Morten Blekesaune

• Blekesaune, Morten (2023). Velvilje og holdninger til innvandring. . In Hestholm, Roger Ivan & Skarpenes, Ove (Ed.), Sosiologisk analyse. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245045932. p. 221–233.
• Blekesaune, Morten & Skirbekk, Vegard Fykse (2022). Does forming a nuclear family increase religiosity? Longitudinal evidence from the British Household Panel Survey. European Sociological Review. ISSN 0266-7215. 39(4), p. 663–675. doi: 10.1093/esr/jcac060. Full text in Research Archive
• Hansen, Thomas & Blekesaune, Morten (2022). The age and well-being “paradox”: a longitudinal and multidimensional reconsideration. European Journal of Ageing. ISSN 1613-9372. 19, p. 1277–1286. doi: 10.1007/s10433-022-00709-y. Full text in Research Archive
• Deeg, Dorly J. H.; Blekesaune, Morten & de Wind, Astrid (2021). Employment trends at older ages: policy impact or secular change? European Journal of Ageing. ISSN 1613-9372. doi: 10.1007/s10433-021-00664-0. Show summary

  Abstract Observed increases in retirement age are generally attributed to policies to extend working lives (PEW). In a quasi-experimental design, we examine to what extent increases in employment of older workers can be attributed to secular changes in individual characteristics as opposed to PEW. We compare two countries: one with clear PEW (the Netherlands) and one without PEW (Norway). Data come from the Dutch Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam and the NORwegian Longitudinal study on Aging and Generations. From each study, two same-age (55–64 years) samples are selected, one recruited in 2002–03, and one recruited after fve (Norway) and ten years (Netherlands). In pooled regression analysis, paid work is the outcome variable, and time of measurement, the main independent variable. Individual characteristics include age, sex, educational level, self-perceived health, functional limitations, sense of mastery, and work status of partner. Employment rose in both countries, faster in the Netherlands than in Norway. Of the rise in employment, individual characteristics explained less in the Netherlands than in Norway. Accounting for these, the interaction country*time was signifcant, indicating an extra rise in employment of 5.2 and 7.5% points for Dutch men and women, net of individual characteristics and unobserved factors that are assumed to be similar in both countries. The extra rise in the Netherlands represents 57% of the total rise for both sexes. Thus, secular change in individual characteristics explains part of the rise in employment in both countries. In the Netherlands, other factors such as PEW may additionally explain the rise in employment.

• Blekesaune, Morten (2021). Does the nuclear family affect social trust? Longitudinal evidence from Germany. European Societies. ISSN 1461-6696. doi: 10.1080/14616696.2021.1974511. Full text in Research Archive
• Blekesaune, Morten (2021). Employment among female immigrants to Europe. Acta Sociologica. ISSN 0001-6993. 64(3), p. 331–345. doi: 10.1177/00016993211003643. Full text in Research Archive
• Blekesaune, Morten & Hansen, Thomas (2021). Human Values and Retirement Experiences: a Longitudinal Analysis of Norwegian Data. Social Indicators Research. ISSN 0303-8300. 157, p. 1001–1019. doi: 10.1007/s11205-021-02687-7. Full text in Research Archive
• Blekesaune, Morten (2020). The fertility of female immigrants to Europe from Christian and Muslim countries. . Journal of Religion and Demography. ISSN 2589-7411. 7(2), p. 222–237. doi: 10.1163/2589742X-12347109. Full text in Research Archive
• Blekesaune, Morten & Vangsnes, Øystein A (2020). Språk og standpunktkarakterer i nynorsk- og bokmålskommuner på Vestlandet. . Norsklæreren. ISSN 0332-7264. 44(2), p. 56–68. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Standpunktkarakterene i nynorskkommuner på Vestlandet viser en mindre gunstig utvikling i perioden mellom 2009 og 2018 enn i bokmålskommunene i samme region. Artikkelen drøfter mulige årsaker, herunder endringer i medienes språk, der nynorsk i stor grad har blitt fortrengt av bokmål og dialekter, en utvikling som er aller tydeligst i nye digitale medier.

• Blekesaune, Morten (2019). Can ‘Openness-to-change’ and ‘Conservation’ Values Predict the Diffusion of the Internet into European Homes? Comparative Sociology. ISSN 1569-1322. 18(5-6), p. 735–756. doi: 10.1163/15691330-12341516.
• Blekesaune, Morten; Dale-Olsen, Harald; Hellevik, Tale & Pedersen, Axel West (2019). Helsesvikt og arbeidsuførhet. In Bay, Ann-Helén; Hatland, Aksel; Hellevik, Tale & Terum, Lars Inge (Ed.), Trygd i aktiveringens tid. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-05-50231-4. p. 176–201.
• Vangsnes, Øystein A; Söderlund, Göran & Blekesaune, Morten (2017). The effect of bidialectal literacy on school achievement. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. ISSN 1367-0050. 20(3), p. 346–361. doi: 10.1080/13670050.2015.1051507. Show summary

  The Norwegian language has two written standards, Bokmål (majority variety) and Nynorsk (minority variety), and children receive their schooling in one or other of them. Pupils schooled in Nynorsk acquire the Bokmål variety simultaneously through extracurricular exposure and thus develop what may be termed bidialectal literacy. In this study, we correlate, at municipal level, the results from Norwegian standardized national tests in reading, arithmetic, and English from four cohorts of eighth graders (2009–2012), with available statistics on language of instruction and socio-economic status. The finding is that municipalities with Nynorsk pupils have better than average results in national tests once socio-economic factors are taken into consideration. We suggest that this may be seen as an effect of the ‘bilingual advantage’ in cognitive development and that such advantage may arise even in the case of closely related linguistic varieties.

• Blekesaune, Morten (2016). Is cohabitation as good as marriage for people's subjective well-being? Longitudinal evidence on happiness and life satisfaction in the British Household Panel Survey. Journal of Happiness Studies. ISSN 1389-4978. 19(2), p. 505–520. doi: 10.1007/s10902-016-9834-x.
• Angel, Bjørn Øystein & Blekesaune, Morten (2016). Flyttinger i barnevernet En forløpsanalyse av administravtive data. In Trysnes, Irene & Eide, Solveig Botnen (Ed.), Sosionomutdanning på Sørlandet : festskrift ved 25-årsjubileet høsten 2016. Portal forlag. ISSN 9788283141030. p. 48–63.
• Tøge, Anne Grete & Blekesaune, Morten (2015). Unemployment transitions and self-rated health in Europe: A longitudinal analysis of EU-SILC from 2008 to 2011. Social Science and Medicine. ISSN 0277-9536. 143, p. 171–178. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.08.040. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The Great Recession of 2008 has led to elevated unemployment in Europe and thereby revitalised the question of causal health effects of unemployment. This article applies fixed effects regression models to longitudinal panel data drawn from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions for 28 European countries from 2008 to 2011, in order to investigate changes in self-rated health around the event of becoming unemployed. The results show that the correlation between unemployment and health is partly due to a decrease in self-rated health as people enter unemployment. Such health changes vary by country of domicile, and by individual age; older workers have a steeper decline than younger workers. Health changes after the unemployment spell reveal no indication of adverse health effects of unemployment duration. Overall, this study indicates some adverse health effects of unemployment in Europe – predominantly among older workers.

• Blekesaune, Morten (2015). Can self-enhancement values predict retirement behavior? An analysis combining survey and register data from Norway. The International Journal of Aging & Human Development. ISSN 0091-4150. 80(2), p. 101–114. doi: 10.1177/0091415015587161.
• Angel, Bjørn Øystein & Blekesaune, Morten (2015). Placement characteristics and stability: a longitudinal analysis of Norwegian children in foster homes. Child & Family Social Work. ISSN 1356-7500. 22(1), p. 236–245. doi: 10.1111/cfs.12223.
• Næss, Siri; Blekesaune, Morten & Jakobsson, Niklas (2015). Marital transitions and life satisfaction: Evidence from longitudinal data from Norway. Acta Sociologica. ISSN 0001-6993. 58(1), p. 63–78. doi: 10.1177/0001699314563841.
• Skirbekk, Vegard & Blekesaune, Morten (2014). Personality Traits Increasingly Important for Male Fertility: Evidence from Norway. European Journal of Personality. ISSN 0890-2070. 28(6), p. 521–529. doi: 10.1002/per.1936.
• Blekesaune, Morten (2013). Economic strain and public support for redistribution: a comparative analysis of 28 European countries. Journal of Social Policy. ISSN 0047-2794. 42(1), p. 57–72. doi: 10.1017/S0047279412000748.
• Øverbye, Einar & Blekesaune, Morten (2013). The transition experience. In Øverbye, Einar & Jensen, Per H (Ed.), Down and out or free at last?. Logos Verlag Berlin. ISSN 978-3-8325-3513-1. p. 75–89.
• Øverbye, Einar & Blekesaune, Morten (2013). Political integration. In Øverbye, Einar & Jensen, Per H (Ed.), Down and out or free at last?. Logos Verlag Berlin. ISSN 978-3-8325-3513-1. p. 67–74.
• Blekesaune, Morten (2012). Job insecurity and sickness absence: Correlations between attrition and absence in 36 occupational groups. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. ISSN 1403-4948. 40(7), p. 668–673. doi: 10.1177/1403494812459816.
• Blekesaune, Morten (2012). Økonomisk integrasjon av innvandrere i Vest-Europa. Søkelys på arbeidslivet. ISSN 1504-8004. 29(3), p. 242–257. Show summary

  Denne artikkelen sammenlikner økonomisk integrasjon av innvandrere fra Asia, Afrika og Latin-Amerika som har flyttet til seks vesteuropeiske regioner i European Social Survey (n=2150). Økonomisk integrasjon måles dels som aktivitet i form av arbeid eller utdanning og dels som at arbeid er husholdets viktigste inntektskilde. Analysene korrigerer for demografiske kjennetegn og opprinnelsesland (n=86). Innvandrere i Skandinavia er oftere i arbeid eller under utdanning enn innvandrere i fransktalende og tysktalende deler av Europa, spesielt kvinnelige innvandrere. En lav andel av innvandrerne i Skandinavia har derimot arbeid som husholdets viktigste kilde til livsopphold, spesielt mannlige innvandrere.

• Blekesaune, Morten & Skirbekk, Vegard (2012). Can personality predict retirement behaviour? A longitudinal analysis combining survey and register data from Norway. European Journal of Ageing. ISSN 1613-9372. 9(3), p. 199–206. doi: 10.1007/s10433-011-0212-6. Show summary

  This study investigates how far personality can predict the timing and routes of people’s retirement. It uses a large comprehensive Norwegian survey, with larger sample size than earlier related studies, providing estimates of personality based on the five-factor model. The survey data are matched with administrative data, allowing observations of retirement over the 2002–2007 period. The analysis distinguishes between the disability and the nondisability retirements. Retirement is investigated using discrete time, competing risk, logistic regression models amongst individuals aged 50–69. Results indicate that personality predicts disability retirement but not non-disability retirement. Neuroticism increases the risk of disability retirement in women. Agreeableness and extraversion may prevent disability retirement, whereas openness may increase the risk of disability in men. Personality effects are generally consistent across models controlling, or not controlling, for well-known predictors of retirement behaviour including education, income and occupational group. The main exception is that poor health explains the effect of neuroticism on women’s disability retirement.

• Blekesaune, Morten (2012). Kan personlighet predikere sykefravær? Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. ISSN 0809-2052. 15(1), p. 2–10.
• Blekesaune, Morten (2012). Kjønnsroller og uførepensjonering. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. ISSN 0040-716X. 53(1), p. 33–48.
• Blekesaune, Morten; Hellevik, Tale & Pedersen, Axel West (2010). Uførhet. In Bay, Ann-Helén; Hatland, Aksel; Hellevik, Tale & Koren, Charlotte (Ed.), De norske trygdene : framvekst, forvaltning og fordeling. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-05-40390-1. p. 251–269.
• Blekesaune, Morten & Dale-Olsen, Harald (2010). Sykdom og sykefravær. In Bay, Ann-Helén; Hatland, Aksel; Hellevik, Tale & Koren, Charlotte (Ed.), De norske trygdene : framvekst, forvaltning og fordeling. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-05-40390-1. p. 221–250.
• Blekesaune, Morten (2010). Uførhet. In Bay, Ann-Helén; Hatland, Aksel; Hellevik, Tale & Koren, Charlotte (Ed.), De norske trygdene : framvekst, forvaltning og fordeling. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-05-40390-1. p. 251–271.
• Blekesaune, Morten (2010). Sykdom og sykefravær. In Bay, Ann-Helén; Hatland, Aksel; Hellevik, Tale & Koren, Charlotte (Ed.), De norske trygdene : framvekst, forvaltning og fordeling. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-05-40390-1. p. 221–249.
• Blekesaune, Morten & Veenstra, Marijke (2010). Helsesvikt og pensjoneringsatferd. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. ISSN 0809-2052. 13(2), p. 83–94. Show summary

  Artikkelen analyserer sammenhenger mellom helse og pensjoneringsatferd ved å kombinere survey-data om helse blant yrkesaktive personer fra NoLAG1 fra 2002 med registerdata om pensjonering innen utgangen av samme og fem påfølgende år (2002?2007) blant personer mellom 50 og 70 års alder. Tre helsemål undersøkes: generell subjektiv helse, fysisk funksjon og depresjon. Analysen skiller også mellom uførepensjonering og mer frivillig pensjonering som avtalefestet pensjon (AFP) og alderspensjon. Resultatene viser at alle tre typene helsesvikt predikerer uførepensjonering. Dårlig subjektiv helse predikerer frivillig pensjonering hos menn. Depresjon og svekket fysisk funksjon predikerer ikke frivillig pensjonering. The article investigates correlations between health and retirement behaviour. It combines survey data about health from the first wave of the Norwegian Study of Life Course, Ageing and Generation (Nor-LAG 2002) with register data about granted retirement pensions by the end of six consecutive years (2002?2007) among individuals currently aged 50 to 69. Three measures of self-rated health are investigated: subjective «global» health (general health status), physical functioning and depression (depressive symptoms). The analysis also distinguishes between disability retirements versus retirement of a more voluntary type. Results indicate that all three types of health problems can predict disability retirement. Poor subjective health predicts voluntary retirement in men. Depression and poor physical functioning cannot predict voluntary retirement.

• Berthoud, Richard; Blekesaune, Morten & Hancock, Ruth (2009). Ageing, income and living standards: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey. Ageing & Society. ISSN 0144-686X. 29, p. 1105–1122. doi: 10.1017/S0144686X09008605.
• Blekesaune, Morten (2008). Partnership Transitions and Mental Distress: Investigating Temporal Order. . Journal of Marriage and Family. ISSN 0022-2445. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00533.x.
• Blekesaune, Morten (2007). Economic conditions and public attitudes to welfare policies. European Sociological Review. ISSN 0266-7215. 23. doi: 10.1093/esr/jcm012.
• Blekesaune, Morten & Øverbye, Einar (2006). Uførepensjonister i arbeid. In Hammer, Torild & Øverbye, Einar (Ed.), Inkluderende arbeidsliv? Erfaringer og strategier. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 82-05-33740-3. p. 163–172.
• Blekesaune, Morten & Pedersen, Axel West (2006). Sykefravær: innfallsporten til permanent trygding? In Hammer, Torild & Øverbye, Einar (Ed.), Inkluderende arbeidsliv? Erfaringer og strategier. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 82-05-33740-3. p. 142–162.
• Blekesaune, Morten (2005). Working conditions and time use. Acta Sociologica. ISSN 0001-6993. 48(4), p. 308–320.
• Blekesaune, Morten (2005). Hvordan påvirker AFP uførepensjoneringen? Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. ISSN 0809-2052. 8(3), p. 135–145.
• Blekesaune, Morten & Solem, Per Erik (2005). Working conditions and early retirement: a prospective study of retirement behavior. Research on Aging. ISSN 0164-0275. 27(3), p. 3–30.
• Blekesaune, Morten & Barrett, Anne E. (2005). Marital dissolution and work disability: A longitudinal study of administrative data. European Sociological Review. ISSN 0266-7215. 21(3), p. 259–271.
• Blekesaune, Morten & Quadagno, Jill (2003). Public attitudes toward welfare state policies: A comparative analysis of 24 nations. . European Sociological Review. ISSN 0266-7215. doi: 10.1093/esr/19.5.415.

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• Vangsnes, Øystein A; Söderlund, Göran & Blekesaune, Morten (2016). The effect of bidialectal literacy on school achievement. Show summary

  The Norwegian language has two written standards, Bokmål (majority variety) and Nynorsk (minority variety), and children receive their schooling in one or other of them. Pupils schooled in Nynorsk acquire the Bokmål variety simultaneously through extracurricular exposure and thus develop what may be termed bidialectal literacy. In this study, we correlate, at municipal level, the results from Norwegian standardized national tests in reading, arithmetic, and English from four cohorts of eighth graders (2009–2012), with available statistics on language of instruction and socio-economic status. The finding is that municipalities with more than 50% Nynorsk pupils have better than average results in national tests once socio-economic factors are taken into consideration. The question that arises is whether this finding may be seen as a direct effect of the language situation that Nynorsk pupils experience or whether it may follow from some other set of, say socio-cultural, characteristics of the areas where the Nynorsk dominant municipalities are found. In this paper we will address the first possibility in particular, i.e. the idea that the scholastic effect may follow from a cognitive benefit that Nynorsk pupils enjoy due to their simultaneous acquisition of the two different written varieties of Norwegian. Two objections are commonly raised against treating balanced competence in Nynorsk and Bokmål on a par with bilingualism in the more familiar sense: (i) The two varieties are very close, and (ii) the competence relates to written language and is acquired at a time when the language acquisition as such is completed. The first objection appears irrelevant. The closeness is perhaps similar to that of Castillian Spanish and Catalan, perhaps even closer, but in any event they must for any user be kept distinct from each other. The second objection is not so obvious either. On the one hand children who become Nynorsk users will typically be exposed to Bokmål through children’s songs and books (read aloud) even before school age. Furthermore, it is very common that children outside the wider capital area use the Oslo dialect in role playing, and since this dialect functions as a representative of the Bokmål variety, this practice means that these role playing kids develop a dual oral competence in pre-school age. In turn, when entering school this means that the children who meet Nynorsk in school may transpose this into a dual literacy where their own dialect is matched with Nynorsk and the Oslo dialect is matched with Bokmål. The conclusion then is that the situation for the Nynorsk population of children (and later adults) in Norway is more similar to that of more familiar cases of bilingualism, and hence it may very well be that the scholastic effect in this population is a result of bilingual cognitive benefits of the kind reported in the international literature on bilingualism.

• Vangsnes, Øystein A; Söderlund, Göran & Blekesaune, Morten (2015). Nynorskeffekten på nasjonale prøvar. Show summary

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• Söderlund, Göran; Vangsnes, Øystein & Blekesaune, Morten (2014). The effect of bi-dialectal literacy on school achievement in Norway.
• Tøge, Anne Grete & Blekesaune, Morten (2014). Unemployment and self-rated health - investigating temporal order during the 2008 economic crisis.
• Vangsnes, Øystein; Söderlund, Göran & Blekesaune, Morten (2013). The effect of bidialectal literacy on school achievement.
• Blekesaune, Morten & Veenstra, Marijke (2013). Helse og pensjoneringsatferd. In Daatland, Svein Olav & Slagsvold, Britt (Ed.), Vital aldring og samhold mellom generasjoner. Resultater fra Den norske studien av livsløp, aldring og generasjon - runde 1 og 2. Norsk institutt for forskning om oppvekst, velferd og aldring (NOVA). ISSN 9788278944882. p. 156–166.
• Blekesaune, Morten (2012). Økonomisk integrasjon av innvandrere i Vest-Europa.
• Blekesaune, Morten (2012). Kjønnsroller og uførepensjonering.
• Blekesaune, Morten (2012). Pensjoneringsatferd.
• Blekesaune, Morten (2012). Hvordan undersøke om AFP-ordningen fungerer etter hensikten?
• Veenstra, Marijke; Dommermuth, Lars; Blekesaune, Morten; Koløen, Kristine; Hansen, Thomas & Herlofson, Katharina [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2012). The ACCESS Life Course Research Infrastructure – a Norwegian based infrastructure facilitating access to high quality life course data.
• Angel, Bjørn Øystein & Blekesaune, Morten (2014). Flyttinger i barnevernet - risikofaktorer, erfaringer og forklaringer. Universitetet i Agder. ISSN 978-82-7117-774-4.
• Angel, Bjørn Øystein & Blekesaune, Morten (2013). Fører forsterkede fosterhjem til færre replasseringer av barn i fosterhjem? En studie av sammenhenger mellom barnevernstiltak og replasseri ng av barn. Universitetet i Agder. ISSN 978-82-7117-750-8.
• Tøge, Anne Grete & Blekesaune, Morten (2011). Geografisk variasjon i fedres bruk av foreldrepermisjon. Universitetet i Agder.
• Blekesaune, Morten & Pedersen, Axel West (2011). Innsats mot utkastelser - fra lovende forsøk til effektiv rutine? Sluttrapport fra evalueringen av "Samarbeidsprosjektet - færre utkastelser". NOVA - Norsk institutt for forskning om oppvekst, velferd og aldring. ISSN 978-82-7894-395-3.
• Hovik, Sissel; Stigen, Inger Marie; Blekesaune, Morten & Ståle , Opedal (2010). Evaluering av kvalitetskommuneprogrammet. Sluttrapport. Norsk institutt for by- og regionforskning. ISSN 978-82-7071-832-0.
• Hovik, Sissel; Stigen, Inger Marie; Blekesaune, Morten & Ståle , Opedal (2009). Evaluering av kvalitetskommuneprogrammet. En undervegsrapport. NIBR-samarbeidsrapport. Norsk institutt for by- og regionforskning. ISSN 978-82-7071-789-7.
• Blekesaune, Morten (2009). Avgangsalder og pensjoneringsmønster i staten. NOVA. ISSN 978-82-7894-295-6. 2009(1).
• Blekesaune, Morten (2005). Unge uførepensjonister. Hvem er de, og hvor kommer de fra? NOVa. ISSN 82-7894-210-2. 2005(8).
• Blekesaune, Morten & Øverbye, Einar (2003). Familieendring, helse og trygd. Fire longitudinelle studier. NOVA. ISSN 82-7894-176-9. 2003(22).
• Øverbye, Einar & Blekesaune, Morten (2002). Early retirement and social citizenship. Marginalisation and integration in the Nordic countries. NOVA. ISSN 0808-9183. 2002(2).
• Blekesaune, Morten & Øverbye, Einar (2001). Levekår og livskvalitet hos uførepensjonister og mottakere av avtalefestet penson. Om overgangen til førtidspensjon. NOVA. ISSN 82-7894-117-3. 2001(10).
• Blekesaune, Morten (2001). Hverdagslivets sosiologi i norsk tradisjon. NOVA. ISSN 0808-9183. 2001(2).
• Blekesaune, Morten & Øverbye, Einar (2000). Uførepensjonister materielle levekår og sosiale tilknytning. En undersøkelse basert på fem levekårsundersøkelser fra 1983 til 1995. NOVA. ISSN 82-7894-094-0. 2000(7).
• Blekesaune, Morten (2000). Familiefase og hverdagsliv. En studie av husholdningsarbeid og fritid. NOVA. ISSN 82-7894-097-5. 2000(10).
• Blekesaune, Morten (1999). Innstramming i rehabiliteringspenger. Hvilke følger fikk den? NOVA. ISSN 82-7894-070-3. 1999(2).
• Blekesaune, Morten (1998). Virker arbeidslinja på de langtidssykemeldte? En oppfølgingsundersøkelse av de som ble langtidssykelemdt første halvår 1991, 1992 og 1993. NOVA. ISSN 82-7894-044-4. 1998(10).
• Blekesaune, Morten (1997). Når rehabiliteringspengene avsluttes. NOVA. ISSN 0808-9183. 1997(2).

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