• A cohort analysis of household saving in Norway 

      Halvorsen, Elin (Discussion Papers;No. 354, Working paper, 2003)
      Abstract: Are there generational differences in saving behavior? On the basis of new micro data for household saving in Norway I find that differences between birth cohorts are small and statistically insignificant. In ...
    • Closing the gender gap in pensions. A microsimulation analysis of the Norwegian NDC pension system 

      Halvorsen, Elin; Pedersen, Axel West (Discussion Papers;No. 855, Working paper, 2017-02-20)
      In this paper we use an advanced micro-simulation model to study the distributional effects of the reformed Norwegian pension system with a particular focus on gender equality. he reformed Norwegian system is based on ...
    • Evaluating the redistributional effects of tax policy changes: with an application to the 2006 Norwegian tax reform 

      Thoresen, Thor Olav; Bø, Erlend Eide; Fjærli, Erik; Halvorsen, Elin (Discussion Papers;No. 648, Working paper, 2011)
      Abstract: An evaluation strategy is presented for answering the question is the tax schedule more redistributive after a reform than prior to a reform? The proposed procedure builds upon addressing measures of tax ...
    • Financial deregulation and household saving : the Norwegian experience revisited 

      Halvorsen, Elin (Discussion Papers;No. 361, Working paper, 2003)
      Abstract: I use new micro data to study the effects of credit deregulation on the Norwegian household savings decline in the mid-1980s. This paper has three main findings. First, the decline in saving started in 1983, ...
    • Heterogeneity of the Carnegie Effect 

      Bø, Erlend Eide; Halvorsen, Elin; Thoresen, Thor Olav (Discussion Papers;No. 853, Working paper, 2016-12-01)
      The Carnegie effect (Holtz-Eakin, Joualfaian and Rosen, 1993) refers to the idea that inherited wealth harms recipient’s work efforts, and possesses a key role in the discussion of taxation of intergenerational ...
    • Imputing consumption from Norwegian income and wealth registry data 

      Fagereng, Andreas; Halvorsen, Elin (Discussion Papers;No. 831, Working paper, 2015-12-15)
      This paper documents a method for computing a longitudinal consumption measure for Norwegian households from administrative records of income and wealth. Data on consumption expenditure of the household is essential in ...
    • Social security pension generosity and the effect on household saving 

      Halvorsen, Elin; Jia, Zhiyang; Kruse, Herman; Vigtel, Trond Christian (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 ...
    • The relationship between altruism and equal sharing. Evidence from inter vivos transfer behavior 

      Halvorsen, Elin; Thoresen, Thor Olav (Discussion Papers;No. 439, Working paper, 2005)
      Abstract: Several studies reject the implications of the altruism model. In this study it is argued that parents who transfer resources to their children both are altruistic and influenced by an equal division fairness ...