Blar i Discussion Papers på forfatter "Skjerpen, Terje"

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    • Labor force participation and the discouraged worker effect 

      Dagsvik, John K.; Kornstad, Tom; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Papers;642, Working paper, 2010)
      This paper analyzes labor force participation with particular reference to the discouraged worker effect. Discouraged workers are those who do not search for work because they view their chances of finding a suitable job ...

    • Lumpy investments, factor adjustments and productivity 

      Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Raknerud, Arvid; Rybalka, Marina; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Papers;No. 441, Working paper, 2005)
      Abstract: This paper describes firms' output and factor demand before, during and after episodes of lumpy investments using a rich employer-employee panel data set for two manufacturing industries and one service industry. ...

    • Macroeconomic shocks and the probability of being employed 

      Kornstad, Tom; Nymoen, Ragnar; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Papers;675, Working paper, 2012)
      Macroeconomic theories take polar views on the importance of choice versus chance. At the micro level, it seems realistic to assume that both dimensions play a role for individual employment outcomes, although it might ...

    • Macroeconomic shocks and the probability of being employed 

      Kornstad, Tom; Nymoen, Ragnar; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion papers;675, Working paper, 1-01)
      Macroeconomic theories take polar views on the importance of choice versus chance. At the micro level, it seems realistic to assume that both dimensions play a role for individual employment outcomes, although it might be ...

    • Micro data on capital inputs: attempts to reconcile stock and flow information 

      Biørn, Erik; Lindquist, Kjersti-Gro; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Papers;No. 268, Working paper, 1999)
      We evaluate consequences of some important assumptions ofthe perpetual inventory method of capital stock calculation under geometric depreciation. The data are plant-level panel data from the Norwegian manufacturing ...

    • Modeling R&D spillovers to productivity: The effects of tax policy 

      Brasch, Thomas von; Cappelen, Ådne; Hungnes, Håvard; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Paper;No. 927, Working paper, 2020-04)
      We study the role of R&D spillovers when modelling total factor productivity (TFP) by industry. Using Norwegian industry level data, we find that for many industries there are significant spillovers from both domestic ...

    • Modelling and forecasting rig rates on the Norwegian Continental Shelf 

      Skjerpen, Terje; Storrøsten, Halvor Briseid; Rosendahl, Knut Einar; Osmundsen, Petter (Discussion Papers;No. 832, Working paper, 2015-12-22)
      Knowledge about rig markets is crucial for understanding the global oil market. In this paper we first develop a simple bargaining model for rig markets. Knowledge about rig markets is crucial for understanding the ...

    • Parametric aggregation of random coefficient Cobb-Douglasproduction functions : evidence from manufacturing industries 

      Biørn, Erik; Skjerpen, Terje; Wangen, Knut Reidar (Discussion Papers;No. 342, Working paper, 2003)
      Abstract: A panel data study of parametric aggregation of a production function is presented. A four-factor Cobb-Douglas function with random and jointly normal coefficients and jointly log-normal inputs is used. Since, ...

    • Productivity dispersion and measurement errors 

      Brasch, Thomas von; Iancu, Diana-Cristina; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Papers;No. 869, Working paper, 2017-11-24)
      We outline a novel procedure to identify the role of measurement errors in explaining the empirical dispersion in productivity across establishments. The starting point of our framework is the typical errors-in-variable ...

    • Random coefficients and unbalanced panels: an application on data from Norwegian chemical plants 

      Biørn, Erik; Lindquist, Kjersti-Gro; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Papers;No. 235, Working paper, 1998)
      A framework for analyzing substitution and scale properties, and technical change from plant-level panel data is presented. Focus is on comparing the constant and random coefficient specification of the substitution and ...

    • Revisions in the Norwegian National Accounts: Accuracy, unbiasedness and efficiency in preliminary figures 

      Helliesen, Magnus Kvåle; Hungnes, Håvard; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Paper;No. 924, Working paper, 2020-03)
      This paper investigates the quality of preliminary figures in the Norwegian national accounts. To address the problem of few observations in such analyses, we use some recently developed system tests. Preliminary figures ...

    • Search behavior, aggregate rationality and the discouraged worker effect 

      Dagsvik, John K.; Kornstad, Tom; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion papers;906, Working paper, 2019-04)
      Discouraged workers are those who have given up search due to (perceived) low chances of obtaining work. In this paper we first develop a model for the probability of being in the labor force as a function of the probability ...

    • Skill composition: exploring a wage-based skill measure 

      Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Raknerud, Arvid; Rybalka, Marina; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Papers;No. 531, Working paper, 2008)
      Most studies of heterogeneous labor inputs use classifications of high skilled and low skilled based on workers' educational attainment. In this study we explore a wage-based skill measure using information from a wage ...

    • Structural break in the Norwegian LFS due to the 2021 redesign 

      Hungnes, Håvard; Skjerpen, Terje; Hamre, Jørn Ivar; Jansen, Xiaoming Chen; Pham, Dinh Quang; Sandvik, Ole (Discussion Paper;No. 987, Working paper, 2022-08)
      The labour force surveys (LFSs) on all Eurostat countries underwent a substantial redesign in January 2021. To ensure coherent labour market time series for the main indicators in the Norwegian LFS, we model the impact ...

    • Technology, trade and inequality 

      Bjørnstad, Roger; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Papers;No. 364, Working paper, 2003)
      Abstract: In recent decades new technology has led to increasing demand for well-educated labour at the expense of labour with lower education levels. Moreover, increased imports from low-cost countries have squeezed ...

    • Testing for long-run homogeneity in the linear almost ideal demand system : an application on Norwegian quarterly data for non-durables 

      Skjerpen, Terje; Swensen, Anders Rygh (Discussion Papers;No. 289, Working paper, 2000)
      Abstract: We consider testing for long-run homogeneity within a dynamic consumer demand system allowing for non-stationarities. The static long-run solution is assumed to follow the Linear Almost Ideal Demand System and ...

    • The dynamic factor model revisited: the identification problem remains 

      Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Papers;No. 369, Working paper, 2004)
      Abstract: The lack of identification of short run run effects in a system of regression equations consisting of a dynamic translog cost function and cost share equations derived from this cost function is shown. Keywords: ...

    • Understanding rig rates 

      Osmundsen, Petter; Rosendahl, Knut Einar; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion papers;696, Working paper, 2012-06)
      We examine the largest cost component in offshore development projects, drilling rates, which have been high in recent years. To our knowledge, rig rates have not been analysed empirically before in the economic literature. ...

    • Unit roots, polynomial transformations and the environmental Kuznets curve 

      Liu, Gang; Skjerpen, Terje; Swensen, Anders Rygh; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;No. 443, Working paper, 2006)
      Abstract: Time-series regressions including non-linear transformations of an integrated variable are not uncommon in various fields of economics. In particular, within the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) literature, ...

    • Using the Helmert-transformation to reduce dimensionality in a mixed model: An application to a wage equation with worker and firm heterogeneity 

      Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Raknerud, Arvid; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Papers;No. 667, Working paper, 2011)
      Abstract: A model for matched data with two types of unobserved heterogeneity is considered – one related to the observation unit, the other to units to which the observation units are matched. One or both of the unobserved ...