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The distributional impact of public services in
Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun; Lindgren, Petter - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2013
The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of including the value of public health care, longterm care, education and childcare on estimates of income inequality and financial poverty in 23 European countries. The valuation of public services and the identification of target groups rely on...
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Pro-cyclical mortality. Evidence from Norway
Haaland, Venke Furre; Telle, Kjetil - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2013
differences in pro-cyclicality across subsamples that are expected to be affected differently by the business cycle. Mortality is … most pro-cyclical for young men (18-24), but there are also some indications of more pro-cyclical mortality for subgroups … areas. Finally, we investigate pro-cyclical mortality across socioeconomic groups and find that mortality is more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010754874
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A theory for ranking distribution functions
Aaberge, Rolf; Havnes, Tarjei; Mogstad, Magne - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2013
When is one distribution (of income, consumption, or some other economic variable) more equal or better than another? This question has proven difficult to answer in situations where distribution functions intersect and no unambiguous ranking can be attained without introducing weaker criteria...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720124
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Some Fundamental Problems in Becker, Grossman and Murphy's Implementation of Rational Addiction Theory
Wangen, Knut R. - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2004
The econometric implementation of rational addiction theory has been highly influenced by Becker, Grossman and Murphy (BGM). They specify an Euler equation where current consumption is determined by current price and past and future consumption. This model is claimed to be able to discriminate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980654
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The effect of working conditions on teachers’sickness absence
Rønning, Marte - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2012
This paper investigates the effect of working conditions on the amount of teachers’sickness absence in Norway. Exploiting intertemporal variation within teachers who have not changed schools, the findings indicate that teachers lower their amount of sickness absence if the school’s resource...
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Access to treatment and educational inequalities in cancer survival
Fiva, Jon H.; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Rønning, Marte; … - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2013
The public health care systems in the Nordic countries provide high quality care almost free of charge to all citizens. However, social inequalities in health persist. Previous research has, for example, documented substantial educational inequalities in cancer survival. We investigate to what...
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Assimilation effects on infant mortality among immigrants in Norway
Kinge, Jonas Minet; Kornstad, Tom - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2013
relationship between infant mortality and maternal country of origin and whether or not this relationship varies with the number of … by source country and other maternal characteristics. By measuring the source country infant mortality rate at the time … main findings. Firstly, maternal source country characteristics are significantly associated with the infant mortality rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010817204
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Health Status After Cancer. Does It Matter Which Hospital You Belong To?
Fiva, Jon H.; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Rønning, Marte - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2009
Survival rates are widely used to compare quality of health care. In this paper we introduce post-illness employment as a supplemental indicator of successful treatment of serious diseases. Utilizing rich register based data on cancer patients we document substantial differences across Norwegian...
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The Effect of Plant Downsizing on Disability Pension Utilization
Rege, Mari; Telle, Kjetil; Votruba, Mark - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2005
Gibbons and Katz (1991). We also estimate significant effects of downsizing on future earnings and mortality, suggesting the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980570
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Social Interaction Effects in Disability Pension Participation. Evidence from Plant Downsizing
Rege, Mari; Telle, Kjetil; Votruba, Mark - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2007
We estimate the magnitude of social interaction effects in disability pension participation among older workers in Norway. Specifically, we investigate how a worker’s propensity to draw disability benefits is affected by a plausibly exogenous shock to the disability entry rate of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980914