income differences in life expectancy: Evidence using Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish register data
BACKGROUND: Despite being comparatively egalitarian welfare states, the Nordic countries have not been successful in reducing health inequalities. Previous studies have suggested that smoking and alcohol contribute to this pattern. Few studies have focused on variations in alcohol-related and smoking-related mortality within the Nordic countries. We assess the contribution of smoking and alcohol to differences in life expectancy between countries…
Crowded out»? Relative forskjellerog relativt store tolkningsproblemer
«Immigration and Social Mobility», publisert som et såkalt Discussion Paper i oktober 2018 av tre forskere ved Frisch-senteret (Hoen, Markussen & Røed, 2018), hevder at innvandringen har ført til større ulikhet blant norskfødte.1 Konsekvensen av en økende innvandrerbefolkning skal være dårligere sjanser i arbeidslivet for barn av lavinntektsforeldre. Innvandringen «affects low-class natives by pushing some of them out of the labor market», står d…
Is it Easier to Be Unemployed When the Experience Is More Widely Shared? Effects of Unemployment on Self-rated Health in 25 European Countries with Diverging Macroeconomic Conditions
The economic crisis in Europe since 2008 has led to high unemployment levels in several countries. Previous research suggests that becoming unemployed is a health risk, but is job loss and unemployment easier to cope with when unemployment is widespread? Using EU-SILC panel data (2010)(2011)(2012)(2013), this study examines short-term effects of unemployment on self-rated health (SRH) in 25 European countries with diverging macroeconomic conditio…
Income inequality and foregone medical care in Europe during The Great Recession: Multilevel analyses of EU-Silc surveys 2008–2013
During The Great Recession, unmet need for medical care increased in Europe, and social inequalities in foregone medical care widened. Overall, countries with a more egalitarian income distribution have been more able to protect their populations, and especially disadvantaged groups, against deteriorated access to medical care when the country is confronted with an economic crisis
Prospective register-based study of the impact of immigration on educational inequalities in mortality in Norway
The widening of educational inequality in mortality during the 1990s and 2000s in Norway was not due to immigration. Immigration rather contributed to slightly lower overall mortality in the population and a less steep educational gradient in mortality
The effects of parental income on Norwegian adolescents' school grades: A sibling analysis
Associations between family income and offspring's educational attainment are well-established. A debated topic is whether this association is due to the causal influence of family income per se, or arises because of other family-related circumstances which correlate with income. This study examines the relationship between parental income and Norwegian adolescents' school grades, using register data on all 16-year-old graduates from lower second…
Social Variations in Perceived Parenting Styles among Norwegian Adolescents
Previous research has documented the associations between parenting and parenting styles and child and adolescent outcomes. Little is known, however, about the social structuring of parenting in contemporary Nordic welfare states. A possible hypothesis is that socioeconomic variations in parenting styles in present-day Norway will be small because of material affluence, limited income inequality, and an active welfare state. This study examines s…
Hvor har den nye genforskningen brakt oss? - Where has the new genomic research brought us
The Impact of Relative Poverty on Norwegian Adolescents’ Subjective Health: A Causal Analysis with Propensity Score Matching
Studies have revealed that relative poverty is associated with ill health, but the interpretations of this correlation vary. This article asks whether relative poverty among Norwegian adolescents is causally related to poor subjective health, i.e., self-reported somatic and mental symptoms. Data consist of interview responses from a sample of adolescents (N = 510) and their parents, combined with register data on the family's economic situation. …
«Genene betyr mer»-tesen i empirisk lys
Does the socioeconomic context explain both mortality and income inequality? Prospective register-based study of Norwegian regions
The results indicate that the broader socioeconomic context in Norwegian regions has a substantial impact both on mortality and on the level of income disparities. However, the results also suggest, in a way compatible with the psychosocial interpretation, that on top of the general socioeconomic influences, a higher level of income inequality adds independently to higher mortality levels. PREVIOUS PUBLICATION: This article is a reworked version …
Indirect health-related selection or social causation? Interpreting the educational differences in adolescent health behaviours
Geografiske forskjeller i uføres dødelighet: Levekår, seleksjon, sosial avstand
Geografiske forskjeller i uføres dødelighet: Levekår, seleksjon, sosial avstand? De uføretrygdedes overdødelighet er et sosialpolitisk problem, og helsesvikten som grunnga trygdingen forklarer ikke fullt ut den høye dødeligheten. Artikkelen analyserer den geografiske variasjonen i uføres dødelighet 1993–97 blant 190 000 uføretrygdede, alder 40–66, ved hjelp av flernivåanalyser anvendt på to typer geografiske inndelinger. Dødeligheten blant uføre …
The role of welfare state principles and generosity in social policy programmes for public health: An international comparative study
Bokomtaler
Educational inequalities in avoidable deaths in Norway: A population based study
The question we raise in this paper is whether the educational gradient in avoidable mortality differs from overall and non-avoidable mortality among men and women in Norway. By avoidable deaths we refer to deaths caused by diseases that are either treatable if given appropriate medical care, or preventable if available preventive measures were implemented. The data set is derived from official administrative registers and includes all Norwegian …
Sosiologi som skjønnlitteratur
For whom is income inequality most harmful? A multi-level analysis of income inequality and mortality in Norway
Bokanmeldelser
Health and Status Attainment: Effects of Health on Occupational Achievement among Employed Norwegian Men
The issue of whether health influences mobility and status attainment has tended to be neglected in the main traditions of social mobility research. Health inequality research, however, indicates that health strongly affects transitions into and out of employment, but that the occupational mobility of the steadily employed is practically unaffected by health. This latter finding is surprising, because a plausible conjecture is that health variati…
Social causation, health-selective mobility, and the reproduction of socioeconomic health inequalities over time: Panel Study of Adult Men
Analysing changes of health inequalities in the Nordic welfare states
The Psycho-social Perspective on Social Inequalities in Health
Doubts about the viability of material explanations of social inequalities in health have led to a renewed focus on the aetiological role of psychological stress, and, moreover, on how psychological stress is generated by society's inequality structures. Some researchers maintain that the emerging psychosocial perspective will become the dominant paradigm in research on health inequalities. After commenting on some aetiological topics, the paper …
For whom is income inequality most harmful? A multi-level analysis of income inequality and mortality in Norway
Analysing changes of health inequalities in the Nordic welfare states
Inequalities in health related to women's marital, parental, and employment status-A comparison between the early 70s and the late 80s, Norway
Social causation, health-selective mobility, and the reproduction of socioeconomic health inequalities over time: Panel Study of Adult Men
How large are the differences - really? Self-reported long-standing illness among working class and middle class men
Social inequalities in health are regularly found in health interview surveys, but it has been doubted whether respondents' self-reported morbidity can accurately describe social class differences in health. Two hypotheses are current: members of the working class are commonly more preoccupied with their illnesses, and overreport them, compared with those of the middle class: secondly, the latter are more sensitive to their illnesses, have a bett…
The effects of parental income on Norwegian adolescents' school grades: A sibling analysis
Associations between family income and offspring's educational attainment are well-established. A debated topic is whether this association is due to the causal influence of family income per se, or arises because of other family-related circumstances which correlate with income. This study examines the relationship between parental income and Norwegian adolescents' school grades, using register data on all 16-year-old graduates from lower second…
Is it Easier to Be Unemployed When the Experience Is More Widely Shared? Effects of Unemployment on Self-rated Health in 25 European Countries with Diverging Macroeconomic Conditions
The economic crisis in Europe since 2008 has led to high unemployment levels in several countries. Previous research suggests that becoming unemployed is a health risk, but is job loss and unemployment easier to cope with when unemployment is widespread? Using EU-SILC panel data (2010)(2011)(2012)(2013), this study examines short-term effects of unemployment on self-rated health (SRH) in 25 European countries with diverging macroeconomic conditio…
Precariousness in Norway and Sweden: A comparative register-based study of longstanding precarious attachment to the labour market 1996–2015
Precariousness in working life is a rising concern in Europe, but scant statistical evidence exists as to the prevalence and development of longstanding precarious employment. Using high-quality individual-level population-wide register data across several decades, this study addresses this issue in Norway and Sweden. Longstanding precarious attachment to the labour market was defined as low/marginal work income during eight years, with frequent …
Social Variations in Perceived Parenting Styles among Norwegian Adolescents
Previous research has documented the associations between parenting and parenting styles and child and adolescent outcomes. Little is known, however, about the social structuring of parenting in contemporary Nordic welfare states. A possible hypothesis is that socioeconomic variations in parenting styles in present-day Norway will be small because of material affluence, limited income inequality, and an active welfare state. This study examines s…
Indirect health-related selection or social causation? Interpreting the educational differences in adolescent health behaviours
Health and Status Attainment: Effects of Health on Occupational Achievement among Employed Norwegian Men
The issue of whether health influences mobility and status attainment has tended to be neglected in the main traditions of social mobility research. Health inequality research, however, indicates that health strongly affects transitions into and out of employment, but that the occupational mobility of the steadily employed is practically unaffected by health. This latter finding is surprising, because a plausible conjecture is that health variati…
Contribution of smoking and alcohol consumption to income differences in life expectancy: Evidence using Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish register data
BACKGROUND: Despite being comparatively egalitarian welfare states, the Nordic countries have not been successful in reducing health inequalities. Previous studies have suggested that smoking and alcohol contribute to this pattern. Few studies have focused on variations in alcohol-related and smoking-related mortality within the Nordic countries. We assess the contribution of smoking and alcohol to differences in life expectancy between countries…
Employment Status and Women's Health - Exploring the Dynamics
Employed women report fewer health problems than non-employed women. The social causation explanation argues that these inequalities arise because employment statuses differ as to their consequences for health, while the health-related mobility explanation claims that differences emerge because of selective mobility. The present study focuses on the dynamic relationships between health and employment statuses. Panel data from Norwegian surveys 19…
Income security in Nordic welfare states for men and women who died when aged 55–69 years old
Income security when health impairment or other social risks occur is a major objective of welfare states. This comparative study uses register data from four Nordic welfare states for examining equivalized disposable income during the last 12 years alive among men and women who died when aged 55–69 years old. The analysed outcome indicates the aggregate result of a varied set of income maintenance mechanisms. Median income increased in the Finni…
Hvor har den nye genforskningen brakt oss? - Where has the new genomic research brought us
Educational inequalities in avoidable deaths in Norway: A population based study
The question we raise in this paper is whether the educational gradient in avoidable mortality differs from overall and non-avoidable mortality among men and women in Norway. By avoidable deaths we refer to deaths caused by diseases that are either treatable if given appropriate medical care, or preventable if available preventive measures were implemented. The data set is derived from official administrative registers and includes all Norwegian …
Employment Status and Women's Health - Exploring the Dynamics
Employed women report fewer health problems than non-employed women. The social causation explanation argues that these inequalities arise because employment statuses differ as to their consequences for health, while the health-related mobility explanation claims that differences emerge because of selective mobility. The present study focuses on the dynamic relationships between health and employment statuses. Panel data from Norwegian surveys 19…
Inequalities in health related to women's marital, parental, and employment status-A comparison between the early 70s and the late 80s, Norway
How large are the differences - really? Self-reported long-standing illness among working class and middle class men
Social inequalities in health are regularly found in health interview surveys, but it has been doubted whether respondents' self-reported morbidity can accurately describe social class differences in health. Two hypotheses are current: members of the working class are commonly more preoccupied with their illnesses, and overreport them, compared with those of the middle class: secondly, the latter are more sensitive to their illnesses, have a bett…
The Psycho-social Perspective on Social Inequalities in Health
Doubts about the viability of material explanations of social inequalities in health have led to a renewed focus on the aetiological role of psychological stress, and, moreover, on how psychological stress is generated by society's inequality structures. Some researchers maintain that the emerging psychosocial perspective will become the dominant paradigm in research on health inequalities. After commenting on some aetiological topics, the paper …
Analysing changes of health inequalities in the Nordic welfare states
Social causation, health-selective mobility, and the reproduction of socioeconomic health inequalities over time: Panel Study of Adult Men
Health and Status Attainment: Effects of Health on Occupational Achievement among Employed Norwegian Men
The issue of whether health influences mobility and status attainment has tended to be neglected in the main traditions of social mobility research. Health inequality research, however, indicates that health strongly affects transitions into and out of employment, but that the occupational mobility of the steadily employed is practically unaffected by health. This latter finding is surprising, because a plausible conjecture is that health variati…
Bokanmeldelser
Sosiologi som skjønnlitteratur
For whom is income inequality most harmful? A multi-level analysis of income inequality and mortality in Norway
Educational inequalities in avoidable deaths in Norway: A population based study
The question we raise in this paper is whether the educational gradient in avoidable mortality differs from overall and non-avoidable mortality among men and women in Norway. By avoidable deaths we refer to deaths caused by diseases that are either treatable if given appropriate medical care, or preventable if available preventive measures were implemented. The data set is derived from official administrative registers and includes all Norwegian …
The role of welfare state principles and generosity in social policy programmes for public health: An international comparative study
Bokomtaler
Indirect health-related selection or social causation? Interpreting the educational differences in adolescent health behaviours
Geografiske forskjeller i uføres dødelighet: Levekår, seleksjon, sosial avstand
Geografiske forskjeller i uføres dødelighet: Levekår, seleksjon, sosial avstand? De uføretrygdedes overdødelighet er et sosialpolitisk problem, og helsesvikten som grunnga trygdingen forklarer ikke fullt ut den høye dødeligheten. Artikkelen analyserer den geografiske variasjonen i uføres dødelighet 1993–97 blant 190 000 uføretrygdede, alder 40–66, ved hjelp av flernivåanalyser anvendt på to typer geografiske inndelinger. Dødeligheten blant uføre …
«Genene betyr mer»-tesen i empirisk lys
Does the socioeconomic context explain both mortality and income inequality? Prospective register-based study of Norwegian regions
The results indicate that the broader socioeconomic context in Norwegian regions has a substantial impact both on mortality and on the level of income disparities. However, the results also suggest, in a way compatible with the psychosocial interpretation, that on top of the general socioeconomic influences, a higher level of income inequality adds independently to higher mortality levels. PREVIOUS PUBLICATION: This article is a reworked version …
The Impact of Relative Poverty on Norwegian Adolescents’ Subjective Health: A Causal Analysis with Propensity Score Matching
Studies have revealed that relative poverty is associated with ill health, but the interpretations of this correlation vary. This article asks whether relative poverty among Norwegian adolescents is causally related to poor subjective health, i.e., self-reported somatic and mental symptoms. Data consist of interview responses from a sample of adolescents (N = 510) and their parents, combined with register data on the family's economic situation. …
Social Variations in Perceived Parenting Styles among Norwegian Adolescents
Previous research has documented the associations between parenting and parenting styles and child and adolescent outcomes. Little is known, however, about the social structuring of parenting in contemporary Nordic welfare states. A possible hypothesis is that socioeconomic variations in parenting styles in present-day Norway will be small because of material affluence, limited income inequality, and an active welfare state. This study examines s…
Hvor har den nye genforskningen brakt oss? - Where has the new genomic research brought us
Prospective register-based study of the impact of immigration on educational inequalities in mortality in Norway
The widening of educational inequality in mortality during the 1990s and 2000s in Norway was not due to immigration. Immigration rather contributed to slightly lower overall mortality in the population and a less steep educational gradient in mortality
The effects of parental income on Norwegian adolescents' school grades: A sibling analysis
Associations between family income and offspring's educational attainment are well-established. A debated topic is whether this association is due to the causal influence of family income per se, or arises because of other family-related circumstances which correlate with income. This study examines the relationship between parental income and Norwegian adolescents' school grades, using register data on all 16-year-old graduates from lower second…
Income inequality and foregone medical care in Europe during The Great Recession: Multilevel analyses of EU-Silc surveys 2008–2013
During The Great Recession, unmet need for medical care increased in Europe, and social inequalities in foregone medical care widened. Overall, countries with a more egalitarian income distribution have been more able to protect their populations, and especially disadvantaged groups, against deteriorated access to medical care when the country is confronted with an economic crisis
Is it Easier to Be Unemployed When the Experience Is More Widely Shared? Effects of Unemployment on Self-rated Health in 25 European Countries with Diverging Macroeconomic Conditions
The economic crisis in Europe since 2008 has led to high unemployment levels in several countries. Previous research suggests that becoming unemployed is a health risk, but is job loss and unemployment easier to cope with when unemployment is widespread? Using EU-SILC panel data (2010)(2011)(2012)(2013), this study examines short-term effects of unemployment on self-rated health (SRH) in 25 European countries with diverging macroeconomic conditio…
Income security in Nordic welfare states for men and women who died when aged 55–69 years old
Income security when health impairment or other social risks occur is a major objective of welfare states. This comparative study uses register data from four Nordic welfare states for examining equivalized disposable income during the last 12 years alive among men and women who died when aged 55–69 years old. The analysed outcome indicates the aggregate result of a varied set of income maintenance mechanisms. Median income increased in the Finni…
Sociology (19 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (18 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (18 works) · Economics (16 works) · Political science (16 works) · Demography (15 works) · Medicine (15 works) · Demographic economics (14 works) · Inequality (13 works) · Population (13 works)