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A welfare state funded by nature and OPEC. A guided tour on Norway's path from an exceptionally impressive to an exceptionally strained fiscal position
(Discussion Papers;No. 464, Working paper, 2006)Large petroleum revenues make Norway an enviable fiscal loner. The fiscal policy rule adopted from 2001 transforms petroleum wealth into foreign assets, and only the real return on the financial fund should be spent annually. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Equity versus efficiency in public pension schemes. Microsimulating the trade-off
(Discussion Papers;No. 515, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: Any contribution to a pay-as-you-go pension system may be considered mandatory savings to the extent that it gives a claim to a future benefit. Contributors to the economic literature have argued that an ... -
Fiscal sustainability: Must the problem be diminished before we can see it?
(Discussion Papers;No. 499, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: Assessments of fiscal sustainability (FS) problems should be based on present values of government revenues and expenditures over an infinite horizon. The paper shows that realistic assumptions imply that the ... -
How financial incentives induce disability insurance recipients to return to work
(Discussion papers (Statistisk sentralbyrå. Forskningsavdelingen);No. 685, Working paper, 2012)Disability Insurance (DI) programs have long been criticized by economists for apparent work disincentives. Some countries have recently modified their programs such that DI recipients are allowed to keep some of their ... -
Labor supply on the eve of retirement. Disparate effects of immediate and postponed rewards to working
(Discussion papers;698, Working paper, 2012-07)We study two recent changes in incentives to work facing 67-69 year old workers in Norway: an earnings test reform which increases current earnings from work, and a pension system maturation which removes pension accrual ... -
Labour supply effects of early retirement provision
(Discussion papers;717, Working paper, 2012-11)The main objective of this paper is to estimate labour supply effects of an early retirement programme in Norway. Detailed administrative data are employed in order to characterize full paths towards retirement and account ... -
Macroeconomic effects of proposed pension reforms in Norway
(Discussion Papers;No. 417, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: Ageing combined with generous welfare state schemes makes the present fiscal policy in Norway unsustainable, despite large government petroleum revenues. We estimate to what extent two suggested reforms of the ... -
Norwegian pension reform : defined benefit versus defined contribution
(Discussion Papers;No. 669, Working paper, 2011)Abstract: Norway. The new system fulfils several criteria for a defined contribution scheme. Earnings from all years in work count in the accumulation of entitlements, and an actuarial rule converting the final balance ... -
Pension reform in Norway : microsimulating effects on government expenditures, labour supply incentives and benefit distribution
(Discussion Papers;No. 524, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: A much higher old-age dependency ratio, together with more generous pension benefits, will lead to a substantial increase in the future public pension expenditures burden in Norway. A pension reform implemented ... -
Precautionary Saving and Old-Age Pensions
(Discussion papers;108, Working paper, 1994-02)A precautionary saving model is extended to include old-age pensions and provides the framework for an empirical analysis of the relation between old-age pensions and private consumption. Norwegian macrodata for socioeconomic ... -
Social Interaction Effects in Disability Pension Participation. Evidence from Plant Downsizing
(Discussion Papers;No. 496, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: We estimate the magnitude of social interaction effects in disability pension participation among older workers in Norway. Specifically, we investigate how a worker’s propensity to draw disability benefits is ... -
Spousal influence on early retirement behavior
(Discussion Papers;No. 406, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: In this paper, we use a binary choice panel data model to analyze married individuals.retirement behavior in Norway when a new option, AFP early retirement becomes available. We focus our study on the influence ... -
The Effect of plant downsizing on disability pension utilization
(Discussion Papers;No. 435, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: We investigate the impact of plant downsizing on disability pension utilization in Norway. Plant downsizing substantially increases the disability entry rate of workers in affected plants. Workers originally ... -
Transitions to disability and rehabilitation
(Discussion Papers;641, Working paper, 2010)The discrete choice model of McFadden (1973) is used to quantify the desire for going into rehabilitation or disability among fully employed married women in Norway. Predictions using the model indicate that as much as 60 ... -
Will the Norwegian pension reform reach its goals? : an integrated micro-macro assessment
(Discussion Papers;No. 557, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: The Norwegian pension reform of 2006 intends to (1) improve long run fiscal sustainability by reducing the growth in public old-age expenditures, (2) strengthen labour supply incentives, and (3) maintain the ...