Blar i Discussion papers (SAM) på emneord "VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Økonomi: 210::Samfunnsøkonomi: 212"
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The evolution of inequality in productivity and wages : panel data evidence
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-08)There has been a remarkable increase in wage inequality in the US, UK and many other countries over the past three decades. A significant part of this appears to be within observable groups (such as age-gender-skill ... -
Fairness is intuitive
(Discussion paper;9/2014, Working paper, 2014-04)In this paper we provide new evidence showing that fair behavior is intuitive to most people. We find a strong association between a short response time and fair behavior in the dictator game. This association is robust ... -
Family stability and labor market gender convergence
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2009-04)The present paper examines the historical development in the structure of the family in terms of marriage, divorce, fertility and labor 1886-2007 in order to map quantitative changes. The paper draws new information from ... -
FDI, R&D and endogenous competitiveness
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-01)We analyze the influence of endogenous competitiveness on multinational activity. Competitiveness is endogenized by assuming that firms differ on R&D commitment power, i.e.: some firms are leaders in R&D. We show that ... -
A flying start or no effect? : long term consequences of maternal time investments in children during their first year of life
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2010-10)We study the impact of increasing the time that the mother spends with her child in the first year of her life. In particular, we examine a reform that increased paid and unpaid maternity leave entitlements in Norway. ... -
Forced board changes : evidence from Norway
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Foreign aid and sovereign credit worthiness
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-12)International financial markets are far from perfect. Because of problems related to contract enforcement borrowers often end up being rationed; the lenders tend to constrain the amount lent ex ante in order to motivate ... -
Gasoline prices jump up on Mondays : an outcome of aggressive competition?
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-03)This paper examines Norwegian gasoline pump prices using daily station-specific observations from March 2003 to March 2006. Whereas studies that have analyzed similar price cycles in other countries find support for the ... -
Gender wage gap studies : consistency and decomposition
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-12)This paper reviews the empirical literature on the gender wage gap, with particular attention given to the identification of the key parameters in human capital wage regression models. This is of great importance in the ... -
Global public economics : public goods and externalities
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-10)This paper extends the normative analysis of public goods and externalities to an international setting. The first part considers the optimal allocation of a global public good. Whether global production efficiency is ... -
Globalisation and maritime labour in Norway after World War II
(Discussion paper;17/2014, Working paper, 2014-05)This paper looks at how "Globalisation" – narrowly defined as the causes and effects of increased international economic integration – has influenced the demand for and supply of maritime products and services, with a ... -
Growth in public finances as tool for control : Norwegian development 1850-1950
(Discussion paper;15/2014, Working paper, 2014-05)By drawing on information from public accounts from the nineteenth and twentieth century the present paper aims at mapping the development of key financial indicators for the Norwegian central government sector. It ... -
Habit formation, strategic extremism and debt policy
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-12)We suggest a probabilistic voting model where voters’ preferences for alternative public goods display habit formation. Current policies determine habit levels and in turn the future preferences of the voters. This allows ... -
Has job stability decreased in Norway?
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-08)A widespread belief in the popular press is that job stability has declined across Western economies over the last 15 years. However, little support for this is found in the empirical literature. We use an extensive ... -
Hospital competition and quality with regulated prices
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-02)We analyse the effect of competition on quality in hospital markets with regulated prices, considering both the effect of free patient choice (monopoly versus competition) and increased competition through lower transportation ... -
Hospital mergers with regulated prices
(Discussion paper;21/2014, Working paper, 2014-05)We study the effects of a hospital merger using a spatial competition framework with semialtruistic hospitals that invest in quality and expend cost-containment effort facing regulated prices. We find that the merging ... -
How do political and economic institutions affect each other?
(Discussion paper;19/2014, Working paper, 2014-05)This paper provides evidence for the mutually reinforcing relation of political and economic institutions. To overcome problems of endogeneity I utilize lag instruments within a GMM framework for dynamic panel data. ... -
How does monetary policy respond to exchange rate movements? : new international evidence
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-10)This paper analyzes how monetary policy responds to exchange rate movements in open economies, paying particular attention to the interaction between monetary policy and exchange rate movements. We address this issue ... -
Human and financial capital for microenterprise development : evidence from a field and lab experiment
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Identifying adjustment costs of net and gross employment changes
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-09)A relatively unexplored question in dynamic labour demand regards the source of adjustment costs, whether they depend on net or gross changes in employment. We estimate a structural model of dynamic labour demand where ...