Blar i Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi på dokumenttype "Peer reviewed"

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    • For whom are cities good places to live? 

      Carlsen, Fredrik; Leknes, Stefan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      In this paper we use survey data to examine heterogeneity in the urban gradient of life satisfaction. Are some sociodemographic groups more satisfied in cities than others? We find that young persons with tertiary education ...

    • Forecast Robustness in Macroeconometric Models 

      Bårdsen, Gunnar; Kolsrud, Dag; Nymoen, Ragnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This paper investigates potential invariance of mean forecast errors to structural breaks in the data generating process. From the general forecasting literature, such robustness is expected to be a rare occurrence. With ...

    • The gender wage gap and the early-career effect: the role of actual experience and education level 

      Stokke, Hildegunn Ekroll (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This paper studies how the gender wage gap develops with work experience throughout the career. The contribution is twofold. First, the analysis applies matched employer-employee register data with information on actual, ...

    • Government funding incentives and study program capacities in public universities: theory and evidence 

      Dyrstad, Jan Morten; Sohlman, Mia Marie Wallgren; Teigen, Tor Henrik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Objectives aimed at increasing higher education productivity, for instance, measured by credits per student, have stimulated the use of performance-based funding (PBF) by higher education institutions (HEIs). On theoretical ...

    • Growth with age-dependent preferences 

      Mehlum, Halvor; Torvik, Ragnar; Valente, Simone (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      We study the consequences of age-dependent preferences for economic growth and structural change in a two-sector model with overlapping generations and non-dimishing returns to capital. Savings and accumulation rates depend ...

    • Help not needed? Optimal host country regulation of expatriate NGO workers 

      Glazer, Amihai; Hagen, Rune Jansen; Rattsø, Jørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Motivated by interventions in poor countries to increase the use of local labor in foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), we address the behavior of these organizations under host government regulation. We extend ...

    • The hidden carbon impact of animal disease 

      Soliman, Tarek; Barnes, Andrew; Helgesen, Irmelin Slettemoen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Livestock production is under scrutiny for its impact on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Animal disease outbreaks will have economic effects on producers and the indirect cost of an animal disease outbreak is the result ...

    • Hierarchy and the Employer Size Effect on Wages: Evidence from Britain 

      Green, Colin; Heywood, John S.; Theodoropolous, Nikolaos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      We argue that employer size wage effects reflect the role of hierarchy. Using matched employer–employee data and individual longitudinal data, we show that the employer size wage effects for supervisors are approximately ...

    • High volumes of recent surgical admissions, time to surgery, and 60-day mortality 

      Nilsen, Sara Marie; Asheim, Andreas; Carlsen, Fredrik; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Johnsen, Lars Gunnar; Vatten, Lars Johan; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Few studies have investigated potential consequences of strained surgical resources. The aim of this cohort study was to assess whether a high proportion of concurrent acute surgical admissions, tying up hospital surgical ...

    • High ward occupancy, bedspacing, and 60 day mortality for patients with myocardial infarction, stroke, and heart failure 

      Asheim, Andreas; Nilsen, Sara Marie; Aam, Stina; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Carlsen, Fredrik; Janszky, Imre; Vatten, Lars Johan; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Abstract Aims To study the consequences of crowded wards among patients with cardiovascular disease. Methods and results This is a cohort study among 201 801 patients with 258 807 admissions who were acutely admitted for ...

    • Hospitals' Discharge Tendency and Risk of Death - An Analysis of 60,000 Norwegian Hip Fracture Patients 

      Nilsen, Sara Marie; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Carlsen, Fredrik; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Johnsen, Lars Gunnar; Vatten, Lars Johan; Asheim, Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Purpose: A reduction in the length of hospital stay may threaten patient safety. This study aimed to estimate the effect of organizational pressure to discharge on 60-day mortality among hip fracture patients. Patients ...

    • How do increases in electric vehicle use affect urban toll ring prices? 

      Krehic, Lana (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Numerous cities around the world have tried to internalize externality costs from road traffic by instituting charges for entering their city centers. The revenues collected from these charges are often redistributed to ...

    • How Ethnic Discrimination Shapes Political Reintegration After War: Insights From a Conjoint Experiment in Colombia 

      Agneman, Gustav; Strömbom, Lisa (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The reintegration of former armed group affiliates into formal politics is a fundamental challenge for post-conflict societies. Arguably, this challenge is even more difficult in settings where ethnic discrimination is ...

    • I hvilken grad kan studentenes arbeidsinnsats påvirkes? 

      Opstad, Leiv; Bonesrønning, Hans; Fallan, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Kvalitetsreformen har ikke ført til at gjennomsnittsstudenten har økt arbeidsinnsatsen. Mange studenter har en tendens til å utsette innsatsen til dagene før eksamen. Erfaringer fra Handelshøyskolen i Trondheim (TØH) viser ...

    • 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 ...

    • Impact of altering referral threshold from out-of-hours primary care to hospital on patient safety and further health service use: a cohort study 

      Svedahl, Ellen Rabben; Pape, Kristine; Austad, Bjarne; Vie, Gunnhild Åberge; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Carlsen, Fredrik; Davies, Neil Martin; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Objectives To estimate the impact of altering referral thresholds from out-of-hours services on older patients’ further use of health services and risk of death. Design Cohort study using patient data from primary and ...

    • The impact of social health insurance on rural populations 

      Green, Colin; Hollingsworth, Bruce; Yang, Miaoqing (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Improving health outcomes of rural populations in low- and middle-income countries represents a significant challenge. A key part of this is ensuring access to health services and protecting households from financial risk ...

    • Incorporated in Westminster: Channels and Returns to Political Connection in the United Kingdom 

      Green, Colin; Homroy, Swarnodeep (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      In 2002, an amendment to UK parliamentary regulations removed restrictions on the participation of Members of Parliament (MPs) in parliamentary proceedings related to their corporate interests. Using this amendment, we ...

    • Institutional spending policies: implications for future asset values and spending 

      Lindset, Snorre; Matsen, Egil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      University endowments, sovereign wealth funds, and foundations support spending. In this paper, we analyze how different spending policies affect future asset values and spending opportunities. We show that the covariance ...

    • Kimerika: En levedyktig symbiose? 

      Nordhaug, Kristen; Skarstein, Rune (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)