Blar i Statistics Norway's Open Research Repository (SNORRe) på emneord "Education"
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A comparison of the labour market integration of immigrants and refugees in Canada and Norway
(Reports;2009/31, Report, 2009)According to the OECD (2008), Canada’s immigrants score among the highest in the industrialised world when it comes to employment rates. Measured by employment rate Canada ranked 3rd (only surpassed by Portugal and ... -
A theory-based measure of the output of the education sector
(Discussion Papers;No. 353, Working paper, 2003)Abstract: The paper estimates the output of the Norwegian higher education sector based on a modification of the methodology introduced by Jorgenson and Fraumeni (JF) (1989). JF measure output in the education sector by ... -
Are lone mothers responsive to policy changes? : the effects of a Norvegian workfare reform on earnings, education, and poverty
(Discussion Papers;No. 533, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: The generous Nordic model of welfare is commonly viewed as an exceptional success both in terms of equality and economic growth. However, it has recently become evident that subgroups of the population with weak ... -
Assortative labor matching, city size, and the education level of workers
(Working paper, 2020)Recent research shows that thicker labor markets display better assortative matching. Our contribution addresses identification challenges and heterogeneity of effects, in particular with respect to education. Using a rich ... -
Changing returns to education across cohorts : selection, school system or skills obsolescence?
(Discussion Papers;No. 302, Working paper, 2001)Abstract: This paper investigates whether economic returns to education in Norway differ across cohorts. Differences in returns to education may arise from selection effects - the large increase in educational attainment ... -
Demand and supply of labor by education towards 2030. Linking demographic and macroeconomic models for Norway
(Rapporter;2010/39, Report, 2010)Because of globalization and technological progress, most OECD-countries have seen a considerable growth in the demand for labor with higher skills and educational levels the past decades. In many countries, supply has ... -
Do higher wages reflect higher productivity? : education, gender and experience premiums in a matched plant-worker data set
(Discussion Papers;No. 208, Working paper, 1997)Do wage differences between workers with high and low levels of education, between males and females and between workers with different levels of experience reflect differences in productivity? We address this set of ... -
Educational differences in cohort fertility across sub-national regions in Europe
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Educational differences in female cohort fertility vary strongly across high-income countries and over time, but knowledge about how educational fertility differentials play out at the sub-national regional level is limited. ... -
Experience and schooling : substitutes or complements?
(Discussion Papers;No. 301, Working paper, 2001)Abstract: This paper investigates whether returns to experience and seniority vary between workers with different levels of education and between different types of firms. Using a large administrative dataset for Norwegian ... -
Intergenerational transmission of age at first birth in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-02-10)Using data from administrative registers, we examine the intergenerational transmission of timing of first birth in Norway for all men and women born between 1954 and 1964. We assess the extent of any intergenerational ... -
Pennies from heaven. Using exogenous tax variation to identify effects of school resources on pupil achievement
(Discussion Papers;No. 508, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: Despite important policy implications associated with the allocation of education resources, evidence on the effectiveness of school inputs remains inconclusive. In part, this is due to endogenous allocation; ... -
Pupil achievement, school resources and family background
(Discussion Papers;No. 397, Working paper, 2004)Whether increasing resource use in schools has a positive effect on pupil performance has occupied governments, parents and researchers for decades. A main challenge when trying to answer this question is to separate the ... -
Should economists listen to educational psychologists? Some economics of student motivation
(Discussion Papers;No. 662, Working paper, 2011)Abstract: This paper sheds light on the role of student motivation in the success of schooling. We develop a model in which a teacher engages in the management of student motivation through the choice of the classroom ... -
Tax effects on unemployment and the choice of educational type
(Discussion Papers;No. 419, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: This paper examines the effect of taxes on the individuals' choices of educational direction, and thus on the economy's skill composition. A proportional labour income tax induces too many workers with high ... -
The effects of an upper secondary education reform on theattainment of immigrant youth
(Discussion Papers;No. 528, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: The national Norwegian school reform of 1994, which gave statutory right to at least three years of upper secondary education, had a significant impact on educational attainment among immigrant youth. In particular, ... -
Why children of college graduates outperform their schoolmates : a study of cousins and adoptees
(Discussion papers;No. 628, Working paper, 2010)Abstract: There is massive cross-sectional evidence that children of more educated parents outperform their schoolmates on tests, grade repetition and in educational attainment. However, evidence for causal interpretation ... -
Why educated mothers don't make educated children? : a statistical study in the intergenerational transmission of schooling
(Discussion Papers;No. 563, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: More educated parents are observed to have better educated children. From a policy point of view, however, it is important to distinguish between causation and selection. Researchers trying to control for ...