• Earnings, disposable income, and consumption of allowed and rejected disability insurance applicants 

      Kostøl, Andreas Ravndal; Mogstad, Magne (Discussion papers;803, Working paper, 2015-03)
      Two key questions in thinking about the size and growth of the disability insurance program are to what extent it discourages work, and how valuable the insurance is to individuals and families. These questions motivate ...
    • Family welfare cultures 

      Dahl, Gordon B.; Kostøl, Andreas Ravndal; Mogstad, Magne (Discussion papers;782, Working paper, 2014-06)
      Strong intergenerational correlations in various types of welfare use have fueled a long-standing debate over whether welfare receipt in one generation causes welfare participation in the next generation. Some claim a ...
    • How financial incentives induce disability insurance recipients to return to work 

      Kostøl, Andreas Ravndal; Mogstad, Magne (Discussion papers (Statistisk sentralbyrå. Forskningsavdelingen);No. 685, Working paper, 2012)
      Disability Insurance (DI) programs have long been criticized by economists for apparent work disincentives. Some countries have recently modified their programs such that DI recipients are allowed to keep some of their ...
    • 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 ...