Uni Research Rokkansenteret: Recent submissions
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Mellom «non-intervention» og «samfundsvillie». Statleg og kommunal regulering av økonomisk verksemd i Norge på 1800-talet
(25-2002, Working paper, 2002-12)In Norway, the discussion of which economic activities that should be private and which public started in the middle of the 19th century, a discussion linked to the breakthrough of a modern economic system in the country. ... -
Mål- og resultatstyring gjennom statlige budsjettreformer
(7-2002, Working paper, 2002-07)The application of the principles of accounting for results in financial management reforms in Norwegian central government in the 1980s and 1990s is discussed in this paper. This discussion is based on two studies of how ... -
Hovedtyper av valgordninger. Proporsjonalitet eller politisk styring?
(26-2002, Working paper, 2002-12)This article maps the principal types of electoral systems in use, and their effects on the political system. The crucial questions are: What matters when it comes to the degree of proportionality? And, do systems of ... -
Den globale produksjonen av symbol og kunnskap. Verdsflukt og verdsherredømme
(Notat (Globaliseringsprogrammet), Working paper, 2002-09)Global production of cultural symbol and knowledge World flight and World mastery: This is an outline of how global production of cultural symbols and specialized knowledge are transforming basic experiences of illness and ... -
Keeping Nurses at Work: A Duration Analysis
(6-2002, Working paper, 2002-06)A shortage of nurses is currently a problem in several countries, and an important question is therefore how one can increase the supply of nursing labour. In this paper we focus on the issue of nurses leaving the public ... -
Fritt sykehusvalg. En teoretisk analyse av konkurranse i det norske sykehusmarkedet
(5-2002, Working paper, 2002-06)Upon the introduction of free choice of hospitals in January 2001, an internal market was formed among the public hospitals in Norway. The hospitals can attract patients through various means. Several studies show that the ... -
Spiller det noen rolle? - om hverdagen på nye og gamle sykehjem
(4-2002, Working paper, 2002-06)Does it matter? – everyday life in new and old nursing homes: Public care for the elderly in Norway is restructured in attempts to make their services more efficient. The goal is to fulfil the needs and wishes of the elderly ... -
Europeanization of Public Administration: Effects of the EU on the Central Administration in the Nordic States
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-11)This paper examines the Europeanization of the Public Administration in the Nordic countries and explores the apparent similarities and differences of the changes in the central administration due to EU and EEA membership. ... -
Teknologi og demokrati. Med norske kommuner på nett!
(29-2002, Working paper, 2002-12)This study, supported by the ministry of Local Government and Regional development, maps the way in which Norwegian municipalities use ICT in local democracy. New information and communication technologies have been ... -
Mangfold eller konformitet? Likheter og forskjeller innenfor og mellom fem statlige tilknytningsformer
(10-2002, Working paper, 2002-08)In a study that focuses on how different values and considerations are attached weight to in organisations with different forms of association to the Norwegian central state, we found that economic values and considerations ... -
Kommunaliseringsprosessen i Århus 1850-1940
(31-2002, Working paper, 2002-12)This paper discusses the relationship in conduct and organisation between private and municipal works in Århus, Denmark from 1850 to ca. 1940. It outlines the historical background of this Danish city community, where ... -
Hierarchy and Specialization. On Institutional Integration of Higher Education Systems
(16-2002, Working paper, 2002-10)Over the last decades higher education systems in much of the Western world have become more integrated. Whilst public authorities have had to develop strategies for how higher education systems should be organized, higher ... -
Tid, situasjonisme og institusjonell utakt i systemer
(8-2002, Working paper, 2002-07)Time, Situationalism and Institutional Asynchronism in Systems: The article discuss the relationship between time and situationalism, institutions and systems, with the classic question of social change as an undercurrent ... -
Globalisation and Union Opposition to Technological Change
(27-2004, Working paper, 2004-12)We find that trade unions have a rational incentive to oppose the adoption of labour-saving technology when labour demand is inelastic and unions care much for employment relative to wages. Trade liberalisation typically ... -
Europeisering av tilsynsmyndigheter i Norge og Sverige
(4-2004, Working paper, 2004-03)This paper examines how regulatory agencies in Norway and Sweden adapt to the European Union in the 1990s. The paper is based on comparative studies of the competition authorities, the pharmaceutical control autorities and ... -
Politisk styring og privatisering: holdninger i elitene og befolkningen
(1-2003, Working paper, 2003-03)This paper focuses on attitudes on political control of state owned companies and on privatization. Do the citizens and the elites in Norway agree on these issues? To what degree do the attitudes vary with demographic ... -
A Panel Data Study of Physicians’ Labor Supply: The Case of Norway
(3-2003, Working paper, 2003-03)Physicians are key personnel in a sector which is important due to its size as well as the quality of service it provides. We estimate the labor supply of physicians employed at hospitals in Norway, using personnel register ... -
Kompetansemåling eller voksenutdanning i pleie- og omsorgsfagene? Underveisrapport fra en studie av pleie- og omsorgsutdanningene
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Kontrollhensyn og kontrollpraksis. En studie av Food and Veterinary Office (FVO)
(12-2003, Working paper, 2003-08)The establishment of the Internal Market in 1992 marked the starting point of a political and theoretical debate concerning the implementation and application of European law, a debate that has been labelled the «new ... -
Unionised Oligopoly, Trade Liberalisation and Location Choice
(3-2003, Working paper, 2003-03)In a two-country reciprocal dumping model, with one country unionized, we analyze how wage setting and firm location are influenced by trade liberalization. We show that trade liberalization can induce FDI, which is at ...