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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...

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The dynamics of power in labor markets : monopolistic unions versus monopsonistic employers

Dodini, Samuel; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Willén, Alexander - 2021

This paper brings together the modern literatures on monopsony power and labor unions by empirically examining the effects of unionization on the dynamics of worker earnings across differently concentrated markets. Exploiting tax reforms to union due deductions as exogenous shocks to...

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The supply of skill and endogenous technical change : evidence from a college expansion reform

Carneiro, Pedro; Liu, Kai; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2018

We examine the labor market consequences of an exogenous increase in the supply of skilled labor in several cities in Norway, resulting from the construction of new colleges in the 1970s. We find that skilled wages increased as a response, suggesting that along with an increase in the supply...

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The decline of routine tasks, education investments, and intergenerational mobility

Bennett, Patrick; Liu, Kai; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2023

How does a large structural change to the labor market affect education investments made at young ages? Exploiting differential exposure to the national decline in routine-task intensity across local labor markets, we show that the secular decline in routine tasks causes major shifts in...

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The dynamics of power in labor markets : monopolistic unions versus monopsonistic employers

Samuel Dodini, Samuel; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Willén, … - 2022

This paper brings together the modern research on employer power and employee power by empirically examining the effects of unionization on worker earnings, employment, and inequality across differently concentrated markets. Exploiting national tax reforms to union membership dues as exogenous...

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Monopsony, Job Tasks, and Labor Market Concentration

Dodini, Samuel; Lovenheim, Michael F.; Salvanes, Kjell G.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This paper extends the literature on monopsony and labor market concentration by taking a task-based approach and estimating the causal effect of concentration in the demand for skills on labor market outcomes. The prior literature has focused on industry and occupation concentration and likely...

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Natural resources, demand for skills, and schooling choices

Bütikofer, Aline; Dalla-Zuanna, Antonio; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2023

This paper studies the consequences of the buildup of a new economic sector-the Norwegian petroleum industry-on investment in human capital. We assess both short-term and long-term effects for a broad set of educational margins, by comparing individuals in regions exposed to the new sector with...

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Older and wiser? : Birth order and IQ of young men

Black, Sandra E. (contributor); … - 2007

Norway that allows us to precisely measure birth order effects on IQ using both cross-sectional and within-family methods … explains about 3% of the within-family variance of IQ. When we control for birth endowments, the estimated birth order effects … birth order effects occur because later-born children are more affected by family breakdown. …

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Small family, smart family? : Family size and the IQ scores of young men

Black, Sandra E. (contributor); … - 2007

Norway and focuses on one family characteristic: the effect of family size on IQ. Because of the endogeneity of family size …, we instrument for family size using twin births and sex composition. IV estimates using sex composition as an instrument … show no negative effect of family size; however, IV estimates using twins imply that family size has a negative effect on …

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Like father, like son? : a note on the intergenerational transmission of IQ scores

Black, Sandra E. (contributor); … - 2008

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