Jon Marius Vaag Iversen
Biographic Data
| ID | 6550400 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jon Marius Vaag Iversen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jon Marius Vaag |
| FAMILY NAME | Iversen |
| SIGNATURE | IVERSEN J M V |
| AFFILIATIONS | NTNU Samfunnsforskning |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5880-0607 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Immigrant peers and English language skills
Does the exposure of children to immigrant peers with proficient language skills increase foreign language acquisition? We examine this in the context of Norway, where all students are taught and assessed in English from the beginning of compulsory school. We use this, combined with recent increases in immigration, to investigate the effect of exposure to English-speaking peers on the English language skills of Norwegian children. Exposure increa…
Quality measures in higher education
We exploit rich administrative matched data for students and institutions to obtain quality measures across higher education institutions in Norway. Our primary quality indicators are based on individual income after leaving higher education within a value-added approach. Estimated quality indicators reveal significant differences in student outcomes across institutions, although the differences are much lower than raw income differences. “Old” a…
Refugees and the educational attainment of natives
Increases in immigration raise a range of challenges for schools. Existing research primarily investigates the impact of immigrants on native test scores and demonstrates mixed results. Using Norwegian register data and narrow within-school, within-family comparisons, we demonstrate negative effects of refugees on native math performance, and no effect on English or Norwegian performance. These effects are concentrated amongst groups of refugee c…
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Quality measures in higher education
We exploit rich administrative matched data for students and institutions to obtain quality measures across higher education institutions in Norway. Our primary quality indicators are based on individual income after leaving higher education within a value-added approach. Estimated quality indicators reveal significant differences in student outcomes across institutions, although the differences are much lower than raw income differences. “Old” a…
Refugees and the educational attainment of natives
Increases in immigration raise a range of challenges for schools. Existing research primarily investigates the impact of immigrants on native test scores and demonstrates mixed results. Using Norwegian register data and narrow within-school, within-family comparisons, we demonstrate negative effects of refugees on native math performance, and no effect on English or Norwegian performance. These effects are concentrated amongst groups of refugee c…
Immigrant peers and English language skills
Does the exposure of children to immigrant peers with proficient language skills increase foreign language acquisition? We examine this in the context of Norway, where all students are taught and assessed in English from the beginning of compulsory school. We use this, combined with recent increases in immigration, to investigate the effect of exposure to English-speaking peers on the English language skills of Norwegian children. Exposure increa…
Norwegian (3 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Immigration (2 works) · School Choice and Performance (2 works) · Actuarial science (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work) · Econometrics (1 work)