Browsing Statistics Norway's Open Research Repository (SNORRe) by Author "Hægeland, Torbjørn"
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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 ... -
Access to treatment and educational inequalities in cancer survival
Fiva, Jon Hernes; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Rønning, Marte; Syse, Astri (Discussion papers;735, Working paper, 2013-02)The public health care systems in the Nordic countries provide high quality care almost free of charge to all citizens. However, social inequalities in health persist. Previous research has, for example, documented substantial ... -
Adapt or withdraw? Evidence on technological changes and early retirement using matched worker-firm data
Hægeland, Torbjørn; Rønningen, Dag; Salvanes, Kjell G. (Discussion Papers;No. 509, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: Older workers typically possess older vintages of skills than younger workers, and they may suffer more from technological change. Experienced workers may nevertheless have accumulated human capital making ... -
Aggregate productivity and heterogeneous firms
Holmøy, Erling; Hægeland, Torbjørn (Discussion Papers;No. 266, Working paper, 2000)It is an established fact that firms, even within narrowly defined industries, differ with respect to productivity. In this paper we analyse how observed heterogeneity in productivity is affected by endogenous producer ... -
Aggregate productivity effects of technology shocks in a model of heterogeneous firms : the importance of equilibrium adjustments
Holmøy, Erling; Hægeland, Torbjørn (Discussion Papers;No. 198, Working paper, 1997)This paper studies how productivity shifts at the level of the firm are transmitted to aggregate industry productivity in a model of heterogeneous firms. We analyse both uniform productivity shifts, and catching up by ... -
Best i test, men hva så? : kommentarer til NOU 2001:29
Holmøy, Erling; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Rosendahl, Knut Einar (Journal article, 2002)Referansetestingsutvalgets forslag til sammenligning av indikatorer for norske og utenlandske rammevilkår for næringslivet er svakt begrunnet. Vi mener rammevilkår for utenlandske bedrifter sjelden bør ha relevans for ... -
Betydningen av høyere utdanning og akademisk forskning for økonomisk vekst. En oversikt over teori og empiri
Hægeland, Torbjørn; Møen, Jarle (Rapporter;2000/10, Report, 2000-05-09) -
Bosted har betydning for hvordan det går med kreftpasienter
Fiva, Jon Hernes; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Rønning, Marte (Journal article, 2009)Det er forskjeller mellom sykehusområder både når det gjelder sannsynligheten for å overleve kreft og for å være i jobb fem år etter en kreftdiagnose. Sannsynligheten for å overleve varierer mellom 60 og 69 prosent på tvers ... -
Bør OECD-målsettingen i norsk forskningspolitikk opprettholdes?
Cappelen, Ådne; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Møen, Jarle (Journal article, 2004)Opptrappingsplanen for norsk forskning tar sikte på å øke forskningsinnsatsen i Norge slik at den kommer opp på nivå med gjennomsnittet i OECD-området. Det krever en betydelig økning av FoU-innsatsen i Norge sammenliknet ... -
Changing returns to education across cohorts : selection, school system or skills obsolescence?
Hægeland, Torbjørn (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 ... -
Do higher wages reflect higher productivity? : education, gender and experience premiums in a matched plant-worker data set
Hægeland, Torbjørn; Klette, Tor Jakob (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 ... -
Downsizing as a sorting device : are low-productive workers more likely to leave downsizing firms?
Henningsen, Morten S.; Hægeland, Torbjørn (Discussion Papers;No. 543, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: Employers cannot always displace workers at their own discretion. In many countries, Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) includes restrictions on laying off workers. This paper studies whether employers use ... -
Effective rates of assistance for Norwegian industries
Holmøy, Erling; Hægeland, Torbjørn (Discussion papers;147, Working paper, 1995-07)We measure the effective assistance to 17 Norwegian private industries in 1989 and 1991 caused by government budgetary subsidies, indirect commodity taxes, import protection through nominal tariffs and non-tariff barriers, ... -
Effective rates of assistance for Norwegian industries
Holmøy, Erling; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Olsen, Øystein (Discussion Papers;No. 122, Working paper, 1994)We measure the effective assistance to 18 Norwegian private industries in 1989 caused by government budgetary subsidies, indirect commodity taxes, import protection through nominal tariffs and non-tariff-barriers, price ... -
Effektive satser for næringsstøtte
Holmøy, Erling; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Olsen, Øystein; Strøm, Birger (Rapporter;1993/31, Report, 1993-12-03) -
Effektive satser for næringsstøtte 1994
Fæhn, Taran; Hægeland, Torbjørn (Rapporter;1996/18, Report, 1996) -
En indikator for effekter av næringspolitiske tiltak i en økonomi karakterisert ved monopolistisk konkurranse
Hægeland, Torbjørn (Rapporter;1994/31, Report, 1994) -
Estimating the additionality of R&D subsidies using proposal evaluation data to control for firms’ R&D intentions
Henningsen, Morten S.; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Møen, Jarle (Discussion papers;729, Working paper, 2012-12)Empirical examination of whether R&D subsidies to private firms crowd out private investments has been hampered by problems related to selection. A particular worry is that research intentions and the quality of current ... -
Estimating the returns to schooling : a likelihood approach based on normal mixtures
Dagsvik, John K.; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Raknerud, Arvid (Discussion Papers;No. 567, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: In this paper we develop likelihood based methods for statistical inference in a joint system of equations for the choice of length of schooling and earnings. The model for schooling choice is assumed to be ... -
Estimation of earnings- and schooling choice relations : a likelihood approach
Dagsvik, John K.; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Raknerud, Arvid (Discussion Papers;No. 486, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: In this paper we develop a full information maximum likelihood method for the estimation of a joint model for the choice of length of schooling and the corresponding earnings equation. The model for schooling ...