Blar i Discussion Papers på emneord "Welfare"
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A welfare state funded by nature and OPEC. A guided tour on Norway's path from an exceptionally impressive to an exceptionally strained fiscal position
(Discussion Papers;No. 464, Working paper, 2006)Large petroleum revenues make Norway an enviable fiscal loner. The fiscal policy rule adopted from 2001 transforms petroleum wealth into foreign assets, and only the real return on the financial fund should be spent annually. ... -
Are lone mothers responsive to policy changes? : the effects of a Norvegian workfare reform on earnings, education, and poverty
(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 ... -
Can welfare states outgrow their fiscal sustainability problems?
(Discussion Papers;No 487, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: The paper analyses the fiscal effects of productivity shifts in the private sector. Within a stylized model with inelastic labour supply, it shows that productivity shifts in sectors producing non-traded goods ... -
Child care in the welfare state : a critique of the Rosen model
(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. ... -
Do welfare-to-work initiatives work? : evidence from an activation programme targeted at social security recipients in Norway
(Discussion Papers;No. 519, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: This paper presents results from an evaluation of a Norwegian initiative to combat poverty launched in 2003. Central to the plan is a broad spectrum of rehabilitation and activation measures intended to help ... -
Emission regulation: Prices, quantities and hybrids with endogenous technology choice
(Discussion Paper;No. 1003, Working paper, 2023-06)This paper examines the investment incentives of market-based regulation, with focus on the technology characteristics the different regulatory schemes tend to incentivize. The firms' technology choice is socially optimal ... -
Prices vs. quantities : technology choice, uncertainty and welfare
(Discussion Papers;677, Working paper, 2012)This paper shows that tradable emissions permits and an emissions tax affect the firms' technology choice differently under uncertainty. A tax encourages the most flexible technology if and only if stochastic costs and ... -
Social evaluation of individual welfare effects from income taxation empirical evidence based on Italian data for married couples
(Discussion Papers;No. 230, Working paper, 1998)This paper discusses methodological principles for social evaluation of tax systems and tax reforms when concern is primarily turned to who gains and who loses. The discussion is followed by an empirical analysis based on ... -
Social Interaction Effects in Disability Pension Participation. Evidence from Plant Downsizing
(Discussion Papers;No. 496, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: We estimate the magnitude of social interaction effects in disability pension participation among older workers in Norway. Specifically, we investigate how a worker’s propensity to draw disability benefits is ... -
Tout est au mieux dans ce meilleur des ménages possibles : The Pangloss critique of equivalence scales
(Discussion Papers;No. 296, Working paper, 2001)Abstract: A common approach to defining equivalence scales is to consider a household modelled as if it maximizes a single utility function. This may be founded on an assumption of the household maximizing a welfare ... -
Trade liberalisation and effects on pollutive emissions and waste : a general equilibrium assessment for Norway
(Discussion Papers;No. 298, Working paper, 2001)Abstract: This paper assesses effects of the last decade’s multinational liberalisation of foreign trade, in terms of economic gains and in terms of pollution. By means of a disaggregated intertemporal CGE model for Norway ... -
Welfare and growth impacts of innovation policies in a small, open economy. An applied general equilibrium analysis
(Discussion Papers;No. 510, Working paper, 2007)We explore how innovation incentives in a small, open economy should be designed in order to achieve the highest welfare and growth, by means of a computable general equilibrium model with R&D-driven endogenous technological ... -
Welfare effects of proportional taxation: empirical evidence from Italy, Norway and Sweden
(Discussion Papers;No. 171, Working paper, 1996)This paper employs a particular labor supply model to examine the welfare effects from replacing current tax systems in Italy, Norway and Sweden by proportional taxation on labor income. The results show that there are ...