• 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 ...
    • Assimilation effects on infant mortality among immigrants in Norway 

      Kinge, Jonas Minet; Kornstad, Tom (Discussion papers;741, Working paper, 2013-05)
      The wellbeing of children of immigrant mothers is of great concern worldwide. In this study, we investigate the relationship between infant mortality and maternal country of origin and whether or not this relationship ...
    • Pro-cyclical mortality. Evidence from Norway 

      Haaland, Venke Furre; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion papers;766, Working paper, 2013-11)
      Using variation across geographical regions, a number of studies from the U.S. and other developed countries have found more deaths in economic upturns and less deaths in economic downturns. We use data from regions in ...
    • Some fundamental problems in Becker, Grossman and Murphy's implementation of rational addiction theory 

      Wangen, Knut Reidar (Discussion Papers;No. 375, Working paper, 2004)
      Abstract: The econometric implementation of rational addiction theory has been highly influenced by Becker, Grossman and Murphy (BGM). They specify an Euler equation where current consumption is determined by current price ...
    • 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 ...