• Parental leave and maternal employment 

  Kunze, Astrid (SAM DP;01/2022, Working paper, 2022-01-19)

  Numerous studies have investigated whether the provision and generosity of parental leave affects the employment and career prospects of women. Parental leave systems typically provide either short unpaid leave mandated ...

• The Effect of Labor Market Shocks Across the Life Cycle 

  Salvanes, Kjell G.; Willage, Barton; Willén, Alexander (SAM DP;21/2021, Working paper, 2021-12)

  Adverse economic shocks occur frequently and may cause individuals to reevaluate key life decisions in ways that have lasting consequences for themselves and the broader economy. These life decisions are fundamentally tied ...

• Bank consolidation, interest rates, and risk: A post-merger analysis based on loan-level data from the corporate sector 

  Juranek, Steffen; Nilsen, Øivind A.; Ulsaker, Simen A. (SAM DP;20/2021, Working paper, 2021-11-29)

  In this paper we analyse the bank merger between DnB and Gjensidige Bank in 2003, ranked by market share as number one and number three in the Norwegian bank market. Focusing on loans to firms, our difference-in-differences ...

• Three Economic Essays on Victimization and Social Policies from Childhood to Retirement 

  Wentzel, Mirjam Linnea (Doctoral thesis, 2021-12)

• Prison, Mental Health and Family Spillovers 

  Bhuller, Manudeep; Khoury, Laura; Løken, Katrine V. (SAM DP;19/2021, Working paper, 2021-11)

  Does prison cause mental health problems among inmates and their family members? Correlational evidence reveals that the prevalence of mental health problems is much higher among inmates than among the general population, ...

• Financial Instability and Banking Crises in a small open economy 

  Grytten, Ola Honningdal (SAM DP;18/2021, Working paper, 2021-11)

  The present paper seeks to investigate the importance of financial instability during four banking crises, with focus on the small open economy of Norway. The crises elaborated on are the Post First world war crisis of the ...

• Three chapters in industrial organization 

  Evensen, Charlotte Bjørnhaug (Doctoral thesis, 2021-10)

• Co-location, good, bad or both: How does new entry of discount variety store affect local grocery business? 

  Evensen, Charlotte B.; Steen, Frode; Ulsaker, Simen A. (SAM DP;17/2021, Working paper, 2021)

  We analyze 69 entries and relocations by the Norwegian discount variety chain Europris during the period 2016 to 2019. We measure how its location choices affect local grocery stores’ performance, using a diff-in-diff ...

• Essays in international finance 

  Syrstad, Olav (Doctoral thesis, 2021)

• Behavioral Barriers and the Socioeconomic Gap in Child Care Enrollment 

  Hermes, Henning; Lergetporer, Philipp; Peter, Frauke; Wiederhold, Simon (SAM DP;16/2021, Working paper, 2021-09-01)

  Children with lower socioeconomic status (SES) tend to benefit more from early child care, but are substantially less likely to be enrolled. We study whether reducing behavioral barriers in the application process increases ...

• Essays on Business Cycles and Macroeconomic Policy 

  Aursland, Thor Andreas Thorvalsen (Doctoral thesis, 2021-03-01)

• Price Change Synchronization within and between Firms 

  Nilsen, Øivind A.; Skuterud, Håvard; Webster, Ingeborg Munthe-Kaas (SAM DP;15/2021, Working paper, 2021-08)

  This paper provides evidence on price rigidity at the product- and firm-level in Norway. A strong within-firm synchronization is found supporting the theory of economies of scope in menu costs. The industry synchronization ...

• The Making of Social Democracy: The Economic and Electoral Consequences of Norway’s 1936 Folk School Reform 

  Acemoglu, Daron; Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Sarvimäki, Matti (SAM DP;14/2021, Working paper, 2021-08)

  Upon assuming power for the first time in 1935, the Norwegian Labour Party delivered on its promise for a major schooling reform. The reform raised minimum instruction time in less developed rural areas and boosted the ...

• Essays on Information Preferences and Morality 

  Ceren Ay, Fehime (Doctoral thesis, 2021-03)

• The impact of targeting technologies and consumer multi-homing on digital platform competition 

  Evensen, Charlotte Bjørnhaug; Haugen, Atle (SAM DP;13/2021, Working paper, 2021-06)

  In this paper, we address how targeting and consumer multi-homing impact platform competition and market equilibria in two-sided markets. We analyze platforms that are financed by both advertising and subscription fees, ...

• Public policy, resource rent and ethics: The case of the Norwegian petroleum industry 

  Hunnes, John A.; Grytten, Ola Honningdal (DP SAM;12/2021, Working paper, 2021-05)

  The present paper seeks to explain how ethics and values in public policy can be result of different historical contingencies. Specifically, it explains the accomplishment of petroleum resource management in Norway. The ...

• Material resources and well-being – Evidence from an Ethiopian housing lottery 

  Andersen, Asbjørn G; Kotsadam, Andreas; Somville, Vincent (DP SAM;11/2021, Working paper, 2021-04-26)

  Do better material conditions improve well-being and mental health? Or does any positive relationship merely reflect that psychological well-being promotes economic success? We supply new responses to these questions by ...

• Divergent Integration 

  Haaland, Jan I.; Wooton, Ian (DP SAM;10/2021, Working paper, 2021-04-16)

  Trade liberalisation is often characterised as either preferential or non-discriminatory but not all preferential trade agreements are the same. We focus on non-tariff measures that can constitute barriers to trade and ...

• Nepotism vs. Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital in Academia (1088–1800) 

  de la Croix, David; Goñi, Marc (DP SAM;09/2021, Working paper, 2021-03-16)

  We argue that the waning of nepotism in academia bolstered scientific production in pre-industrial Europe. We build a database of families of scholars (1088–1800), measure their scientific output, and develop a general ...

• Fairness and Willingness to Compete 

  Buser, Thomas; Cappelen, Alexander W.; Tungodden, Bertil (DP SAM;08/2021, Working paper, 2021-03)

  The large experimental literature on competitiveness has typically ignored a key feature of many competitive settings in society: competition is not always fair. The playing field may be uneven and competitors of unequal ...

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