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On the Measurement of Long-Run Income Inequality: Empirical Evidence from Norway, 1875-2013
Aaberge, Rolf; Atkinson, Tony; Modalsli, Jorgen Heibo - 2017
methodology is applied to Norway, for which rich historical data sources exist. Taking careful account of the definition of income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653302
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Immigrant child poverty in Scandinavia: a panel data study
Galloway, Taryn Ann; Gustafsson, Björn; Pedersen, Peder J. - 2009
Immigrant and native child poverty in Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1993 to 2001 is investigated using large sets of panel … Norway have an immigrant origin, and that corresponding proportion is as high as about a half in Denmark as well as in Sweden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269314
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Made in China, Sold in Norway: Local Labor Market Effects of an Import Shock
Balsvik, Ragnhild; Jensen, Sissel; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2014
We analyze whether regional labor markets are affected by expo- sure to import competition from China. We find negative employment effects for low-skilled workers, and observe that low-skilled workers tend to be pushed into unemployment or leave the labor force altogether. We find no evidence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398258
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Made in China, Sold in Norway: Local Labor Market Effects of an Import Shock
Balsvik, Ragnhild; Jensen, Sissel; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We analyze whether regional labor markets are affected by expo- sure to import competition from China. We find negative employment effects for low-skilled workers, and observe that low-skilled workers tend to be pushed into unemployment or leave the labor force altogether. We find no evidence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884256
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Immigrant Child Poverty in Scandinavia: A Panel Data Study
Galloway, Taryn Ann; Gustafsson, Björn; Pedersen, Peder J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Immigrant and native child poverty in Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1993 to 2001 is investigated using large sets of panel … Norway have an immigrant origin, and that corresponding proportion is as high as about a half in Denmark as well as in Sweden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005004563
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How Destructive Is Creative Destruction? The Costs of Worker Displacement
Huttunen, Kristiina; Møen, Jarle; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We analyze short and long-term effects of worker displacement. Our focus is on prime-age male workers displaced from Norwegian manufacturing plants. We find that displacement increases the probability of exiting the labor force by about 5 percentage points. This indicates that studies using data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566825
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Is a Flat Tax Feasible in a Grown-up Welfare State?
Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas; Schaefer, Thilo - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
reforms on equity and efficiency for thecase of Germany... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861443
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What Is the Case for Paid Maternity Leave?
Dahl, Gordon B.; Loken, Katrine Vellesen; Mogstad, Magne; … - 2013
Norway which expanded paid leave from 18 to 35 weeks (without changing the length of job protection). Our first empirical … to economic efficiency. Taken together, our findings suggest the generous extensions to paid leave were costly, had no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329105
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The More the Merrier? : The Effect of Family Composition on Children's Education
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2004
rich dataset that contains information on the entire population of Norway over an extended period of time and allows us to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262020
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High? : The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2004
by changes in compulsory schooling laws in both the United States and Norway to estimate the effect in two very different … childbearing in both the United States and Norway, and these results are quite robust to various specification checks. Somewhat …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262157