About
Tale Hellevik is a senior researcher at the department of Ageing Research and Housing Studies, Norwegian Social Research (NOVA). Her research topics have centered on different aspects of the Norwegian welfare state, including seeing Norwegian welfare arrangements in a comparative perspective. She was in the coordinating team for Nordic Center of Excellence: Reassessing the Nordic Welfare Model. She has also studied the transition to adulthood and parental support. Her postdoc was part of the international project The Timing of Life: Understanding the Consequences of Individualization for the Organization of the Life Course in Europe.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Sociology Political science and organisational theory
Subject areas
Life-evolvement Retirement Aging and work Transition to adulthood Welfare benefits and services Values and attitudes Sickness absence attitudes Attitudes towards immigrants Intergenerational relationships
Research groups
Research projects
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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 6,000 men and women aged 49 years and older.
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ExitAge
The objective of the project is to increase the knowledge about the oldest workers and their experiences, as well as how companies handle work exit and the change in mandatory retirement age.
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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
Mastekaasa, Arne; Dale-Olsen, Harald; Hellevik, Tale; Løset, Gøril Kvamme; Østbakken, Kjersti Misje
(2019).
Gender difference in sickness absence: Do managers evaluate men and women differently with regard to the appropriateness of sickness absence?.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
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http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2635546
Herlofson, Katharina; Hellevik, Tale (2019). Eldre i arbeidslivet – slitenhet og yrkesavgang. Søkelys på arbeidslivet . Vol. 36.
Hellevik, Tale; Hellevik, Ottar; Østbakken, Kjersti Misje
(2019).
Kan det godtas å være hjemme fra jobben selv om en strengt tatt er frisk nok til å gå? Kjønnsforskjeller i synet på «uberettiget» sykefravær.
Søkelys på arbeidslivet
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Vol. 36.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2637832
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.
Bay, Ann-Helén; Hellevik, Tale (2019). Politisk styring. Bay, Ann-Helén; Hatland, Aksel; Hellevik, Tale; Terum, Lars Inge (Ed.). Trygd i aktiveringens tid. Kapittel 7. p. 128-144. Gyldendal Akademisk.
Bay, Ann-Helén; Hatland, Aksel; Hellevik, Tale; Terum, Lars Inge (2019). Trygd i aktiveringens tid. ISBN: 978-82-05-50231-4. 370 p. Gyldendal Akademisk.
Løset, Gøril Kvamme; Dale-Olsen, Harald; Hellevik, Tale; Mastekaasa, Arne; von Soest, Tilmann; Østbakken, Kjersti Misje
(2018).
Gender equality in sickness absence tolerance: Attitudes and norms of sickness absence are not different for men and women.
18 p.
PLOS ONE
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Vol. 13.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2559554
Hellevik, Ottar; Hellevik, Tale
(2017).
Utviklingen i synet på innvandrere og innvandring i Norge.
Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning
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Vol. 58.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/64970
Hellevik, Ottar; Hellevik, Tale (2016). Verdier og verdiutvikling. Frønes, Ivar; Kjølsrød, Lise (Ed.). Det norske samfunn, bind 3. Kapittel 30. p. 58-89. Gyldendal Akademisk.
Hellevik, Tale; Settersten, Richard A. Jr (2013). Life Planning among Young Adults in 23 European Countries: The Effects of Individual and Country Security. European Sociological Review . Vol. 29.
