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Prognoser for internasjonal økonomi : står vi foran en amerikansk konjunkturavmatning?
(Journal article, 2005)SSBs prognoser for internasjonal økonomi har det siste året avveket fra gjengs oppfatning. De fleste prognosemiljøer forventer fortsatt høy vekst internasjonalt de nærmeste årene fremover, om enn ikke like kraftig som i ... -
Project evaluations and decision processes
(Discussion papers;137, Working paper, 1995-02)Cost-benefit analysis have been attacked by many critics because of its implicit ethical assumptions. The normative content of the method is at odds with the common attitude that economists should analyze how to reach given ... -
Projections of population, education, labour supply and public pension benefits. Analyses with the dynamic microsimulation model MOSART
(Sosiale og økonomiske studier;101, Book, 1998)Norway, like most developed countries, is facing an ageing population from the beginning of the 21st century, and this may have large impacts on public pension expenditures. These relations are analysed with a dynamic ... -
Promoting integration of immigrants. Effects of free child care on child enrollment and parental employment
(Discussion papers;799, Working paper, 2015-02)Proficiency in the language spoken by the majority population may be crucial for the cognitive development of children from immigrant families. High-quality child care is believed to promote such language skills, and it ... -
Promoting renewables and discouraging fossil energy consumption in the European Union
(Discussion Papers;610, Working paper, 2010)The European Union (EU) identified some positive and negative externalities related to energy production and consumption when adopting its Renewable Energy and Climate Change Package. Given these externalities, we derive ... -
Promotion rat race and public policy
(Discussion papers (Statistisk sentralbyrå. Forskningsavdelingen);No. 686, Working paper, 2012)This study investigates whether excess effort to climb a career ladder justifies policy interventions. The answer depends on whether the government is able to levy a higher tax burden on career workers than on non-career ... -
Properties of demand functions for linear consumption aggregates
(Discussion Paper;No. 49, Working paper, 1990-07)The starting point is the demand functions for homogeneous goods, with properties derived from standard static consumer theory. A linear consumption aggregate of a commodity group is defined as a weighted sum of the physical ... -
Prospects for a common, deregulated Nordic electricity market
(Discussion papers;144, Working paper, 1995-06)Electricity markets have typically been regulated all over the world. In Europe, UK and Norway have begun to deregulate their electricity markets. Several more countries will probably join them in the near future, for ... -
Proxy Interviews in the Norwegian Labour Force Survey. Analysis of self-respondent and proxy interviews, and their impact on estimates
(Notater / Documents;2018/48, Working paper, 2018-12-19)The aim of this study is to investigate selection and measurement effects of proxy interviews in the Norwegian Labour Force Survey. In 2018 there will be a test-run of a multi-mode data collection for the labour force ... -
Public acceptance and willingness to pay cost-effective taxes on red meat and road traffic in Norway
(Discussion papers;909, Working paper, 2019-06)The Norwegian high-level Green Tax Commission proposes inter alia cost-effective taxes on red meat and increased toll charges on road traffic to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and local air pollution, respectively. ... -
Public disclosure of tax information: Compliance tool or social network?
(Discussion Paper;No. 975, Working paper, 2022-03)We conduct the first-ever study of actual searches done in a public tax disclosure system, analyzing about one million searches done in 2014 and 2015 in Norway. We characterize the social network these searches comprise, ... -
Public policies and the employment dynamics among new mothers : a comparison of Finland, Norway and Sweden
(Discussion Papers;No. 263, Working paper, 1999)This paper compares the employment patterns of women after first and second birth in Finland, Norway and Sweden during 1972-92, focusing on the impact of parental leave and childcare programs on the transitions to full-time ... -
Public R&D Support and Firms’ Performance A Panel Data Study
(Discussion Papers;No. 878, Working paper, 2018-06-19)We analyse all the major sources of direct and indirect R&D subsidies in Norway in the period 2002-2013 and compare their effects on individual firms’ performance. Firms that received support are matched with a control ... -
Punktsampling som grunnlag for regional arealbudsjettering
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Pupil achievement, school resources and family background
(Discussion Papers;No. 397, Working paper, 2004)Whether increasing resource use in schools has a positive effect on pupil performance has occupied governments, parents and researchers for decades. A main challenge when trying to answer this question is to separate the ... -
Qualification, mobility and performance in a sample of Norwegian regional labour markets
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Quality adjusted price indexes for discrete goods
(Discussion Papers;No. 490, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: This paper discusses the construction and computation of a quality adjusted price index when the commodities are differentiated products, such as different brands of automobiles and refrigerators. The method ... -
Quality report on the Norwegian structure of Earnings Survey 2002
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Quality Report on the Norwegian Structure of Earnings Survey 2006
(Rapporter;2009/20, Report, 2009-07-09)This report covers all the main points related to quality that are normally covered and commented on in connection with the publication of statistics, and in this case statistics on earnings. This report is a slightly ... -
Quantifying central hypotheses on Environmental Kuznets Curves for a rich economy : a computable general equilibrium study
(Discussion Papers;No. 341, Working paper, 2003)Abstract: We investigate whether the future relationships between several pollutants and per capita income in rich countries may assume the inverted U-forms of Environmental Kuznets Curves (EKC). The emission-augmenting ...