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A conflict of interests in electricity taxation? A micro econometric analysis of household behaviour
(Discussion Papers;No. 338, Working paper, 2002)Abstract: In conducting economic policy, governments generally face conflicts in various objectives, e.g. between efficiency and equity. In Norway, one objective of energy politics has been to reduce electricity consumption, ... -
A framework for empirical modelling of consumer demand with latent quality attributes
(Discussion Papers;No. 229, Working paper, 1998)This paper discusses a particular approach to empirical consumer demand modelling when products are differentiated and the product attributes are unobservable. In contrast to the traditional approach to this problem, see ... -
A Statistical Model for Simple, Fast and Reliable Measurement of Poverty. A revised version of DP 415
(Discussion Papers;No. 415, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: The primus inter pares of the UN-approved Millennium Development Goals is to reduce poverty. The only internationally accepted method of estimating poverty requires a measurement of total consumption based on ... -
Consumer demand and unobservable product attributes
(Discussion Papers;No. 223, Working paper, 1998)Traditional approaches to consumer demand modelling ignores the problem associated with product heterogeneity where important product characteristics are latent. The point of departure in the present study is a particular ... -
Driven to drink : sin taxes near a border
(Discussion Papers;No. 507, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: This paper investigates household purchasing behavior in response to differing alcohol and tobacco taxes near an international border. Our study suggests that large tax differentials near borders induce economically ... -
Estimating the returns to schooling : a likelihood approach based on normal mixtures
(Discussion Papers;No. 567, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: In this paper we develop likelihood based methods for statistical inference in a joint system of equations for the choice of length of schooling and earnings. The model for schooling choice is assumed to be ... -
Estimation of earnings- and schooling choice relations : a likelihood approach
(Discussion Papers;No. 486, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: In this paper we develop a full information maximum likelihood method for the estimation of a joint model for the choice of length of schooling and the corresponding earnings equation. The model for schooling ... -
Field of study, earnings and selfselection
(Discussion papers;794, Working paper, 2015-01)Why do individuals choose different types of post-secondary education, and what are the labor market consequences of those choices? We show that answering these questions is difficult because individuals choose between ... -
How do investments in heat pumps affect household energy consumption?
(Discussion papers;737, Working paper, 2013-04)Increased energy efficiency is often seen as the best way of reducing energy consumption. However, the cost reduction resulting from the efficiency increase can undermine the energy-saving potential of the efficiency ... -
How linear models can mask non-linear causal relationships : an application to family size and children's education
(Discussion Papers;586, Working paper, 2009)Many empirical studies specify outcomes as a linear function of endogenous regressors when conducting instrumental variable (IV) estimation. We show that commonly used tests for treatment effects, selection bias, and ... -
The predictive ability of poverty models : empirical evidence from Uganda
(Discussion Papers;No. 560, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: This paper examines the performance of a particular method for predicting poverty. The method is a supplement to the approach of measuring poverty through a fully-fledged household expenditure survey. As most ...