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    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Labor force participation and the discouraged worker effect 

      Dagsvik, John K.; Kornstad, Tom; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Papers;642, Working paper, 2010)
      This paper analyzes labor force participation with particular reference to the discouraged worker effect. Discouraged workers are those who do not search for work because they view their chances of finding a suitable job ...

    • Learned helplessness, discouraged workers, and multiple unemployment equilibria in a search model 

      Bjørnstad, Roger (Discussion Papers;No. 303, Working paper, 2001)
      Abstract: Unemployment varies strongly between countries with comparable economic structure. Some economists have tried to explain these differences with institutional differences in the labour market. Instead, this paper ...

    • Saving and portfolio allocation before and after job loss 

      Basten, Christoph; Fagereng, Andreas; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;672, Working paper, 2012)
      Using administrative panel data from Norway, we investigate the development of household labor income, financial wealth and asset holdings over a nine-year period surrounding job loss. Consistent with a simple theoretical ...

    • Unemployment shocks and income distribution : how did the Nordic countries fare during their crises? 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Björklund, Anders; Jäntti, Markus; Pedersen, Peder J.; Smith, Nina; Wennemo, Tom (Discussion Papers;No. 201, Working paper, 1997)
      We analyse how inequality of disposable income evolved in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden during the late 1980s and early 1990s when unemployment rose dramatically in all four countries. We find that a standard measure ...