Browsing Statistisk sentralbyrås publikasjonsserier / Published by Statistics Norway by Subject "JEL classification: I20"

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    • Access to treatment and educational inequalities in cancer survival 

      Fiva, Jon Hernes; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Rønning, Marte; Syse, Astri (Discussion papers;735, Working paper, 2013-02)
      The public health care systems in the Nordic countries provide high quality care almost free of charge to all citizens. However, social inequalities in health persist. Previous research has, for example, documented substantial ...

    • Estimating the returns to schooling : a likelihood approach based on normal mixtures 

      Dagsvik, John K.; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Raknerud, Arvid (Discussion Papers;No. 567, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: In this paper we develop likelihood based methods for statistical inference in a joint system of equations for the choice of length of schooling and earnings. The model for schooling choice is assumed to be ...

    • Estimation of earnings- and schooling choice relations : a likelihood approach 

      Dagsvik, John K.; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Raknerud, Arvid (Discussion Papers;No. 486, Working paper, 2006)
      Abstract: In this paper we develop a full information maximum likelihood method for the estimation of a joint model for the choice of length of schooling and the corresponding earnings equation. The model for schooling ...

    • Homework assignment and student achievement in OECD countries 

      Falch, Torberg; Rønning, Marte (Discussion papers;711, Working paper, 2012-10)
      This paper analyzes the effect of assigning homework on student achievement using data from 16 OECD countries that participated in TIMSS 2007. The model exploits withinstudent variation in homework across subjects in a ...

    • Parental job loss and children's school performance 

      Rege, Mari; Telle, Kjetil; Votruba, Mark (Discussion Papers;No. 517, Working paper, 2007)
      Abstract: Using Norwegian register data we estimate how children’s school performance is affected by their parents’ exposure to plant closure. Fathers’ exposure leads to a substantial decline in children’s graduation-year ...

    • The distributional impact of public services in European countries 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun; Lindgren, Petter Y. (Discussion papers;746, Working paper, 2013-06)
      The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of including the value of public health care, longterm care, education and childcare on estimates of income inequality and financial poverty in 23 European countries. The ...

    • The effect of working conditions on teachers’sickness absence 

      Rønning, Marte (Discussion papers (Statistisk sentralbyrå. Forskningsavdelingen);No. 684, Working paper, 2012)
      This paper investigates the effect of working conditions on the amount of teachers’sickness absence in Norway. Exploiting intertemporal variation within teachers who have not changed schools, the findings indicate that ...

    • Who benefits from homework assignments? 

      Rønning, Marte (Discussion Papers;No. 566, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: Using Dutch data on pupils in elementary school this paper is the first empirical study that analyzes whether assigning homework has an heterogeneous impact on pupil achievement. Addressing potential biases that ...