• Heterogeneity, productivity and selection: an empirical study of Norwegian manufacturing firms 

      Klette, Tor Jakob; Raknerud, Arvid (Discussion Papers;No. 401, Working paper, 2005)
      Abstract: How do firms differ, and why do they differ even within narrowly defined industries? Using evidence from a new panel data set for four high-tech, manufacturing industries covering a 10-year period, we show how ...
    • How and why do Firms differ? 

      Klette, Tor Jakob; Raknerud, Arvid (Discussion Papers;No. 320, Working paper, 2002)
      Abstract: How do firms differ, and why do they differ even within narrowly defined industries? Using evidence from six high-tech, manufacturing industries covering a 24-year period, we show that differences in sales, ...
    • Industrial labor productivities and tariffs in South Africa : identification based on multilateral liberalization reform 

      Harding, Torfinn; Rattsø, Jørn (Discussion Papers;585, Working paper, 2009)
      The analysis of the effect of tariffs for labor productivity faces the challenge of tariff policy endogeneity. Tariff policy is designed to promote economic development and the industrial sector tariff structure may reflect ...
    • Productivity Dispersion and Measurement Error 

      von Brasch, Thomas; Iancu, Diana-Cristina; Skjerpen, Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11-11)
      Several reasons have been put forward to explain the high dispersion of productivity across establishments: quality of management, different input usage and market distortions, to name but a few. Although it is acknowledged ...
    • A typology of work-family arrangements among dual-earner couples in Norway 

      Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Lappegård, Trude (Discussion Papers;636, Working paper, 2010)
      An important aim of Norwegian work-family policies is to promote a dual-earner, equal-sharing family model, but we do not really know how common this family type is. By means of a multinomial latent-class model we develop ...