Blar i Discussion Papers på forfatter "Kornstad, Tom"

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    • A discrete choice model for labor supply and child care 

      Kornstad, Tom; Thoresen, Thor Olav (Discussion Papers;No. 315, Working paper, 2002)
      Abstract: A discrete choice model for labor supply and child care for mothers of preschoolers is presented. The mothers are assumed to make choices from a finite set of job possibilities and from a finite set of child ...

    • Analysis of the discouraged worker phenomenon : evidence from micro data 

      Dagsvik, John K.; Kornstad, Tom; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Papers;No. 453, Working paper, 2006)
      Abstract: In this paper we analyze labor force participation with particular reference to the discouraged worker effect. The theoretical point of departure is a simple model where the worker evaluates the expected utility ...

    • Are predicted lifetime consumption profiles robust with respect to model specifications? 

      Kornstad, Tom (Discussion Papers;No. 308, Working paper, 2001)
      Abstract: Structural models of lifetime labour supply and consumption require functional specifications of preferences as well as other assumptions that can be difficult to assess a priori. Misspecifications of the model ...

    • Assimilation effects on infant mortality among immigrants in Norway 

      Kinge, Jonas Minet; Kornstad, Tom (Discussion papers;741, Working paper, 2013-05)
      The wellbeing of children of immigrant mothers is of great concern worldwide. In this study, we investigate the relationship between infant mortality and maternal country of origin and whether or not this relationship ...

    • Discouraged worker effects and barriers against employment for immigrant and non-immigrant women 

      Dagsvik, John K.; Kornstad, Tom; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Papers;No. 845, Working paper, 2016-09-01)
      A phenomenon observed in many labor markets is that the supply of labor appears to depend on business cycles. In other words, workers who are searching for work become “discouraged” under unfavorable business cycle conditions ...

    • Effects of family policy reforms in Norway. Results from a joint labor supply and child care choice microsimulation analysis 

      Kornstad, Tom; Thoresen, Thor Olav (Discussion Papers;No. 450, Working paper, 2006)
      Mothers of preschool children represent one part of the population that might be able to increase its labor supply. We discuss effects of family policy changes that encourage the labor supply of these mothers, as child ...

    • Empirical approaches for analysing consumption and labour supply in a life cycle perspective 

      Kornstad, Tom (Discussion Paper;No. 95, Working paper, 1993-07)
      During the last decade several approaches for estimation of structural life cycle models of labour supply and consumption from micro data have been proposed. Ideally, estimation requires complete, individual, life cycle ...

    • An empirical life cycle model of savings, labour supply and consumption without intertemporal separability 

      Kornstad, Tom (Discussion Paper;No. 96, Working paper, 1993-07)
      This paper formulates and estimates a structural life cycle model of married couples' labour supply and consumption of durables and non-durables. The purpose of this work has been to find a specification of this class of ...

    • Empirical modelling of internal migration and commuting flows for economic regions in Norway 

      Kornstad, Tom; Skjerpen, Terje; Stambøl, Lasse Sigbjørn (Discussion Paper;No. 966, Working paper, 2021-10)
      This paper provides empirical results for internal migration and commuting flows using panel data for 89 economic regions in Norway for the years 2001-2014. The emphasis is on the potential effects of different incentive ...

    • Labor force participation and the discouraged worker effect 

      Dagsvik, John K.; Kornstad, Tom; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Papers;642, Working paper, 2010)
      This paper analyzes labor force participation with particular reference to the discouraged worker effect. Discouraged workers are those who do not search for work because they view their chances of finding a suitable job ...

    • Macroeconomic shocks and the probability of being employed 

      Kornstad, Tom; Nymoen, Ragnar; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Papers;675, Working paper, 2012)
      Macroeconomic theories take polar views on the importance of choice versus chance. At the micro level, it seems realistic to assume that both dimensions play a role for individual employment outcomes, although it might ...

    • Macroeconomic shocks and the probability of being employed 

      Kornstad, Tom; Nymoen, Ragnar; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion papers;675, Working paper, 1-01)
      Macroeconomic theories take polar views on the importance of choice versus chance. At the micro level, it seems realistic to assume that both dimensions play a role for individual employment outcomes, although it might be ...

    • Means-testing the child benefit 

      Kornstad, Tom; Thoresen, Thor Olav (Discussion Papers;No. 262, Working paper, 1999)
      Improving the distributional impact of transfers may be costly if it reduces labour supply. In this paper we show how effects of changes in the design of the child benefit programme can be examined by deriving information ...

    • Search behavior, aggregate rationality and the discouraged worker effect 

      Dagsvik, John K.; Kornstad, Tom; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion papers;906, Working paper, 2019-04)
      Discouraged workers are those who have given up search due to (perceived) low chances of obtaining work. In this paper we first develop a model for the probability of being in the labor force as a function of the probability ...

    • Theoretical and practical arguments for modeling labor supply as a choice among latent jobs 

      Dagsvik, John K.; Jia, Zhiyang; Kornstad, Tom; Thoresen, Thor Olav (Discussion papers;692, Working paper, 2012-06)
      Models of labor supply derived from stochastic utility representations and discretized sets of feasible hours of work have gained popularity because they are more practical than standard approaches based on marginal calculus. ...

    • Transitions to disability and rehabilitation 

      Andreassen, Leif; Kornstad, Tom (Discussion Papers;641, Working paper, 2010)
      The discrete choice model of McFadden (1973) is used to quantify the desire for going into rehabilitation or disability among fully employed married women in Norway. Predictions using the model indicate that as much as 60 ...

    • Understanding the positive effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s fertility in Norway 

      Lappegård, Trude; Kornstad, Tom; Dommermuth, Lars; Kristensen, Axel Peter (Discussion Paper;No. 979, Working paper, 2022-05)
      This study examines the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility in Norway at the individual level. Studies using data at the macro level have found a positive short-term effect of the pandemic on fertility level in ...

    • Variation in the quality of regional child welfare services 

      Henningsen, Morten S.; Kornstad, Tom (Discussion Papers, No. 681, Working paper, 2012)
      While child welfare services of high quality are very important for many children, measuring quality is not a simple task. This paper presents a method for estimating differences in the quality of local child welfare ...

    • Women’s wages and fertility revisited. Evidence from Norway 

      Kornstad, Tom; Rønsen, Marit (Discussion papers;784, Working paper, 2014-06)
      Since the 1960s, Beckers’ New Home Economics has provided a central theoretical framework for studies of fertility behaviour. New Home Economics predict a negative effect of female wages on fertility. This prediction has ...