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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
R&D, Scope Economies and Company Structure. A "Not-so-Fixed Effect" Model of Plant Performance
(Discussion papers;120, Working paper, 1994-06)Some well-known correlations between R&D and performance are given a somewhat new interpretation in this paper. I present an alternative model of knowledge accumulation, with some interesting and desirable properties. ... -
R&D, spillovers and performance among heterogenous firms: an empirical study using microdata
(Discussion papers;133, Working paper, 1994-12)Empirical research has established that there is a significant, positive relationship between productivity growth and R&D-expenditure at the firm level. Yet, while interesting, the conventional production function approach ... -
Random coefficients and unbalanced panels: an application on data from Norwegian chemical plants
(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 ... -
Ranking intersecting Lorenz curves
(Discussion Papers;No. 271, Working paper, 2000)This paper is concerned with the problem of ranking Lorenz curves in situations where the Lorenz curves intersect and no unambiguous ranking can be attained without introducing weaker ranking criteria than first-degree ... -
Rational expectations in price setting. Tests based on Norwegian export prices
(Discussion Papers;No. 226, Working paper, 1998)This paper uses imperfect competition as a basis for modelling the export price for an aggregated commodity produced by the Norwegian private mainland economy. The long run solution is analysed using a cointegration ... -
Re-examining the earnings assimilatins of immigrants
(Discussion Papers;570, Working paper, 2008)Studies on the earnings assimilation of immigrants have traditionally focused exclusively on immigrants in employment. However, given evidence of immigrants' difficulties in entering and remaining in the labor market, ... -
Real appreciation as an automatic channel for redistribution of increased government non-tax revenue
(Discussion Papers;No. 471, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: The paper analyses how equilibrium adjustments of the wage rate affect the scope for tax rate reductions when the government experiences an exogenous increase in non-tax revenues. It shows within a stylized ... -
Recent developments in parity progression intensities in Norway, an analysis based on population register data
(Discussion Paper;No. 51, Working paper, 1990-10)This contribution summarizes research results from a project at the Central Bureau of Statistics analyzing the determinants of cohort fertility in Norway. The data consist of female birth histories derived from reported ... -
Recent leaps towards free trade : the impact on Norwegian industry and trade patterns
(Discussion Papers;No. 176, Working paper, 1996)In this study we model effects on Norwegian industry and trade patterns of the recently implemented trade reforms - the WTO-agreement, the EEA-treaty, the OECD ship building reform and the EFTA fishing agreement - through ... -
Reconciling estimates of the long-term earnings effect of fertility
(Discussion Paper;No. 1004, Working paper, 2023-08)This paper presents novel methodological and empirical contributions to the child penalty literature. We propose a new estimator that combines elements from standard event study and instrumental variable estimators and ... -
Reconsidering the theory on adolescent-limited and life-course persistent antisocial behaviour
(Discussion Papers;587, Working paper, 2009)This article presents a critical review of the taxonomic theory of adolescent-limited and life-course persistent antisocial behaviour (Moffitt 1993) and its empirical evidence. This influential theory suggests that there ... -
Reduced tax progressivity in Norway in the nineties : the effect from tax changes
(Discussion Papers;No. 335, Working paper, 2002)Abstract: The inequality in pre-tax income increases in Norway in the 1990s, while the distribution of taxes is about unaltered. This means that tax progressivity has decreased in the period, as measured by summary indices ... -
Region-Specific versus country-specific poverty lines in analysis of poverty
(Discussion Papers;No. 408, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: The standard practice in most OECD countries is to measure and evaluate poverty on the basis of a poverty line defined as a specific proportion of the median equivalent income within a country. However, this ... -
Regional variation in healthcare utilization and mortality
(Discussion Paper;No. 890, Working paper, 2018-12-12)Geographic variation in healthcare utilization has raised concerns of possible inefficiencies in healthcare supply, as differences are often not reflected in health outcomes. Using comprehensive Norwegian microdata, we ... -
Regulation in the presence of adjustment costs and resource scarcity: transition dynamics and intertemporal effects
(Discussion Papers;No. 864, Working paper, 2017-09-20)Announcement of future environmental regulation is likely to reduce current emissions in the combined presence of resource scarcity and adjustment costs. This contrasts with the results in the literature on the green ... -
Relationship quality in Europe
(Discussion Papers;633, Working paper, 2010)In this study, we utilize data from the first wave of the Generations and Gender Surveys to investigate relationship quality among currently married and cohabiting individuals aged 18 to 55 (N = 41, 666) in eight European ...