Browsing Økonomisk institutt by Title
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)This thesis studies the impact of labor market institutions on the development of the wage dispersion, using panel data on 20 OECD countries between 1973 and 2012. This thesis uses the empirical model from the paper by ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)I use the Norwegian lottery combined with the Norwegian tax report and data from A- meldingen to derive the marginal propensity to earn (MPE) out of unearned income for Nor- wegian individuals. This is done by doing a ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)Labor force participation rates in Norway have increased steadily over the last few decades. Especially, female labor force participation has increased significantly. Comparing Norway to other European countries and the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)In 2009 low-income individuals without children became eligible to obtain housing allowance. This thesis examines how the reform affected their labor supply. Applying a differences-in-differences framework to administrative ...
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(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2002)This paper reports on the empirical properties of the bid auction (buyers propose prices), offer auction (sellers suggest prices) and double auction (both buyers and seller initiate price quotes). These trading institutions ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)Using a panel data set of Norwegian workers and industries, this thesis examines the impact of labour unions on wage inequality in Norway. The analysis employs pooled OLS and fixed effects regression models, finding that ...
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(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2002)The inequalities in land distribution in Zimbabwe are of a historical legacy that has to be corrected urgently if the country is to enjoy a peaceful and prosperous future. The land issue is an unfinished decolonisation ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)Economic theories in history state that land rental market plays a very important role in allocating resources efficiently among rural households. A well-functioned land rental market gives aid to the poverty reduction in ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)Det kontinentaleuropeiske naturgassmarkedet har historisk vært dominert av langsiktige handelskontrakter mellom produsenter og kjøpere. Bakgrunnen for dette er de til dels store og irreversible relasjonsspesifikke ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)Oppgaven har to hensikter. Den første er å analysere langsiktige virkninger for Norge av et permanent høyere avkastningskrav på internasjonale investeringer. Dette gjøres både analytisk innenfor en stilisert modell og ved ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)Bilateral flows of both people (via migration) and goods (via trade) between countries are imperative in the field of international economics and share many common characteristics. This thesis attempts to examine the ...
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Large-scale Land Acquisition in Ethiopia : A survey of issues, challenges and how to overcome them (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)Numerous countries in the third world have since the end of 2007 experienced a sudden rise in foreign investment, more particular, farmland investment. The magnitude of these leases has shocked the international society, ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)An important goal of macroeconomic policy is the stabilization of business cycles. For the conduct of policy, good predictions and identification of the business cycle are necessary. The industrial confidence indicator ...
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(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2005)Siden 2001 har pengepolitikken i Norge vært styrt etter et mål om lav og stabil inflasjon, der det operative målet er en vekst i konsumprisene på 2,5 %, og styringsrenten (foliorenten) er dens viktigste virkemiddel. Renten ...
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Leftover Women in China: A theoretical study of the impact of the One-Child Policy on the Chinese marriage marketRestricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)This thesis will focus on developing a dynamic two-sided search model to describe the marriage market in contemporary China. The situation of the marriage market in China is unique, given the sex ratio imbalance, where it ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)This article maps and discusses the legal processing of rape cases in Norwegian appellate courts. Drawing on data from a multivariate regression analysis and a qualitative frame analysis, we examine the significance of ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)I investigate married women’s labor supply in Norway from 1995 to 2015, by adopting the methodological approach of Blau and Kahn (2007). We know that married females have substantially increased their labor supply over ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)Nowcasting economic aggregates with the use of timely data is an important challenge faced by central banks, and forecasting in general. I address this challenge by using timely search value indices (SVIs) from Google ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)Kommunenes tilbud av pleie- og omsorgstjenester vil møte store utfordringer i nær fremtid først og fremst i møte med de store fødselskullene fra etterkrigstiden som vil nå pensjonsalder. En økt brukermasse vil kreve at man ...