Completed projects
| Project name | Description | Research field | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobilizing unutilised labour reserves: the role of part-time work and extended employment interruptions | Norwegian women have a high employment level, but at the same time one of the highest part-time rates in Europe as well as in the Nordic countries, and part-time is common among women at all stages of the life cycle. At the same time a substantial proportion is absent from work due to childbirth and child-care. This project will explore the potential labour supply reserve among these groups, distinguishing barriers that may prevent and measures that may promote increased labour supply. |
Labour market
Living conditions and social participation |
Ragni Hege Kitterød
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| Multiple instruments | Standard economic theory provides simple and clear advice of how cost efficiency may be attained in the presence of imperfect markets and externalities. However, industry interests, concerns for regional settlement, income distribution and public revenue aspects imply political conflicts. Contradictory interests and unclear policy effects weaken the instruments. |
Climate policy and economics
Energy and environmental policy Power markets |
Annegrete Bruvoll |
| Potential for energy savings in Norwegian households | The main aim of the project is to analyse the potential for energy savings in Norwegian households and the effects of policy measures to reduce household energy consumption. |
Consumer behaviour
Energy and environmental policy Household energy use |
Bente Halvorsen
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| Recycling and natural resources | Recycling affects both extraction of new resources as well as the need for energy and inputs to production of new goods. To evaluate whether recycling is a cost-effective instrument, sources for market failure underlying recycling as a political instrument must be indentified. Which markets failures recycling is meant to prevent are in general vaguely expressed in public documents. | Energy and environmental policy |
Sana Hasane
|
| Sustainable development indicators (SDI) in the context of the precautionary principle | The project aims at strengthening the sustainable development indicators by establishing early warnings based on expert opinions on uncertainty and critical developments and the need for immediate action. The objective is to integrate the precautionary principle into sustainable development analysis in situations where there are uncertain and potentially serious consequences for the environment and other societal concerns. | Sustainable development |
Iulie Aslaksen
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| Volatility in exchange rates: Statistical analyses and economic interpretations | Econometric methods and microeconometrics |
Arvid Raknerud
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