Statistikkområde: Nasjonalregnskap og konjunkturer

Older or wealthier?

Discussion Papers no. 583

Publisert: 22. april 2009

Older or wealthier?

Discussion Papers no. 583

Publisert: 22. april 2009

Differences in individual wealth holdings are widely viewed as a driving force of economic inequality. However, as this finding relies on cross-section data, we may confuse older with wealthier. We propose a new method to adjust for age e...

Green serves the dirtiest

Discussion Papers no. 581

Publisert: 16. april 2009

Green serves the dirtiest

Discussion Papers no. 581

Publisert: 16. april 2009

Tradable black (CO2) and green (renewables) quotas gain in popularity and stringency within climate policies of many OECD countries. The overlapping regulation through both instruments, however, may have important adverse economic implica...

Using Engel curves to estimate purchasing power parity

Discussion Papers no. 580

Publisert: 25. mars 2009

Using Engel curves to estimate purchasing power parity

Discussion Papers no. 580

Publisert: 25. mars 2009

Standard practice of estimating purchasing power parities (PPP) involves using prices, in domestic currencies, of a common basket of goods and services, then calculating the price-equalizing exchange rate. In this article, I substitute ob...

Family formation, fatherhood and crime

Discussion Papers no. 579

Publisert: 19. mars 2009

Family formation, fatherhood and crime

Discussion Papers no. 579

Publisert: 19. mars 2009

Using large-scale individual-level Norwegian administrative register data on the total population of men, we study the offending rates five years prior to and after five different family-related transitions. Leading criminological theorie...

Evaluating alternative basic income mechanisms

Discussion Papers no. 578

Publisert: 23. februar 2009

Evaluating alternative basic income mechanisms

Discussion Papers no. 578

Publisert: 23. februar 2009

We develop and estimate a microeconometric model of household labour supply in five European countries representative of different economies and welfare policy regimes: Denmark, Italy, Norway, Portugal and United Kingdom. We then simulate...

Does the clean development mechanism have a viable future?

Discussion Papers no. 577

Publisert: 10. februar 2009

Does the clean development mechanism have a viable future?

Discussion Papers no. 577

Publisert: 10. februar 2009

The developed countries can meet part of their Kyoto commitments by investing in emission-reducing projects in developing countries (the Clean Development Mechanism, CDM). Since the developing countries have so far not been willing to acc...

The effect of benefits on disability uptake

Discussion Papers no. 576

Publisert: 2. februar 2009

The effect of benefits on disability uptake

Discussion Papers no. 576

Publisert: 2. februar 2009

I study the effects of the level of disability benefits on disability uptake. Estimation of such effects is difficult because individual levels of disability pension benefits are closely related to individual characteristics that may also...

Estimating consumption and changes in stock applying micro expenditure data

Discussion Papers no. 575

Publisert: 29. januar 2009