• A theory-based measure of the output of the education sector 

      Ervik, Astrid Oline; Holmøy, Erling; Hægeland, Torbjørn (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 ...
    • An Expenditure Based estimate of Britain's black economy revisited 

      Wangen, Knut Reidar (Discussion Papers;No. 414, Working paper, 2005)
      Abstract: The seminal paper by Pissarides and Weber (1989) is one of several previous studies trying to measure the size of the black economy. Pissarides and Weber compared the relationship between food expenditure and ...
    • Evaluating alternative basic income mechanisms : a simulation for European countries 

      Colombino, Ugo (Discussion Papers; 578, Working paper, 2009)
      We develop and estimate a microeconometric model of household labour supply in five European countries representative of different economies and welfare policy regimes: Denmark, Italy, Norway, Portugal and United Kingdom. ...
    • Fiscal and spending behavior of local governments : Identification of price effects when prices are not observed 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2003)
      Abstract. This paper analyzes local public fiscal and spending behavior in a setting where local governments, represented by the dominant party or coalition, are treated as utility maximizing agents. The econometric ...
    • 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 (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 ...
    • Ranking intersecting Lorenz curves 

      Aaberge, Rolf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)
      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 ...
    • The Assumption of equal marginal utility of income : how much does it matter? 

      Medin, Hege; Nyborg, Karine; Bateman, Ian (Discussion Papers;No. 241, Working paper, 1998)
      In most applied cost-benefit analyses, individual willingness to pay is aggregated without using explicit welfare weights. This can be justified by postulating a utilitarian social welfare function, along with the assumption ...
    • The pattern of household savings during a hyperinflation : The case of urban China in the late 1980s 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Zhu, Yu (Discussion Papers;No. 217, Working paper, 1998)
      This paper presents evidence on household savings in urban regions of the Chinese provinces Sichuan and Liaoning based on data from the State Statistical Bureau's Urban Household Survey for the late 1980s. In this period ...
    • The pattern of household savings during a hyperinflation: the case of urban China in the late 1980s 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Zhu, Yu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2001)
      This paper presents evidence on household savings in urban regions of the Chinese provinces Sichuan and Liaoning based on data from the State Statistical Bureau's Urban Household Survey for the late 1980s. In this period ...
    • 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 ...