About
Axel West Pedersen is professor at NOVA and the Department of Social Work, Child Welfare and Social Policy, Oslo Metropolitan University. He is trained as a political scientist at the University of Aarhus and holds a PhD in Political and Social Science from the European University Institute in Florence. Pedersen’s research interests include historical-comparative studies of the development of pension systems, studies of welfare opinion, and studies of the consequences of welfare policies for income inequality and income poverty.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Distribution of Income Security Pension policy Welfare attitudes
Research projects
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Children's Level of Living: The Impact of Family Economy for Children's Lives
The aim of the project was to explore how income influence different aspects of children's lives.
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Coping with Flexibility. Behavioral Adaptations to the New Pension System and their Consequences in a Lifetime Perspective
The aim of this project is to study how people adapt to the reformed pension system. In particular, we look at adaptations to the increasing flexibility offered – both in terms of savings, and in terms of job planning and ways of combining work and pension uptake.
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New Pension System: Legitimacy, Behavioural Effects and Sustainability (PensjonsLAB)
A long-term research contract on the issues of old age pension and labour market activity among seniors financed by The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
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Shades of Grey: Negotiating Age Norms, Class and Gender in the time of Pension Reform
How employers and employees maneuver under the new circumstances in The Norwegian pension reform.
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The work-retirement transition
The project aims to investigate characteristics of the work-retirement transition and the factors contributing to when and how the transition takes place.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Barth, Erling; Moene, Karl Ove (Kalle); Pedersen, Axel West (2021). Rising Inequality in the Egalitarian Nordics. Fischer, Georg; Strauss, Robert (Ed.). Europe's Income, Wealth, Consumption, and Inequality. 6. p. 219-246. Oxford University Press.
Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Pedersen, Axel West
(2020).
Deling av pensjonsrettigheter mellom ektefeller. Hva sier opinionen?.
Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning
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Vol. 61.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2673795
Halrynjo, Sigtona; Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Pedersen, Axel West
(2019).
A woman’s cause? Popular attitudes towards pension credits for childcare in Norway.
European Journal of Social Security (EJSS)
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Vol. 21.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2612441
Bay, Ann-Helén; Hatland, Aksel; Pedersen, Axel West; Terum, Lars Inge (2019). Kapittel 1: Trygd, arbeid og aktivering. Bay, Ann-Helén; Hatland, Aksel; Hellevik, Tale; Terum, Lars Inge (Ed.). Trygd i aktiveringens tid. 1. p. 13-32. Gyldendal Akademisk.
Pedersen, Axel West (2019). Kapittel 14: Trygd og inntektsfordeling. Bay, Ann-Helén; Hatland, Aksel; Hellevik, Tale; Terum, Lars Inge (Ed.). Trygd i aktiveringens tid. 14. p. 269-292. Gyldendal Akademisk.
Koren, Charlotte; Pedersen, Axel West (2019). Kapittel 12: Inntektssikring i alderdommen. Bay, Ann-Helén; Hatland, Aksel; Hellevik, Tale; Terum, Lars Inge (Ed.). Trygd i aktiveringens tid. 12. p. 226-250. Gyldendal Akademisk.
Blekesaune, Morten; Dale-Olsen, Harald; Hellevik, Tale; Pedersen, Axel West (2019). Helsesvikt og arbeidsuførhet. Bay, Ann-Helén; Hatland, Aksel; Hellevik, Tale; Terum, Lars Inge (Ed.). Trygd i aktiveringens tid. Kapittel 10. p. 176-201. Gyldendal Akademisk.
Pedersen, Axel West; Hippe, Jon Mathias; Grødem, Anne Skevik; Sørensen, Ole Beier
(2018).
Trade unions and the politics of occupational pensions in Denmark and Norway.
Transfer - European Review of Labour and Research
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Vol. 24.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2563377
Halvorsen, Elin; Pedersen, Axel West
(2018).
Closing the gender gap in pensions: A microsimulation analysis of the Norwegian NDC pension system.
Journal of European Social Policy
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Vol. 29.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2485206
Pedersen, Axel West
(2017).
Norsk trygdepolitikk i internasjonalt perspektiv.
Stamsø, Mary Ann (Ed.).
Velferdsstaten i endring : Om norsk helse- og sosialpolitikk (3. utg). Kapittel 15. p. 382-401.
Gyldendal Akademisk.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2466212
