CORE-statuses and indicators gives you an overview of CORE's research on gender equality in the labour market.
Infographics 2023
- Are Gender Gaps in Education Leaving Less Educated Men Behind in the Labor Market? (.pdf) – Version 2, 18.10.2023
- The Gender Pay Gap Among PhD Holders in Sweden and Norway (.pdf)
- SheFigures Nordic: Women in academia (.pdf)
- Should I Stay or Should I Go? Gender and Career Choices to Exit or Remain in Academia (.pdf)
- Advancing Women’s Representation in Top Academic Positions at Nordic Universities – What Works? (.pdf)
CORE Norwegian Gender Balance Scorecard 2022
CORE – Norwegian Gender Balance Scorecard maps the gender balance of the executive committees and boards of the largest companies in Norway.
CORE Corporate Study
The study examines attitudes, ambitions and conditions for careers among employees of ten large and mid-sized companies in various industries. Nine main findings highlight a paradox: There are equal attitudes and commitment, but gender differences in careers remain.
Academic hiring in Norway: Does excellence include diversity?
The study addresses how gatekeepers evaluate, rank and choose candidates for academic positions, the procedures they follow, and how they navigate within these.
5 Facts about Gender Equality in Norway
Norway is considered one of the most gender-equal countries in the world, but there are still systemic differences that affect the opportunities available to men and women in society.
Gender bias in academic recruitment?
Female professors are underrepresented, but this study shows that female candidates are considered more competent and suitable for permanent employment compared with equally qualified male candidates.
Diversity in academia – what’s the problem?
Diversity has become a positive buzzword. However, the concept often masks ambiguities in terms of who we are talking about, what we are trying to achieve and how we are going to achieve it.
Feminism and attitudes to equality – tendencies towards polarization?
In recent years, a tendency towards increasing equality scepticism and antifeminism has been observed in a number of countries. This is not the case in Norway – on the contrary.
CORE Norwegian Gender Balance Scorecard
Maps the gender balance of the executive committees and boards of the largest companies in Norway.
Women in Finance
Women are in demand in the finance industry, and they get opportunities. Many both can and want to succeed. Nevertheless, some characteristics of the industry explain why women do not reach the top.
SheFigures Scandinavia: Women in academia
What is the status of gender equality in academia in the different Scandinavian countries?
Cleaning: from women’s work to men’s work
The cleaning profession has gone from being among the most female-dominated professions, to getting a significant proportion of male workers – especially with immigrant background.
Economic benefits of women in the workforce
Over the years more and more women har started to work. Now they are almost half of the norwegian workforce. With more female participation the norwegian GDP has raised with over 3 trillion kroner, and could be higher if every women worked full-time.
How does Iceland close the gender pay gap?
This CORE-status provides an overview of the developments and consequences of the Icelandic equal pay standard and examines how the Icelandic standard differs from Norwegian instruments for reducing the gender pay gap.
Parental leave and father's quota
CORE status provides an overview of what we know about parental leave and father's quota.
Gender balance on the top?
To what extent does gender balance vary in top positions between business, academia, public sector and sivil society organizations?
