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    • Changes in the pattern of household electricity demand over time 

      Halvorsen, Bente; Larsen, Bodil Merethe (Discussion Papers;No. 255, Working paper, 1999)
      Empirical estimates of long run effects on residential electricity demand from changes in the electricity price are usually estimated by cross-sectional variation in the current stock of electric household appliances across ...

    • Child care in the welfare state : a critique of the Rosen model 

      Aslaksen, Iulie; Koren, Charlotte (Discussion Papers;No. 269, Working paper, 2000)
      A recent study of the welfare state in Sweden, Rosen (1995, 1996, 1997), concludes that child care subsidies may lead to substantial deadweight losses that may impede economic growth and the future of the welfare state. ...

    • Decomposition of the gini coefficient by income components : various types of applications and interpretations 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Aslaksen, Iulie (Discussion Papers;No. 182, Working paper, 1996)
      This paper aims at clarifying the notion "overall distributive effect" of an income component or a policy proposal and moreover discusses various approaches for assessing the distributional impact of the components of total ...

    • Does more involved fathering imply a double burden for fathers in Norway? 

      Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Rønsen, Marit (Discussion papers;753, Working paper, 2013-09)
      While long total work hours (paid plus unpaid work) have usually been framed as a problem for employed women, researchers now ask whether more involved fathering practices imply a double burden for men, too. Based on the ...

    • Does parenthood imply less specialization than before? Tales from the Norwegian time use surveys 1980-2010 

      Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Rønsen, Marit (Discussion papers;757, Working paper, 2013-10)
      The presence of children still tends to reinforce a traditional division of labour in couples in many countries. This paper explores possible changes in the relationship between parenthood and the division of labour in ...

    • How do investments in heat pumps affect household energy consumption? 

      Halvorsen, Bente; Larsen, Bodil Merethe (Discussion papers;737, Working paper, 2013-04)
      Increased energy efficiency is often seen as the best way of reducing energy consumption. However, the cost reduction resulting from the efficiency increase can undermine the energy-saving potential of the efficiency ...

    • The intergenerational transfer of the employment gender gap 

      Haaland, Venke Furre; Rege, Mari; Telle, Kjetil; Votruba, Mark (Discussion papers;767, Working paper, 2014-01)
      Despite well-documented convergence during the later years of the 20th century, labor market attachment remains markedly higher for men than for women. The current paper employs rich longitudinal registry data to investigate ...