Browsing Department of Economics by Author "Hansen, Ole-Petter Moe"

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    • Determinants of long-term economic growth redux: A Measurement Error Model Averaging (MEMA) approach. 

      Doppelhofer, Gernot; Hansen, Ole-Petter Moe; Weeks, Melwyn (DP SAM: 19, Working paper, 2016-12)
      This paper estimates determinants of long-run growth rates of GDP per capita in a cross section of countries. We propose a novel Measurement Error Model Averaging (MEMA) approach that accounts for measurement error in ...

    • Trading off Welfare and Immigration in Europe 

      Hansen, Ole-Petter Moe; Legge, Stefan (Discussion paper;22/15, Working paper, 2015-10)
      In this paper, we explore the trade-off Europe faces when choosing between immigration from poor countries and welfare spending. Using data from the European Social Survey on sixteen countries from 2002{2012, we document ...