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Earnings, disposable income, and consumption of allowed and rejected disability insurance applicants
Discussion Papers no. 803
Two key questions in thinking about the size and growth of the disability insurance program are to what extent it discourages work, and how valuable the insurance is to individuals and families.
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The effect of childhood family size on fertility in adulthood
Discussion Papers no. 802
While fertility is positively correlated across generations, the causal effect of children's experience with larger sibships on their own fertility in adulthood is poorly understood.
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Can a cash transfer to families change fertility behaviour?
Discussion Papers no. 800
This paper assesses the relationship between cash transfers to families and subsequent childbearing.
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The innovative input mix
Discussion Papers no. 801
Business innovation is an important driver of productivity growth.
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Intergenerational mobility in Norway, 1865-2011
Discussion Papers no. 798
This paper constructs a data set of 835,537 linked father-son pairs from census records and documents a substantial increase in intergenerational occupational mobility in Norway between 1865 and 2011
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Promoting integration of immigrants
Discussion Papers no. 799
Proficiency in the language spoken by the majority population may be crucial for the cognitive development of children from immigrant families.
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Micro-level dynamics of social assistance receipt
Discussion Papers no. 797
This paper presents a study of the monthly dynamics of social assistance benefit receipt in four European countries: Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
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The Norwegian productivity puzzle – not so puzzling after all?
Discussion Papers no. 796
The Norwegian productivity puzzle is rooted in three seemingly contradictory “facts”:
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Identifying the sector bias of technical change
Discussion Papers no. 795
The empirical literature studying the sector bias of technical change has only focused on skill-biased technical change.
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Field of study, earnings and self-selection
Discussion Papers no. 794
Why do individuals choose different types of post-secondary education, and what are the labor market consequences of those choices? We show that answering these questions is difficult because individuals choose between several unordered alternatives.
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Political uncertainty and household savings
Discussion Papers no. 793
This paper examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty.
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Multidimensional poverty and inequality
Discussion Papers no. 792
This paper examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty.
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Desistance from crime
Discussion Papers no. 791
Previous studies have argued that marriage, parenthood and employment are important factors that lead to desistance from crime.
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The entrepreneurial earnings puzzle
Discussion Papers no. 789
Empirical studies show that the pecuniary returns to an individual's decision to switch from wage employment to entrepreneurship are low.
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Why are there so few female entrepreneurs?
Discussion Papers no. 790
Women make up almost 50 percent of the employed population in Norway, but only about 25 percent of the entrepreneurs.
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