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Janis Umblijs

Janis Umblijs

Job title
  • Research Director
Visiting address
  • Stensberggata 26, 0170 Oslo
  • Office number: X368
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 925 27 810
  • Office: +47 672 35 996
E-mail
  • janis.umblijs@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

Janis Umblijs is a labour economist with research interests in housing economics, migration, and technological change. He holds a PhD from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and has worked on projects investigating the impact of housing conditions on school results, the integration of refugees in the labour market, discrimination of Norwegian immigrants, and the effects of robotization on wage inequality.

Umblijs has been working as a researcher since 2015, initially as a senior researcher at the Institute for Social Research. He is currently the research director for the Department for Ageing Research and Housing Studies.

Research groups

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

Completed research projects

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Umblijs, Janis ; Østbakken, Kjersti Misje (2025). Sick of Robots — Heterogeneous Effects of Industrial Robots on Sickness Absence. Health Economics.
https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.70010

Barth, Erling; Røed, Marianne; Schøne, Pål; Umblijs, Janis (2025). Winners and losers when firms robotize: wage effects across occupations and education. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12593

Umblijs, Janis ; Schøne, Pål; Finseraas, Henning (2024). Automation and worker organisation. Applied Economics Letters.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2024.2363272

Umblijs, Janis ; Drange, Ida ; Orupabo, Julia (2023). Ethnic Diversity and Firm Performance in Norway. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies. Vol. 13.
https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.137274

Simson, Kristine von ; Umblijs, Janis (2020). Housing conditions and children's school results: evidence from Norwegian register data. International journal of housing policy.
https://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2020.1814190

Simson, Kristine von ; Umblijs, Janis (2019). Vanskeligstilte på boligmarkedet – dynamikk og tilstandsavhengighet. Tidsskrift for boligforskning. Vol. 2.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2535-5988-2019-02-05

Batista, Catia; Umblijs, Janis (2016). Do migrants send remittances as a way of self-insurance?. Oxford Economic Papers. Vol. 68.
https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpv049

Umblijs, Janis ; Batista, Catia (2014). Migration, risk attitudes, and entrepreneurship: evidence from a representative immigrant survey. IZA Journal of Development and Migration. Vol. 3.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40176-014-0017-4



These publications are obtained from Norwegian Research Information Repository. The list may be incomplete.

Research reports

Umblijs, Janis ; Orupabo, Julia; Drange, Ida (2022). Sammenhenger mellom etnisk mangfold og lønnsomhet i norske virksomheter. ISBN: 9788277637242. 190 p. Institutt for samfunnsforskning.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2988146

Umblijs, Janis ; Østbakken, Kjersti Misje; Røed, Marianne (2021). Lønns- og karriereutvikling blant høyt utdannede i Norge, 2004–2019. ISBN: 9788277637051. 81 p. Institutt for samfunnsforskning.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2771058

Barth, Erling; Røed, Marianne; Schøne, Pål; Umblijs, Janis (2020). How Robots Change Within-Firm Wage Inequality. 25 p. IZA Institute of Labor Economics.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5047598

Umblijs, Janis (2020). Kunnskapsoppsummering om deltakelse i arbeidslivet for kvinner med innvandrerbakgrunn. ISBN: 9788277636627. 75 p. Institutt for samfunnsforskning.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2641207

Simson, Kristine von ; Umblijs, Janis (2019). Boforhold og velferd. ISBN: 9788277636191. 91 p. Institutt for samfunnsforskning.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2579826

Umblijs, Janis ; Simson, Kristine von ; Mohn, Ferdinand A (2019). Boligens betydning for annen velferd : en gjennomgang av nasjonal og internasjonal forskning. ISBN: 9788277636177. 85 p. Institutt for samfunnsforskning.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2579810

Røed, Marianne; Schøne, Pål; Umblijs, Janis (2019). Flyktningers deltagelse i arbeid og utdanning, før og etter introduksjonsordningen. ISBN: 9788277636306. 147 p. Institutt for samfunnsforskning.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2597916

Skorge, Øyvind Søraas ; Umblijs, Janis (2017). Lønns- og karriereutvikling blant høyt utdannede i Norge, 2004–2014. 57 p. Institutt for samfunnsforskning.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2445674



These publications are obtained from Norwegian Research Information Repository. The list may be incomplete.

Dissemination

Orupabo, Julia; Umblijs, Janis ; Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen; Hermansen, Are Skeie (2025). Når Fatima bytter navn til Kari, øker lønnen. Vol. Lørdag 8 november.
https://doi.org/https://www.aftenposten.no/meninge

Umblijs, Janis ; Seibicke, Helena (2025). Green Money, Big Impact? Public Sector Investment in Private Sector Environmental R&D. 28th World Congress of the International Political Science Association. International Political Science Association.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3247756

Simson, Kristine von ; Umblijs, Janis (2025). Økonomisk sjokk og boligeie. Bolig- og urbanworkshop. OsloMet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4409550

Evensen, Miriam; Cools, Sara; Schøne, Pål; Umblijs, Janis (2025). Segregation and Neighborhood Concentration of Economic Deprivation. EDUCATION, MARKETS, AND FAMILIES: THE DYNAMICS OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND INEQUALITIES. RC28.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5214407

Drange, Ida ; Umblijs, Janis (2025). Through tick and thin? Labour market responses to spouse’s severe payment problems. Sosiologforeningens vinterseminar. Norsk sosiologforening.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4054799

Umblijs, Janis ; Østbakken, Kjersti Misje (2024). Sick of Robots - Heterogeneous effects of industrial robots on sickness absence. 36th EALE Conference. European Association of Labour Economists .
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4602666

Schøne, Pål; Evensen, Miriam; Umblijs, Janis (2024). Start-Up Loan and School Performance. BOVEL konferanse. BOVEL, NOVA, Oslo met.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3616207

Evensen, Miriam; Cools, Sara; Schøne, Pål; Umblijs, Janis (2024). Segregation and Neighborhood Concentration of Economic Deprivation. BOVEL -konferansen. OsloMet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4316767

Evensen, Miriam; Umblijs, Janis (2024). Start-Up Loan and School Performance. BOVEL konferanse. BOVEL, NOVA, Oslo met.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5101177

Umblijs, Janis ; Hermansen, Are Skeie (2024). Can A New Name Open Closed Doors? Foreign-Sounding Names and Immigrant Earnings. European Association of Labour Economists Conference. European Association of Labour Economists .
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4254286



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