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The effect of pension wealth on private savings. Results from an extended life cycle model
(Discussion papers;697, Working paper, 2012-07)An extended life cycle model is used to investigate how variation in the level of expected pensions influences non-pension wealth accumulation. We try to explain why the offset effects between pension wealth and private ... -
The Effect of plant downsizing on disability pension utilization
(Discussion Papers;No. 435, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: We investigate the impact of plant downsizing on disability pension utilization in Norway. Plant downsizing substantially increases the disability entry rate of workers in affected plants. Workers originally ... -
The Effect of skill mismatch on wages in a small open economy with centralized wage setting: The Norwegian case
(Discussion Papers;No. 270, Working paper, 2000)Pervasive skill-biased technological changes, probably from trade in computer technology, have visualized the pros and cons of wage setting centralization in small open economies. Skill mismatch has increased in countries ... -
The Effect of using administrative registers in economic short term statistics: The Norwegian labour force survey as a case study
(Discussion Papers;No. 273, Working paper, 2000)In case of a single survey at one time point, it is well known that combining administrative registers with survey data often substantially improves the quality of statistic production. However, in short term statistics ... -
The effect of working conditions on teachers’sickness absence
(Discussion papers (Statistisk sentralbyrå. Forskningsavdelingen);No. 684, Working paper, 2012)This paper investigates the effect of working conditions on the amount of teachers’sickness absence in Norway. Exploiting intertemporal variation within teachers who have not changed schools, the findings indicate that ... -
The effects of an upper secondary education reform on theattainment of immigrant youth
(Discussion Papers;No. 528, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: The national Norwegian school reform of 1994, which gave statutory right to at least three years of upper secondary education, had a significant impact on educational attainment among immigrant youth. In particular, ... -
The effects of innovation policies on firm level patenting
(Discussion Papers;No. 830, Working paper, 2015-12-10)This paper examines the impacts of R&D tax credits and direct R&D subsidies on Norwegian firms' patenting, with a particular focus on environmental patenting. This paper examines the impacts of R&D tax credits and direct ... -
The effects of R&D tax credits on patenting and innovations
(Discussion Papers;No. 565, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: Norwegian business spending on R&D is low by OECD standards. To stimulate business R&D, in 2002 the Norwegian government introduced a tax-based incentive, SkatteFUNN. We analyze the effects of SkatteFUNN on the ... -
The efficient combination of taxes on fuel and vehicles
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The elasticity of substitution of superlative price indices
(Discussion Papers;No. 407, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: The paper presents a method for computing the curvature implicit in the use of superlative price indices. It extends the quadratic lemma and allows us to compute the elasticity of substitution of the underlying ... -
The engine of fertility influencedby interbirth employment?
(Discussion Papers;No. 15, Working paper, 1986-06-15)The decline in fertility is often related to the increased labor force participation among married women. This article discusses the relationship between fertility and employment by using a dynamic methodology of life-course ... -
The entrepreneurial earnings puzzle. Evidence from matched person-firm data
(Discussion papers;789, Working paper, 2014-11)Empirical studies show that the pecuniary returns to an individual's decision to switch from wage employment to entrepreneurship are low. We reconsider the pecuniary gains from this transition using a unified and flexible ... -
The environmental drag on long-term economic performance. Evidence from Norway
(Discussion papers;143, Working paper, 1995-05)The environmental drag is the cost to society of environmental constraints. This paper estimates the long-run environmental drag on the Norwegian economy. We employ a model called DREAM (dynamic resource / environmental ... -
The equilibrium relationship between public and total employment. The importance of endogenous non-labour income
(Discussion papers;779, Working paper, 2014-04)This paper analyses the general equilibrium relationship between increases in tax financed public employment and total employment, emphasizing one income effect: Reallocating employment from the private to the public sector ... -
The European Union's potential for strategic emissions trading in a post-Kyoto climate agreement
(Discussion Papers;No. 530, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: The literature suggests that Russia and Ukraine may become large sellers of greenhouse gas emissions permits under the Kyoto Protocol and might exploit their market power to maximize trading profits. The EU ... -
The Evolution of considerate smoking behavior
(Discussion Papers;No. 279, Working paper, 2000)This paper studies the formation of social norms for considerate smoking behavior. Being considerate gives smokers a higher social approval from non-smokers, but imposes an inconvenience cost. A non-smoker's disapproval ... -
The Existence of Factor Substitution in the Primary Aluminium Industry. A Multivariate Error Correction Approach on Norwegian Panel Data
(Discussion papers;106, Working paper, 1993-12)This paper presents an econometric analysis of factor demands in the Norwegian primary aluminium industry using annual panel data for individual plants. Focus is on testing theoretical and technical restrictions. The ... -
The export of Russian gas to Europe: breaking up the monopoly of Gazprom
(Discussion Papers;No. 494, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: Having exports from more than one Russian gas producer has been an important issue in the Russian–EU energy dialogue during the last decade. Nevertheless, in June 2006, Russian Federal law legalized the de ... -
The family – a barrier or motivation for female entrepreneurship?
(Discussion papers;727, Working paper, 2012-12)The underrepresentation of women in entrepreneurship is consistent over cultures and countries, and is even higher in Norway than in most other industrialised societies. In spite of a growing literature, the reasons for ... -
The fi scal incentive of GHG cap and trade. Permits may be too cheap and developed countries may abate too little
(Discussion papers;785, Working paper, 2014-07)The theoretical justification for a greenhouse gas (GHG) cap and trade system is that participants will trade emission permits until their marginal costs of abatement equal the equilibrium price of emission permits. Abatement ...