Labour Market
Research on labour and working life is a long-standing tradition at the Institute for Social Research.
While the labour market is constantly changing, the goal of the ISF’s labour market research is constant: to contribute high-level empirical research to topics of societal relevance. Our research uses both qualitative and quantitative methods.
Labour market research at the ISF is wide-ranging, including topics such as employment, gender equality and discrimination, diversity in the labour market, sickness absence, and pay differences. In recent years we have also researched issues related to education, welfare, and migration in a labour market perspective. Although a large part of the research is performed on administrative register data, we also use survey data and, more recently, field tests.
Contact
- k.v.salvanes@samfunnsforskning.no
- Phone
- +47 97 02 96 91
Most Recent Labour Market Projects
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Mapping the information and supervision duty Sep. 22, 2026
A project examining how compliance with the rules on the duty of diligence/supervision (påseplikt) and joint and several liability under the general application scheme for collective agreements, is implemented in practice.
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- isf-project
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- labour market
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Work–Family Trade-Offs in Context (TRADE-OFFS) Sep. 11, 2026
Work–Family Trade-Offs in Context: Labor Market Conditions, Gender Differences in Parental Career Trajectories and Family Well-Being
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- isf-project
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- equality and gender
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- labour market
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Academic Careers: Examining the Significance of Socio-Economic Background (ACCESS) June 30, 2026
ACCESS will investigate the relationship between socio-economic background and the recruitment and careers of academic professionals.
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- isf-project
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- education
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- equality and gender
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- labour market