Elin Svarstad
Biographic Data
| ID | 4619129 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elin Svarstad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elin |
| FAMILY NAME | Svarstad |
| SIGNATURE | SVARSTAD E |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1050-3969 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From bargaining to balance
Public perceptions and attitudes towards wages for essential frontline workers during the Covid-19 pandemic
Purpose How informed are people about the wage gap between those at the top and those at the lower end of the wage distribution? We analyse this question in the light of the debate that arose during the COVID-19 pandemic about the importance of essential frontline workers and how these are paid compared to other occupations. Design/methodology/approach The study uses wage data for managers in private and public enterprises in Norway in addition t…
Do unions care about low‐paid workers? Evidence from Norway
One of the core objectives of unions is to raise the wages of the lowest paid. Utilizing a panel of individual‐matched employee–employer data covering the Norwegian private sector in the period 2000–2014, I investigate how workplace union density is related to individual low‐pay risk. By exploiting changes in tax deductions for union members in Norway as a source of exogenous variation, a negative effect of increased union density on low‐pay risk…
Public perceptions and attitudes towards wages for essential frontline workers during the Covid-19 pandemic
Purpose How informed are people about the wage gap between those at the top and those at the lower end of the wage distribution? We analyse this question in the light of the debate that arose during the COVID-19 pandemic about the importance of essential frontline workers and how these are paid compared to other occupations. Design/methodology/approach The study uses wage data for managers in private and public enterprises in Norway in addition t…
Do unions care about low‐paid workers? Evidence from Norway
One of the core objectives of unions is to raise the wages of the lowest paid. Utilizing a panel of individual‐matched employee–employer data covering the Norwegian private sector in the period 2000–2014, I investigate how workplace union density is related to individual low‐pay risk. By exploiting changes in tax deductions for union members in Norway as a source of exogenous variation, a negative effect of increased union density on low‐pay risk…
From bargaining to balance
Employment and Welfare Studies (3 works) · Bargaining power (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (2 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 work)