About
Hanna Vangen is a researcher at the department of Ageing Research and Housing Studies, at Norwegian Social Research (NOVA). She has a PhD in Social Work and Social Policy from Oslo Metropolitan University. Her research interests include elder care, family care and labour market participation in senior years.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Aging Life-evolvement Care-taking of elders Informal care Combining work and care Aging and the welfare state Old people
Research groups
Research projects
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A Multidimensional Approach to Social Exclusion in Later Life – Health Consequences for Ageing Populations (AMASE)
The overall aim of the project is to enhance research-based knowledge on the multidimensional nature of old age social exclusion and its consequences for health and to identify conditions that minimize social exclusion of disadvantaged groups.
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ACCESS Life Course Database: Upgrade and Expansion
Through the ACCESS Upgrade infrastructure, researchers and students will gain access to updated and upgraded longitudinal life course data for more than 11,000 men and women born between 1922 and 1966.
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Family Care and Labour Market Participation in Senior Years (FamLab)
The main research question in this project is: What characterizes the interplay between labour market participation and engagement in family care for men and women with parents in need of care, and what are the conditions affecting adjustments within the two spheres?
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The Norwegian Life Course, Ageing and Generation Study (NorLAG)
A multidisciplinary and longitudinal study that includes data on well-being, health, work, care, and family relations in the second half of life (age 40+).
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Vangen, Hanna; Herlofson, Katharina
(2023).
Why care? How filial responsibility norms and relationship quality matter for subsequent provision of care to ageing parents.
Ageing & Society.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X23000235
Vangen, Hanna; Hellevik, Tale; Herlofson, Katharina
(2021).
Associations between paid and unpaid work among Norwegian seniors: competition, complementarity or continuity?.
European Journal of Ageing.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-021-00615-9
Veenstra, Marijke; Herlofson, Katharina; Aartsen, Marja; Hansen, Thomas; Hellevik, Tale; Henriksen, Gry; Løset, Gøril Kvamme; Vangen, Hanna
(2021).
Cohort Profile: The Norwegian Life Course, Ageing and Generation Study (NorLAG).
11 p.
International Journal of Epidemiology.
Vol. 50.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaa280
Vangen, Hanna
(2020).
The Impact of Informal Caregiving on Labour Supply Before and After a Parent’s Death.
Journal of Population Ageing.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12062-020-09279-2
