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SIMEN. Studies of industry, environment and energy towards 2000
(Discussion Paper;No. 44, Working paper, 1989-08)This paper describes an attempt to analyze the question of how to control air pollution, without hampering further economic growth. The analytical framework is a macroeconomic planning model, extended with a submodel for ... -
Simulated maximum likelihood using tilted importance sampling
(Discussion Papers;No. 540, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: This paper develops the important distinction between tilted and simple importance sampling as methods for simulating likelihood functions for use in simulated maximum likelihood. It is shown that tilted ... -
Simulating labor supply behavior when workers have preferences for job opportunities and face nonlinear budget constraints
(Discussion Papers;No. 488, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: This paper analyzes the properties of a particular sectoral labor supply model developed in Dagsvik and Strøm (2006). The model is estimated on labor supply data for married women in Norway 1994. In this model, ... -
Skill composition: exploring a wage-based skill measure
(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 ... -
Small continuous surveys and the Kalman filter
(Discussion Papers;No. 333, Working paper, 2002)Abstract: The time series nature of repeated surveys is seldom taken into account. I present a statistical model of repeated surveys and construct a computationally feasible estimator based on the Kalman filter. The novelty ... -
Smart hedging against carbon leakage
(Discussion papers;920, Working paper, 2019-11)Policy makers in the EU and elsewhere are concerned that unilateral carbon pricing induces carbon leakage through relocation of emission-intensive and trade-exposed industries to other regions. A common measure to mitigate ... -
Smart hedging against carbon leakage
(Discussion papers;No.822, Working paper, 2015-10)Unilateral climate policy induces carbon leakage through the relocation of emission-intensive and trade-exposed industries to regions with no or more lenient emission regulation. Both analytical and numerical studies suggest ... -
Social evaluation of individual welfare effects from income taxation empirical evidence based on Italian data for married couples
(Discussion Papers;No. 230, Working paper, 1998)This paper discusses methodological principles for social evaluation of tax systems and tax reforms when concern is primarily turned to who gains and who loses. The discussion is followed by an empirical analysis based on ... -
Social Interaction Effects in Disability Pension Participation. Evidence from Plant Downsizing
(Discussion Papers;No. 496, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: We estimate the magnitude of social interaction effects in disability pension participation among older workers in Norway. Specifically, we investigate how a worker’s propensity to draw disability benefits is ... -
Social networks and tax avoidance: Evidence from a well-defined Norwegian tax shelter
(Discussion Papers;No. 886, Working paper, 2018-11-02)In 2005, over 8% of Norwegian shareholders transferred their shares to new (legal) tax shelters intended to defer taxation of capital gains and dividends that would otherwise be taxable in the aftermath of 2006 reform. Using ... -
Social Norms and Private Provision of Public Goods. Endogenous Peer Groups
(Discussion papers;257, Working paper, 1999-07)The formation of peer groups with social norms for private contributions to a public good is analyzed in an n-player two stage game. First people choose a peer group, then they choose whether to contribute. The first choice ... -
Social security pension generosity and the effect on household saving
(Discussion Paper;No. 989, Working paper, 2022-09)This paper examines the substitution between pension wealth and household saving by studying Norway’s 2011 pension reform. The analysis identifies the effect of reductions in social security pension generosity on household ... -
Socioeconomic differentials in multipartner fertility among men
(Discussion Papers;No. 653, Working paper, 2011)Abstract: This paper analyzes male fertility, focusing especially on multi-partner fertility, for cohorts born 1955 to 1984. We find that socioeconomic disadvantaged men have the lowest chance of becoming fathers, and ... -
Socioeconomic variation in the relationship between obesity and life expectancy
(Discussion papers;712, Working paper, 2012-11)We investigate the relationship between obesity and life expectancy, and whether or not this relationship varies by socioeconomic status (SES). The underlying model is based on the “Pathways to health” framework in which ... -
Soil Conservation as an Investment In Land
(Discussion papers;163, Working paper, 1996-02)Most studies on the problem of optimal soil conservation have analyzed soil conservation measures as being time-limited in their e ffect. This paper extends previous analyses of the soil conservation decision by allowing ... -
Soil Depletion choices under production and price uncertainty
(Discussion Papers;No. 186, Working paper, 1997)This paper studies soil depletion incentives in a dynamic economic model under two different sources of revenue uncertainty (production- and output price risk). The focus is on the long-term effects of risk averse preferences. ... -
Soil Wealth in Tanzania
(Discussion papers;164, Working paper, 1996-06)Many African countries are richly endowed with land, but the productive potential of the land base has been underutilised in farming systems with low intensity of external inputs and high intensity of labour. At the same ... -
Some fundamental problems in Becker, Grossman and Murphy's implementation of rational addiction theory
(Discussion Papers;No. 375, Working paper, 2004)Abstract: The econometric implementation of rational addiction theory has been highly influenced by Becker, Grossman and Murphy (BGM). They specify an Euler equation where current consumption is determined by current price ... -
Some issues about the Norwegian capital income: imputation model
(Discussion papers;155, Working paper, 1995-10)This paper will focus on a particular provision in the Norwegian tax reform of 1992, the imputation of capital income for self employed and small incorporated firms with active owners. A simple user cost model is derived, ... -
Some Norwegian politicians' use of cost-benefit analysis
(Discussion Papers;No. 169, Working paper, 1996)Members of the Norwegian Parliament were interviewed about the decision process concerning national road investments. Most of them found cost-benefit analysis useful, but apparently not as a device for ranking projects. ...