• Innvandrere blir værende i fattigdom : økonomisk fattigdom blant innvandrere 

      Bhuller, Manudeep; Aaberge, Rolf (Journal article, 2011)
      Andelen fattige innvandrere gikk ned fra 19 til 12 prosent mellom 1993 og 2007, mens andelen fattige i befolkning for øvrig gikk ned fra 3 til 2 prosent. Nedgangen i antall fattige henger sammen med gunstige arbeidsmarkedsforhold ...
    • Kommunenes bundne kostnader 2011-2013: Estimater fra modellen KOMMODE 

      Langørgen, Audun; Løkken, Sturla A.; Aaberge, Rolf (Notater / Documents;2015/43, Working paper, 2015-11)
      Formålet med dette notatet er å dokumentere nye estimeringsresultater fra kommunemodellen KOMMODE. Kommunal- og moderniseringsdepartementet bruker estimeringsresultater fra modellen blant annet i arbeidet med å revidere ...
    • Kommunenes økonomiske atferd 1972-2009 

      Langørgen, Audun; Løkken, Sturla; Aaberge, Rolf (Rapporter;2013/21, Report, 2013-05)
      Utviklingen av en simultan mikroøkonometrisk modell for kommunenes økonomiske atferd ble startet i 1995 og var basert på data fra 1993. Modellen kalles KOMMODE og er seinere blitt estimert på grunnlag av data for hvert ...
    • Kostnadsbesparelser ved sammenslåing av kommuner 

      Langørgen, Audun; Aaberge, Rolf; Åserud, Remy (Rapporter;2002/15, Report, 2002)
      Denne rapporten beregner kostnadsbesparelser som kan oppnås ved å slå sammen to eller flere nabokommuner til en ny felleskommune. Beregningene viser effekter av flere eksempler på mulige sammenslåinger. Med utgangspunkt i ...
    • Krake søker make? : fordeling av ektepars yrkesinntekt 1973-1997 

      Aslaksen, Iulie; Wennemo, Tom; Aaberge, Rolf (Journal article, 2000)
      Økningen i kvinners yrkesaktivitet i de siste 25 årene har hatt stor betydning for familienes økonomi. I denne artikkelen drøfter vi hvordan økningen i kvinnenes inntekt har påvirket inntektsfordelingen for ektepar. Spesielt ...
    • Labor supply in Italy 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Colombino, Ugo; Strøm, Steinar (Discussion Paper;No. 92, Working paper, 1993-07)
      The present study tries to overcome some of the shortcomings of the standard empirical labor supply models by applying an alternative approach which allows for complex non-convex budget sets, highly non-linear labor supply ...
    • Labor supply responses and welfare effects from replacing current tax rules by a flat tax: Empirical evidence from Italy, Norway and Sweden 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Colombino, Ugo; Strøm, Steinar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2000)
      This paper employs a microeconometric framework to examine the labor supply responses and the welfare effects from replacing current tax systems in Italy, Norway and Sweden by a flat tax on total income. The flat tax rates ...
    • Labor supply, income distribution and excess burden of personal income taxation in Norway 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Dagsvik, John K.; Strøm, Steinar (Discussion Paper;No. 54, Working paper, 1990-12)
      This paper presents the results of an empirical analysis of labor supply for married couples in NorwaS, based on a new modelling approach. This new framework is particularly convenient for dealing with'complicated budget ...
    • Labor supply, income distribution and excess burden of personal income taxation in Sweden 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Dagsvik, John K.; Strøm, Steinar (Discussion Paper;No. 53, Working paper, 1990-12)
      The paper presents results from a labor supply study on Swedish data. The estimated labor supply model is based on a new methodological approach. This approach is well suited for taking into account complex nonlinear and ...
    • Labour Supply models 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Colombino, Ugo (Discussion papers;807, Working paper, 2015-04)
      This paper is published as Chapter 7 of Handbook of Microsimulation Modelling edited by Cathal O’Donoghue, and issued in the series Contributions to Economic Analysis by Emerald Publishing Group. The purpose of the paper ...
    • Local governments, in-kind transfers, and economic inequality 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Eika, Lasse; Langørgen, Audun; Mogstad, Magne (Discussion papers;888, Working paper, 2018-11)
      We examine how in-kind transfers provided by local governments affect economic inequality. The allocation of in-kind transfers to households and the adjustment for differences in needs are derived from a model of local ...
    • Long-run evolution of income inequality in the Nordic countries 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Bengtsson, Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This paper surveys Nordic historic studies on the distribution of income to highlight similarities and differences between Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden in the evolution of income concentration and income inequality ...
    • Mean-spread-preserving transformations 

      Aaberge, Rolf (Discussion Papers;No. 360, Working paper, 2003)
      Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to define various mean-spread-preserving transformations, which can be considered as generalized versions of the mean-Gini-preserving transformation. The mean-Ginipreserving tran ...
    • Measuring long-term inequality of opportunity 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Mogstad, Magne; Peragine, Vito (Discussion Papers;No. 620, Working paper, 2010)
      Abstract: In this paper, we introduce and apply a general framework for evaluating long-term income distributions according to the Equality of Opportunity principle (EOp). Our framework allows for both an ex-ante and an ...
    • Measuring long-term inequality of opportunity 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Mogstad, Magne; Peragine, Vito (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Abstract In this paper, we introduce a new family of rank-dependent measures of inequality and social welfare consistent with the equality of opportunity (EOp) principle. The proposed framework can be used to measure ...
    • Measuring the benefits from public services : the effects of local government spending on the distribution of income in Norway 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun (Discussion Papers;No. 339, Working paper, 2003)
      Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to provide an evaluation of how local public in-kind benefits affect the distribution of income in Norway. To this end, a method that accounts for differences between municipalities ...
    • Measuring the benefits from public services: the effects of local government spending on the distribution of income in Norway 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006)
      The purpose of this paper is to provide an evaluation of how local public in-kind benefits affect the distribution of income in Norway. To this end, a method that accounts for differences between municipalities in capacity ...
    • Modeling concentration and dispersion in multiple regression 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Bjerve, Steinar; Doksum, Kjell (Discussion Papers;No. 412, Working paper, 2005)
      We consider concepts and models that are useful for measuring how strongly the distribution of a positive response Y is concentrated near a value y0 > 0 with a focus on how concentration varies as a function of covariates. ...
    • Multidimensional poverty and inequality 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Brandolini, Andrea (Discussion papers;792, Working paper, 2014-12)
      This paper examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. First, it outlines three aspects preliminary to any multidimensional study: the selection of the relevant dimensions; ...
    • Non-stationary inflow and duration of unemployment 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Wennemo, Tom (Discussion Paper;No. 52, Working paper, 1990-10)
      This paper is concerned with econometric problems and methods involved in estimating duration models using data on incomplete unemployment spells provided by standard labor force surveys. In particular it considers how the ...