Arnfinn H. Midtbøen is a Professor of sociology at the University of Oslo. Midtbøen's research interests center on immigration, integration and ethnoracial inequalities, including topics such as labour market discrimination, ethnic identities and belonging, citizenship policies and practices, and incorporation patterns among descendants of immigrants, often combining field and survey experiments with qualitative data. Together with Patrick Simon and Rosita Fibbi, Midtbøen established the IMISCOE...

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
Migration governance
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
Disciplines
Methods
Geographies

Roles

  • University of Oslo

    University, Oslo, Norway
    Professor

  • Institute for Social Research

    Research Institute, Oslo, Norway
    Research Professor

  • University of Oslo

    University, Oslo, Norway
    Associate Professor

  • Institute for Social Research

    Research Institute, Oslo, Norway
    Senior Research Fellow

Research

Are Politicians Biased against Ethnic Minority Candidates? Experimental Evidence from Norway

Authors Magnus Carlsson, Henning Finseraas, Arnfinn H. Midtbøen
Year 2024
Journal Name The Journal of Politics
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1 Journal Article

Occupational skills, ethnic stratification, and labor market assimilation across immigrant generations

Authors Are Skeie Hermansen, Jon Horgen Friberg, Arnfinn H. Midtbøen
Year 2023
Book Title A Research Agenda for Skills and Inequality
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4 Book Chapter

Ideological biases in research evaluations? The case of research on majority–minority relations

Authors Henning Finseraas, Arnfinn H. Midtbøen, Kjersti Thorbjørnsrud
Year 2022
Journal Name Scandinavian Political Studies
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5 Journal Article

Elites on Equality: Room for Gender Balance and Ethnic Diversity in Leadership Positions?

Authors Mari Teigen, Arnfinn H. Midtbøen, Rune Karlsen
Year 2022
Journal Name Acta Sociologica
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6 Journal Article

Navigating to the Top in an Egalitarian Welfare State: Institutional Opportunity Structures of Second-generation Social Mobility

Authors Arnfinn H. Midtbøen, Marjan Nadim
Year 2021
Journal Name International Migration Review
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7 Journal Article

‘Birthplace unknown’: on the symbolic value of the passport for identity-construction among naturalised citizens

Authors Marta Bivand Erdal, Arnfinn H Midtbøen
Year 2021
Journal Name Identities
8 Journal Article

Comparative Perspectives on Racial Discrimination in Hiring: The Rise of Field Experiments

Authors Lincoln Quillian, Arnfinn H. Midtbøen
Year 2021
Journal Name Annual Review of Sociology
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9 Journal Article

Forbigående fenomen eller permanent virkelighet? Etnisk diskriminering i arbeidsmarkedet på tvers av tid, sted og generasjoner

Authors Arnfinn H. Midtbøen, Lincoln Quillian
Year 2021
Journal Name Søkelys på arbeidslivet
10 Journal Article

Migration and Discrimination

Authors Rosita Fibbi, Arnfinn H. Midtbøen, Patrick Simon
Year 2021
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11 Book

Gender Bias in Academic Recruitment? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in the Nordic Region

Authors Magnus Carlsson, Henning Finseraas, Arnfinn H Midtbøen, ...
Year 2020
Journal Name European Sociological Review
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12 Journal Article

Philosophies of integration? Elite views on citizenship policies in Scandinavia

Authors Grete Brochmann, Arnfinn H Midtbøen
Year 2020
Journal Name Ethnicities
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13 Journal Article

Assessments of citizenship criteria: are immigrants more liberal?

Authors Arnfinn H. Midtbøen, Grete Brochmann, Marta Bivand Erdal, ...
Year 2020
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
14 Journal Article

Dual Citizenship in an Era of Securitisation: <i>The Case of Denmark</i>

Authors Arnfinn H. Midtboen
Year 2019
Journal Name Nordic Journal of Migration Research
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15 Journal Article

Ethnic niche formation at the top? Second-generation immigrants in Norwegian high-status occupations

Authors Arnfinn H. Midtbøen, Marjan Nadim
Year 2019
Journal Name Ethnic and Racial Studies
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16 Journal Article

Discrimination at Work: The Case of Norway1

Authors Arnfinn H. Midtbøen
Year 2019
Book Title Race Discrimination and Management of Ethnic Diversity and Migration at Work
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17 Book Chapter

The Making of Immigrant Niches in an Affluent Welfare State

Authors Jon Horgen Friberg, Arnfinn H. Midtbøen
Year 2018
Journal Name International Migration Review
Citations (WoS) 3
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18 Journal Article

Do terrorist attacks affect ethnic discrimination in the labour market? Evidence from two randomized field experiments

Authors Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund, Tak Wing Chan, Elisabeth Ugreninov, ...
Year 2018
Journal Name The British Journal of Sociology
Citations (WoS) 2
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19 Journal Article

Ethnicity as skill: immigrant employment hierarchies in Norwegian low-wage labour markets

Authors Jon H. Friberg, Arnfinn H. Midtbøen
Year 2017
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 8
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20 Journal Article

Meta-analysis of field experiments shows no change in racial discrimination in hiring over time

Authors Lincoln Quillian, Devah Pager, Ole Hexel, ...
Year 2017
Journal Name Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
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21 Journal Article

Boundary Struggles: Contestations of free speech in the Norwegian public sphere

Authors Arnfinn H. Midtbøen, Kari Steen-Johnsen, Kjersti Thorbjørnsrud
Year 2017
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22 Book

The making and unmaking of ethnic boundaries in the public sphere: The case of Norway

Authors Arnfinn H Midtbøen
Year 2016
Journal Name Ethnicities
Citations (WoS) 5
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23 Journal Article

Ethnic Penalties in Western Labour Markets: <i>Contributions, Explanations, Critiques</i>

Authors Arnfinn H. Midtboen
Year 2015
Journal Name Nordic Journal of Migration Research
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24 Journal Article

Citizenship, integration and the quest for social cohesion: nationality reform in the Scandinavian countries

Authors Arnfinn H Midtbøen
Year 2015
Journal Name Comparative Migration Studies
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25 Journal Article

Discrimination of the Second Generation: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Norway

Authors Arnfinn H. Midtboen
Year 2014
Journal Name Journal of International Migration and Integration
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26 Journal Article

The context of employment discrimination: interpreting the findings of a field experiment

Authors Arnfinn H. Midtbøen
Year 2014
Journal Name The British Journal of Sociology
Citations (WoS) 9
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27 Journal Article

Social Investment in Gender Equality? Changing Perspectives on Work and Welfare in Norway

Authors Arnfinn H. Midtbøen, Mari Teigen
Year 2014
Journal Name NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
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28 Journal Article

The Invisible Second Generation? Statistical Discrimination and Immigrant Stereotypes in Employment Processes in Norway

Authors Arnfinn H. Midtbøen
Year 2013
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 11
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29 Journal Article

Discrimination: <i>Methodological controversies and sociological perspectives on future research</i>

Authors Arnfinn H. Midtboen, Jon Rogstad
Year 2012
Journal Name Nordic Journal of Migration Research
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30 Journal Article

Beskytter assimilering mot diskriminering?

Authors Ragni Hege Kitterød, Arnfinn H. Midtbøen
Year 2019
Journal Name Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift
31 Journal Article

Innvandringshistorie som faghistorie: Kontroverser i norsk migrasjonsforskning

Authors Arnfinn H. Midtbøen
Year 2017
Journal Name Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift
32 Journal Article

Ytringsfrihetens grenser i det flerkulturelle Norge

Authors Kari Steen-Johnsen, Arnfinn H. Midtbøen
Year 2016
Journal Name Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift
33 Journal Article

Kumulativ diskriminering

Authors Hilde Lidén, Arnfinn H. Midtbøen
Year 2016
Journal Name Sosiologisk tidsskrift
34 Journal Article

Do Some Countries Discriminate More than Others? Evidence from 97 Field Experiments of Racial Discrimination in Hiring

Authors Lincoln Quillian, Anthony Heath, Devah Pager, ...
Journal Name Sociological Science
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35 Journal Article

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