Discussion papers

A review of the theoretical literature on optimal indirect taxation reveals that analytical arguments in favor of uniform indirect taxation seem weak and rather unrealistic; hence determining the optimal tax structure remains an empirical issue.

Young children are thought to be vulnerable to separation from the primary caregiver/s. This raises concern about whether early child care enrollment may harm children's development.

In this study we investigate empirically the driving forces behind CO ₂-emission intensities of Norwegian oil and gas extraction, using detailed field-specific data that cover all Norwegian oil and gas activity.

The purpose of the paper is to provide a detailed discussion in relation to the development of the field of labour supply focused microsimulation models and methodological choices.

Climate effects of unilateral carbon policies are undermined by carbon leakage. To counteract leakage and increase global cost-effectiveness carbon tariffs can be imposed on the emissions embodied in imports from non-regulating regions.

This paper presents a method to incorporate individual covariates into such estimates of social mobility, and to construct corresponding confidence intervals.

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.

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.

This paper assesses the relationship between cash transfers to families and subsequent childbearing.

Business innovation is an important driver of productivity growth.

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

Proficiency in the language spoken by the majority population may be crucial for the cognitive development of children from immigrant families.

This paper presents a study of the monthly dynamics of social assistance benefit receipt in four European countries: Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.

The Norwegian productivity puzzle is rooted in three seemingly contradictory “facts”:

The empirical literature studying the sector bias of technical change has only focused on skill-biased technical change.

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.

This paper examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty.

This paper examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty.

Previous studies have argued that marriage, parenthood and employment are important factors that lead to desistance from crime.

Women make up almost 50 percent of the employed population in Norway, but only about 25 percent of the entrepreneurs.