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Partner choice and timing of first marriage among children of immigrants in Norway and Sweden
Discussion Papers no. 810
Using register data from Norway and Sweden, this study addresses the relationship between partner choice and the timing of first marriage among all migrant- and non-migrant-background individuals born between 1972 and 1989, who were either native-...
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A common base answer to “Which country is most redistributive?”
Discussion Papers no. 811
Which country is most redistributive? This question is often discussed in terms of comparisons of measures of redistribution when each country’s tax schedule is applied to its pre-tax income distribution.
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Optimal indirect taxation and the uniformity debate: A review of theoretical results and empirical contributions
Discussion Papers no. 809
A review of the theoretical literature on optimal indirect taxation reveals that analytical arguments in favor of uniform indirect taxation seem weak and rather unrealistic; hence determining the optimal tax structure remains an empirical issue.
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Child care before age two and the development of language and numeracy
Discussion Papers no. 808
Young children are thought to be vulnerable to separation from the primary caregiver/s. This raises concern about whether early child care enrollment may harm children's development.
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CO2-emissions from Norwegian oil and gas extraction
Discussion Papers no. 806
In this study we investigate empirically the driving forces behind CO2-emission intensities of Norwegian oil and gas extraction, using detailed field-specific data that cover all Norwegian oil and gas activity.
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Labour Supply models
Discussion Papers no. 807
The purpose of the paper is to provide a detailed discussion in relation to the development of the field of labour supply focused microsimulation models and methodological choices.
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Targeted carbon tariffs
Discussion Papers no. 805
Climate effects of unilateral carbon policies are undermined by carbon leakage. To counteract leakage and increase global cost-effectiveness carbon tariffs can be imposed on the emissions embodied in imports from non-regulating regions.
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Estimating occupational mobility with covariates
Discussion Papers no. 804
This paper presents a method to incorporate individual covariates into such estimates of social mobility, and to construct corresponding confidence intervals.
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Earnings, disposable income, and consumption of allowed and rejected disability insurance applicants
Discussion Papers no. 803
Two key questions in thinking about the size and growth of the disability insurance program are to what extent it discourages work, and how valuable the insurance is to individuals and families.
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The effect of childhood family size on fertility in adulthood
Discussion Papers no. 802
While fertility is positively correlated across generations, the causal effect of children's experience with larger sibships on their own fertility in adulthood is poorly understood.
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Can a cash transfer to families change fertility behaviour?
Discussion Papers no. 800
This paper assesses the relationship between cash transfers to families and subsequent childbearing.
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The innovative input mix
Discussion Papers no. 801
Business innovation is an important driver of productivity growth.
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Intergenerational mobility in Norway, 1865-2011
Discussion Papers no. 798
This paper constructs a data set of 835,537 linked father-son pairs from census records and documents a substantial increase in intergenerational occupational mobility in Norway between 1865 and 2011
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Promoting integration of immigrants
Discussion Papers no. 799
Proficiency in the language spoken by the majority population may be crucial for the cognitive development of children from immigrant families.
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Micro-level dynamics of social assistance receipt
Discussion Papers no. 797
This paper presents a study of the monthly dynamics of social assistance benefit receipt in four European countries: Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
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