Blar i Discussion Papers på forfatter "Telle, Kjetil"
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Accounting for business income in measuring top income shares. Integrated accrual approach using individual and firm data from Norway
Alstadsæter, Annette; Jacob, Martin; Kopczuk, Wojciech; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;No. 837, Working paper, 2016-02-11)Business income is important in the upper tail of the personal income distribution, but the extent to which it is captured by measures of personal income varies substantially across tax regimes. Using linked individual ... -
An experimental investigation of social norms
Rege, Mari; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;No. 310, Working paper, 2001)Abstract: Several economists have maintained that social and internalized norms can enforce cooperation in public good situations. This experimental study investigates impacts of social and internalized norms for cooperation ... -
Are closely-held firms tax shelters?
Alstadsæter, Annette; Kopczuk, Wojciech; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion papers;764, Working paper, 2013-11)In 2004 Norwegian authorities announced a reform introducing dividend taxation for personal (but not corporate) owners to take effect starting in 2006. This change provided incentives to maximize dividends in 2004 and 2005, ... -
Cash-on-Hand and the duration of job search. Quasi-experimental evidence from Norway
Basten, Christoph; Fagereng, Andreas; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;679, Working paper, 2012)We identify the causal effect of lump-sum severance payments on non-employment duration in Norway by exploiting a discontinuity in eligibility at age 50. We find that a severance payment worth 1.2 months' earnings at the ... -
Childhood residential mobility and adult outcomes
Tønnessen, Marianne; Telle, Kjetil; Syse, Astri (Discussion papers;750, Working paper, 2013-09)This study analyses the relation between moving during childhood and four different outcomes later in life. We use detailed data on complete cohorts born in Norway between 1965 and 1980 (N=967 151), their parents and ... -
Collusive tax evasion by employers and employees. Evidence from a randomized field experiment in Norway
Bjørneby, Marie; Alstadsæter, Annette; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Paper;No. 891, Working paper, 2018-12-27)Third-party reporting and employers’ tax withholding are powerful compliance mechanisms, as long as the employer and employee do not collude to evade. Using data from randomly assigned on-site audits among 2,462 Norwegian ... -
Consequences of the IPPC-directive’s BAT requirements for abatement costs and emissions
Larsson, Jan; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;No. 411, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: The Integration Pollution and Prevention Control (IPPC) directive from the European Union implies that the regulatory emission caps should be set in accordance with each industry’s Best Available Techniques ... -
Do environmental regulations hamper productivity growth? How accounting for improvements of firms' environmental performance can change the conclusion
Telle, Kjetil; Larsson, Jan (Discussion Papers;No. 374, Working paper, 2004)Abstract: Many economists maintain that environmental regulations hamper productivity growth. However, recently, an opposing view has gained advocates. Indeed, it has been suggested that the empirically detected inverse ... -
The effect of plant closure on crime
Rege, Mari; Skarðhamar, Torbjørn; Telle, Kjetil; Votruba, Mark (Discussion Papers;593, Working paper, 2009)We estimate the effect of exposure to plant closure on crime using an individual-level panel data set containing criminal charges for all unmarried and employed Norwegian men below the age of 40. Men originally employed ... -
The effect of preschool on the school performance of children from immigrant families : results from an introduction of free preschool in two districts in Oslo
Drange, Nina; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;631, Working paper, 2010)Two districts of Oslo started to offer five-year-old children free preschool four hours a day. We analyze the effect of this intervention on the school performance of the children from immigrant families 10 years later ... -
Effects of inspections on plants' regulatory and environmental performance - evidence from Norwegian manufacturing industries
Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;No. 381, Working paper, 2004)Abstract: The present paper investigates effects of regulatory inspections on compliance and emissions of energy intensive manufacturing plants in Norway. The regression analysis shows that increased probability of ... -
Electronic monitoring and recidivism. Quasi-experimental evidence from Norway
Andersen, Synøve Nygaard; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;No. 844, Working paper, 2016-08-26)The replacement of custodial with non-custodial sanctions holds the potential to reduce recidivism as well as other costs associated with imprisonment. However, the causal impacts on recidivism of non-custodial sanctions ... -
Indirect social sanctions from monetarily unaffected strangers in a public good game
Rege, Mari; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;No. 359, Working paper, 2003)Abstract: Several economists have maintained that social sanctions can enforce cooperation in public good situations. This experimental study investigates whether indirect social sanctions from monetarily unaffected ... -
It pays to be green - a premature conclusion?
Telle, Kjetil; Aslaksen, Iulie; Synnestvedt, Terje (Discussion Papers;No. 394, Working paper, 2004)It has been claimed that good environmental performance can improve firms’ economic performance. However, because of e.g. data limitations, the methods applied in most previous quantitative empirical studies of the ... -
Life after prison : the relationship between employment and re-incarceration
Skarðhamar, Torbjørn; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;597, Working paper, 2009)We explore the relationship between formal employment and recidivism using a dataset that follows every Norwegian resident released from prison in 2003 for several years. By the end of 2006, 27 percent are re-incarcerated. ... -
Monitoring and enforcement of environmental regulations. Lessons from a natural field experiment in Norway
Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;680, Working paper, 2012)Relying on a small natural field experiment with random assignment of treatments, I estimate effects of three core elements of most monitoring and enforcement practices: self-reporting, audit frequency and specific deterrence. ... -
Parental job loss and children's school performance
Rege, Mari; Telle, Kjetil; Votruba, Mark (Discussion Papers;No. 517, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: Using Norwegian register data we estimate how children’s school performance is affected by their parents’ exposure to plant closure. Fathers’ exposure leads to a substantial decline in children’s graduation-year ... -
Plant Closure and Marital Dissolution
Rege, Mari; Telle, Kjetil; Votruba, Mark (Discussion Papers;No. 514, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: We estimate the effect of plant closure on divorce using a panel data set comprising more than 80,000 married couples in Norway. Plant closure substantially increases the likelihood of marital dissolution of ... -
Pro-cyclical mortality. Evidence from Norway
Haaland, Venke Furre; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion papers;766, Working paper, 2013-11)Using variation across geographical regions, a number of studies from the U.S. and other developed countries have found more deaths in economic upturns and less deaths in economic downturns. We use data from regions in ... -
Promoting integration of immigrants. Effects of free child care on child enrollment and parental employment
Drange, Nina; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion papers;799, Working paper, 2015-02)Proficiency in the language spoken by the majority population may be crucial for the cognitive development of children from immigrant families. High-quality child care is believed to promote such language skills, and it ...