• Impacts of hospital wait time on patient health and labor supply 

      Godøy, Anna Aasen; Haaland, Venke Furre; Huitfeldt, Ingrid; Votruba, Mark (Discussion papers;919, Working paper, 2019-11)
      We estimate the effects of wait time for orthopedic surgery on health and labor market outcomes of Norwegian workers. Our identification strategy exploits variation in wait times for surgery generated by the idiosyncratic ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • The lost generation: Effects of youth labor market opportunities on longterm labor market outcomes 

      Haaland, Venke Furre (Discussion Papers;No. 835, Working paper, 2016-02-04)
      This study shows that local unemployment rates at the age of graduation from compulsory school and high-school have negative effects on males’ earnings, employment and disability pension when measured as late as age ...