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Do higher wages reflect higher productivity? : education, gender and experience premiums in a matched plant-worker data set
(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 ... -
Do Models Improve Fishery management? Empirical evidence from a experimental study
(Discussion Papers;No. 228, Working paper, 1998)At the initial stage of this project, the project group consisted of Asbjørn Aaheim, Magnus Hatlebakk and the authors. The authors are grateful for the discussion with the other project participants at this stage. We also ... -
Do welfare-to-work initiatives work? : evidence from an activation programme targeted at social security recipients in Norway
(Discussion Papers;No. 519, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: This paper presents results from an evaluation of a Norwegian initiative to combat poverty launched in 2003. Central to the plan is a broad spectrum of rehabilitation and activation measures intended to help ... -
Dobbeltarbeidende seniorer : ulønnet omsorgsarbeid
(Journal article, 2010)Økt levealder gjør at stadig flere har og får omsorgsplikter overfor sine gamle foreldre eller andre nære personer. Omtrent hver syvende voksne har i dag regelmessig ulønnet omsorgsarbeid, og de fleste er kvinner. Flest ... -
Does improved environmental policy enhance economic growth? endogenous growth theory applied to developing countries
(Discussion Papers;No. 114, Working paper, 1994)The environmental impacts on an economy is studied over time using endogenous growth theory. Externalities from the environment on production are central in the analysis, and we examine whether an optimal path realizes ... -
Does oilrig activity react to oil price changes? An empirical investigation
(Discussion Papers;No. 372, Working paper, 2004)Abstract: In this paper we analyse how oilrig activity in different Non-OPEC regions is affected by the crude oil price. Oilrig activity outside OPEC is an important indicator for production in the near future, and ... -
Does public policy crowd out private contributions to public goods?
(Discussion Papers;No. 300, Working paper, 2001)Abstract: It is sometimes claimed that individuals’ contributions to public goods are not motivated by economic costs and benefits alone, but that people also have a moral or norm-based motivation. A number of studies ... -
Does the CPI mirror costs-of-living? Engel's law suggests not in Norway
(Discussion Papers;No. 368, Working paper, 2004)There is considerable interest in identifying the magnitude of the difference between increases in CPI and costs-of-living, and this article uses the technique proposed by Hamilton (2001) to measure this discrepancy for ... -
Does the housing market react to new information on school quality?
(Discussion Papers;No. 541, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: This paper analyzes housing market reactions to the release of previously unpublished information on school quality. Using the sharp discontinuity in the information environment allows us to study price changes ... -
Does welfare policy affect residential choices? : evidence from a natural experiment
(Discussion Papers;No. 503, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: This paper studies how changes in welfare benefit levels affect welfare recipients’ residential choices. Although several empirical studies have stressed that welfare policy may affect residential choices of ... -
Downsizing as a sorting device : are low-productive workers more likely to leave downsizing firms?
(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 ... -
Driven to drink : sin taxes near a border
(Discussion Papers;No. 507, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: This paper investigates household purchasing behavior in response to differing alcohol and tobacco taxes near an international border. Our study suggests that large tax differentials near borders induce economically ... -
Eco-labels, production related externalities and trade
(Discussion Papers;No, 332, Working paper, 2002)Abstract: We analyze the trade and welfare effects of eco-labels in a domestic market with one domestic firm and one foreign firm. Pollution is production related, and the government can choose between including the product ... -
Ecology and economy in the Arctic : uncertainty, knowledge and precaution
(Discussion Papers;No. 525, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: Climate change impacts in the Arctic require that complex relationships between the economy, the environment, and the living conditions of indigenous and local people be taken into account. While traditional ... -
Economic fluctuations in a small open economy – Real versus nominal shocks
(Discussion Papers;No. 215, Working paper, 1998)This paper analyses the role of real and nominal shocks in explaining business cycles in a small open economy like that of Norway. In particular, we study the sources behind real exchange rate fluctuations since the collapse ... -
Effective rates of assistance for Norwegian industries
(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 ... -
Effects of demographic development, labour supply and pension reforms on the future pension burden
(Discussion Papers;No. 418, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: A much higher old-age dependency ratio together with more generous pension benefits will lead to a substantial increase in the future pension burden in Norway. The challenges of financing the increasing pension ... -
Effects of family policy reforms in Norway. Results from a joint labor supply and child care choice microsimulation analysis
(Discussion Papers;No. 450, Working paper, 2006)Mothers of preschool children represent one part of the population that might be able to increase its labor supply. We discuss effects of family policy changes that encourage the labor supply of these mothers, as child ... -
Effects of inspections on plants' regulatory and environmental performance - evidence from Norwegian manufacturing industries
(Discussion Papers;No. 381, Working paper, 2004)Abstract: The present paper investigates effects of regulatory inspections on compliance and emissions of energy intensive manufacturing plants in Norway. The regression analysis shows that increased probability of ... -
Effects of norms, warm-glow and time use on household recycling
(Discussion Papers;No. 389, Working paper, 2004)Abstract: The aim of this paper is to quantify the relative importance of motivations based on warm-glow, social and moral norms and cost of time used recycling on household recycling efforts. We also test for crowding-out ...