Browsing NHH Brage by Author "Riise, Julie"
Now showing items 1-4 of 4
-
Can Female Doctors Cure the Gender STEMM Gap? Evidence from Randomly Assigned General Practitioners
Riise, Julie; Willage, Barton; Willen, Alexander (DP SAM;18/2019, Working paper, 2019-10)We use random assignment of general practitioners (GPs) to provide the first evidence on the effects of female role models in childhood on the long-run educational outcomes of girls. We find that girls who are exposed to ... -
Does Your Doctor Matter? Doctor Quality and Patient Outcomes
Ginja, Rita; Riise, Julie; Willage, Barton; Willén, Alexander (SAM DP;08/2022, Working paper, 2022-06)We estimate doctor value-added and provide evidence on the distribution of physician quality in an entire country, combining rich population-wide register data with random assignment of patients to general practitioners ... -
Employment Protection and Child Development
Willén, Alexander; Willage, Barton; Riise, Julie (SAM DP;19/2022, Working paper, 2022-12)This paper exploits conditional random assignment of patients to general practitioners to calculate a leniency measure of paid sick leave certification. We link these data to information on the human capital development ... -
The Impact of Paid Maternity Leave on Maternal Health
Bütikofer, Äline; Riise, Julie; Skira, Meghan (DP SAM;4/2018, Working paper, 2018-03)We examine the impact of the introduction of paid maternity leave in Norway in 1977 on maternal health. Before the policy reform, mothers were eligible for 12 weeks of unpaid leave. Mothers giving birth after July 1, 1977 ...