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Jon Ivar Elstad

Jon Ivar Elstad

Job title
  • Research Professor emeritus
Visiting address
  • Stensberggata 26, 0170 Oslo
  • Office number: X278
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 958 12 548
  • Office: +47 672 38 037
E-mail
  • jon.i.elstad@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

Graduated in sociology, worked in social research since 1981, PhD in 2000. Main research areas: Social inequalities in health, theories of class, children's level of living, the impact of The Great Recession on population health and access to health care in Europe, health care utilization among migrants, the role of genetics in social research, the impact of family income on school results, etc.

For descriptions of participation in research projects and an overview over recent publications: See CV.

Field of study

Social inequalities and health   Socioeconomic inequality   Living conditions of children   Social epidemiology

Research groups

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

Completed research projects

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Heggebø, Kristian ; Elstad, Jon Ivar (2024). Health-related exit from employment before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway: Analysis of population-wide register data 2013–2021. SSM - Population Health. Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101598

Elstad, Jon Ivar ; Heggebø, Kristian ; Pedersen, Axel West (2023). Lønner det seg å jobbe? Inntektsutvikling blant stønadsmottakere som øker sin arbeidsdeltakelse. Søkelys på arbeidslivet.
https://doi.org/10.18261/spa.40.2.3

Elstad, Jon Ivar ; Heggebø, Kristian (2023). Economic preconditions for full citizenship: Refugees’ economic incorporation into the Norwegian welfare state. Takle, Marianne; Vedeler, Janikke Solstad; Schoyen, Mi Ah; Bøhler, Kjetil Klette; Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir (Ed.). Citizenship and Social Exclusion at the Margins of the Welfare State. p. 148-161. Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003347279-13

Elstad, Jon Ivar ; Heggebø, Kristian ; Dahl, Espen (2022). Nordic research on health inequalities: A scoping review of empirical studies published in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2000–2021. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. Vol. 50.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948221101304

Gauffin, Karl; Heggebø, Kristian ; Elstad, Jon Ivar (2021). Precariousness in Norway and Sweden: a comparative register-based study of longstanding precarious attachment to the labour market 1996–2015. European Societies. Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2021.1882685

Elstad, Jon Ivar ; Vabø, Mia (2021). Lack of recognition at the societal level heightens turnover considerations among Nordic eldercare workers: a quantitative analysis of survey data. BMC Health Services Research. Vol. 21.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06734-4

Elstad, Jon Ivar ; Heggebø, Kristian (2021). ‘Crowded out’? Immigration Surge and Residents’ Employment Outcomes in Norway1. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies. Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.122596

Elstad, Jon Ivar (2021). Will more education work? Economic marginalization and educational inequalities across birth cohorts 1955-1980. Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir; Takle, Marianne; Britt, Slagsvold (Ed.). Generational Tensions and Solidarity Within Advanced Welfare States. p. 111-129. Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003129592

Dahl, Espen ; Elstad, Jon Ivar ; Hermansen, Åsmund ; Wel, Kjetil A. van der (2021). Uførhet og dødsrisiko i arbeiderklassen - Hva betyr arbeidsmiljø og arbeidsforhold?. Ljunggren, Jørn; Hansen, Marianne Nordli (Ed.). Arbeiderklassen. p. 275-291. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4442633

Elstad, Jon Ivar ; Heggebø, Kristian (2020). ‘Crowded out’? Immigration Surge and Residents’ Employment Outcomes in Norway. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies.
https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.122596



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Research reports

Dahl, Espen ; Elstad, Jon Ivar (2022). Sosial ulikhet tar liv - faglige og folkehelsepolitiske vurderinger. 31 p. Nasjonalforeningen for folkehelsen.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4220330

Elstad, Jon Ivar (2021). Hva skyldes kommuneforskjellene? En analyse av arbeidsdeltakelsen blant flyktninger og familiegjenforente innvandrere fra Afrika og Midtøsten. ISBN: 9788278947869. 57 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2774588

Arntzen, Anett; Bøe, Tormod; Dahl, Espen ; Drange, Nina Eirin; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Elstad, Jon Ivar ; Fosse, Elisabeth Minda; Krokstad, Steinar; Syse, Astrid; Sletten, M Aaboen; Strand, Bjørn Heine (2018). Anbefalte tiltak mot sosial ulikhet I helse. Fagrådet for sosial ulikhet i helse. 24 p. Helsedirektoratet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4738965

Elstad, Jon Ivar ; Finnvold, Jon Erik ; Texmon, Inger (2015). Bruk av sykehus og spesialisthelsetjenester blant innbyggere med norsk og utenlandsk bakgrunn. NOVA Rapport 10/2015. ISBN: 9788278945629. 153 p. NOVA, Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4674487

Elstad, Jon Ivar (2014). The hierarchical diffusion model and the changing patterns in health-related habits in Norway since the 1970s. 20 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4640411

Elstad, Jon Ivar (2014). To analyser for prosjektet «Sosial ulikhet i helse: en kunnskapsoversikt». 12 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3426022

Bakken, Anders ; Elstad, Jon Ivar (2012). For store forventninger? Kunnskapsløftet og ulikhetene i grunnskolekarakterer. ISBN: 9788278944264. 277 p. Norsk institutt for forskning om oppvekst, velferd og aldring.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4808335

Elstad, Jon Ivar (2011). Hva er det med Arendal og Ålesund - og Oslo? Om dødelighetsforskjeller mellom norske byområder. ISBN: 9788278943922. 129 p. NOVA Notat.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5019528

Elstad, Jon Ivar (2010). Datakvalitet i Ung i Oslo 2006. Kommentarer og vurderinger. ISBN: 9788278943274. 60 p. NOVA.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3291558

Elstad, Jon Ivar ; Koløen, Kristine (2009). Utdanningsforskjeller i helserelatert atferd - like store over hele landet?. ISBN: 9788278943199. 60 p. NOVA.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/5216



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Dissemination

Heggebø, Kristian ; Dahl, Espen ; Elstad, Jon Ivar ; Wel, Kjetil A. van der (2026). Fem uklarheter om sykefraværet i Norge.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5361544

Elstad, Jon Ivar ; Heggebø, Kristian ; Dahl, Espen (2025). Hvordan varierer dødsrisiko med sykefraværenes lengde?. Trygdeforskningsseminaret. SAM/AFI/NOVA, OsloMet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5327586

Elstad, Jon Ivar ; Heggebø, Kristian ; Dahl, Espen (2024). Local economic inequality and mortality: Too little within-unit variation for fixed effects analysis?. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948241259914

Wel, Kjetil A. van der ; Heggebø, Kristian ; Dahl, Espen ; Elstad, Jon Ivar (2024). Høyt sykefravær – hva er problemet?.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4479097

Elstad, Jon Ivar ; Heggebø, Kristian (2024). «Fattigdom går i arv» – treffende diagnose eller villedende slagord?. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. Vol. 27.
https://doi.org/10.18261/tfv.27.2.5

Elstad, Jon Ivar ; Pedersen, Axel West ; Gimmestad, Johnny (2023). Arbeidslinja knaker i sammenføyningene.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3589993

Pedersen, Axel West ; Elstad, Jon Ivar (2023). Taper penger på å jobbe.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4298749

Heggebø, Kristian ; Elstad, Jon Ivar (2023). Accelerating cumulative disadvantages or the great equalizer? Health-related exit from employment before and during a crisis - lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway. Sosiologforeningens Vinterseminar. Norsk sosiologforening.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4447241

Elstad, Jon Ivar (2023). Lønner det seg å jobbe?. Lunsj-seminar. Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4898374

Elstad, Jon Ivar (2023). Bydelsulikhetene i helse i Oslo. Medlemsmøte Hovin Rotary. Hovin Rotary, referanse Nils O. Bredvold <n-ovebr@online.no>.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4275221



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