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    • Measuring long-term inequality of opportunity 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Mogstad, Magne; Peragine, Vito (Discussion Papers;No. 620, Working paper, 2010)
      Abstract: In this paper, we introduce and apply a general framework for evaluating long-term income distributions according to the Equality of Opportunity principle (EOp). Our framework allows for both an ex-ante and an ...

    • Measuring the benefits from public services : the effects of local government spending on the distribution of income in Norway 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun (Discussion Papers;No. 339, Working paper, 2003)
      Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to provide an evaluation of how local public in-kind benefits affect the distribution of income in Norway. To this end, a method that accounts for differences between municipalities ...

    • Measuring the price of housing consumption for owners in the CPI 

      Beatty, Timothy K.M.; Larsen, Erling Røed; Sommervoll, Dag Einar (Discussion Papers;No. 427, Working paper, 2005)
      Abstract: Measuring change in the price of housing is an important and notoriously difficult task for national statistical agencies. Different approaches have been attempted, but suffer from known weaknesses. This article ...

    • Mechanism design for refunding emissions payment 

      Hagem, Cathrine; Holtsmark, Bjart; Sterner, Thomas (Discussion papers;705, Working paper, 2012-09)
      We analyze two mechanism designs for refunding emission payments to polluting firms; Output Based (OB) and Expenditure Based (EB) refunding. In both instruments, emissions fees are returned to the polluting industry, ...

    • Micro and macro evidence of the relationship between income mobility and taxation 

      Cappelen, Ådne; Hattrem, Aurora G.; Thoresen, Thor O. (Discussion Paper;1010, Working paper, 2024-01)
      How taxation influences income mobility is largely a neglected topic. In this study we discuss the relationship between taxation and income mobility by analyzing both macro and micro data. Administrative register data ...

    • 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 ...

    • Micro-level dynamics of social assistance receipt. Evidence from 4 European countries 

      Königs, Sebastian (Discussion papers;797, Working paper, 2015-02)
      This paper presents a study of the monthly dynamics of social assistance benefit receipt – in particular the distribution of spell lengths and the incidence of repeat receipt – in four European countries: Luxembourg, the ...

    • Migration analysis and regional population projections 

      Stambøl, Lasse Sigbjørn; Sørensen, Knut Ø. (Discussion Paper;No. 46, Working paper, 1989-11)
      The Central Bureau of Statistics in Norway has produced regional population projections for a long period, in which migration is projected by fixed rates of gross out-migration and fixed distribution of in-migrants among ...

    • Mobilising female labour market reserves: What promotes women’s transitions from part-time to full-time work? 

      Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Rønsen, Marit; Seierstad, Ane (Discussion Papers; No. 658, Working paper, 2011)
      Considering the high female part-time rates in Norway, one may envisage a sizeable additional labour supply if more part-time working women would switch to full time. In view of an ageing population and increased demand ...

    • MODAG A a medium term annual macroeconomic model of the Norwegian economy 

      Bergan, Roar; Cappelen, Ådne; Longva, Svein; Stølen, Nils Martin (Discussion Papers;No. 18, Working paper, 1986-10-15)
      This paper presents the structure and main empirical characteristics of MODAG A, a medium term annual macroeconomic model of the Norwegian economy. The model has an input-output structure with 41 commodities and 33 ...

    • MODAG: A Medium Term Macroeconometric Model of the Norwegian Economy 

      Cappelen, Ådne (Discussion Paper;No. 67, Working paper, 1991-11)
      This paper describes the main structure of the MODAG model, an annual macroeconometric model of the Norwegian economy. A short description of the main features of the model including forcasting performance is followed by ...

    • Modeling and estimation methods for household size in the presence of nonresponse : applied to the Norwegian consumer expenditure survey 

      Belsby, Liv; Bjørnstad, Jan F. (Discussion Papers;No. 206, Working paper, 1997)
      This paper considers the problem of estimating the number of private households of various sizes and the total number of households in Norway. The approach is model-based with a population model for household size given ...

    • Modeling binary panel data with nonresponse 

      Bjørnstad, Jan F.; Sommervoll, Dag Einar (Discussion Papers;No. 297, Working paper, 2001)
      Abstract: This paper studies modeling of nonignorable nonresponse in panel surveys. A class of sequential conditional logistic models for nonresponse is considered. Model-based maximum likelihood estimation and imputation ...

    • Modeling concentration and dispersion in multiple regression 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Bjerve, Steinar; Doksum, Kjell (Discussion Papers;No. 412, Working paper, 2005)
      We consider concepts and models that are useful for measuring how strongly the distribution of a positive response Y is concentrated near a value y0 > 0 with a focus on how concentration varies as a function of covariates. ...

    • 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 ...

    • Modeling the choice of working when the set of job opportunities is latent 

      Li, Yun (Discussion Papers;No. 265, Working paper, 2000)
      In this paper we analyze the decision of "working" versus "not working" within a discrete choice framework, where number of available jobs is confined and related to individual characteristics. In this way the market ...

    • 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 ...

    • Modelling consumers' energy demand 

      Bye, Brita (Discussion Paper;No. 68, Working paper, 1992-03)
      The modelling of consumers demand for energy in a general consumer demand system is discussed. Electricity, fuel-oil, the stock of electricity using durables and housing are assumed to be separable from other consumer ...

    • Modelling OPEC behaviour. Theory and evidence 

      Boug, Pål; Cappelen, Ådne; Swensen, Anders Rygh (Discussion Papers;No. 843, Working paper, 2016-07-01)
      We analyse the behaviour of OPEC as a group for the period 1992 to 2015 by formulating a model that encompasses several of the alternatives discussed in the literature. There is no consensus in the literature on how ...

    • Modelling the demand for imports and domestic output 

      Naug, Bjørn E. (Discussion Papers;No. 243, Working paper, 1999)
      The paper models domestic output over imports in Norway’s expenditure on manufactures. Using Johansen’s (1988, 1991) method, we obtain a cointegrating vector between the output-imports ratio, relative prices and a proxy ...