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Maria Forthun Hoen

Labor economist with special interest on gender and immigration

Maria Forthun Hoen has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Oslo and the Frisch Centre. Her research is mainly focused on the labor market, with a special interest in gender differences in pay and labor market outcomes, alternative work arrangements, responses to and effects of technological change and occupational restructuring, and effects of immigration and immigrants’ labor market careers. She is currently leading a project on gender differences in pay for equal work and work og equal value.

The main article (single authored) from the doctoral thesis was published as Immigration and the Tower of Babel: Using language barriers to identify individual labor market effects of immigration in the journal Labour Economics.

Publications

  • Hoen, Maria Forthun (2024). Entreprenørskap blant innvandrere – veien til suksess? Søkelys på arbeidslivet. 41(1), p. 1–18. doi: 10.18261/spa.41.1.2. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hoen, Maria Forthun; Røed, Knut & Markussen, Simen (2021). Immigration and Economic Mobility. Journal of Population Economics. doi: 10.1007/s00148-021-00851-4. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hoen, Maria Forthun (2020). Immigration and the Tower of Babel: Using language barriers to identify individual labor market effects of immigration. Labour Economics. 65. doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101834. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hoen, Maria Forthun; Markussen, Simen & Røed, Knut (2019). Innvandring og sosial mobilitet. Svar til kritikerne. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning (TfS). 60(3), p. 309–320. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-291X-2019-03-09. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Bensnes, Simon Søbstad; Cools, Sara; Hoen, Maria Forthun & Strøm, Marte (2026). Regelendring for innleie fra bemanningsforetak 2023: konsekvenser for ansatte og innleieforetak. Sluttrapport. Institutt for samfunnsforskning. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bensnes, Simon Søbstad; Cools, Sara; Flaarønning, Trond; Hoen, Maria Forthun & Strøm, Marte (2025). Ett år etter innstramming: følgeevaluering av regelendringen for innleie fra bemanningsforetak. Delrapport. Institutt for samfunnsforskning. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hoen, Maria Forthun; Reisel, Liza; Rogne, Adrian Farner & Salvanes, Kari Vea (2024). Ulik lønn for likt arbeid? Lønnsforskjeller mellom kvinner og menn, 2015–2022. Institutt for samfunnsforskning. Full text in Research Archive
  • Liden, Hilde; Damsa, Dorina; Brekke, Jan-Paul & Hoen, Maria Forthun (2024). Trøblete utenlandsopphold. Barn og unge voksne tilbakeholdt i utlandet: fenomenforståelse og oppfølging. Institutt for samfunnsforskning. Full text in Research Archive
  • Liden, Hilde; Evertsen, Kathinka Fossum; Brekke, Jan-Paul & Hoen, Maria Forthun (2024). Kvinner og deres barn holdt tilbake mot sin vilje i utlandet. Fenomenforståelse og mulig bistand. Institutt for samfunnsforskning. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cools, Sara; Hoen, Maria Forthun & Strøm, Marte (2023). Atypisk arbeid blant personer med lav inntekt i Norge, 1997–2021. Institutt for samfunnsforskning. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cools, Sara; Hoen, Maria Forthun & Strøm, Marte (2023). Atypisk arbeid som hovedtilknytning i arbeidslivet 1995–2021: Omfang, arbeidsvilkår og overganger til fast arbeid. Institutt for samfunnsforskning. Full text in Research Archive
  • Flaarønning, Trond; Hoen, Maria Forthun & Strøm, Marte (2021). Utsetting og atypisk arbeid i foretak: Sammenheng med lønnsomhet, lønn og direkte ansettelser i perioden 2005–2019. Institutt for samfunnsforskning. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hoen, Maria Forthun; Markussen, Simen & Røed, Knut (2018). Immigration and Social Mobility. IZA discussion paper 11904. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hoen, Maria Forthun (2016). Occupational crosswalk, data, and language requirements. Frischsenteret. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hoen, Maria Forthun (2012). The Golden Interest Rule. Norges Bank. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Hoen, Maria Forthun; Bensnes, Simon; Schmieder, Johannes; Schoefer, Benjamin & Strøm, Marte (2026). The Effects of Banning Outsourcing: The 2023 Restriction of Temp Agency Hiring in the Construction Sector in Oslo. Full text in Research Archive
  • Schmieder, Johannes; Bensnes, Simon; Hoen, Maria Forthun; Schoefer, Benjamin & Strøm, Marte (2026). The Effects of Banning Outsourcing: The 2023 Restriction of Temp Agency Hiring in the Construction Sector in Oslo. Full text in Research Archive
  • Strøm, Marte; Bensnes, Simon; Cools, Sara & Hoen, Maria Forthun (2026). Stabilitet for noen – svekket jobbtilgang for andre. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hoen, Maria Forthun; Reisel, Liza; Rogne, Adrian Farner & Salvanes, Kari Vea (2024). Hva er lønnsforskjellene mellom kvinner og menn? Tallenes tale er uklar. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hoen, Maria Forthun (2023). Regulating temporary agency work - the effect of equal pay legislation on wages and employment opportunities. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hoen, Maria Forthun (2023). Regulating temporary agency work - the effect of equal pay legislation on wages and employment opportunities. Full text in Research Archive
  • Strøm, Marte & Hoen, Maria Forthun (2023). Regulating temporary agency work - the effect of equal pay legislation on wages and employment opportunities. Full text in Research Archive
  • Strøm, Marte; Markussen, Simen & Hoen, Maria Forthun (2023). Regulating temporary agency work - the effect of equal pay legislation on wages. Full text in Research Archive
  • Strøm, Marte; Markussen, Simen & Hoen, Maria Forthun (2023). Regulating temporary agency work - the effect of equal pay legislation on wages. Full text in Research Archive
  • Strøm, Marte; Cools, Sara & Hoen, Maria Forthun (2023). Overganger mellom atypisk arbeid og faste ansettelser. Full text in Research Archive

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