• A discrete choice model for labor supply and child care 

      Kornstad, Tom; Thoresen, Thor Olav (Discussion Papers;No. 315, Working paper, 2002)
      Abstract: A discrete choice model for labor supply and child care for mothers of preschoolers is presented. The mothers are assumed to make choices from a finite set of job possibilities and from a finite set of child ...
    • Child care in the welfare state : a critique of the Rosen model 

      Aslaksen, Iulie; Koren, Charlotte (Discussion Papers;No. 269, Working paper, 2000)
      A recent study of the welfare state in Sweden, Rosen (1995, 1996, 1997), concludes that child care subsidies may lead to substantial deadweight losses that may impede economic growth and the future of the welfare state. ...
    • Distributional and behavioural effects of child care subsidies 

      Thoresen, Thor Olav (Discussion Papers;No. 135, Working paper, 1995)
      A methodology to describe the distributional and behavioural effects of child care subsidies is presented within a micro simulation framework. We discuss the effects of changing the governmental policy to support families ...
    • Effects of family policy reforms in Norway. Results from a joint labor supply and child care choice microsimulation analysis 

      Kornstad, Tom; Thoresen, Thor Olav (Discussion Papers;No. 450, Working paper, 2006)
      Mothers of preschool children represent one part of the population that might be able to increase its labor supply. We discuss effects of family policy changes that encourage the labor supply of these mothers, as child ...