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Wage Bargaining and Employer Objectives
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2002:24, Research report, 2002)This paper compares union wage bargaining outcomes across different types of employers. Five different employer objectives are discussed; profit–, welfare– and output maximization, and two specifications of a Leviathan. ... -
Wage Bargaining and Monopsony
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2004:8, Research report, 2004)This paper identifies three possible outcomes of higher relative firm bargaining power in a unionized firm facing an upward sloping labor supply curve. The conventional regime with reduced wage and higher employment ... -
Wage Bargaining and Political Strength in the Public Sector
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2003:6, Research report, 2003)This paper analysis the link between political strength and public sector wages using a unique matched individual-employer data set for Norwegian local governments during the period 1990-1998. The results indicate that ... -
Wage Formation, Regional Migration and Local Labour Market Tightness
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2003:3, Research report, 2003)Economic theory predicts that local labour market tightness affects local wage setting as well as individuals' migration decisions. But how should we measure local labour market tightness? In this paper we show that the ... -
Wage inequality and union membership at the establishment level: An econometric study using Norwegian data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)We model the empirical relationship between the within-establishment union membership rate and wage inequality in Norway. The data set is a panel of 2,285 private-sector establishments observed in the period 2000–18. The ... -
Wages and Subjective Assessments of Regional Labour Market Pressure
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2002:20, Research report, 2002)We utilise a rich set of regional labour market variables to explain regional variation in Norwegian manufacturing wages. In particular, regional indicators of labour market pressure are computed from survey data in which ... -
Weather effects on the Oslo Stock Exchange: An empirical analysis
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Welfare Competition in Norway
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2004:7, Research report, 2004)Local redistribution policy creates incentives for welfare migration that may result in 'underprovision' or even a 'race to the bottom'. This paper evaluates the empirical importance of welfare competition. Our contribution ... -
Welfare Effects of Changing Technological Efficency in Regulated Open-Access Fisheries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Small-scale fisheries often operate under conditions of regulated open access; that is, the fishery is subject to natural or regulatory constraints on fishing technology, including regulations of fishing gear and fishing ... -
What do unions do? Evidence from Norway
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When is Democracy an Equilibrium?: Evidence from Colombia's La Violencia
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2006:7, Research report, 2006)The conventional wisdom in political science is that for a democracy to be consolidated, all groups must have a chance to attain power. If they do not then they will subvert democracy and choose to fight for power. In this ... -
Why do we live bigger? : an analysis of the Norwegian demand for house size
(Master thesis, 2015)In Norway, the average house size has increased with 8.4 m2 between 2001 and 2013. During the same time, households have experienced a huge increase in disposable income, house prices have reach unprecedentedly high levels ... -
Wildlife conflicts: Wolves vs. moose
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)During the last few decades, the grey wolf (Canis lupus) has re-colonised Scandinavia. The current population counts some 430 individuals. With the wolf re-colonisation, several conflicts have arisen. One important conflict ... -
Wildlife Conservation Policies and Incentives to Hunt: An empirical analysis of illegal hunting in western Serengeti, Tanzania
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2004:3, Research report, 2004)This paper investigates factors determining participation and effort in illegal hunting, using cross-section survey data from households in western Serengeti, Tanzania. One purpose of the analysis is to study the impact ... -
Women in the Work Force: Examination of the U-shaped Hypothesis for South Korea
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Denne oppgaven tar for seg forholdet mellom økonomisk utvikling, målt ved en økning i BNP per capita, og andelen kvinner i arbeidsstyrken i Sør-Korea de siste 40 årene. Analysens grunnlag er "den U-formede hypotesen"; en ... -
Zero hours contracts and self-reported (mental) health in the UK
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This article examines associations between precarious contract types and a range of self-reported health measures for the UK. We focus on zero hours contracts (ZHCs), an extreme form of precarious employment that has grown ... -
Zero Hours Contracts and Their Growth
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This article studies the prevalence and nature of zero hours contracts (ZHCs) in the UK labour market. It is widely argued that the headline count of ZHC workers based on the Labour Force Survey historically underestimated ... -
Økonometrisk-komparativ analyse: Humankapitalens lønnsavkastning i USA og Norge
(Bachelor thesis, 2019)Store sosiale og økonomiske ulikheter kan være en grunnleggende utfordring for samfunnet. Noen land er preget av svært stor ulikhet, mens andre land har i sammenligning klart å opprettholde forholdsvis små klasseskiller. ... -
Økonomi i Fotball En Studie av Sammenhengen Mellom Investeringer og Sportslige Prestasjoner med Fokus på Adferdsøkonomi
(Bachelor thesis, 2024)De økonomiske aspektene innen idretten blir bare viktigere og viktigere, særlig innen fotballen, hvor flere milliarder investeres i driften av klubber (Peeters & Szymanski, 2014). Dette har åpnet interessen for feltet og ...