Nasjonalregnskap og konjunkturer: Discussion Papers

Effects of demographic development, labour supply and pension reforms on the future pension burden

Discussion Papers no. 418

Publisert: 4. mai 2005

A much higher old-age dependency ratio together with more generous pension benefits will lead to a substantial increase in the future pension burden in Norway. The challenges of financing the increasing pension expenditures depend on the ...

Tax effects on unemployment and the choice of educational type

Discussion Papers no. 419

Publisert: 4. mai 2005

This paper examines the effect of taxes on the individuals' choices of educational direction, and thus on the economy's skill composition. A proportional labour income tax induces too many workers with high innate ability to choose an edu...

Macroeconomic effects of proposed pension reforms in Norway

Discussion Papers no. 417

Publisert: 28. april 2005

Macroeconomic effects of proposed pension reforms in Norway

Discussion Papers no. 417

Publisert: 28. april 2005

Ageing combined with generous welfare state schemes makes the present fiscal policy in Norway unsustainable, despite large government petroleum revenues. We estimate to what extent two suggested reforms of the public pension system improv...

Are high oil prices profitable for OPEC in the long run?

Discussion Papers no. 416

Publisert: 22. april 2005

A statistical model for simple, fast and reliable measurement of poverty

Discussion Papers no. 415

Publisert: 22. april 2005

A simple poverty predictor model with assessment of the uncertainty

Discussion Papers no. 415

Publisert: 22. april 2005

A statistical model for simple, fast and reliable measurement of povert

Discussion Papers no. 415

Publisert: 22. april 2005

The primus inter pares of the UN Millennium Development Goals is to reduce poverty. The only internationally accepted method of estimating poverty requires a measurement of total consumption based on a time and resource demanding househol...

Are high oil prices profitable for OPEC in the long run?

Discussion Papers no. 416

Publisert: 22. april 2005

High oil prices are favourable for OPEC in the short run, but may undermine its future revenues. We search for the optimal oil price level for the producer group, using a partial equilibrium model for the oil market. The model explicitly ...

A simple poverty predictor model with assessment of the uncertainty

Discussion Papers no. 415

Publisert: 22. april 2005

An expenditure based estimate of Britain's black economy revisited

Discussion Papers no. 414

Publisert: 1. april 2005

An expenditure based estimate of Britain's black economy revisited

Discussion Papers no. 414

Publisert: 1. april 2005

The seminal paper by Pissarides and Weber (1989) is one of several previous studies trying to measure the size of the black economy. Pissarides and Weber compared the relationship between food expenditure and income in two groups of worke...

Modeling concentration and dispersion in multiple regression

Discussion Papers no. 412

Publisert: 10. mars 2005

Consequences of the IPPC-directive's BAT requirements for abatement costs and emissions

Discussion Papers no. 411

Publisert: 10. mars 2005

Is Norway immune to Dutch disease?

Discussion Papers no. 413

Publisert: 10. mars 2005