• Age as a merit in admission decisions for higher education 

      Sandsør, Astrid Marie Jorde; Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth; Bøckmann, Ester (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This paper uses register data to study how a particular age reward feature affects admission into two highly competitive study programs: medicine and law. The Norwegian admission system to higher education is centralized, ...
    • Do welfare counsellors help at-risk upper secondary school students? 

      Salvanes, Kari Vea; Reiling, Rune Borgan; Sandsør, Astrid Marie Jorde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Counselling is considered to be an important policy tool to prevent early school leaving, yet little is known about the effect of counselling on student outcomes. We investigate the effect of a novel type of counselling ...
    • The effect of central government grants on local educational policy 

      Reiling, Rune Borgan; Salvanes, Kari Vea; Sandsør, Astrid Marie Jorde; Strøm, Bjarne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The use of intergovernmental grants in educational policies may give rise to a conflict between gains attributable to local flexibility and the central government’s intention to narrow gaps in school spending and resource ...
    • Jack-of-all-subjects? The association between individual grade variance and educational attainment 

      Sandsør, Astrid Marie Jorde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This paper uses detailed register information on students in lower secondary school in Norway to study the importance of the second moment of individual grade distribution: grade variance. Students receive discrete-value ...
    • Long-run effects of local government mergers on educational attainment and income 

      Sandsør, Astrid Marie Jorde; Falch, Torberg; Strøm, Bjarne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Local government mergers are an important policy issue in many countries, yet empirical evidence of the effects of merging and of local government size on the production and quality of local public services is scarce. We ...
    • Long-run effects of local government mergers on educational attainment and income 

      Sandsør, Astrid Marie Jorde; Falch, Torberg; Strøm, Bjarne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Local government mergers are an important policy issue in many countries, yet empirical evidence of the effects of merging and of local government size on the production and quality of local public services is scarce. We ...
    • Pre-analysis plan: The Effect of Small Group Instruction in Mathematics for Pupils in Lower Elementary School 

      Bonesrønning, Hans; Finseraas, Henning; Hardoy, Ines; Vaag Iversen, Jon Marius; Nyhus, Ole Henning; Opheim, Vibeke; Salvanes, Kari Vea; Sandsør, Astrid Marie Jorde; Schøne, Pål (Research report, 2018)
    • Small-Group Instruction to Improve Student Performance in Mathematics in Early Grades: Results from a Randomized Field Experiment 

      Bonesrønning, Hans; Finseraas, Henning; Hardoy, Ines; Iversen, Jon Marius Vaag; Nyhus, Ole Henning; Opheim, Vibeke; Salvanes, Kari Vea; Sandsør, Astrid Marie Jorde; Schøne, Pål (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      We investigate whether small-group instruction improves student performance in mathematics in the early grades using a large-scale RCT covering 159 Norwegian schools over four years. The students − 7–9 years old - are ...
    • Tverrfaglig samarbeid – da NAV flyttet inn i videregående skoler 

      Reiling, Rune Borgan; Salvanes, Kari Vea; Sandsør, Astrid Marie Jorde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Forsøksordningen med NAV-veiledere i videregående skole er en nyere ordning hvor det ble etablert et formelt samarbeid mellom videregående skoler og NAV for å hjelpe utsatte elever. Vi undersøker om ordningen har bidratt ...
    • Utdanning som arbeidsrettet tiltak for ungdom med redusert arbeidsevne 

      Salvanes, Kari Vea; Reiling, Rune Borgan; Sandsør, Astrid Marie Jorde (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Denne artikkelen undersøker virkninger av utdanning som arbeidsmarkedstiltak for unge med nedsatte arbeidsevner. Fra og med 1. januar 2004 ble nedre aldersgrense for å få støtte til kvalifisering i det ordinære utdanningssystemet ...