Nasjonalregnskap og konjunkturer: Discussion Papers

An experimental investigation of social norms

Discussion Papers no. 310

Publisert: 26. oktober 2001

Several economists have maintained that social and internalized norms can enforce cooperation in public good situations. This experimental study investigates impacts of social and internalized norms for cooperation among strangers in a pu...

A method of weighting adjustment for survey data subject to nonignorable nonresponse

Discussion Papers no. 311

Publisert: 26. oktober 2001

Weighting adjustment is a standard quasi-randomization approach for survey data subject to nonresponse (Little, 1986). The existing methods are typically based on the assumption that nonresponse is independent of the survey variable condi...

Estimating and restricting growth rates and cointegration means

Discussion Papers no. 309

Publisert: 29. september 2001

Are predicted lifetime consumption profiles robust with respect to model specifications?

Discussion Papers no. 308

Publisert: 15. september 2001

Are predicted lifetime consumption profiles robust with respect to model specifications?

Discussion Papers no. 308

Publisert: 15. september 2001

Structural models of lifetime labour supply and consumption require functional specifications of preferences as well as other assumptions that can be difficult to assess a priori. Misspecifications of the model might lead to biases in the...

Equality of opportunity versus equality of outcome in analysing optimal income taxation

Discussion Papers No. 307

Publisert: 13. september 2001

The welfare effects of housing taxation in a distorted economy

Discussion Papers No. 306

Publisert: 12. september 2001

Revealing demand for nature experience using purchase data of equipment and lodging

Discussion Papers No. 305

Publisert: 1. september 2001

Job creation, heterogeneous workers and technical change

Discussion Papers No. 304

Publisert: 31. august 2001

Learned helplessness, discouraged workers, and multiple unemployment equilibria in a search model

Discussion Papers no. 303

Publisert: 6. august 2001

Learned helplessness, discouraged workers, and multiple unemployment equilibria in a search model

Discussion Papers no. 303

Publisert: 6. august 2001

Unemployment varies strongly between countries with comparable economic structure. Some economists have tried to explain these differences with institutional differences in the labour market. Instead, this paper focuses on a model with mu...

Changing returns to education across cohorts

Discussion Papers no. 302

Publisert: 2. juli 2001

This paper investigates whether economic returns to education in Norway differ across cohorts. Differences in returns to education may arise from selection effects - the large increase in educational attainment in postwar years may have c...

Changing returns to education across cohorts

Discussion Papers no. 302

Publisert: 2. juli 2001

Experience and schooling

Discussion Papers no. 301

Publisert: 29. juni 2001

Experience and schooling

Discussion Papers no. 301

Publisert: 29. juni 2001

This paper investigates whether returns to experience and seniority vary between workers with different levels of education and between different types of firms. Using a large administrative dataset for Norwegian manufacturing, I find tha...