Blar i Department of Economics på forfatter "Salvanes, Kjell G."
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The Role of Parenthood on the Gender Gap among Top Earners
Bütikofer, Aline; Jensen, Sissel; Salvanes, Kjell G. (DP SAM;9/2018, Working paper, 2018-04)Is the wage penalty due to motherhood larger among highly qualified women? In this paper, we study the effect of parenthood on the careers of high-achieving women relative to high-achieving men in a set of high-earning ... -
The Supply of Skill and Endogenous Technical Change: Evidence From a College Expansion Reform
Carneiro, Pedro; Liu, Kai; Salvanes, Kjell G. (DP SAM;16/2018, Working paper, 2018-08)We examine the labor market consequences of an exogenous increase in the supply of skilled labor in several cities in Norway, resulting from the construction of new colleges in the 1970s. We find that skilled wages ... -
The Timing of Parental Job Displacement, Child Development and Family Adjustment
Carneiro, Pedro; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Willage, Barton; Willén, Alexander (SAM DP;12/2022, Working paper, 2022-09)This paper examines if the effect of parental labor market shocks on child development depends on the age of the child at the time of the shock. To address this question, we leverage rich Norwegian population-wide register ... -
Why the apple doesn't fall far: Understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2005)Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. Why is this? There are a number of possible explanations. One is a pure selection story: the type of parent who has more education and earns ...