Class

A fit body gives men career advantages

Lisa M. B. Sølvberg has interviewed ten Norwegian upper class men about body, nutrition and physical activity. According to her, leaders’ views on physical exercise may affect whom they choose to employ.

Raise their sons to become better men in order to ensure equal lives for their daughters

Norwegian-Pakistani mothers who never got the chance to realise their ambitions on the job market have other plans for their own daughters. This particularly affects the way they raise their sons.

“Heart disease is the number one killer of women in Norway”

More research is carried out on breast cancer than on women’s heart attack. Even though heart attack kills more women.

The history of Norwegian equality

During the course of 200 years, a European ideal concerning equality gradually became a Norwegian export commodity. The fight for equal rights was not necessarily, however, what led Norway to being at the forefront of equality. The liberalisation of the economy was just as important, according to a new book celebrating Norwegian history of equality from 1814-2013.

Class more important than gender for school performance

There is no doubt that boys and girls perform differently at school. But simply looking at gender in order to understand why is not enough.

Rich boys more competitive in economic experiments

Why do we make the choices that we do? Are we born this way or have we become this way? Behavioural economists look for answers through economic and math experiments in the laboratory.

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