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Musculoskeletal complaints among female service workers: Risk factors for development of shoulder and neck pain in occupations with psychosocial stress and low biomechanical load
(Dr. ingeniøravhandling; 2003:16, Doctoral thesis, 2003)Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are an increasing problem in Norway. In 2001 musculoskeletal disorders constituted 49% of the registered sick-leave (Rikstrygdeverket 2002). The same year about one-third of new ... -
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 ... -
Politics and resource use in local government service production
(Doctoral thesis, 2003)This thesis included five essays studying the performance of local governments in Norway. Four of the essays address variation in resource allocation and efficiency between the local governments, the fifth analyses variation ... -
Essays on Worker Absenteeism
(Doctoral thesis, 2003)This thesis for the doctorate includes four essays on worker absenteeism in addition to an introduction chapter. The main aim of this work has been to gain more knowledge about worker absenteeism, both theoretically and ... -
Property Rights and Natural Resource Conservation: A Bio-Economic Model with Numerical Illustrations from the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2003:10, Research report, 2003)This study develops a model for wildlife migrating seasonally between a conservation area and a neighbouring area. When being outside the conservation area, harvesting takes place by a group of small-scale farmers. The ... -
Interest Rate Decisions in an Asymmetric Monetary Union
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2003:2, Research report, 2003)Growth models of the Dutch disease, such as those of Krugman (1987), Matsuyama (1992), Sachs and Warner (1995) and Gylfason et al. (1999), explain why resource abundance may reduce growth. However, the literature also ... -
Teacher Sorting, Teacher Quality, and Student Composition: Evidence from Norway
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2003:8, Research report, 2003)Using panel data for Norwegian schools, we establish a two-equation supply and demand model for teachers with approved education. Taking into account nationally determined teacher pay and a strict teacher appointment rule, ... -
Environmental and economic efficiency in recycling of household waste, pollution control and land-use changes
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Testing for a time-varying price-cost markup in the Euro area inflation process
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2004:5, Research report, 2004)Empirical models of inflation often incorporate equilibrium correction effects based upon levels of prices and input costs. Such models assume that the steady-state price-cost markup is constant, but recent research suggests ... -
Product Development - Effects on a Company's Network of Relationships
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2004:33, Doctoral thesis, 2004)Product development is of great concern to many companies: this can be summed up in the catchphrase “Innovate or die!” Long-term profits,growth, changing needs of customers, competitors, and technological progress are some ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Information and Communication Technologies in Practice - A Study of Advanced Users in the Workplace in Norway and the United States
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2004:70, Doctoral thesis, 2004)This dissertation examines Information and Communication Technology (ICT) use in workplace environments in Norway and the United States. Despite the appropriateness and timeliness of the World Wide Web and Internet as ... -
Økonomistyring i et organisasjonsteoretisk perspektiv
(TØH-serien, Research report, 2004)Innenfor det bedriftsøkonomiske fagområdet har begrepet økonomistyring fått økende utbredelse de senere årene. Til tross for dette har begrepet en svak teoretisk og konseptuell avgrensning, og det fremstår ofte som synonymt ... -
Designing Integrated Conservation and Development Projects (ICDPs): Illegal hunting, wildlife conservation and the welfare of the local people
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2004:2, Research report, 2004)This paper develops a bio-economic model to explore the effect on illegal hunting, wildlife conservation and human welfare of the most common instruments of existing ICDPs. It is demonstrated that stimulating working ... -
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 ... -
Essays on capital structure, debt maturity, trade credit, and default probability
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2004:108, Doctoral thesis, 2004)To finance investments, a firm needs to decide which sources are to be used to attract funds; that is how the financial structure of the firm should be. The main subjects of this thesis are how the firm’s financial structure ... -
Fra altruisme til egoisme : er den sosiale virkelighetskonstruksjon av profesjonene i offentlig sektor i endring?
(TØH-serien, Research report, 2004)Profesjonene i offentlig tjenesteproduksjon står i dag ovenfor store utfordringer knyttet til en pågående modernisering med sikte å forbedre produktivitet, effektivitet og kvalitet. Mange av de nye prinsippene som ... -
Savers, Spenders and Fiscal Policy in a Small Open Economy
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2004:12, Research report, 2004)This paper analyzes the effects of fiscal policy in an open economy. We extend the savers-spenders theory of Mankiw (2000) to a small open economy with endogenous labor supply. We first show how the Dornbusch (1983) ... -
Managing a Migratory Species that is both a Value and Pest
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2004:4, Research report, 2004)Wild animals can represent both value and nuisance. We consider the moose (Alces alces), which due to seasonal migration causes browsing damage in some areas while creating hunting value in other areas. We first explore a ...