• It pays to be green - a premature conclusion? 

      Telle, Kjetil; Aslaksen, Iulie; Synnestvedt, Terje (Discussion Papers;No. 394, Working paper, 2004)
      It has been claimed that good environmental performance can improve firms’ economic performance. However, because of e.g. data limitations, the methods applied in most previous quantitative empirical studies of the ...
    • Job displacement and crime: Evidence from Norwegian register data 

      Rege, Mari; Skarðhamar, Torbjørn; Telle, Kjetil; Votruba, Mark (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09)
      We estimate the job displacement effect on criminal behavior for young adult Norwegian men separated from their plant of employment during a mass layoff. Displaced workers experience a 20 percent increase in criminal charge ...
    • Life after prison : the relationship between employment and re-incarceration 

      Skarðhamar, Torbjørn; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;597, Working paper, 2009)
      We explore the relationship between formal employment and recidivism using a dataset that follows every Norwegian resident released from prison in 2003 for several years. By the end of 2006, 27 percent are re-incarcerated. ...
    • Livet etter soning - hindrer arbeid tilbakefall? : etter avsonet dom - arbeid og risiko for ny fengsling 

      Skarðhamar, Torbjørn; Telle, Kjetil (Journal article, 2009)
      Innsatte som hadde jobb da de ble løslatt fra fengselet, havnet sjeldnere bak murene igjen enn de uten jobb. En fjerdedel av dem som slapp ut fra fengsel i 2003 var sysselsatt ved løslatelsen. Blant dem som ikke var det, ...
    • Lov om kvotehandel med klimagasser : forslag om nytt virkemiddel i klimapolitikken 

      Alfsen, Knut H.; Haakonsen, Gisle; Rosendahl, Knut Einar; Telle, Kjetil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2004)
      Regjeringen har lagt fram forslag til lov om kvotehandel med klimagasser. Etter planen skal loven tre i kraft allerede fra 1. januar 2005; på samme tidspunktet som EU innfører sitt kvotesystem. Forslaget er resultat av ...
    • Monitoring and enforcement of environmental regulations. Lessons from a natural field experiment in Norway 

      Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;680, Working paper, 2012)
      Relying on a small natural field experiment with random assignment of treatments, I estimate effects of three core elements of most monitoring and enforcement practices: self-reporting, audit frequency and specific deterrence. ...
    • Norske bedrifter bryter miljøreguleringer 

      Nyborg, Karine; Telle, Kjetil; Walle, Mari Aasgaard (Journal article, 2003)
      Data fra Statens forurensningstilsyn (SFT) indikerer at flertallet av norske bedrifter med utslippstillatelse bryter miljøreguleringene. Til tross for at SFT har mulighet til å påføre slike bedrifter harde sanksjoner, ...
    • Parental job loss and children's school performance 

      Rege, Mari; Telle, Kjetil; Votruba, Mark (Discussion Papers;No. 517, Working paper, 2007)
      Abstract: Using Norwegian register data we estimate how children’s school performance is affected by their parents’ exposure to plant closure. Fathers’ exposure leads to a substantial decline in children’s graduation-year ...
    • Plant Closure and Marital Dissolution 

      Rege, Mari; Telle, Kjetil; Votruba, Mark (Discussion Papers;No. 514, Working paper, 2007)
      Abstract: We estimate the effect of plant closure on divorce using a panel data set comprising more than 80,000 married couples in Norway. Plant closure substantially increases the likelihood of marital dissolution of ...
    • Pro-cyclical mortality. Evidence from Norway 

      Haaland, Venke Furre; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion papers;766, Working paper, 2013-11)
      Using variation across geographical regions, a number of studies from the U.S. and other developed countries have found more deaths in economic upturns and less deaths in economic downturns. We use data from regions in ...
    • Promoting integration of immigrants. Effects of free child care on child enrollment and parental employment 

      Drange, Nina; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion papers;799, Working paper, 2015-02)
      Proficiency in the language spoken by the majority population may be crucial for the cognitive development of children from immigrant families. High-quality child care is believed to promote such language skills, and it ...
    • Saving and portfolio allocation before and after job loss 

      Basten, Christoph; Fagereng, Andreas; Telle, Kjetil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-03-14)
      We investigate the development of household labor income, financial wealth, and asset holdings over a 9-year period around job loss, using unique administrative panel data from Norway. Consistent with predictions from ...
    • Saving and portfolio allocation before and after job loss 

      Basten, Christoph; Fagereng, Andreas; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;672, Working paper, 2012)
      Using administrative panel data from Norway, we investigate the development of household labor income, financial wealth and asset holdings over a nine-year period surrounding job loss. Consistent with a simple theoretical ...
    • Sick leave before, during and after pregnancy 

      Telle, Kjetil; Rieck, Karsten Marshall Elseth (Discussion Papers;No. 690, Working paper, 2012)
      Med data for alle sysselsatte kvinner som fikk sitt første barn i perioden 1995-2008 studerer vi sykefraværsmønstre før, under og etter graviditeten. Ved å følge de samme kvinnen over tid kan vi undersøke hvordan det ...
    • Social Interaction Effects in Disability Pension Participation. Evidence from Plant Downsizing 

      Rege, Mari; Telle, Kjetil; Votruba, Mark (Discussion Papers;No. 496, Working paper, 2007)
      Abstract: We estimate the magnitude of social interaction effects in disability pension participation among older workers in Norway. Specifically, we investigate how a worker’s propensity to draw disability benefits is ...
    • Social networks and tax avoidance: Evidence from a well-defined Norwegian tax shelter 

      Alstadsæter, Annette; Kopczuk, Wojciech; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;No. 886, Working paper, 2018-11-02)
      In 2005, over 8% of Norwegian shareholders transferred their shares to new (legal) tax shelters intended to defer taxation of capital gains and dividends that would otherwise be taxable in the aftermath of 2006 reform. Using ...
    • Sykefraværet i Norge de siste tiårene. Det handler om kvinnene 

      Kostøl, Andreas Ravndal; Telle, Kjetil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Vi hører stadig at sykefraværet i Norge øker. I et lengre tidsperspektiv virker dette som en unyansert påstand; vi ser i data at i løpet av de siste 30 årene er det bare kvinnenes sykefravær som har økt. Sykefraværet ...
    • Technological changes in the pulp and paper industry and the role of uniform versus selective environmental policy 

      Bruvoll, Annegrete; Bye, Torstein; Larsson, Jan; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;No. 357, Working paper, 2003)
      Abstract: Although environmental regulations may imply a cost increase on firm's conventional input factors, such regulations could stimulate the incentives to improve factor productivity. Productivity measures including ...
    • The Effect of plant downsizing on disability pension utilization 

      Rege, Mari; Telle, Kjetil; Votruba, Mark (Discussion Papers;No. 435, Working paper, 2005)
      Abstract: We investigate the impact of plant downsizing on disability pension utilization in Norway. Plant downsizing substantially increases the disability entry rate of workers in affected plants. Workers originally ...
    • The intergenerational transfer of the employment gender gap 

      Haaland, Venke Furre; Rege, Mari; Telle, Kjetil; Votruba, Mark (Discussion papers;767, Working paper, 2014-01)
      Despite well-documented convergence during the later years of the 20th century, labor market attachment remains markedly higher for men than for women. The current paper employs rich longitudinal registry data to investigate ...