Blar i Discussion Papers på forfatter "Langørgen, Audun"

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    • A macromodel of local government spending behaviour in Norway 

      Langørgen, Audun (Discussion Papers;No. 117, Working paper, 1994)
      A cooperative bargaining model is adapted to the setting of local government in Norway. Aggregate consumption, the capital stock and net financial wealth in the local public sector are endogenized. The origin of intertia ...

    • A structural approach for analyzing fiscal equalization 

      Langørgen, Audun (Discussion papers;715, Working paper, 2012-11)
      Many countries apply cost-equalization and/or fiscal capacity equalization formulas to enable subnational governments to provide comparable service standards at comparable tax rates. This paper demonstrates how measures ...

    • A structural approach for measuring fiscal disparities 

      Langørgen, Audun; Aaberge, Rolf (Discussion Papers;No. 254, Working paper, 1999)
      Fiscal disparities arise from differences in costs and capacity to produce a standard package of public services. This paper proposes to use a structural modelling approach as basis for measuring fiscal disparities across ...

    • The Distributional impact of public services when needs differ 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Bhuller, Manudeep; Langørgen, Audun; Mogstad, Magne (Discussion Papers;No. 621, Working paper, 2010)
      Abstract: Despite a broad consensus on the need to take into account the value of public services in distributional analysis, there is little reliable evidence on how the inclusion of such non-cash income actually affects ...

    • A european equivalence scale for public in-kind transfers 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun; Lindgren, Petter Y. (Discussion Paper;No. 977, Working paper, 2022-05)
      This paper introduces a theory-based equivalence scale for public in-kind transfers, which justifies comparison of distributions of extended income (cash income plus the value of public services) between European countries. ...

    • Fiscal and spending behavior of local governments : an empirical analysis based on Norwegian data 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun (Discussion Papers;No. 196, Working paper, 1997)
      This paper treats local governments as utility maximizing agents when they allocate resources among different service sectors. We present estimates for eight service sectors, based on a modified version of the extended ...

    • Local government preferences, individual needs, and the allocation of social assistance 

      Langørgen, Audun; Rønningen, Dag (Discussion Papers;No. 380, Working paper, 2004)
      Abstract: Governments that pursue welfare and equalization goals frequently target cash transfers to individuals that suffer from limited economic opportunities and poverty. To achieve the desired allocation of welfare ...

    • Local governments, in-kind transfers, and economic inequality 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Eika, Lasse; Langørgen, Audun; Mogstad, Magne (Discussion papers;888, Working paper, 2018-11)
      We examine how in-kind transfers provided by local governments affect economic inequality. The allocation of in-kind transfers to households and the adjustment for differences in needs are derived from a model of local ...

    • Long-term effects of school spending. Evidence from exiting cohort size variation 

      Langørgen, Audun; Løkken, Sturla A. (Discussion Paper;No. 1006, Working paper, 2023-08)
      This paper investigates the long-term effects of local government education spending on child outcomes, including income, educational attainment, and family formation in adulthood. We propose a novel identification ...

    • Measuring the benefits from public services : the effects of local government spending on the distribution of income in Norway 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun (Discussion Papers;No. 339, Working paper, 2003)
      Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to provide an evaluation of how local public in-kind benefits affect the distribution of income in Norway. To this end, a method that accounts for differences between municipalities ...

    • On the simultaneous determination of current expenditure, real capital, fee income, and public debt in Norwegian local government 

      Langørgen, Audun (Discussion papers;153, Working paper, 1995-08)
      An extended community preference model including real and financial investments is estimated on accounting time-series data for the local public sector in Norway. The estimation results indicate considerable sluggishness ...

    • Region-Specific versus country-specific poverty lines in analysis of poverty 

      Mogstad, Magne; Langørgen, Audun; Aaberge, Rolf (Discussion Papers;No. 408, Working paper, 2005)
      Abstract: The standard practice in most OECD countries is to measure and evaluate poverty on the basis of a poverty line defined as a specific proportion of the median equivalent income within a country. However, this ...

    • Revealed standards for distributing public home-care on clients 

      Langørgen, Audun (Discussion Papers;No. 288, Working paper, 2000)
      Abstract: When private goods are publicly provided at subsidized prices, government authorities have to determine the distribution of services on recipients. Such distributions are commonly based on legal regulations and ...

    • Targeting public services through unequal treatment of unequals 

      Langørgen, Audun (Discussion Papers;No. 558, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: When private goods are publicly provided, government authorities have to determine the distribution of services on recipients. In this paper, the public service provider is assumed to maximize utility defined ...

    • The distributional impact of public services in European countries 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun; Lindgren, Petter Y. (Discussion papers;746, Working paper, 2013-06)
      The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of including the value of public health care, longterm care, education and childcare on estimates of income inequality and financial poverty in 23 European countries. The ...

    • The impact of local public services and geographical cost of living differences on poverty estimates 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun; Mogstad, Magne; Østensen, Marit (Discussion Papers;no. 551, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: Despite a broad consensus on the need to account for the value of public services and geographical cost of living differences on the measurement of poverty, there is little reliable evidence on how these factors ...