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Age-Cohort-Time Effects in Sickness Absence: Exploring a Large Data Set by Polynomial Regression

Biørn, Erik - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2013

and fourth-order polynomials on the other. Representing heterogeneity by cohort effects is compared with representing … heterogeneity by random and fixed individual effects. On the whole, the age coefficients in the estimated regressions are quite … sensitive to how heterogeneity is modeled. …

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A Theory for Ranking Distribution Functions

Aaberge, Rolf; Havnes, Tarjei; Mogstad, Magne - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2014

We propose a general framework to unambiguously compare distributions functions in an economically interpretable way. Our framework provides complete ranking of any set of distributions and money metric interpretation of the social welfare level of a dominating distribution as compared to a...

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Income Capability and Child Care

Bojer, Hilde - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2006

This paper has a twofold purpose. It argues firstly, that analysis of income distribution should be a part of the capability approach. Secondly, it argues that the capability approach is a good theoretical foundation for analysis of income distribution. The capability approach to human advantage...

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Trade-offs between health and absenteeism in welfare states: striking the balance

Markussen, Simen - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2007

Workers’absenteeism due to illness represents a major concern in several countries. Absenteeism are however not very well understood in economics. This paper presents a model where absenteeism is understood in relation to health. Its main predictions are (i) intermediate welfare state...

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Resources versus capabilities: a critical discussion

Bojer, Hilde - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2006

This paper discusses the concept of "resourcism'" as an alternative to the capability approach. It argues that the term economic resources covers too many different concepts for the term "resourcism" to be useful when analysing distributional justice. In particular, the "resourcism" of Dworkin...

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Quitting behaviour of cigarette smokers. Are there direct effects of a screening program?

Line Bretteville-Jensen, Anne; Biørn, Erik; Selmer, Randi - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2011

This paper aims at i) providing effect estimates of a wide range of covariates and traditional policy means to increase the smoking cessation rate, ii) offering evidence on alternative interventions for health authorities, and iii) examining and comparing three groups of smokers with varying...

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Panel Data Dynamics and Measurement Errors: GMM Bias, IV Validity and Model Fit – A Monte Carlo Study

Biørn, Erik; Han, Xuehui - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2012

An autoregressive fixed effects panel data equation in error-ridden endogenous and exogenous variables, with finite memory of disturbances, latent regressors and measurement errors is considered. Finite sample properties of GMM estimators are explored by Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. Two kinds...

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Identifying Trend and Age Effects in Sickness Absence from Individual Data: Some Econometric Problems

Biørn, Erik - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2010

unobserved heterogeneity potentially affecting both health status and ability to work, which can bias inference because the … attaching unobserved heterogeneity to non-structured fixed effects? In the paper we examine this issue and discuss the … other hand by correlation between unobserved heterogeneity in health status and in ability to work. We show that running …

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Behavioral Multistate Duration Models: What should they look like ?

Dagsvik, John K. - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2012

This paper discusses how specification of probabilistic models for multistate duration data generated by individual choices should be justified on a priori theoretical grounds. Preferences are assumed represented by random utilities, where utilities are viewed as random also to the agent...

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What Motivates Farm Couples to Seek Off-farm Labour? A Logit Analysis of Job Transitions

Biørn, Erik; Bjørnsen, Hild-Marte - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2013

In this paper some labour market consequences of transitions in the agriculture sector are examined by combining a 20-year unbalanced panel data set from Norwegian farm couples (households) and logit modeling of one-period transition probabilities. The multi-dimensionality of the problem follows...

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