• Farvel til en fossil æra? IEAs Net Zero by 2050-scenario 

      Glomsrød, Solveig; Lindholt, Lars; Wei, Taoyuan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Norge har sluttet seg til Parisavtalen og 1,5°C-målet, som innebærer at verden må nå netto null utslipp av CO2 innen midten av dette århundret. Norsk økonomi lener seg fortsatt tungt på olje- og gassinntekter med et betydelig ...
    • A financial accelerator in the business sector of a macro-econometric model of a small open economy 

      Benedictow, Andreas; Hammersland, Roger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      We have incorporated afinancial accelerator mechanism operating through investments in thebusiness sector in a dynamic macroeconometric model of the Norwegian economy. In this newand amended model aggregated credit and ...
    • Fiscal policy, macroeconomic performance and industry structure in a small open economy 

      Boug, Pål; von Brasch, Thomas Rolf Lydersen Lystad; Cappelen, Ådne; Hammersland, Roger; Hungnes, Håvard; Kolsrud, Dag; Zhulanova Skretting, Julia; Strøm, Birger; Vigtel, Trond Christian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      We analyse how fiscal policy affects both the macroeconomy and the industry structure, using a multi-sector macroeconomic model of the Norwegian economy with an inflation targeting monetary policy. Our simulations show ...
    • For whom are cities good places to live? 

      Carlsen, Fredrik; Leknes, Stefan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      In this paper we use survey data to examine heterogeneity in the urban gradient of life satisfaction. Are some sociodemographic groups more satisfied in cities than others? We find that young persons with tertiary education ...
    • Fordelingseffekter av offentlig tjenesteproduksjon i Europa. 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun; Lindgren, Petter Y. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Formålet med denne artikkelen er å belyse hvordan inntektsulikhet og fattigdom varierer mellom europeiske land, når verdien av offentlige tjenester inngår i inntektsbegrepet. De tradisjonelle fordelingsstudiene basert på ...
    • Head start and the distribution of long-term education and labor market outcomes 

      de Haan, Monique; Leuven, Edwin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      We investigate the effect of Head Start on education and wage income for individuals in their 30s in the NLSY79. We contribute to the existing literature by examining effects across outcome distributions, using an approach ...
    • Heterogeneous Workers, Trade, and Migration 

      Heiland, Inga; Kohler, Wilhelm (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03)
      We analyze the welfare effects of trade and migration, focusing on two-sided horizontal heterogeneity among workers and firms. Horizontal (skill-type) heterogeneity among workers generates monopsonistic labor markets as ...
    • Hospital reimbursement and capacity constraints: Evidence from orthopedic surgeries 

      Huitfeldt, Ingrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06)
      Health care providers’ response to payment incentives may have consequences for both fiscal spending and patient health. This paper studies the effects of a change in the payment scheme for hospitals in Norway. In 2010, ...
    • The impacts of the EU ETS on Norwegian plants’ environmental and economic performance 

      Klemetsen, Marit Elisabeth; Rosendahl, Knut Einar; Jakobsen, Anja Lund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-02-28)
      This paper examines the impacts of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) on the environmental and economic performance of Norwegian plants. The ETS is regarded as the cornerstone climate policy in the EU and Norway, but ...
    • Incarceration, Recidivism and Employment 

      Løken, Katrine Vellesen; Dahl, Gordon B.; Mogstad, Magne; Bhuller, Manudeep (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-02-10)
      Using a random judge design and panel data from Norway, we estimate that imprisonment discourages further criminal behavior, with reoffense probabilities falling by 29 percentage points and criminal charges dropping by 11 ...
    • Instrument-based estimation with binarised treatments: issues and tests for the exclusion restriction 

      Andresen, Martin Eckhoff; Huber, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-02)
      When estimating local average and marginal treatment effects using instrumental variables (IVs), multivalued endogenous treatments are frequently converted to binary measures, supposedly to improve interpretability or ...
    • Job displacement and crime: Evidence from Norwegian register data 

      Rege, Mari; Skarðhamar, Torbjørn; Telle, Kjetil; Votruba, Mark (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09)
      We estimate the job displacement effect on criminal behavior for young adult Norwegian men separated from their plant of employment during a mass layoff. Displaced workers experience a 20 percent increase in criminal charge ...
    • Kan regional utdanning hjelpe mot sentralisering? 

      Rosnes, Orvika; Vennemo, Haakon; Hansen, Wiljar; Johansen, Bjørn Gjerde; Skjerpen, Terje; Bruvoll, Annegrete; Erraia, Jonas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Halvparten av befolkningsveksten de siste 25 årene har skjedd i Oslo og Viken. Det er neppe en politisk ønsket utvikling. For å motvirke utviklingen har flere offentlige ekspertutvalg foreslått å desentralisere høyere ...
    • Modeling R&D spillovers to productivity: The effects of tax credits 

      von Brasch, Thomas; Cappelen, Ådne; Hungnes, Håvard; Skjerpen, Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      How much stimuli that should be attributed to R&D investments crucially depends on how the benefits of R&D reverberate throughout the economy. An extensive literature has found major spillover effects from R&D investments ...
    • Naturregnskap ser økonomi, klima og naturgoder i sammenheng 

      Aslaksen, Iulie; Bye, Brita; Garnåsjordet, Per Arild; Grimsrud, Kristine; Randen, Trine Heil Braathu; Rognerud, Live Margrethe; Rørholt, Anne; Steinnes, Margrete (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-09)
      Norge har ambisiøse mål i klimapolitikken og politikken for naturforvaltning. Endret arealbruk er den viktigste årsaken til tap av naturmangfold og har også negativ klimaeffekt. Å se klima og natur i sammenheng er viktig ...
    • On the Effects of Linking Cap‑and‑Trade Systems for CO2 Emissions 

      Holtsmark, Bjart; Weitzman, Martin L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-01-23)
      Linkage of national cap-and-trade systems is typically advocated by economists on a general analogy with the beneficial linkage of free-trade areas and on the specific grounds that linkage will ensure cost effectiveness ...
    • Optimal Climate Policy in the Presence of Another Country's Climate Policy 

      Kaushal, Kevin R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-03-25)
      The allowances in an emission trading system (ETS) are commonly allocated for free to the emission-intensive and trade-exposed sector, e.g., in the form of output-based allocation (OBA). Recently an approach combining OBA ...
    • Politikk på politikk – derfor koster klimapolitikken 

      Bye, Brita; Fæhn, Taran; Kaushal, Kevin R.; Storrøsten, Halvor Briseid; Yonezawa, Hidemichi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Norge har ambisiøse mål i klimapolitikken for ikke-kvotepliktig sektor. Kuttene kan gjennomføres billigst mulig ved å stille alle utslippskildene overfor samme utslippspris. Imidlertid oppstår en stor del av de samfunnsøkonomiske ...
    • Ponderous, Proficient or Professional? Survey experience and smartphone effects in stated preference research 

      Sandorf, Erlend Dancke; Grimsrud, Kristine; Lindhjem, Henrik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03)
      New parenthood causes large decreases in labor market incomes for mothers but not fathers, a stylized fact known as the “child penalty.” We combine a simple household model with estimates of child penalties in heterosexual ...
    • Predicting poverty trends by survey-to-survey imputation: The challenge of comparability 

      Mathiassen, Astrid; Wold, Bjørn K. Getz (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Poverty in low-income countries is usually measured using large and infrequent household consumption surveys. The challenge is to find methods to measure poverty rates more frequently. This study validates a survey-to-survey ...