• Deunionization and job polarization – a macroeconomic model analysis for a small open economy 

      Brasch, Thomas von; Gjelsvik, Marit Linnea; Sparrman, Victoria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-07)
      Declining unionization rates and job polarization are two important labor market developments of recent decades. A large body of literature has analyzed these phenomena separately, but little has been done to see whether ...
    • Fibonaccirekken i økonomifaget 

      Brasch, Thomas von; Byström, Johan; Lystad, Lars Petter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Fibonaccirekken er en myteomspunnet tallrekke. Fasinasjonen for denne rekken skyldes blant annet at den nesten har en «universell» anvendelse og blir koblet til arkitektur, kunst, musikk samt en rekke fenomener i naturen. ...
    • Identifying the sector bias of technical change 

      Brasch, Thomas von (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-02-19)
      The empirical literature studying the sector bias of technical change has only focused on skill-biased technical change. In this paper, I analyse the sector bias of both factor-neutral and factor-biased technical change. ...
    • Measuring labour services: Quality‐Adjusting the entry and exit of workers 

      Brasch, Thomas von; Cappelen, Ådne; Iancu, Diana-Cristina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-28)
      Many statistical agencies use the sum of hours worked when measuring labour services. This implies that all workers provide work of equal quality. Various indices for adjusting for labour quality have been employed in a ...
    • Optimal control and the Fibonacci sequence 

      Brasch, Thomas von; Byström, Johan; Lystad, Lars Petter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-04-26)
      We bridge mathematical number theory with optimal control and show that a generalised Fibonacci sequence enters the control function of finite-horizon dynamic optimisation problems with one state and one control variable. ...
    • The import price index with trade barriers: theory and evidence 

      Brasch, Thomas von (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-05-05)
      The standard economic import price index hinges on an assumption of free trade. Applying the index to situations with barriers to trade yields biased results compared to a true import price index. To circumvent this problem, ...