Project Aim
The aim of this project is to examine ongoing changes in alternative work arrangements in Norwegian working life since 1995. We will analyze the consequences for employee welfare and inequality, the effect of deregulation on work participation, wages and trade union membership, and the ongoing developments in the legal framework.
Project Approach
In the first part of the project, we will use linked register data and the Labor Force Survey (LFS) data as a new source to examine the development in alternative work arrangements over time and consequences for employees' pay and working conditions.
In the second part of the project, we will study the importance of labor market regulation for the use of alternative work arrangements - and the consequences of deregulation. We will examine whether changes in regulation have affected the proportion of workers with alternative work, and whether these changes have affected the degree of trade union and wage development in different parts of the income distribution.
In the third part, we will look at key aspects of the legal framework: the development of the concept of worker in EU law and the scope of fundamental human rights that can potentially provide protection to workers with alternative employment contracts.
Project Bank – The Research Council of Norway
See also
The Norwegian Institute for Social Research has a number of projects that investigate teams related to atypical labour markets. See, among others:
- Temp Agency Work: Worker Welfare, Organization and Efficiency (TEMPO) (2025–2027),
- Developments in alternative work arrangements (2024–2028),
- EU labor immigration and the organization of work (2023–2027),
- Follow-up evaluation of new provisions on hiring from staffing agencies (2023–2026),
- Developments in alternative work arrangements (2021–2023) and
- Temporary employment and groups with a weak attachment to the labour market (2016–2017)
Privacy Policy Guidance
This project utilizes personal data from individuals who are difficult to contact for the purpose of providing individual information. The data is processed for research purposes, and the legal basis for the processing is the public interest. The project involves the use of ordinary personal data and special categories of personal data, including data revealing health data, racial or ethnic origin and trade union membership. The data is obtained from the following sources: Statistics Norway (SSB) and national data collections. In collaborative research projects, datasets may also be shared with external project participants and their affiliated institutions.
The legality and privacy implications of the personal data processing have been assessed prior to the commencement of the project, which adheres to ethical guidelines for research. The Institute for Social Research is the data controller for the project.
Individuals who can be identified in the dataset have rights and may lodge complaints regarding the processing. Please feel free to contact our Data Protection Officer, the project manager, or the Norwegian Institute for Social Research if you have any questions or require guidance.
Master thesis
Riise, Olav (2022). Å være eller ikke være outsourcet - hva har det å si for lønna? [Master thesis, University of Oslo]. DUO vitenarkiv. http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-97615
Sun, Yumeng (2021). Temporary Work and Immigrant Labor Market Opportunities - An Empirical Analysis of a Temporary Work Reform. [Master thesis, University of Oslo]. DUO vitenarkiv. http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-93688
