Statistikkområde: Nasjonalregnskap og konjunkturer

Health status after cancer

Discussion Papers no. 590

Publisert: 21. september 2009

Survival rates are widely used to compare quality of health care. In this paper we introduce post-illness employment as a supplemental indicator of successful treatment of serious diseases. Utilizing rich register based data on cancer pat...

Commodity tax competition

Discussion Papers no. 592

Publisert: 17. september 2009

Commodity tax competition

Discussion Papers no. 592

Publisert: 17. september 2009

A simulation model consisting of a representative consumer for each Scandinavian country is constructed and calibrated, in which consumers consume two goods: spirits and 'other goods'. Spirits is exposed to cross-border shopping, and the ...

Divorced fathers' proximity and children's long run outcomes

Discussion Papers no. 589

Publisert: 2. september 2009

Divorced fathers' proximity and children's long run outcomes

Discussion Papers no. 589

Publisert: 2. september 2009

This study examines the link between divorced nonresident fathers' proximity and children's long-run outcomes using high-quality data from Norwegian population registers. We follow (from birth to young adulthood) 15,992 children born into...

Reconsidering the theory on adolescent-limited and life-course persistent antisocial behaviour

Discussion Papers no. 587

Publisert: 25. mai 2009

How linear models can mask non-linear casual relationships

Discussion Papers no. 586

Publisert: 25. mai 2009

Reconsidering the theory on adolescent-limited and life-course persistent antisocial behaviour

Discussion Papers no. 587

Publisert: 25. mai 2009

This article presents a critical review of the taxonomic theory of adolescent-limited and life-course persistent antisocial behaviour (Moffitt 1993) and its empirical evidence. This influential theory suggests that there are two qualitati...

How linear models can mask non-linear casual relationships

Discussion Papers no. 586

Publisert: 25. mai 2009

Many empirical studies specify outcomes as a linear function of endogenous regressors when conducting instrumental variable (IV) estimation. We show that commonly used tests for treatment effects, selection bias, and treatment effect hete...

No child left behind

Discussion Papers no. 582

Publisert: 22. mai 2009

No child left behind

Discussion Papers no. 582

Publisert: 22. mai 2009

There is a heated debate in the US and Canada, as well as in many European countries, about a move towards subsidized, universally accessible child care. At the same time, studies on universal child care and child development are scarce, ...

On general versus emission saving R&D support

Discussion Papers no. 584

Publisert: 19. mai 2009

On general versus emission saving R&D support

Discussion Papers no. 584

Publisert: 19. mai 2009

We analyse welfare effects of supporting general versus emission saving technological development when carbon emissions are regulated by a carbon tax. We use a computable general equilibrium model with induced technological change (ITC). ...

Industrial labor productivities and tariffs in South Africa

Discussion Papers no. 585

Publisert: 15. mai 2009

Industrial labor productivities and tariffs in South Africa

Discussion Papers no. 585

Publisert: 15. mai 2009

The analysis of the effect of tariffs for labor productivity faces the challenge of tariff policy endogeneity. Tariff policy is designed to promote economic development and the industrial sector tariff structure may reflect characteristic...