The analysis, based on register data for Norwegian cohorts born 1950, 1955, and 1960, shows that the intergenerational earnings mobility is high. Using quantile regression, mobility is found to be lower at the lower end ...

In this paper we develop a model to describe a firm’s demand for two production factors which is subject to the presence of nonconvex adjustment costs. In our model simultaneous adjustment of these two production factors ...

Based on matched employer-employee data from Norway, we analyze the effects of worker displacement in 1986-1987 on their children’s earnings in 1999-2001. Using displacement of fathers to indicate an exogenous earnings ...

Formålet med denne studien har vært å analysere de konkurransemessige virkningene av noen utvalgte NRK-tjenester. Vi finner at nrk.no er noe differensiert fra andre store nasjonale nettsteder for nasjonale nyhets- og ...

This paper describes firms’ output and factor demands before, during and after episodes of lumpy investment. By using a rich employer–employee panel data set for two manufacturing industries and one service industry, we ...

Formålet med denne utredningen er å undersøke eventuelle lønnsomhetsforskjeller mellom økologisk og konvensjonell melkeproduksjon. Både TINE og et flertall på Stortinget ønsker å øke produksjonen av økologiske landbruksvarer ...

This paper investigates the existence of markups and their cyclical behaviour at the industry sector level. Markups are given as a price-cost relation that is estimated from a dynamic, structural model of the firm. The ...

One approach to merger simulations used in antitrust cases is to calibrate demand from market shares and a few additional parameters. When the products involved in the merger case are differentiated along several dimensions, ...

A common approach to merger simulations used in antitrust cases is to calibrate demand from market shares and a few additional parameters. When the products involved in the merger case are differentiated along several ...