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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2024)
This dissertation contributes to our understanding of intergenerational mobility and its determinants from a variety of perspectives. By examining the effects of maternal exposure and inheritance on children, and how ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Denne masteroppgaven undersøker finansielle insentiver til å delta eller ikke delta i arbeidslivet som følge av skatte- og overføringssystemet i Norge. Oppgaven beregner størrelsen på deltakelsesskatt for inntektsåret 2019, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
The present thesis examines the factors that impact the gender wage gap in Norway. To achieve this objective, the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition method was employed. At first, I try to obtain a comprehensive understanding ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
In this thesis, the economic effects of Covid-19 and the policy responses in Norway and Sweden are researched. Because Norway and Sweden chose quite different policy responses to prevent the spread of the pandemic, it is ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
With the growing number of pensioners, the importance of keeping the older workers in the labor market is increasing. In this study the personal situation and work characteristics has been investigated to find more information ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
I denne masteroppgaven undersøker jeg en hypotese om at konkurskriminalitet ofte dreier seg om skatteunndragelse. I det teoretiske rammeverket i oppgaven argumenterer jeg for at frivillige kreditorer har større muligheter ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
This thesis aims at investigating the associations between sociodemographic and labour market characteristics of individuals and their probability to be charged with money laundering or receiving proceeds from crime. The ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
This thesis study whether public fast charging infrastructure drives battery electric vehicle adoption in Norway. The analysis is based on annual information on public fast charging stations and the battery electric vehicle ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
This paper investigates the empirical relationship between saving for retirement and select socioeconomic factors: financial inclusion, income, region, education, age, marital status, job type, farmers and gender. The ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
The popularity of economic sanctions has risen throughout the last decades and policymakers are now able to target individuals and/or nations, making sanctions an attractive tool to deal with foreign policy issues. I use ...
Estimating the effects of a Norwegian electricity price subsidy – Estimating and applying the household demand elasticity in an equilibrium analysis Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
This paper analyzes the employment dynamics of households in the U.S. during 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Focusing on couples’ behavior, the empirical analysis uses data from the Current Population Survey ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
This thesis seeks to answer whether the policy rate affects housing prices through the supply or demand for mortgages. Using local projections methods developed by Jordá (2005), the thesis finds evidence that housing prices ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Oppgaven tar for seg sammenhengen mellom kvinners yrkesdeltakelse og risikoen for å utsettes for vold fra partner i lav- og mellominntektsland. Jeg utforsker den teoretiske og empiriske bakgrunnen for å vurdere effekten ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2023)
This thesis consists of five essays revolving around the topics of inequality, health and housing policy. In the first chapter, we assess the distributional consequences of abolishing a retirement earnings test, by studying ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
This thesis addresses the relationship between conflict and opium production in Afghanistan’s districts, replicating and extending upon the analysis of Lind et al. (2014) for the period 2001-2021. I first provide an overview ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
This thesis is a valuation study of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Norwegian food production. The main objective is to estimate the quantitative change in GHG emissions related to a transition in production from ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Det stilles krav til at barn og familier skal møte sikre og trygge barnevernstjenester som både er samordnet og som bærer preg av kontinuitet. Høyt sykefravær i det kommunale barnevernet kan føre til at barnevernstjenestene ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
In this thesis, I explore heterogeneity in the effect of randomized job offers on female employment in Ethiopia. I estimate features of the Conditional Average Treatment Effect (CATE) through Generic Machine Learning (GML), ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
The European Union’s emission trading scheme (EU ETS) is the world’s largest market-based cap-and-trade system and is considered a cornerstone policy to reduce global emissions. However, the system's actual impact on ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
I rapporten Klimakur 2030 fra Miljødirektoratet (2020) blir det fremmet flere tiltak som kan bidra til at Norge reduserer sine klimagassutslipp. Et av tiltakene er å redusere mengden kjøtt vi spiser, og å spise mer ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Activation policies to promote self-sufficiency among recipients of welfare and other types of benefits are becoming more common in many welfare states. We evaluate a law change in Norway making welfare receipt conditional ...
Children in the Life Cycle: Modelling the effect of children on saving rates in Norwegian households
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
In this thesis I use survey data on consumer expenditures from 1977 to 2012 in Norway to find that households without children save more of their income than households with children. I then set up a life cycle model, with ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
The thesis investigates the ability of “less money sooner or more money later” reward experiments to uncover present biased preferences by analysing some of the most notable contributions on the subject. Utility functions ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Boligpriser og pengepolitikk er et svært omdiskutert tema. Formålet med denne oppgaven er å undersøke effekten av pengepolitikk på ulike boligtyper, og forsøke å forklare hvorfor boligprisene reagerer som de gjør. Jeg ...
En analyse av kraftmarkedet med særlig fokus på styringsrentens effekt Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Background: Child mortality has declined rapidly over the last century in many high-income countries. However, little is known about the socio-economic differences in this decline and whether these vary across causes of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Vindkraft på land er i dag den nest største energiformen i Norge, og har størst potensiale til å dekke fremtidige kraftunderskudd. Dette er fordi denne energiteknologien er den mest kostnadseffektive per kWh og raskest ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
A long history in economics going back to Adam Smith has argued that people give primacy to merit – rather than luck – in distributive choices. We provide a theoretical framework formalizing the merit primacy effect, and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
The existence of low nominal interest rates and inflation below target after the global financial crisis in 2008 has made some economists question the causality of the Fisher equation. As the traditional theory states that ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
This thesis presents a simple model where consumers wish to consume goods associated with groups they identify with, while avoiding goods associated with other groups. Association between a group and a good is a function ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
This thesis applies adaptive inflation expectations to households to examine the effect on monetary policy. It is shown that the consumption path of households with adaptive expectations differs from rational expectations ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
I denne masteroppgaven studerer jeg hvilken effekt grensestengingen mellom Norge og Sverige under koronapandemien har hatt på sysselsettingen i dagligvarehandelen og varehandelen i grenseområdene. Utvalget jeg har valgt å ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Konsumprisindeksen (KPI) gir et bilde av den samlede prisveksten på varer og tjenester i Norge. Likevel forteller ikke KPI oss hvordan forskjellige husholdninger i Norge rammes av prisveksten. I denne oppgaven beregner jeg ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
We build a workhorse model to study the optimal and the equilibrium certifier from a long-run perspective. Firms enter the market, and invest in their capacity to provide quality, before the certification threshold is ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
We establish two investment rules for maximal constant per capita consumption under exogenous population growth, one in terms of total capital stocks and the other in terms of per capita capital stocks. Both rules show the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Have recent trends in globalization changed the positive link between trade openness and social insurance? The consensus view – that voters want better social insurance against income loss the more open the economy – is ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Demographic forecasters must be realistic about how well they can predict future populations, and it is important that they include estimates of uncertainty in their forecasts. Here we focus on the future development of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
This thesis uses newly digitized data on industrial conflict to explore the relationship between the frequency of industrial conflict and unemployment. The data covers Norwegian industrial conflicts and ranges from 1909 ...
(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 ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Background
Ambient air pollution can be harmful to the fetus even in countries with relatively low levels of pollution. Most of the established literature estimates the association between air pollution and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
In this paper the purpose is to answer the following question: What is sportswashing? What are the potential costs for the athletes competing in a sportswashing country and what are the steps involved in a country’s ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Klesindustrien står for hele 20\% av verdens avløpsvann, 6\% av klimagassutslippene og bidrar i stor grad til avfallsproblematikken (UNEP, 2019). I tillegg til disse utfordringene, er det også verdt å nevne de etiske ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Official mortality statistics provide ample evidence that women live longer than men. In many European countries, the sex difference in life expectancy began to increase near the end of the nineteenth century, peaking ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
I denne oppgaven estimerer jeg husholdningenes priselastisitet i kraftmarkedet med hensyn på daglig spotpris. Bakgrunnen for å estimere en slik elastisitet i dagens situasjon er at prisnivået i Norge har ligget vesentlig ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
The Overlapping Generations model provides a comprehensive framework for the evaluation of policy designs with long time horizons. Indeed, the OLG approach gains its relevance in enabling economists to address the direct ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
I Norge er omfanget av skatteunndragelse lite. Lønnstakere unndrar svært lite, mens selvstendige og bedrifter unndrar i større grad. Det er også variasjon i omfanget av unndragelse på tvers av bransjer. Oppgaven vil derfor ...
Effekten av lønnsendringen på sysselsettingen blant unge arbeidstakere: En analyse av det norske arbeidsmarkedet Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
De store migrasjonsstrømmene etter EU-utvidelsene i 2004 ga det norske arbeidsmarkedet tilgang til et nytt reservoar av arbeidskraft. Useriøse arbeidsgivere og utnyttelse av utenlandske arbeidstakere har preget store deler ...
Remedy for child penalty: Decreasing the gap between mom and dad Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
The gender wage gap of the 21st century has been shown to be largely due to earning penalties for women after the birth of a child. The wage gap that emerges between mothers and fathers after having children is called the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Oppgaven er en undersøkelse av hvordan bruk av samtaleprosess som behandlingsform i barneverns- og helsenemnda påvirker ulike utfall for barn som er involvert i saker om tvangstiltak i barnevernet. Samtaleprosess er en ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract This paper introduces a theory-based equivalence scale for public in-kind transfers, which justifies comparison of distributions of extended income (cash income plus the value of public services) between European ...
Labour Unions and Wage Inequality in Norway: An Industry-Level Analysis Restricted Access
(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 ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Mass layoffs cause scars to affected workers' potential earnings path and job security. Past research on mass layoffs has mainly focused on the recovery of displaced workers. However, the rate of recovery depends on labour ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
In this paper, I conduct a comprehensive analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of the Swedish model in addressing wealth inequality and the concentration of wealth in the top 1%. The investigation is carried out by tracing ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
After having observed a deviation from backward induction, a player might deem the opponent prone to deviate from backward induction again, making it worthwhile to deviate themself. Such reaction might make the deviation ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract In periods of distress, observed and perceived income risk tends to rise. Does this heightened income risk affect monetary transmission? This paper first shows that in partial equilibrium, heightened income risk ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
The purpose of this paper was analyzing decision-makers attitudes towards flood protection. To study this, a linear probability model was utilized on survey data to estimate how different attributes affected whether they ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract The expenditure method of Pissarides and Weber (J Public Econ 39(1):17–32, 1989) shows how one backs out measure of income underreporting by the self-employed by using food consumption as trace of true income. In ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
This thesis aims to measure the returns to education for females in Nepal. By using newly acquired household data from the Demographic and Health Survey of 2022, I examine how the household ownership of welfare goods ...
Finfluensere: Kan finfluensere påvirke aksjekursen? Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 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 ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
This paper examines whether nonlinear and non-Gaussian features of earnings dynamics are caused by hours or hourly wages. Our findings from the Norwegian administrative and survey data are as follows: (i) Nonlinear mean ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
For å undersøke om det er synergier mellom NGOer og REDD+ donorer, eller om de er substitutter, undersøker denne masteroppgaven verdien av reduserte overvåkings- eller beskyttelseskostnader. Oppgaven tar utgangspunkt i de ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
We introduce loss aversion in an infinite-horizon, alternating-offers model. When outside options serve as reference points, the equilibrium of our model follows that of the standard Rubinstein bargaining model, i.e., ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Reaping the full benefits from cross-border interconnection typically requires reinforcement of national networks. When the relevant parts of the networks are complements, a lack of coordination between national transmission ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
We model the value chain of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) by focusing on the decisions taken by actors involved in either capture, transport or storage of CO2. Plants emitting CO2 are located apart. If these invest in ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
I study optimal carbon taxation in an analytic quantitative integrated assessment model (IAM) that links IAM components, parametric assumptions, and calibration approaches directly to their policy impacts. I show how ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Earlier research has documented a relationship between parity and all-cause mortality, as well as parity and cause-specific mortality (e.g. cancer and cardiovascular disease mortality). Less is known about the relationship ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
The Norwegian Tax Administration conducted multi-year random audits on a specific item in the personal income tax return. We exploit this exceptional randomized setup to estimate the effects of tax audits on future compliance ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Every government that controls an exhaustible resource must decide whether to exploit it or conserve it and thereby let the subsequent government decide whether to exploit or conserve. This paper develops a positive theory ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
There appears to be a general movement away from universal child benefits and towards means-testing. In the present article we argue that instead of suppressing the labour supply of middle-income parents by withdrawing the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract A lot is known about the association between marital status and mortality, and some of these studies have included data on cohabitation. Studies on the association with health problems, rather than mortality, are ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract Rank-based measures of intergenerational mobility are generally justified by their invariance to changes in inequality. However, I show that whenever the source of inequality is uncorrelated to parent ranks, such ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Behovet for skatteinntekter og arbeidskraft i tiden som kommer taler for at vi innretter skattesystemet slik at disinsentivene til markedsarbeid begrenses. Jeg tror imidlertid ikke at Torvikutvalgets hovedgrep for å oppnå ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Based on the analysis of 3.5 million price records underlying the Norwegian consumer price index for 2011 to 2020, I provide some stylized facts about consumer price rigidity and connect these findings to the mainly used ...
What are the strongest predictors of drop out in upper secondary school? Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
In this thesis I investigate the direct effect of interest rate hikes on the probability of a recession in Norway. I introduce a new financial variable that measures the phenomenon of interest rate hikes, which is called ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Global food production today is critically dependent on synthetic nitrogen fertilizer, the production of which has a significant climate impact. For the fertilizer industry to become part of the ongoing transition to a ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
The predictive power of historic carbon dioxide emissions on future flood damages in Europe Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
In this master thesis I investigate the cultural effects of gender differences in competitiveness. I use self-reported measures of competitiveness source from the World Values Survey as indicator for competitive preferences. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
The aim was to examine the mental and physical health trajectories of mothers, fathers, and children before and after union dissolution. Register data covering the entire Norwegian population, and including information on ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Financial advisers recommend a diverse portfolio to respond to market fluctuations across sectors. Similarly, nature has evolved a diverse portfolio of species to maintain ecosystem function amid environmental fluctuations. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
I denne oppgaven ser jeg på den politiske styringen av et skogområde som produserer artsmangfold. Dette gjøres ved hjelp av en modell over to perioder, der det politiske partiet som sitter ved makten må beslutte hvor mye ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
De engelske kornlovene 1815–1846 ble initiert for å beskytte grunneiernes kommersielle inntekter; matkrisen i Frankrike i 1770 for å øke overskuddet på kongens jord; hungersnøden i Bengal i 1770 for å øke East India Companys ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract This paper demonstrates how tax administrations can evaluate future compliance gains from risk‐based tax enforcement that audits all taxpayers above a risk threshold. Expanding tax enforcement in this setting means ...
The European Green Deal: An approach to model the EU ETS until 2030 Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of today's time and is addressed by political initiatives around the globe. A major attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions was made by the European Union when ...
Ideelle aktørers rolle i omsorgssektoren: En analyse av effekten av eierform på pårørendes tilfredshet ved sykehjem i Oslo kommune Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Gjennom en litteraturgjennomgang og analyse av primærdata fra pårørendeundersøkelser fra sykehjem i Oslo kommune gjennomført av Sykehjemsetaten i 2023, tar denne oppgaven sikte på å utforske mekanismene som fører til ...