Income and wealth

Reducing poverty is a central policy priority in many countries, also in wealthy countries with comprehensive universal support systems, such as the Nordic welfare states.

The elasticity of taxable income (ETI) parameter is a key quantity in empirical analysis of tax policy and labor supply. We examine when a commonly applied class of ETI estimands can be used to learn about individuals’ ETI parameters and their (un)compensated elasticities of labor supply.

This report investigates the evolution of economic well-being among Norwegian households in the period 2015–2023.

This report on the economy and living conditions among low-income groups in Norway is focused on the situation from 2020 to 2023, a period covering both the COVID-19 pandemic, high immigration, and increasing inflation.

This paper introduces a framework for estimating long-run series of measures of overall inequality and top wealth shares when data consist of a combination of historical tabulations and modern administrative registers of taxable wealth.

Financial and quantitative education, such as pursuing a degree in business or economics, should potentially equip individuals with the skills to better allocate their financial resources.

Students in Norway can apply for grants and loans from the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund (Lånekassen) to finance living expenses and study costs. Although grants/loans from Lånekassen are an important source of income for many students, it is also common for students to work alongside their studies. The purpose of this report is to provide insight into students’ incomes and expenses based on results from the survey Eurostudent 8, which was conducted in 2022. What are the main sources of income, and how big are students’ monthly living costs?

The purpose of this report is to measure the share of “working poor” among self-employed indivi­duals in Norway, as well as to map their socio-demographic characteristics and industry affiliation. As a group, the self-employed show markedly greater income inequality than wage earners in Norway.

This report investigates the contribution of factors which may explain the increase in child poverty in Norway between 2010 and 2022. The report describes how child poverty varies with socio­demographic characteristics and how changes over time in the composition of the population contribute to the evolution of poverty among children.

This report examines the relationship between immigration and income inequality in Norway from 1993 to2022.