Browsing Discussion Papers by Author "Huitfeldt, Ingrid"

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    • Impacts of hospital wait time on patient health and labor supply 

      Godøy, Anna Aasen; Haaland, Venke Furre; Huitfeldt, Ingrid; Votruba, Mark (Discussion papers;919, Working paper, 2019-11)
      We estimate the effects of wait time for orthopedic surgery on health and labor market outcomes of Norwegian workers. Our identification strategy exploits variation in wait times for surgery generated by the idiosyncratic ...

    • Internal labor markets: A worker flow approach 

      Huitfeldt, Ingrid; Kostøl, Andreas Ravndal; Nimczik, Jan; Weber, Andrea (Discussion Paper;No. 961, Working paper, 2021-08)
      This paper develops a new method to study how workers’ career and wage profiles are shaped by internal labor markets (ILM) and job hierarchies in firms. Our paper tackles the conceptual challenge of organizing jobs within ...

    • Reconciling estimates of the long-term earnings effect of fertility 

      Bensnes, Simon; Huitfeldt, Ingrid; Leuven, Edwin (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 ...

    • Regional variation in healthcare utilization and mortality 

      Godøy, Anna Aasen; Huitfeldt, Ingrid (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 ...

    • Selection in Surveys 

      Dutz, Deniz; Huitfeldt, Ingrid; Lacouture, Santiago; Mogstad, Magne; Torgovitsky, Alexander; Dijk, Winnie van (Discussion Paper;No. 971, Working paper, 2021-12)
      We evaluate how nonresponse affects conclusions drawn from survey data and consider how researchers can reliably test and correct for nonresponse bias. To do so, we examine a survey on labor market conditions during the ...

    • Spending the night. Provider incentives, capacity constraints and patient outcomes 

      Huitfeldt, Ingrid (Discussion papers;889, Working paper, 2018-11)
      Healthcare providers’ response to payment incentives may have consequences for both fiscal spending and patient health. This paper studies the effects of a change in the payment scheme for hospitals in Norway. In 2010, ...