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Structural Change and Productivity in the Market Economy of Mainland Norway: 1997-2014
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Based on a newly compiled Norwegian KLEMS database, this article investigates structural change and productivity in the market economy of mainland Norway for the 1997-2014 period. The findings largely confirm the general ... -
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 ... -
Beyond the Economic Gaze. Childbearing during and after recessions in the Nordic countries
(;Nr. 2019/16, Report, 2019)Abstract: This study investigates fertility responses to the business cycle in the Nordic countries by comparing period variation in women’s childbearing propensity. We harmonize register data from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, ... -
An up-to-date joint labor supply and child care choice model
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Norwegian parents of preschool children base their care choices on a completely different choice set from their predecessor. Now there is essentially only one type of nonparental care – center-based care – and on the ... -
NEET Status and Early versus Later Skills among Young Adults: Evidence from linked register-PIAAC data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Do skills protect against exclusion in adult ages, and how important are the skills acquired before the age of 16 years versus those acquired later on? We match the scores on numeracy and literacy skills from the 2011 PIAAC ... -
Efficient Combination of Taxes on Fuel and Vehicles
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)A tax on fuel combined with tax exemptions or subsidies for fuel-efficient vehicles is implemented in many countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other negative externalities from road traffic. This study, however, ... -
Child care, parental labor supply and tax revenue
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)We study the impact of child care for toddlers on the labor supply of mothers and fathers in Norway. For identification, we exploit the staggered expansion across municipalities following a large child care reform from ... -
The climate spiral demonstrates the power of sharing creative ideas
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06)Graphical visualisations have the potential to engage diverse audiences in understanding the changes to our climate, especially when spread worldwide using both traditional and social media. The animated global temperature ... -
Distributional Effects of a Wealth Tax under Lifetime-Dynastic Income Concepts
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08-14)Annual wealth tax is back on the policy agenda, but the discussion on itseffect is not well informed. When standard methodology is used and wealthtax burdens are measured against annual individual income, a large share ... -
Færre med store barneflokker – Hvilken betydning har endringer i kvinners arbeidstid for nedgangen i fødselstallene?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Andelen kvinner med minst tre barn har gått ned de siste tiårene i Norge, også blant grupper som vanligvis har fått mange barn. Samtidig har kvinnene i økende grad gått over fra å arbeide deltid til heltid. Vi undersøker ... -
Declined Total Fertility Rate Among Immigrants and the Role of Newly Arrived Women in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)In many Western countries, the total fertility rate (TFR) of immigrant women has declined over the last decades. This paper proposes two methods for investigating such changes in the aggregate immigrant fertility level: ... -
The dual approach for measuring multidimensional deprivation: Theory and empirical evidence
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This paper is concerned with the problem of ranking and quantifying the extent of deprivation in multidimensional distributions of dichotomous deprivation variables. To this end, we introduce a family of measures of ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
Taxing Consumption to Mitigate Carbon Leakage
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Unilateral actions to reduce CO2 emissions could lead to carbon leakage such as relocation of emission-intensive and trade-exposed industries (EITE). To mitigate such leakage, countries often supplement an emissions trading ... -
Structural labour supply models and microsimulation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The purpose of the paper is to provide a discussion of the various approaches for accounting for labour supply responses in microsimulation models. The paper focus attention on two methodologies for modelling labour supply: ... -
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 ... -
The geographical distance between nonresident parents and children in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-08-25)As union dissolution rates increase in most modern societies, a growing number of children are living in post‐separation families. The geographical distance between parental households shapes the possibilities for contact ... -
Gender equality in the family and childbearing
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-15)Gender equality and equity in the division of household labor may be associated with couples’ transitions to first, second, and third births. Our comprehensive analysis includes the division of housework and child care as ... -
Using a microeconometric model of household labour supply to design optimal income taxes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-04-10)With regards to empirical applications of optimal taxation theory, analytical expressions are typically adopted for optimal taxes, and then numerical values are imputed to their parameters by calibration or by using previous ...