• Region-specific versus country-specific poverty lines in analysis of poverty 

      Mogstad, Magne; Langørgen, Audun; Aaberge, Rolf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)
      The standard practice in most OECD countries is to identify the poor on the basis of a country-specific poverty line defined as a fraction of the median equivalent income. However, this approach disregards regional differences ...
    • Robust inequality comparisons 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Mogstad, Magne (Discussion Papers;No. 623, Working paper, 2010)
      Abstract: This paper is concerned with the problem of ranking Lorenz curves in situations where the Lorenz curves intersect and no unambiguous ranking can be attained without introducing weaker ranking criteria than ...
    • Robust inequality comparisons 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Mogstad, Magne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      This paper is concerned with the problem of ranking Lorenz curves in situations where the Lorenz curves intersect and no unambiguous ranking can be attained without introducing weaker ranking criteria than first-degree ...
    • Sammenlikning av simultane og partielle analyser av kommunenes økonomiske atferd 

      Langørgen, Audun; Galloway, Taryn Ann; Mogstad, Magne; Aaberge, Rolf (Rapporter;2005/25, Research report, 2005)
      Kommunene produserer tjenester innenfor forskjellige tjenesteytende sektorer, som administrasjon, utdanning, barnehager, helsestell, sosiale tjenester, kultur og infrastruktur. Variasjoner i pengebruken per innbygger ...
    • Selection in Surveys 

      Dutz, Deniz; Huitfeldt, Ingrid; Lacouture, Santiago; Mogstad, Magne; Torgovitsky, Alexander; Dijk, Winnie van (Discussion Paper;No. 971, Working paper, 2021-12)
      We evaluate how nonresponse affects conclusions drawn from survey data and consider how researchers can reliably test and correct for nonresponse bias. To do so, we examine a survey on labor market conditions during the ...
    • The causal interpretation of two-stage least squares with multiple instrumental variables 

      Mogstad, Magne; Torgovitsky, Alexander; Walters, Christopher R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Empirical researchers often combine multiple instrumental variables (IVs) for a single treatment using two-stage least squares (2SLS). When treatment effects are heterogeneous, a common justification for including multiple ...
    • The impact of local public services and geographical cost of living differences on poverty estimates 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun; Mogstad, Magne; Østensen, Marit (Discussion Papers;no. 551, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: Despite a broad consensus on the need to account for the value of public services and geographical cost of living differences on the measurement of poverty, there is little reliable evidence on how these factors ...
    • Tidlig læring og sosial mobilitet: Norske barns muligheter til å lykkes i utdanningsløpet og arbeidslivet 

      Mogstad, Magne; Rege, Mari (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)
      Familiebakgrunn har stor betydning for barns utvikling. Flere internasjonale studier viser at skoleprestasjoner, utdanningsnivå, arbeidsmarkedstilknytning og lønn er avhengige av familiebakgrunn. Spesielt viser studiene ...
    • What can we learn about household consumption expenditure from data on income and assets? 

      Eika, Lasse; Mogstad, Magne; Vestad, Ola Lotherington (Discussion Paper;No. 923, Working paper, 2020-03)
      A major difficulty faced by researchers who want to study the consumption and savings behavior of households is the lack of reliable panel data on household expenditures. One possibility is to use surveys that follow the ...
    • Why do wealthy parents have wealthy children? 

      Fagereng, Andreas; Mogstad, Magne; Rønning, Marte (Discussion papers;813, Working paper, 2015-06)
      Strong intergenerational correlations in wealth have fueled a long-standing debate over why children of wealthy parents tend to be well off themselves. We investigate the role of family background in determining children's ...
    • Årlig og kronisk fattigdom i Norge :en empirisk analyse av perioden 1993-2001 

      Galloway, Taryn Ann; Mogstad, Magne (Rapporter;2006/20, Research report, 2006)
      Hovedformålet med denne studien er å kartlegge omfanget av kronisk og årlig fattigdom i Norge fra perioden 1993- 2001. Dessuten ønsker vi å studere i hvilken grad individer som har lav inntekt i en kort periode er utsatt ...
    • Økonomisk ulikhet i Norge i det 21. århundre 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Mogstad, Magne; Vestad, Ola L.; Vestre, Arnstein (Rapporter;2021/33, Research report, 2021-11)
      Formålet med denne rapporten er å beskrive utviklingen i ulikhet i Norge i perioden 2001–2018. Rapporten beskriver ulikhet i inntekt og formue, fordelingen av skattebyrden og graden av progressivitet i skatte- og ...