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Does criminalizing the purchase of sex reduce sex-buying? Evidence from a European survey on prostitution
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Whether to criminalize or legalize the purchase of sex has given rise to heated discussions and different policy initiatives. Opponents of the criminalization of sex-buying argue that prohibition pushes the sector underground, ... -
Does direct democracy mean more equal democracy? A study of government responsiveness in advanced democracies
(Master thesis, 2020-06-24)As it constitutes a main feature of contemporary democracy, government responsiveness has provided the basis for large a body of literature, usually finding that public policy tends to reflect the preferences of citizens. ... -
Does national culture matter for organizational culture in institutions of higher education? An Italian university and a Norwegian university compared
(Master thesis, 2012-06-07)The university of today has become an object of study, debate and reflection. Changes in the social sphere, globalization, economic and political trends, all these factors push universities towards new forms and role. ... -
Does performance auditing matter? The government administration’s response to the performance auditing of the Norwegian Office of the Auditor General
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-05-28)The point of departure for this thesis is Michael Power’s provocative proposition in his 1997 book The Audit Society (Power, 1997). There he states that auditing produces only reassurance. This thesis is an empirical ... -
Does policy context matter for citizen engagement in policymaking? Evidence from the European Commission's public consultation regime
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The European Commission has shown efforts to strengthen citizens’ participation in its policy formulation processes through public consultation opportunities. However, we currently lack a systematic analysis of the factors ... -
Does Postponement of First Pregnancy Increase Gender Differences in Sickness Absence? A Register Based Analysis of Norwegian Employees in 1993–2007
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-03-25)Background: From 1970–2012, the average age at first delivery increased from 23.2–28.5 in Norway. Postponement of first pregnancy increases risks of medical complications both during and after pregnancy. Sickness absence ... -
Does Stock and Flow diagrams lead to a better management of credit card ? The case of exponential growth bias. An experimental study
(Master thesis, 2014-06-02)Abstract Exponential growth bias is the tendency to linearize exponential functions. It means that people underestimate the future value of a growing debt in case of borrowing and future value of a growing investment in ... -
Does tree canopy closure moderate the effect of climate warming on plant species composition of temperate Himalayan oak forest?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-09)Question: We ask if there are significant changes in plant species composition after 20 yr of documented temperature increase (~1 °C), and if the temporal changes are different in closed temperate oak forest compared to ... -
Does variation in general practitioner (GP) practice matter for the length of sick leave? A multilevel analysis based on Norwegian GP-patient data
(Journal article, 2010-05)In Norway, as in many countries, the national insurance system is under economic stress from demographic change impacting on the pensions versus contributions balance, and an increasing number of disability and sickness ... -
Doktorsgradsutbildningen i Norge vs i Sverige. – En traditionsbunden eller jämställd rekrytering?
(Master thesis, 2008-08-29)Denna uppsats analyserar rekryteringen till forskarutbildningen i Norge vs i Sverige. Analysen görs på flera nivåer. De båda PhD-utbildningarna kompareras, för att tydliggöra vad som är speciellt och mer generellt vid ... -
Dokumentasjonsrapport om spørreundersøkelsen «Valg av videregående skole», gjennomført i 2023
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Domestic terrorism and government duration -An event history analysis
(Master thesis, 2013-06-03)There are now several studies investigating empirical relationships between that of terrorism, electoral preferences and electoral accountability. However, very little research has been done on the connections between ... -
Domestic violence law in Ghana: analysis of the actors and strategies involved in setting the public policy agenda
(Master thesis, 2009-09-01)Domestic Violence was seen as a private issue in the past in Ghana until the law on Domestic Violence was passed in 2007. However, a research by the Gender Studies and Human Right Documentation Centre in Accra in 1999 ... -
"Don't mess with Texas": A Quantitative Study of Party Polarization, and the Constituencies' Effect on Legislators' Ideology within the Congressional Delegation from Texas in the United States House of Representatives
(Master thesis, 2015-05-31)Since the 1980s there has been a significant increase in polarization between the Republican and Democratic parties in the United States Congress. This thesis looks further into the increase in polarization in the United ... -
Don't send us your waste gases: Public attitudes toward international carbon dioxide transportation and storage in Europe
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Large-scale deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is part of the pathways for limiting global warming to 1.5 °C and yet, negative public perceptions of CCS have challenged the realization of several projects in ... -
Donas da Terra (Female Owners of the Land). Decolonizing historical representations through an ethnography of memories of women of power and authority in Zambezia, Mozambique
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-11-24)This thesis discusses the missing or underrepresented women of power and authority within the written history of Mozambique’s Zambezi region. It argues that several generations of scholars, both within colonial and ... -
Don’t Touch My Constitution! Civil Society Resistance to Democratic Backsliding in Africa's Pluralist Regimes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Analyzing civil society resistance to elite-led democratic backsliding in Africa, the article argues that the non-militant, civil society-based transitions experienced in the 1990s left a legacy of a pro-democracy cleavage ... -
Doomscrolling, Monitoring and Avoiding: News Use in COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This paper analyzes news use during the COVID-19 pandemic, asking how people balance between conflicting needs for information and disconnection in an extraordinary situation. We analyze empirical data from a qualitative ... -
Dos and dont's of Web accessibility legislation
(Master thesis, 2013-11-28)On 21 June 2013 the Norwegian government approved the regulation for the Anti-Discrimination and Accessibility Act (ADA), and new web sites that are aimed the Norwegian public were given one year to become accessible ...