• Welfare effects of trade liberalisation in distorted economies : a dynamic general equilibrium assessment for Norway 

      Fæhn, Taran; Holmøy, Erling (Discussion Papers;No. 251, Working paper, 1999)
      A disaggregated intertemporal CGE model is used to simulate the welfare effects in Norway of the recently implemented trade reforms including the WTO agreement, the EEA treaty, the EFTA fishery agreement and an anticipated ...
    • Welfare effects of VAT reforms: A general equilibrium analysis 

      Bye, Brita; Strøm, Birger; Åvitsland, Turid (Discussion Papers;No. 343, Working paper, 2003)
      Abstract: Indirect taxes such as value added taxes (VAT) generate a substantial part of tax revenue in many countries. This paper analyses welfare effects of different reforms in the Norwegian system of indirect taxation. ...
    • What are the options for non-OPEC producing countries? 

      Berger, Kjell; Bjerkholt, Olav; Olsen, Øystein (Discussion Paper;No. 26, Working paper, 1987)
      This paper discuss medium- and long term strategies for non-OPEC oil producing countries highly dependent on petroleum revenues. First a picture of the international oil market of the 1990s is outlined. Then we look at ...
    • What can we learn about household consumption expenditure from data on income and assets? 

      Eika, Lasse; Mogstad, Magne; Vestad, Ola Lotherington (Discussion Paper;No. 923, Working paper, 2020-03)
      A major difficulty faced by researchers who want to study the consumption and savings behavior of households is the lack of reliable panel data on household expenditures. One possibility is to use surveys that follow the ...
    • What Causes the Child Penalty? Evidence from Same Sex Couples and Policy Reforms 

      Andresen, Martin Eckhoff; Nix, Emily (Discussion Paper;No. 902, Working paper, 2019-03-29)
      Women experience significant reductions in labor market income following the birth of children, while their male partners experience no such income drops. This “relative child penalty” has been well documented and accounts ...
    • What makes full-time employed women satisfied with their working hours? 

      Rønsen, Marit; Kitterød, Ragni Hege (Discussion Papers;632, Working paper, 2010)
      In spite of extended parental leaves, tremendous improvement in day-care availability, and a cultural climate that is supportive of women's full-time work, Norwegian women still have one of the highest female part-time ...
    • When can micro properties be used to predict aggregate demand? 

      Halvorsen, Bente (Discussion Papers;No. 452, Working paper, 2006)
      Abstract: Heterogeneity in consumer behaviour creates differences in demand responses, which may create problems with aggregation across consumers. If aggregation problems exist, results from estimation based on aggregate ...
    • When is mighty Gazprom good for Russia? 

      Tsygankova, Marina (Discussion Papers;No 526, Working paper, 2007)
      Abstract: In the late 1990s, several proposals for a structural reform that would bring competition and market prices to the Russian gas industry were intensely debated. Splitting up Russian gas monopolist Gazprom into ...
    • When subsidized R&D-firms fail, do they still stimulate growth? Tracing knowledge by following employees across firms 

      Møen, Jarle (Discussion Papers;No. 399, Working paper, 2004)
      Public R&D subsidies aim to target particularly risky R&D and R&D with large externalities. One would expect many such projects to fail from a commercial point of view, but they may still produce knowledge with social ...
    • Who and how many can work from home in Norway? - Evidence from task descriptions 

      Holgersen, Henning; Jia, Zhiyang; Svenkerud, Simen (Discussion Paper;No. 935, Working paper, 2020-06)
      The COVID-19 crisis has forced great societal changes, including forcing many to work remotely (work from home) in an effort to increase social distancing. The ability to work fromhome has long been considered a perk, but ...
    • Who benefited from industrialization? The local effects of hydropower technology adoption 

      Leknes, Stefan; Modalsli, Jørgen (Discussion Papers;No. 874, Working paper, 2018-05-02)
      This paper studies the impact of the construction of hydropower facilities on labor market outcomes in Norway at the turn of the twentieth century (1891-1920). The sudden breakthrough in hydropower technology provides ...
    • Who benefits from homework assignments? 

      Rønning, Marte (Discussion Papers;No. 566, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: Using Dutch data on pupils in elementary school this paper is the first empirical study that analyzes whether assigning homework has an heterogeneous impact on pupil achievement. Addressing potential biases that ...
    • Why are there so few female entrepreneurs? An examination of gender differences in entrepreneurship using Norwegian registry data 

      Raknerud, Arvid; Rønsen, Marit (Discussion papers;790, Working paper, 2014-11)
      Women make up almost 50 percent of the employed population in Norway, but only about 25 percent of the entrepreneurs. Using registry data on the whole population we address gender differences in the propensity to become ...
    • Why children of college graduates outperform their schoolmates : a study of cousins and adoptees 

      Hægeland, Torbjørn; Kirkebøen, Lars Johannessen; Raaum, Oddbjørn; Salvanes, Kjell G. (Discussion papers;No. 628, Working paper, 2010)
      Abstract: There is massive cross-sectional evidence that children of more educated parents outperform their schoolmates on tests, grade repetition and in educational attainment. However, evidence for causal interpretation ...
    • Why do wealthy parents have wealthy children? 

      Fagereng, Andreas; Mogstad, Magne; Rønning, Marte (Discussion papers;813, Working paper, 2015-06)
      Strong intergenerational correlations in wealth have fueled a long-standing debate over why children of wealthy parents tend to be well off themselves. We investigate the role of family background in determining children's ...
    • Why educated mothers don't make educated children? : a statistical study in the intergenerational transmission of schooling 

      Pronzato, Chiara (Discussion Papers;No. 563, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: More educated parents are observed to have better educated children. From a policy point of view, however, it is important to distinguish between causation and selection. Researchers trying to control for ...
    • Why has the Norwegian krone exchange rate been persistently weak? A fully simultaneous VAR approach 

      Benedictow, Andreas; Hammersland, Roger (Discussion Paper;No. 981, Working paper, 2022-05)
      We identify variables that help explain the persistent weakness of the Norwegian krone since 2016 within a fully simultaneous model of the underlying process driving the krone-euro exchange rate. In addition to a set of ...
    • Why some corporations pay more tax than necessary 

      Aarbu, Karl Ove; MacKie-Mason, Jeffrey K. (Discussion Papers;No. 211, Working paper, 1998)
      It has been noticed in several countries that many corporations do not claim all of their allowable tax depreciation deductions, despite incurring a higher tax cost. There are several possible explanations. First, the ...
    • Will it float? The New Keynesian Phillips curve tested on OECD panel data 

      Bjørnstad, Roger; Nymoen, Ragnar (Discussion Papers;No. 463, Working paper, 2006)
      Abstract: Galí, Gertler and Lòpez-Salido (2005), GGL, assert that the hybrid New Keynesian Phillips curve, NPC, is robust to different choices of estimation procedure and so some forms of specification bias. Specifically, ...
    • Will restrictive demand policy improve public sector balances? 

      Bowitz, Einar; Storm, Erik (Discussion Paper;No. 66, Working paper, 1991-10)
      A policy simulation on the Norwegian macroeceometric model MODAG indicates that there are large automatic stabilizers in the system of government revenues and expenditure in Norway, especially in the short and medium term. ...