Blar i Discussion Papers på forfatter "Kirkebøen, Lars Johannessen"

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    • Causal effects of paternity on children and parents 

      Cools, Sara; Fiva, Jon Hernes; Kirkebøen, Lars Johannessen (Discussion Papers;No. 657, Working paper, 2011)
      Abstract: In this paper we use a parental leave reform directed towards fathers to identify the causal effects of paternity leave on children's and parents' outcomes. We document that paternity leave causes fathers to ...

    • College as a Marriage Market 

      Kirkebøen, Lars Johannessen; Leuven, Edwin; Mogstad, Magne (Discussion Paper;No. 950, Working paper, 2021-04)
      Recent descriptive work suggests the type of college education (field or institution) is an important but neglected pathway through which individuals sort into homogeneous marriages. These descriptive studies raise the ...

    • Didactic methods and small-group instruction for low-performing adolescents in mathematics: Results from a randomized controlled trial 

      Kirkebøen, Lars Johannessen; Gunnes, Trude; Lindenskov, Lena; Rønning, Marte (Discussion Paper;No. 957, Working paper, 2021-06)
      Can high-dosage tutoring help low-performing adolescents? We implement a randomized experiment to test a twofold intervention: A teacher training program customized for instructing 8th graders who perform poorly in mathematics ...

    • Do funds for more teachers improve student outcomes? 

      Borgen, Nicolai T.; Kirkebøen, Lars Johannessen; Kotsadam, Andreas; Raaum, Oddbjørn (Discussion Paper;No. 982, Working paper, 2022-06)
      We investigate the effects of a large-scale Norwegian reform that provided extra teachers to 166 lower secondary schools with relatively high student-teacher ratios and low average grades. We exploit these two margins using ...

    • Does the housing market react to new information on school quality? 

      Fiva, Jon Hernes; Kirkebøen, Lars Johannessen (Discussion Papers;No. 541, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: This paper analyzes housing market reactions to the release of previously unpublished information on school quality. Using the sharp discontinuity in the information environment allows us to study price changes ...

    • Field of study, earnings and selfselection 

      Kirkebøen, Lars Johannessen; Leuven, Edwin; Mogstad, Magne (Discussion papers;794, Working paper, 2015-01)
      Why do individuals choose different types of post-secondary education, and what are the labor market consequences of those choices? We show that answering these questions is difficult because individuals choose between ...

    • Financial incentives and study duration in higher education 

      Gunnes, Trude; Kirkebøen, Lars Johannessen; Rønning, Marte (Discussion papers;714, Working paper, 2012-11)
      This paper investigates to which extent students in higher education respond to financial incentives by adjusting their study behavior. Students in Norway who completed certain graduate study programs between autumn 1990 ...

    • Preferences for lifetime earnings, earnings risk and nonpecuniary attributes in choice of higher education 

      Kirkebøen, Lars Johannessen (Discussion papers;725, Working paper, 2012-12)
      Expected earnings are considered to influence individuals' choice of education. However, the presence of nonpecuniary attributes and the different choice set available to prospective students make identification of this ...

    • School value-added and longterm student outcomes 

      Kirkebøen, Lars Johannessen (Discussion Paper;No. 970, Working paper, 2021-11)
      Several recent studies find that interventions in schools can have important lasting consequences for students, and that schools differ in their contribution to students' learning. However, there is less research investigating ...

    • 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 ...