• An up-to-date joint labor supply and child care choice model 

      Thoresen, Thor Olav; Vattø, Trine Engh (Discussion Papers;No. 885, Working paper, 2018-10-12)
      Norwegian parents of preschool children base their care choices on a completely different choice set from their predecessor. Now there is essentially only one type of nonparental care – center-based care – and on the ...
    • Labour market institutions, shocks and the employment rate 

      Haraldsen, Kristine Wika; Nymoen, Ragnar; Sparrman, Victoria (Discussion Paper;No. 901, Working paper, 2019-03-29)
      The average employment rate for the OECD countries was close to 63 percent in the period 2000-2015 but there is considerable variation within and between countries. We find that a dynamic model for employment, derived ...
    • The lost generation: Effects of youth labor market opportunities on longterm labor market outcomes 

      Haaland, Venke Furre (Discussion Papers;No. 835, Working paper, 2016-02-04)
      This study shows that local unemployment rates at the age of graduation from compulsory school and high-school have negative effects on males’ earnings, employment and disability pension when measured as late as age ...
    • What Causes the Child Penalty? Evidence from Same Sex Couples and Policy Reforms 

      Andresen, Martin Eckhoff; Nix, Emily (Discussion Paper;No. 902, Working paper, 2019-03-29)
      Women experience significant reductions in labor market income following the birth of children, while their male partners experience no such income drops. This “relative child penalty” has been well documented and accounts ...
    • Workload, staff composition, and sickness absence. Findings from employees in child care centers 

      Gunnes, Trude; Drange, Nina; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;No. 882, Working paper, 2018-08-17)
      We proxy workload by the number of adults per child in Norwegian child care centers, but do not find that centers with many adults per child have lower sickness absence than other centers. However, we do find that more ...