• Identifying drivers for the direct rebound when energy efficiency is unknown. The importance of substitution and scale effects. 

      Halvorsen, Bente; Larsen, Bodil Merethe (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)
      The cost reduction resulting from energy efficiency initiatives may induce behavioural changes, which may undermine the energy savings effort embedded in the initiative (referred to as rebound effects). We develop a novel ...
    • 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 ...
    • Information preserving regression-based tools for statistical disclosure control 

      Langsrud, Øyvind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01)
      This paper presents a unified framework for regression-based statistical disclosure control for microdata. A basic method, known as information preserving statistical obfuscation (IPSO), produces synthetic data that preserve ...
    • 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 ...
    • Internal Migration and the Role of Intergenerational Family Ties and Life Events 

      Thomas, Michael J.; Dommermuth, Lars (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-03-14)
      Objective This article examines how the migration behavior of older parents and adult children might be influenced by the geographical configuration of nonresident family networks and the emergence of “linked” life events. ...
    • Interrelationships among fertility, internal migration, and proximity to nonresident family: A multilevel multiprocess analysis 

      Thomas, Michael J.; Dommermuth, Lars (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Past research has found that relations to nonresident family can influence individual fertility and migration behaviors separately. However, fertility and migration outcomes may also be interrelated, suggesting potential ...
    • 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 ...
    • Klima, arealbruk og økosystemregnskap 

      Aslaksen, Iulie; Bye, Brita; Grimsrud, Kristine; Garnåsjordet, Per Arild; Rørholt, Anne; Steinnes, Margrethe; Kaushal, Kevin Raj; Storrøsten, Halvor Briseid; Dalen, Hanne Marit; Lindholt, Lars; Hagem, Cathrine; Rognerud, Live Margrethe; Randen, Trine Heil Braathu (Others, 2023)
    • Long-run evolution of income inequality in the Nordic countries 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Bengtsson, Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This paper surveys Nordic historic studies on the distribution of income to highlight similarities and differences between Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden in the evolution of income concentration and income inequality ...
    • Marginal compensated effects in discrete labor supply models 

      Dagsvik, John K.; Strøm, Steinar; Locatelli, Marilena (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This paper develops analytic results for marginal compensated effects in discrete labor supply models, including a Slutsky equation. The Slutsky equation is aggregate in the sense that it establishes the relationship between ...
    • Maximum entropy classification for record linkage 

      Lee, Danhyang; Zhang, Li-Chun; Kim, Jae Kwang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      By record linkage one joins records residing in separate files which are believed to be related to the same entity. In this paper we approach record linkage as a classification problem, and adapt the maximum entropy ...
    • Methods library of embedded R functions at Statistics Norway 

      Langsrud, Øyvind (Journal article, 2017)
      Statistics Norway is modernising the production processes. An important element in this work is a library of functions for statistical computations. In principle, the functions in such a methods library can be programmed ...
    • Migration after union dissolution in the United States: The role of non-resident family 

      Spring, Amy; Mulder, Clara H.; Thomas, Michael J.; Cooke, Thomas J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02)
      Separation from a spouse or cohabiting partner is associated with a high likelihood of moving, even over long distances. In this paper, we use longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics for the United States ...
    • 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 ...
    • Modelling multilevel data under complex sampling designs: An empirical likelihood approach 

      Oguz-Alper, Melike; Berger, Yves G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Data used in social, behavioural, health or biological sciences may have a hierarchical structure due to the population of interest or the sampling design. Multilevel or marginal models are often used to analyse such ...
    • Moving (back) to greener pastures? Social benefits and costs of climate forest planting in Norway 

      Iversen, Endre Kildal; Lindhjem, Henrik; Jacobsen, Jette Bredahl; Grimsrud, Kristine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-27)
      Norway is considering a national afforestation program for greenhouse gas sequestration on recently abandoned semi-natural pastureland. However, the program may have negative impacts on landscape aesthetics and biodiversity. ...
    • 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 ...
    • NEET Status and Early versus Later Skills among Young Adults: Evidence from linked register-PIAAC data 

      Barth, Erling; Keute, Anna-Lena; Schøne, Pål; von Simson, Kristine; Steffensen, Kjartan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Do skills protect against exclusion in adult ages, and how important are the skills acquired before the age of 16 years versus those acquired later on? We match the scores on numeracy and literacy skills from the 2011 PIAAC ...