The Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research

Recent papers from The Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research

1. From classroom to apprenticeship: vocational teachers’ pedagogical approaches to apprenticeship preparation in three vocational fields in NorwayEmpirical research in vocational education and training · 2026
2. Disability pension receipt five years after cancer diagnosis: a matched registry study of working-age cancer survivors in NorwayFrontiers in Health Services · 2026
3. Negotiating Agency and Constraints: Experiences of Young Zimbabwean MigrantsYoung · 2026
4. The Limits of Convergence in the Enlarged Europe: Change in Labour Conditions in a Shipbuilder's Sites in Norway and RomaniaBritish Journal of Industrial Relations · 2026
5. Strike, Wage Bargaining and the Cost of ConflictLabour · 2026
6. Sacrificing the Few to Save the Many: The Moral Economy of Resettlement to NorwayRefuge Canada s Journal on Refuge · 2026
7. Industrial relations and sectoral interests: Comparing extension of collective agreements in construction and shipyards in NorwayEconomic and Industrial Democracy · 2026
8. Persistent precarity? Examining refugee resettlement to Norway as a durable solutionJournal of Ethnic and Migration Studies · 2026
9. The Evolution of Vulnerability in Norwegian Refugee Debates: Semantic and Political Changes over Four DecadesRefuge Canada s Journal on Refuge · 2026
10. Breast cancer and long-term employment: A retrospective cohort study from NorwayJournal of public health research · 2026
11. The IMF, Structural Adjustment, and Poverty: A Cross-National Difference-in-Differences Analysis, 1980-2019The Journal of Development Studies · 2026
12. Is religion a barrier to integration? Religiosity, sociocultural integration, and educational attainments among Muslim and non-Muslim immigrant origin youth in NorwayEthnic and Racial Studies · 2026
13. Frontline Experiences of Newly Arrived Refugees in Norway and DenmarkNordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research · 2025
14. Detective Work and Invisible Assessments: Unpacking Discretionary Processes in Welfare Decision‐MakingSocial Policy and Administration · 2025
15. COVID ‐19 Pandemic: A Catalyst for More Comprehensive Unemployment Benefits for the Self‐Employed in Scandinavia?Social Policy and Administration · 2025
16. COVID ‐19 Pandemic: A Catalyst for More Comprehensive Unemployment Benefits for the Self‐Employed in Scandinavia?Social Policy and Administration · 2025
17. Diagnosis acceptance, masking, and perceived benefits and challenges in adults with ADHD and ASD: associations with quality of lifeFrontiers in Psychiatry · 2025
18. Shades of Green: Towards a Typology of Adolescent Cannabis UseContemporary Drug Problems · 2025
19. Deep freezing the labour market through job retention schemes during the pandemic: Exploring contemporary Scandinavian crisis corporatismEconomic and Industrial Democracy · 2025
20. Skills for Digitalization: Employer Strategies for Competence Management in ManufacturingNordic Journal of Working Life Studies · 2025