• Identification of the private-public wage gap 

      Rattsø, Jørn; Stokke, Hildegunn Ekroll (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      We suggest an identification strategy for the private-public sector wage gap to correct for the bias resulting from the heterogeneity of unobservable characteristics between shifters and stayers. The analysis applies a ...
    • Performance Pay, Work Hours and Employee Health in the UK 

      Green, Colin Peter; Heywood, John S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      A large body of research links performance pay to poorer worker health. The mechanism generating this link remains in doubt. We examine a common suspect, that performance pay causes employees to work longer hours in pursuit ...
    • The Spillover of Anti-Immigration Politics to the Schoolyard 

      Bracco, Emanuele; De Paola, Maria; Green, Colin; Scoppa, Vincenzo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      There has been a resurgence in populist politics, often accompanied by anti-immigrant rhetoric. This may potentially spill over into societal hostility towards immigrants. We use census data on 5th-grade Italian students ...
    • Trade Unions and the Process of Technological Change 

      Kostøl, Fredrik Bakkemo; Svarstad, Elin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      We investigate how trade unions influence the process of technological change at the workplace level. Using matched employer-employee data, comprising all Norwegian workplaces and working individuals in the period 2000-2014, ...