Blar i Discussion Papers på forfatter "Raaum, Oddbjørn"
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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 ... -
Immigrant skills and employment. Cross-country evidence from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey
Bratsberg, Bernt; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Raaum, Oddbjørn (Discussion papers;730, Working paper, 2013-01)This paper studies the distributions of literacy skills, education, and employment of immigrants and natives in three host countries: Canada, the United States, and Norway. For natives, we uncover remarkably stable relations ... -
Pennies from heaven. Using exogenous tax variation to identify effects of school resources on pupil achievement
Hægeland, Torbjørn; Raaum, Oddbjørn; Salvanes, Kjell G. (Discussion Papers;No. 508, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: Despite important policy implications associated with the allocation of education resources, evidence on the effectiveness of school inputs remains inconclusive. In part, this is due to endogenous allocation; ... -
Performance pay and within-firm wage inequality
Barth, Erling; Bratsberg, Bernt; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Raaum, Oddbjørn (Discussion Papers;No. 535, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: This paper examines the impact of performance-related pay on wage differentials within firms. Our theoretical framework predicts that, compared to a fixed pay system, pay schemes based on individual effort ... -
Pupil achievement, school resources and family background
Hægeland, Torbjørn; Raaum, Oddbjørn; Salvanes, Kjell G. (Discussion Papers;No. 397, Working paper, 2004)Whether increasing resource use in schools has a positive effect on pupil performance has occupied governments, parents and researchers for decades. A main challenge when trying to answer this question is to separate the ... -
The effects of an upper secondary education reform on theattainment of immigrant youth
Brinch, Christian N.; Bratsberg, Bernt; Raaum, Oddbjørn (Discussion Papers;No. 528, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: The national Norwegian school reform of 1994, which gave statutory right to at least three years of upper secondary education, had a significant impact on educational attainment among immigrant youth. In particular, ... -
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 ...