• Adjusting NNP for instrumental or defensive expenitures: an analytical approach 

      Brekke, Kjell Arne; Gravningsmyhr, Hanne A. (Discussion papers;134, Working paper, 1994-12)
      In this paper we provide a formal analysis to evaluate the subtraction of defensive expenditures from GDP. We consider expenditures that are used to produce non-market goods as candidates for being subtracted from GDP. It ...
    • Childhood residential mobility and adult outcomes 

      Tønnessen, Marianne; Telle, Kjetil; Syse, Astri (Discussion papers;750, Working paper, 2013-09)
      This study analyses the relation between moving during childhood and four different outcomes later in life. We use detailed data on complete cohorts born in Norway between 1965 and 1980 (N=967 151), their parents and ...
    • Does the housing market react to new information on school quality? 

      Fiva, Jon Hernes; Kirkebøen, Lars Johannessen (Discussion Papers;No. 541, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: This paper analyzes housing market reactions to the release of previously unpublished information on school quality. Using the sharp discontinuity in the information environment allows us to study price changes ...
    • Does welfare policy affect residential choices? : evidence from a natural experiment 

      Fiva, Jon Hernes (Discussion Papers;No. 503, Working paper, 2007)
      Abstract: This paper studies how changes in welfare benefit levels affect welfare recipients’ residential choices. Although several empirical studies have stressed that welfare policy may affect residential choices of ...
    • Structural adjustments and deforestation in Nicaragua 

      Glomsrød, Solveig; Monge A., Maria Dolores; Vennemo, Haakon (Discussion Papers;No. 193, Working paper, 1997)
      This paper investigates the impact of structural adjustment policies on deforestation taking place when the agricultural frontier advances into forest reserves in Nicaragua. A computable general equilibrium model incorporating ...