• Are lone mothers responsive to policy changes? : the effects of a Norvegian workfare reform on earnings, education, and poverty 

      Mogstad, Magne; Pronzato, Chiara (Discussion Papers;No. 533, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: The generous Nordic model of welfare is commonly viewed as an exceptional success both in terms of equality and economic growth. However, it has recently become evident that subgroups of the population with weak ...
    • 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 ...
    • Couples' parental leave practices : the role of the workplace situation 

      Lappegård, Trude (Discussion Papers;No. 561, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: We address the issue of the relationship between couples’ parental leave practices and their workplace situation. This analysis is based on information from Norwegian administrative registers on around 200 000 ...
    • Downsizing as a sorting device : are low-productive workers more likely to leave downsizing firms? 

      Henningsen, Morten S.; Hægeland, Torbjørn (Discussion Papers;No. 543, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: Employers cannot always displace workers at their own discretion. In many countries, Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) includes restrictions on laying off workers. This paper studies whether employers use ...
    • Job durations and the job search model : a two-country, multi-sample analysis 

      Bagger, Jesper; Henningsen, Morten S. (Discussion Papers;No. 553, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: This paper assesses whether a parsimonious partial equilibrium job search model with on-the-job search can reproduce observed job durations and transitions to other jobs and to nonemployment. We allow for ...
    • Promotion rat race and public policy 

      Bjertnæs, Geir Haakon (Discussion papers (Statistisk sentralbyrå. Forskningsavdelingen);No. 686, Working paper, 2012)
      This study investigates whether excess effort to climb a career ladder justifies policy interventions. The answer depends on whether the government is able to levy a higher tax burden on career workers than on non-career ...
    • The effect of working conditions on teachers’sickness absence 

      Rønning, Marte (Discussion papers (Statistisk sentralbyrå. Forskningsavdelingen);No. 684, Working paper, 2012)
      This paper investigates the effect of working conditions on the amount of teachers’sickness absence in Norway. Exploiting intertemporal variation within teachers who have not changed schools, the findings indicate that ...