Blar i Statistisk sentralbyrå på emneord "Wages"

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    • Experience and schooling : substitutes or complements? 

      Hægeland, Torbjørn (Discussion Papers;No. 301, Working paper, 2001)
      Abstract: This paper investigates whether returns to experience and seniority vary between workers with different levels of education and between different types of firms. Using a large administrative dataset for Norwegian ...

    • Has growth in supply of educated persons been important for the composition of employment? 

      Stølen, Nils Martin; Åvitsland, Turid (Discussion Papers;No. 187, Working paper, 1997)
      In the Norwegian fabricated metal industry there has been a shift in demand from unskilled to skilled workers during the period 1972 to 1990, and relative demand for white collar employees has also increased. The paper ...

    • Increased price markup from union coordination : OECD panel evidence 

      Bjørnstad, Roger; Kalstad, Kjartan Øren (Discussion Papers;No. 470, Working paper, 2006)
      Abstract: Existing literature have focused on the influence of institutional factors on wage determination when explaining the prolonged cross-country differences in unemployment. Although coordination of wage bargaining ...

    • Is Norway immune to Dutch Disease? CGE estimates of sustainable wage growth and de-industrialisation 

      Holmøy, Erling; Heide, Kim Massey (Discussion Papers;No. 413, Working paper, 2005)
      Norway's petroleum wealth has become considerably more liquid and thereby visible to the public since the mid 1990s. In the policy debate transformation of wealth is often confused with ordinary income. Such a misconception ...

    • Performance pay and within-firm wage inequality 

      Barth, Erling; Bratsberg, Bernt; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Raaum, Oddbjørn (Discussion Papers;No. 535, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: This paper examines the impact of performance-related pay on wage differentials within firms. Our theoretical framework predicts that, compared to a fixed pay system, pay schemes based on individual effort ...

    • Skill composition: exploring a wage-based skill measure 

      Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Raknerud, Arvid; Rybalka, Marina; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Papers;No. 531, Working paper, 2008)
      Most studies of heterogeneous labor inputs use classifications of high skilled and low skilled based on workers' educational attainment. In this study we explore a wage-based skill measure using information from a wage ...

    • Technology, trade and inequality 

      Bjørnstad, Roger; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Papers;No. 364, Working paper, 2003)
      Abstract: In recent decades new technology has led to increasing demand for well-educated labour at the expense of labour with lower education levels. Moreover, increased imports from low-cost countries have squeezed ...

    • The Effect of skill mismatch on wages in a small open economy with centralized wage setting: The Norwegian case 

      Bjørnstad, Roger (Discussion Papers;No. 270, Working paper, 2000)
      Pervasive skill-biased technological changes, probably from trade in computer technology, have visualized the pros and cons of wage setting centralization in small open economies. Skill mismatch has increased in countries ...

    • Wage and employment effects of payroll taxes and investment subsidies 

      Johansen, Frode; Klette, Tor Jakob (Discussion Papers;No. 194, Working paper, 1997)
      Using a panel of manufacturing plants we study how payroll taxes and investment subsidies affect wages and demand for labor and capital. We exploit the regional subsidy schemes for labor and capital in Norway. Our empirical ...

    • Wage and profitability: Norwegian manufacturing 1967-1998 

      Bjørnstad, Roger; Nymoen, Ragnar (Discussion Papers;No. 259, Working paper, 1999)
      Economic theories of imperfectly competitive labour markets predict that wages are linked to profits. In spite of this, profit variables are not explicitly specified in empirical models of wage formation that otherwise are ...