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    • Political uncertainty and household savings 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Liu, Kai; Zhu, Yu (Discussion papers;793, Working paper, 2014-12)
      Despite macroeconomic evidence pointing to a negative aggregate consumption response due to political uncertainty, few papers have used microeconomic panel data to analyze how households adjust their consumption after an ...
    • Politiet er mest avgjørende i rettssystemet 

      Stene, Reid Jone (Journal article, 2002-09)
      Vi vet lite om hvem som begår alle tyveriene, og dette dominerer totalbildet av rettssystemets straffesaksbehandling. Den nye statistikken over straffesakskjeden sier oss også at anmeldte forseelser langt oftere enn ...
    • 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 ...
    • Politikken overfor familier med førskolebarn - noen veivalg 

      Håkonsen, Lars; Kornstad, Tom; Løyland, Knut; Thoresen, Thor Olav (Journal article, 2003)
      Familiepolitikken har stått sentralt i den politiske debatten det siste tiåret. Samlet sett har overføringene til barnefamiliene økt med 30-40 prosent i perioden, og blant annet er to store satsinger vedtatt. Vi tenker ...
    • 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 ...
    • Population ageing and fiscal sustainability : an integrated micro-macro analysis of required tax changes 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Colombino, Ugo; Holmøy, Erling; Strøm, Birger; Wennemo, Tom (Discussion Papers;No. 367, Working paper, 2004)
      Abstract: Most studies on the economic consequences of ageing rely on Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models that account for feedback mechanisms through changes in relative prices, tax bases etc. However, since ...
    • Portfolio choices, firm shocks, and uninsurable wage risk 

      Fagereng, Andreas; Guiso, Luigi; Pistaferri, Luigi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-04-06)
      Assessing the importance of uninsurable wage risk for individual financial choices faces two challenges. First, the identification of the marginal effect requires a measure of at least one component of risk that cannot be ...
    • Possibility for hedging from price increases in residential energy demand 

      Halvorsen, Bente; Larsen, Bodil Merethe; Nesbakken, Runa (Discussion Papers;No. 347, Working paper, 2003)
      Abstract: Liberalisation of the Norwegian electricity market has given more short-term variation in the electricity price. Since almost three quarters of Norwegian households have heating equipment using more than one ...
    • Post-stratification and calibration : a synthesis 

      Zhang, Li-Chun (Discussion Papers;No. 216, Working paper, 1998)
      The paper offers a synthesis of several widely used estimation methods in survey sampling from a rather personal point of view. The methods which will be discussed include post-stratification estimation, generalized ...
    • Potential demand for alternative fuel vehicles 

      Dagsvik, John K.; Wennemo, Tom; Wetterwald, Dag; Aaberge, Rolf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2002)
      This paper analyzes the potential demand for alternative fuel vehicles. The alternative fuel vehicles we consider are liquid propane gas and electric powered vehicles in addition to dual-fuel vehicles. The data were obtained ...
    • Potential demand for alternative fuel vehicles 

      Dagsvik, John K.; Wetterwald, Dag G.; Aaberge, Rolf (Discussion Papers;No. 165, Working paper, 1996)
      This paper analyzes the potential household demand for alternative fuel vehicles in Norway, by applying data from a stated preference survey. The alternative fuel vehicles we consider are liquid propane gas and electric ...
    • Poverty alleviation policy in Angola, pursuing equity and efficiency 

      Wold, Bjørn K. Getz; Grave, Julia (Rapporter;1999/20, Report, 1999-07)
    • Poverty, land Degradation and Climatic Uncertainty 

      Grepperud, Sverre (Discussion papers;162, Working paper, 1996-04)
      This paper studies farmers who operate in a risky environment at a minimum level of subsistence. In particular is investigated how poverty influence their soil conse rvation decision in the absence of formal insurance ...
    • PPP-correction of the IPCC emission scenarios - does it matter? 

      Holtsmark, Bjart; Alfsen, Knut H. (Discussion Papers;No. 366, Working paper, 2004)
      Abstract: Ian Castles and David Henderson have criticized IPCC’s Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) (IPCC, 2000) for using market exchange rates (MER) instead of purchasing power parities (PPP) when converting ...
    • Praktiseres delt bosted for barn av andre foreldregrupper enn før? 

      Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Lyngstad, Jan; Lidén, Hilde; Wiik, Kenneth Aarskaug (Rapporter;2015/3, Report, 2015-01)
      I denne rapporten analyseres endringer i barns bosted i tiden 2002 til 2012 blant foreldre som bor hver for seg, og hvorvidt det var andre grupper som valgte en ordning med delt bosted, eller en ordning der barnet bodde ...
    • Praktiske eksempler på måling av latente variable. Sammenhengen mellom subjektive og objektive indikatorer på arbeidsforhold 

      Haldorsen, Tor; Iversen, Gunvor (Rapporter;1982/1, Report, 1982-01-08)
      En av hovedhensiktene med prøveundersøkelsen til Levekårsundersøkelsen 1980 var å finne fram til hensiktsmessige mal på organisatorisk arbeidsmiljø (definisjon ses. 12). Denne rapporten er et ledd i dette arbeidet. Samtidig ...
    • Praktiske prosenter: andeler og endringer : tall kan temmes! 

      Kristiansen, Jan Erik (Journal article, 2009-06)
      Vårt møte med statistikk – i aviser og andre media – er svært ofte i form av prosenter: Ikke bare brukes begrepet daglig i medias omtale av samfunnsutviklingen («arbeidsløsheten er nå 3,6 prosent»), men også i hverdagen ...
    • Precautionary Saving and Old-Age Pensions 

      Magnussen, Knut A. (Discussion papers;108, Working paper, 1994-02)
      A precautionary saving model is extended to include old-age pensions and provides the framework for an empirical analysis of the relation between old-age pensions and private consumption. Norwegian macrodata for socioeconomic ...
    • 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 ...