Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Housing Urban studies Social housing Housing economics Program evaluation
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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HOUSINGWEL – Centre for Housing and Welfare Research
HOUSINGWEL aims to be a hub for research on housing and welfare in Norway.
Completed research projects
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A Fair Chance? How Geography Shapes Life Opportunities (FAIR)
The project addresses how the spatial context in which people live during different stages of their lives shape their life prospects and socioeconomic outcomes.
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Disadvantaged in the Housing Market: Effects of Public Interventions (DISADVANTEGED)
This project aims to evaluate all major social housing policy instruments in Norway, aimed at helping disadvantaged individuals to better and more stable housing.
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Housing Market and Housing Policy in Norway – an International Comparison
In this project the researchers compare central features of the Norwegian housing market and housing policy with those of Sweden, Denmark, Austria, UK, the Netherlands and Germany.
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Income Dynamics and Housing Allowances
In this project, we aim to supplement the knowledge of the role non-taxable incomes play in the budgets of low-income receivers of housing allowances.
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Refinancing through the Starter Mortgage Programme – Does it Affect the Subsequent Housing Career?
In this project the researchers investigate how persons who receive refinancing through the starter mortgage programme fare.
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Social Inequality and Housing over the Life Course: Good Choices or Lucky Outcomes?
The project studies the interplay between housing and other dimensions of social inequality.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Aarland, Kristin
; Santiago, Anna Maria
(2023).
Staying Afloat or Going Under: Mortgage Arrears in Norway’s Starter Mortgage Program.
Tidsskrift for boligforskning.
Vol. 6.
https://doi.org/10.18261/tfb.6.1.3
Santiago, Anna Maria; Aarland, Kristin (2023). The Role of Forbearance in Sustaining Low-Income Homeownership: Evidence from Norway’s Public Starter Mortgage Program. Cityscape. Vol. 25.
Aarland, Kristin
; Reid, Carolina K.
(2023).
The impact of refinancing on housing outcomes among lower-income households.
26 p.
International journal of housing policy.
https://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2023.2189866
Aarland, Kristin
; Santiago, Anna Maria
(2023).
Serious Mortgage Arrears among Immigrant Descendant and Native Participants in a Low-Income Public Starter Mortgage Program: Evidence from Norway.
28 p.
Societies.
Vol. 13.
https://doi.org/10.3390/soc13050121
Nordvik, Viggo;
Aarland, Kristin
(2022).
On the Inadequacy of Economics for Understanding Housing Markets–A Pragmatic Response.
5 p.
Housing, Theory and Society.
Vol. 39.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2021.2022751
Aarland, Kristin
; Santiago, Anna Maria; Galster, George; Nordvik, Viggo
(2021).
Childhood Housing Tenure and Young Adult Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Sibling Comparisons in Norway.
23 p.
Journal of Housing Economics.
Vol. 54.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2021.101772
Aarland, Kristin
; Reid, Carolina
(2018).
Homeownership and residential stability: does tenure really make a difference?.
International journal of housing policy.
Vol. 19.
https://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2017.1397927
Aarland, Kristin
;
Osland, Liv Aileen
; Gjestland, Arnstein
(2017).
Do area-based intervention programs affect house prices? A quasi-experimental approach.
Journal of Housing Economics.
Vol. 37.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2017.05.002
Aarland, Kristin ; Suomenrinne-Nordvik, Viggo (2010). Eierlinjen i norsk boligpolitikk - tar boligeiere på seg for stor risiko?. Økonomi & politik. Vol. 4.
Aarland, Kristin
; Nordvik, Viggo
(2009).
On the Path to Homeownership: Money, Family Composition and Low-income Households.
21 p.
Housing Studies.
Vol. 24.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02673030802547439
