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non-student group on all observable factors is almost identical to the representative adult population in Norway. All …
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the effects of this approach we use diversion ratios from a local grocery market in Norway. In this case diversions from …
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. Within a rich census level data set for Norway, we examine the causal relationship using two approaches for identification …
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In this paper I test whether asymmetric information is present in the home insurance market. To detect the existence of asymmetric information I apply the so-called positive correlation test to a dataset containing approximately 500,000 home insurance contracts gathered from a Norwegian insurer....
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We study the impact of product margins on pharmacies' incentive to promote generics instead of brand-names. First, we construct a theoretical model where pharmacies can persuade patients with a brand-name prescription to purchase a generic version instead. We show that pharmacies' substitution...
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The recently introduced gender quota on Norwegian corporate boards dramatically increased the share of female directors.This reform offers a natural experiment to investigate changes in corporate governance from forced increases in gender diversity, and whether these changes in turn impact firm...
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We show that cyclical skill mismatch, defined as mismatch between the skills supplied by college graduates and skills demanded by hiring industries, is an important mechanism behind persistent career loss from graduating in recessions. Using Norwegian data, we find a strong countercyclical...
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these subsidies on children's longer run outcomes. Using a sharp discontinuity in the price of childcare in Norway, we are …
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The paper analyses Norwegian 19th century patentees. A special focus is on the affiliation or relationship of the patentees to the manufacturing industries, business and the wider economy. A main question is whether the inventors were what might be called ‘amateurs' working independently, or...
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-age population receiving permanent disability benefits. Using data from Norway, a country where around 10% of the working …
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