Morten Blekesaune
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 88066 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Morten Blekesaune |
| PRENOMES | Morten |
| SOBRENOME | Blekesaune |
| ASSINATURA | BLEKESAUNE M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Agder |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1649-862X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 421 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1951 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Is Religiosity Related to the Risk of Technology-Induced Job Loss
This study tests a hypothesis that religious individuals are less likely than non-religious individuals to work in occupations associated with a risk of technology-induced job loss due to a general tendency towards risk aversion as well as lower prioritization given to material rewards. It combines data on religiosity from a Norwegian large-scale health survey (HUNT4, 2017‒2019) with assessments of the risks of technology-induced job loss, as ind…
Does the language of instruction in schools affect educational attainments? An empirical analysis of Norwegian students
Does forming a nuclear family increase religiosity? Longitudinal evidence from the British Household Panel Survey
This study investigates how far the nuclear family-in terms of entering cohabitation and marriage and having a first and second child-affects religious salience, religious attendance, and activity in religious organizations. Previous research has shown that religious individuals are more likely to marry, and have higher fertility, than non-religious individuals. Less is known about how far the nuclear family also affects religiosity. This study p…
Does the nuclear family affect social trust? Longitudinal evidence from Germany
While research indicates that social trust might benefit societies’ political and economic development, the sources of social trust are subject to debate. This article investigates a less investigated factor in the development of social trust: how far the nuclear family – that is, partnerships and parenthood – affects trust towards other people. The data are from three waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel study collected between 2003 and 2013…
Human Values and Retirement Experiences
Motivational factors, such as one’s value system, may affect how people cope with the opportunities and challenges of retirement. This article explores the moderating roles of Schwartz’s four basic values (self-enhancement, self-transcendence, openness to change, and conservation) on the magnitude and duration of retirement effects on life satisfaction between two waves (2007 and 2017) of the Norwegian Life course, Ageing and Generation (NorLAG) …
Employment among female immigrants to Europe
This article investigates how cultural factors might affect the employment of female immigrants to Europe. Cultural factors include the characteristics of individual women, their countries of origin in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the European regions where they reside. Data are from the European Social Survey (2002 to 2019) and various international organisations. Employment is predicted by educational level and religiosity, religious comp…
Can ‘Openness-to-change’ and ‘Conservation’ Values Predict the Diffusion of the Internet into European Homes
This study investigated whether openness-to-change values (self-direction and stimulation) and conservation values (security and tradition) could predict the diffusion of the internet into homes by 2014, at the level of 159 European regions. All four value scales were correlated with the diffusion of the internet, after controlling for regional wealth and population density. Self-direction was by far the most consistent predictor of the diffusion…
The effect of bidialectal literacy on school achievement
The Norwegian language has two written standards, Bokmål (majority variety) and Nynorsk (minority variety), and children receive their schooling in one or other of them. Pupils schooled in Nynorsk acquire the Bokmål variety simultaneously through extracurricular exposure and thus develop what may be termed bidialectal literacy. In this study, we correlate, at municipal level, the results from Norwegian standardized national tests in reading, arit…
Placement characteristics and stability
This paper investigates how enhanced support for foster parents, such as covering fees and providing consultants and relief, may reduce the number of replacements experienced by children in foster care. It also investigates the extent to which replacements are associated with family (kin) vs. non‐family foster parents, or with legal characteristics of the placement (i.e. forced administrative decisions vs. relief measures agreed upon by the paren…
Unemployment transitions and self-rated health in Europe
Marital transitions and life satisfaction
This article is based on three waves of data collected by the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT), Norway. It investigates changes in life satisfaction associated with transition both into and out of marital unions (marriages and cohabitations). It provides longitudinal data on life satisfaction for a larger sample ( N=57,446), a longer age span (19-101 years) and over a longer observation period (22 years) than previously published research on th…
Economic Strain and Public Support for Redistribution
Is public support for redistribution affected by the number of people experiencing economic strain in a country? This question is investigated by comparing twenty-eight countries in the fourth round of the European Social Survey 2008–09 using two-level linear regression models. The results show that individuals reporting economic strain support redistribution more strongly than those who do not experience economic strain. Further, individuals liv…
Kjønnsroller og uførepensjonering
Artikkelen undersøker om kvinner med tradisjonelle kjønnsroller går oftere av fra jobb til uførepensjon enn menn og kvinner med sterkere jobborientering. Hypotesen testes med tre sammensatte mål på kvinnelig rolleidentitet: (1) normativ vektlegging på familie og venner, (2) normativ vektlegging på bolig og nærmiljø, og (3) feminitet målt med Bems sex-role inventory (1981), som også kan ses som et mål på empati. Resultatene viser at både feminitet…
Ageing, income and living standards
In Britain, older people have lower average incomes and a higher risk of income poverty than the general population. Older pensioners are more likely to be in poverty than younger ones. Yet certain indicators of their living standards suggest that older people experience less hardship than expected, given their incomes. A possible explanation is that older people convert income into basic living standards at a higher rate than younger people, imp…
Partnership Transitions and Mental Distress
The study uses 15 waves of the British Household Panel Survey and the General Health Questionnaire to investigate changes in mental distress over several years surrounding transitions both into and out of marital partnerships (marriages and cohabitations) using fixed effects models. Entering marital partnerships is associated with reduced distress in separated or divorced individuals but not with those not previously married. Partnership dissolut…
Economic Conditions and Public Attitudes to Welfare Policies
Can changing economic conditions predict changes in public attitudes towards welfare state policies? More specifically, does public support for governmental provision and economic redistribution increase in periods of economic strain and low employment? This has been a popular hypothesis among political commentators but has been subject of limited empirical scrutiny. The hypothesis is tested using data from three waves of the World Values Survey …
Working Conditions and Time Use
What we do when we get home is influenced by what we do at work. In this article I analyse the relationship between market work and domestic activities from the perspectives of economic theories of time use, i.e. the work-leisure model (compares income work versus other activities) and the household production model (compares income work and household work), and sociological theory treating the issue of how leisure activities compensate for work …
Marital Dissolution and Work Disability
This study uses Norwegian administrative data in an analysis of sick leaves and receipt of health-related benefits over a period of five years surrounding marital dissolution. Expanding the literature on the poorer health of divorced compared with married individuals, it examines previously unexplored indicators of poor health and employs data collected at more frequent intervals than most prior studies. Results indicate that the selection of the…
Sexual Satisfaction in Young Adulthood
It has been suggested in several studies that marriage provides the best framework for a sexual relationship. During the past few decades, however, the majority of young singles have maintained a partnered sex life, and marriage has given way to cohabitation as the typical way for heterosexual couples to live together in young adulthood. Taking a longitudinal population-based sample of young Norwegian adults ( n = 2695, age 20-26), we investigate…
Public Attitudes toward Welfare State Policies
Journal Article Public Attitudes toward Welfare State Policies: A Comparative Analysis of 24 Nations Get access Morten Blekesaune, Morten Blekesaune Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jill Quadagno Jill Quadagno Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar European Sociological Review, Volume 19, Issue 5, December 2003, Pages 415–427, https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/19.5.415 Published:…
Youth, unemployment and political marginalisation
The article investigates the impact of being unemployed on political marginalisation among young people. Are unemployed youth politically marginalised compared with employed youth? Is the impact of unemployment on political marginalisation related to the development of the welfare state? Based on Marshall’s concept of social citizenry, and Esping‐Andersen’s theory of decommodification politics, the impact of unemployment on political marginalisat…
The Sawai Laboratory
Previous research has argued that job insecurity can lead to more absence because of a stressor effect as well as to less absence because of a disciplinary effect. This research indicates that the stressor effect is stronger than the disciplinary effect
Public Attitudes toward Welfare State Policies
Journal Article Public Attitudes toward Welfare State Policies: A Comparative Analysis of 24 Nations Get access Morten Blekesaune, Morten Blekesaune Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jill Quadagno Jill Quadagno Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar European Sociological Review, Volume 19, Issue 5, December 2003, Pages 415–427, https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/19.5.415 Published:…
Economic Conditions and Public Attitudes to Welfare Policies
Can changing economic conditions predict changes in public attitudes towards welfare state policies? More specifically, does public support for governmental provision and economic redistribution increase in periods of economic strain and low employment? This has been a popular hypothesis among political commentators but has been subject of limited empirical scrutiny. The hypothesis is tested using data from three waves of the World Values Survey …
Sexual Satisfaction in Young Adulthood
It has been suggested in several studies that marriage provides the best framework for a sexual relationship. During the past few decades, however, the majority of young singles have maintained a partnered sex life, and marriage has given way to cohabitation as the typical way for heterosexual couples to live together in young adulthood. Taking a longitudinal population-based sample of young Norwegian adults ( n = 2695, age 20-26), we investigate…
Partnership Transitions and Mental Distress
The study uses 15 waves of the British Household Panel Survey and the General Health Questionnaire to investigate changes in mental distress over several years surrounding transitions both into and out of marital partnerships (marriages and cohabitations) using fixed effects models. Entering marital partnerships is associated with reduced distress in separated or divorced individuals but not with those not previously married. Partnership dissolut…
Economic Strain and Public Support for Redistribution
Is public support for redistribution affected by the number of people experiencing economic strain in a country? This question is investigated by comparing twenty-eight countries in the fourth round of the European Social Survey 2008–09 using two-level linear regression models. The results show that individuals reporting economic strain support redistribution more strongly than those who do not experience economic strain. Further, individuals liv…
Unemployment transitions and self-rated health in Europe
Marital Dissolution and Work Disability
This study uses Norwegian administrative data in an analysis of sick leaves and receipt of health-related benefits over a period of five years surrounding marital dissolution. Expanding the literature on the poorer health of divorced compared with married individuals, it examines previously unexplored indicators of poor health and employs data collected at more frequent intervals than most prior studies. Results indicate that the selection of the…
Ageing, income and living standards
In Britain, older people have lower average incomes and a higher risk of income poverty than the general population. Older pensioners are more likely to be in poverty than younger ones. Yet certain indicators of their living standards suggest that older people experience less hardship than expected, given their incomes. A possible explanation is that older people convert income into basic living standards at a higher rate than younger people, imp…
Marital transitions and life satisfaction
This article is based on three waves of data collected by the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT), Norway. It investigates changes in life satisfaction associated with transition both into and out of marital unions (marriages and cohabitations). It provides longitudinal data on life satisfaction for a larger sample ( N=57,446), a longer age span (19-101 years) and over a longer observation period (22 years) than previously published research on th…
Youth, unemployment and political marginalisation
The article investigates the impact of being unemployed on political marginalisation among young people. Are unemployed youth politically marginalised compared with employed youth? Is the impact of unemployment on political marginalisation related to the development of the welfare state? Based on Marshall’s concept of social citizenry, and Esping‐Andersen’s theory of decommodification politics, the impact of unemployment on political marginalisat…
Does forming a nuclear family increase religiosity? Longitudinal evidence from the British Household Panel Survey
This study investigates how far the nuclear family-in terms of entering cohabitation and marriage and having a first and second child-affects religious salience, religious attendance, and activity in religious organizations. Previous research has shown that religious individuals are more likely to marry, and have higher fertility, than non-religious individuals. Less is known about how far the nuclear family also affects religiosity. This study p…
Employment among female immigrants to Europe
This article investigates how cultural factors might affect the employment of female immigrants to Europe. Cultural factors include the characteristics of individual women, their countries of origin in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the European regions where they reside. Data are from the European Social Survey (2002 to 2019) and various international organisations. Employment is predicted by educational level and religiosity, religious comp…
Working Conditions and Time Use
What we do when we get home is influenced by what we do at work. In this article I analyse the relationship between market work and domestic activities from the perspectives of economic theories of time use, i.e. the work-leisure model (compares income work versus other activities) and the household production model (compares income work and household work), and sociological theory treating the issue of how leisure activities compensate for work …
Does the nuclear family affect social trust? Longitudinal evidence from Germany
While research indicates that social trust might benefit societies’ political and economic development, the sources of social trust are subject to debate. This article investigates a less investigated factor in the development of social trust: how far the nuclear family – that is, partnerships and parenthood – affects trust towards other people. The data are from three waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel study collected between 2003 and 2013…
Human Values and Retirement Experiences
Motivational factors, such as one’s value system, may affect how people cope with the opportunities and challenges of retirement. This article explores the moderating roles of Schwartz’s four basic values (self-enhancement, self-transcendence, openness to change, and conservation) on the magnitude and duration of retirement effects on life satisfaction between two waves (2007 and 2017) of the Norwegian Life course, Ageing and Generation (NorLAG) …
Placement characteristics and stability
This paper investigates how enhanced support for foster parents, such as covering fees and providing consultants and relief, may reduce the number of replacements experienced by children in foster care. It also investigates the extent to which replacements are associated with family (kin) vs. non‐family foster parents, or with legal characteristics of the placement (i.e. forced administrative decisions vs. relief measures agreed upon by the paren…
The Sawai Laboratory
Previous research has argued that job insecurity can lead to more absence because of a stressor effect as well as to less absence because of a disciplinary effect. This research indicates that the stressor effect is stronger than the disciplinary effect
The Sawai Laboratory
Previous research has argued that job insecurity can lead to more absence because of a stressor effect as well as to less absence because of a disciplinary effect. This research indicates that the stressor effect is stronger than the disciplinary effect
Youth, unemployment and political marginalisation
The article investigates the impact of being unemployed on political marginalisation among young people. Are unemployed youth politically marginalised compared with employed youth? Is the impact of unemployment on political marginalisation related to the development of the welfare state? Based on Marshall’s concept of social citizenry, and Esping‐Andersen’s theory of decommodification politics, the impact of unemployment on political marginalisat…
Sexual Satisfaction in Young Adulthood
It has been suggested in several studies that marriage provides the best framework for a sexual relationship. During the past few decades, however, the majority of young singles have maintained a partnered sex life, and marriage has given way to cohabitation as the typical way for heterosexual couples to live together in young adulthood. Taking a longitudinal population-based sample of young Norwegian adults ( n = 2695, age 20-26), we investigate…
Public Attitudes toward Welfare State Policies
Journal Article Public Attitudes toward Welfare State Policies: A Comparative Analysis of 24 Nations Get access Morten Blekesaune, Morten Blekesaune Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jill Quadagno Jill Quadagno Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar European Sociological Review, Volume 19, Issue 5, December 2003, Pages 415–427, https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/19.5.415 Published:…
Working Conditions and Time Use
What we do when we get home is influenced by what we do at work. In this article I analyse the relationship between market work and domestic activities from the perspectives of economic theories of time use, i.e. the work-leisure model (compares income work versus other activities) and the household production model (compares income work and household work), and sociological theory treating the issue of how leisure activities compensate for work …
Marital Dissolution and Work Disability
This study uses Norwegian administrative data in an analysis of sick leaves and receipt of health-related benefits over a period of five years surrounding marital dissolution. Expanding the literature on the poorer health of divorced compared with married individuals, it examines previously unexplored indicators of poor health and employs data collected at more frequent intervals than most prior studies. Results indicate that the selection of the…
Economic Conditions and Public Attitudes to Welfare Policies
Can changing economic conditions predict changes in public attitudes towards welfare state policies? More specifically, does public support for governmental provision and economic redistribution increase in periods of economic strain and low employment? This has been a popular hypothesis among political commentators but has been subject of limited empirical scrutiny. The hypothesis is tested using data from three waves of the World Values Survey …
Partnership Transitions and Mental Distress
The study uses 15 waves of the British Household Panel Survey and the General Health Questionnaire to investigate changes in mental distress over several years surrounding transitions both into and out of marital partnerships (marriages and cohabitations) using fixed effects models. Entering marital partnerships is associated with reduced distress in separated or divorced individuals but not with those not previously married. Partnership dissolut…
Ageing, income and living standards
In Britain, older people have lower average incomes and a higher risk of income poverty than the general population. Older pensioners are more likely to be in poverty than younger ones. Yet certain indicators of their living standards suggest that older people experience less hardship than expected, given their incomes. A possible explanation is that older people convert income into basic living standards at a higher rate than younger people, imp…
Kjønnsroller og uførepensjonering
Artikkelen undersøker om kvinner med tradisjonelle kjønnsroller går oftere av fra jobb til uførepensjon enn menn og kvinner med sterkere jobborientering. Hypotesen testes med tre sammensatte mål på kvinnelig rolleidentitet: (1) normativ vektlegging på familie og venner, (2) normativ vektlegging på bolig og nærmiljø, og (3) feminitet målt med Bems sex-role inventory (1981), som også kan ses som et mål på empati. Resultatene viser at både feminitet…
Economic Strain and Public Support for Redistribution
Is public support for redistribution affected by the number of people experiencing economic strain in a country? This question is investigated by comparing twenty-eight countries in the fourth round of the European Social Survey 2008–09 using two-level linear regression models. The results show that individuals reporting economic strain support redistribution more strongly than those who do not experience economic strain. Further, individuals liv…
Placement characteristics and stability
This paper investigates how enhanced support for foster parents, such as covering fees and providing consultants and relief, may reduce the number of replacements experienced by children in foster care. It also investigates the extent to which replacements are associated with family (kin) vs. non‐family foster parents, or with legal characteristics of the placement (i.e. forced administrative decisions vs. relief measures agreed upon by the paren…
Unemployment transitions and self-rated health in Europe
Marital transitions and life satisfaction
This article is based on three waves of data collected by the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT), Norway. It investigates changes in life satisfaction associated with transition both into and out of marital unions (marriages and cohabitations). It provides longitudinal data on life satisfaction for a larger sample ( N=57,446), a longer age span (19-101 years) and over a longer observation period (22 years) than previously published research on th…
The effect of bidialectal literacy on school achievement
The Norwegian language has two written standards, Bokmål (majority variety) and Nynorsk (minority variety), and children receive their schooling in one or other of them. Pupils schooled in Nynorsk acquire the Bokmål variety simultaneously through extracurricular exposure and thus develop what may be termed bidialectal literacy. In this study, we correlate, at municipal level, the results from Norwegian standardized national tests in reading, arit…
Can ‘Openness-to-change’ and ‘Conservation’ Values Predict the Diffusion of the Internet into European Homes
This study investigated whether openness-to-change values (self-direction and stimulation) and conservation values (security and tradition) could predict the diffusion of the internet into homes by 2014, at the level of 159 European regions. All four value scales were correlated with the diffusion of the internet, after controlling for regional wealth and population density. Self-direction was by far the most consistent predictor of the diffusion…
Does the nuclear family affect social trust? Longitudinal evidence from Germany
While research indicates that social trust might benefit societies’ political and economic development, the sources of social trust are subject to debate. This article investigates a less investigated factor in the development of social trust: how far the nuclear family – that is, partnerships and parenthood – affects trust towards other people. The data are from three waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel study collected between 2003 and 2013…
Human Values and Retirement Experiences
Motivational factors, such as one’s value system, may affect how people cope with the opportunities and challenges of retirement. This article explores the moderating roles of Schwartz’s four basic values (self-enhancement, self-transcendence, openness to change, and conservation) on the magnitude and duration of retirement effects on life satisfaction between two waves (2007 and 2017) of the Norwegian Life course, Ageing and Generation (NorLAG) …
Employment among female immigrants to Europe
This article investigates how cultural factors might affect the employment of female immigrants to Europe. Cultural factors include the characteristics of individual women, their countries of origin in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the European regions where they reside. Data are from the European Social Survey (2002 to 2019) and various international organisations. Employment is predicted by educational level and religiosity, religious comp…
Does forming a nuclear family increase religiosity? Longitudinal evidence from the British Household Panel Survey
This study investigates how far the nuclear family-in terms of entering cohabitation and marriage and having a first and second child-affects religious salience, religious attendance, and activity in religious organizations. Previous research has shown that religious individuals are more likely to marry, and have higher fertility, than non-religious individuals. Less is known about how far the nuclear family also affects religiosity. This study p…
Is Religiosity Related to the Risk of Technology-Induced Job Loss
This study tests a hypothesis that religious individuals are less likely than non-religious individuals to work in occupations associated with a risk of technology-induced job loss due to a general tendency towards risk aversion as well as lower prioritization given to material rewards. It combines data on religiosity from a Norwegian large-scale health survey (HUNT4, 2017‒2019) with assessments of the risks of technology-induced job loss, as ind…
Does the language of instruction in schools affect educational attainments? An empirical analysis of Norwegian students
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