Blar i Eksterne publiseringer / International and Nordic Publications på emneord "Norway"
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Avoiding adverse employment effects from electricity taxation in Norway: What does it cost?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Welfare analyses of energy taxes typically show that systems with uniform rates perform better than differentiated systems. However, most western countries include some exemptions for their energyintensive export industries ... -
Baby booming inequality? Demographic change and earnings inequality in Norway, 1967–2000
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)In this paper, we demonstrate how age-adjusted inequality measures can be used to evaluate whether changes in inequality over time are due to changes in the age-structure. To this end, we use administrative data on earnings ... -
Divorce in Norwegian Same‐Sex Marriages and Registered Partnerships: The Role of Children
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-09-02)Using Norwegian register data on the total population of same‐sex couples who formalized their unions from 1993 through 2010 (N = 3,422, 52% male), this study addressed the level and correlates of divorce among these couples ... -
Early Childcare and Cognitive Development: Evidence from an Assignment Lottery
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Young children are thought to be vulnerable to separation from their primary caregiver. This raises concern about whether early childcare enrollment may harm child development. We use childcare assignment lotteries to ... -
Fertility and family policy in Norway : a reflection on trends and possible connections
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2004)Below replacement fertility in many countries has lead to a renewed public interest in policies that may encourage young people to have more children. The Nordic countries are sometimes in focus in this respect, as their ... -
Fertility and public policies : evidence from Norway and Finland
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Below replacement fertility in many countries has lead to a renewed public interest in policies that may encourage young people to have more children. The Nordic countries are sometimes in focus in this respect, as their ... -
Formation and realisation of moving intentions across the adult life course
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-11-15)Residential and migratory moves are frequently regarded as instruments to attain other life goals. Thus, empirical studies increasingly link moves to other life course events. However, to fully understand moving decisions, ... -
Incarceration, Recidivism and Employment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-02-10)Using a random judge design and panel data from Norway, we estimate that imprisonment discourages further criminal behavior, with reoffense probabilities falling by 29 percentage points and criminal charges dropping by 11 ... -
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 ... -
Labor supply responses and welfare effects from replacing current tax rules by a flat tax: Empirical evidence from Italy, Norway and Sweden
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2000)This paper employs a microeconometric framework to examine the labor supply responses and the welfare effects from replacing current tax systems in Italy, Norway and Sweden by a flat tax on total income. The flat tax rates ... -
Neural network imputation applied to the Norwegian 1990 population census data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 1996)Abstract: When adequate administrative registers are available, population censuses can be carried out by supplementing the administrative data with data compiled from sample surveys. A problem is, however, to obtain ... -
Now or later? The Theory of Planned Behavior and timing of fertility intentions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-01-20)This article focuses on the time frame of intentions to have a child. For both parents and childless people we compare those who want a child now with those who intend to have a child within the next three years. Based on ... -
Potential demand for alternative fuel vehicles
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2002)This paper analyzes the potential demand for alternative fuel vehicles. The alternative fuel vehicles we consider are liquid propane gas and electric powered vehicles in addition to dual-fuel vehicles. The data were obtained ... -
Regional variation in health care utilization and mortality
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-02-19)Geographic variation in health care utilization has raised concerns of possible inefficiencies in health care supply, as differences are often not reflected in health outcomes. Using comprehensive Norwegian microdata, we ... -
Saving and portfolio allocation before and after job loss
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-03-14)We investigate the development of household labor income, financial wealth, and asset holdings over a 9-year period around job loss, using unique administrative panel data from Norway. Consistent with predictions from ... -
Tax reform, sector-specific labor supply and welfare effects
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)This paper focuses in particular on the 1992 tax reform in Norway. In this reform the top marginal tax rates were cut considerably. We find that the impact on overall labor supply is rather modest, but these modest changes ...