• Immigrant skills and employment. Cross-country evidence from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey 

      Bratsberg, Bernt; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Raaum, Oddbjørn (Discussion papers;730, Working paper, 2013-01)
      This paper studies the distributions of literacy skills, education, and employment of immigrants and natives in three host countries: Canada, the United States, and Norway. For natives, we uncover remarkably stable relations ...
    • Performance pay and within-firm wage inequality 

      Barth, Erling; Bratsberg, Bernt; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Raaum, Oddbjørn (Discussion Papers;No. 535, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: This paper examines the impact of performance-related pay on wage differentials within firms. Our theoretical framework predicts that, compared to a fixed pay system, pay schemes based on individual effort ...
    • The effects of an upper secondary education reform on theattainment of immigrant youth 

      Brinch, Christian N.; Bratsberg, Bernt; Raaum, Oddbjørn (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, ...
    • Value added-indikatorer. Et nyttig verktøy i kvalitetsvurdering 

      Hægeland, Torbjørn; Kirkebøen, Lars Johannessen; Bratsberg, Bernt; Raaum, Oddbjørn (Rapporter;2011/42, Research report, 2011)
      I de fleste OECD-land har det i de senere år blitt lagt mer vekt på resultatkvalitet i skolen og tilhørende dokumentasjon. Verdien av dette avhenger imidlertid kritisk av at de måleinstrumentene man benytter gir pålitelige ...