Blar i Department of Economics på utgivelsesdato
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Barnløshet blant menn i Norge - hvem er de, og hvor bor de?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-04-01)In Norway, like in many other western countries, we see a steady increase over time in the proportion of men who become childless. Now nearly 20 percent of Norwegian men passing the age of 50 do not have children of their ... -
Four essays on ageing, health and labour market participation
(Doctoral thesis, 2019-02-22)This thesis consists of five essays: An introductory essay and four essays within the topic of ageing, health and labour market participation. In the introduction I motivate the research questions, discuss how it relates ... -
Opportunity and risk are twins. An investigation into algorithms.
(Master thesis, 2019-02-08)Algorithms will free up people’s time to do other things, much like computers have freed people from paper calculations. The depth and breadth of the application of algorithms is best understood through a task-based ... -
Digital Health Transformation of Integrated Care in Europe: Overarching Analysis of 17 Integrated Care Programs
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: Digital health tools comprise a wide range of technologies to support health processes. The potential of these technologies to effectively support health care transformation is widely accepted. However, wide ... -
Preregistration and reproducibility
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Many view preregistration as a promising way to improve research credibility. However, scholars have argued that using pre-analysis plans in Experimental Economics has limited benefits. This paper argues that preregistration ... -
Women in economics: Stalled progress
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Women are still a minority in the economics profession. By the mid-2000s, just under 35 percent of PhD students and 30 percent of assistant professors were female, and these numbers have remained roughly constant ever ... -
More or less money? An experimental study on receiving money
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Is more money better than less? Not always. It depends on the situation. If more money for oneself means less money for a stranger, the majority of participants in dictator games choose less money for themselves. But if ... -
Evaluation of integrated care services in Catalonia: population-based and service-based real-life deployment protocols
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: Comprehensive assessment of integrated care deployment constitutes a major challenge to ensure quality, sustainability and transferability of both healthcare policies and services in the transition toward a ... -
Dynamic hospital competition under rationing by waiting times
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)We develop a dynamic model of hospital competition where (i) waiting times increase if demand exceeds supply; (ii) patients choose a hospital based in part on waiting times; and (iii) hospitals incur waiting time penalties. ... -
Competition and physician behaviour: Does the competitive environment affect the propensity to issue sickness certificates?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Competition among physicians is widespread, but compelling empirical evidence on its impact on service provision is limited, mainly due to endogeneity issues. In this paper we exploit that many GPs, in addition to own ... -
Competition and equity in health care markets
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)We provide a model where hospitals compete on quality under fixed prices to investigate how hospital competition affects (i) quality differences between hospitals, and as a result, (ii) health inequalities across hospitals ... -
Kostnader av sykemelding for enkeltindividet
(Master thesis, 2018-12-19)Formålet med denne oppgaven er å undersøke kostnaden ved å være sykemeldt for enkeltindividet. Det høye sykefraværet i Norge blir som regel forbundet med store kostnader for samfunnet på kort sikt på grunn av sykelønn, ... -
Mutual choice of partner and communication in a repeated prisoner's dilemma
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-08)Many markets resemble repeated prisoner's dilemma situations with the possibilities for mutual partner choice. In this paper, we show experimentally that partner choice by mutual consent has a strong positive effect on ... -
Quality of life and resource use in nursing homes. The effect of the COSMOS-intervention
(Master thesis, 2018-07-06)Dementia is a costly disease. Future projections show a higher share of elderly, which will increase prevalence of dementia and thus health care expenditures consumed by people with dementia. In addition, comes the costs ... -
Do actions speak louder than words? - Communication and partner choice in the prisoner's dilemma game
(Master thesis, 2018-06-28)Communication has been shown to enhance cooperation (Dawes, McTavish and Shaklee 1977; Isaac and Walker 1988; Sally 1995; Bochet, Page and Putterman 2006). But do all people benefit equally from communication? This thesis ... -
Finansiell integrasjon og makroøkonomisk volatilitet: En empirisk analyse
(Master thesis, 2018-06-23)Formålet denne masteroppgaven har vært å foreta en empirisk analyse av sammenhengen mellom internasjonal finansiell integrasjon og makroøkonomisk volatilitet, med et hovedfokus på produksjonsvolatilitet. I estimeringen ... -
Danmarks fastkurspolitik: ERM2
(Master thesis, 2018-06-23)Formålet med denne masteropgave er at redegøre for og analysere den danske pengepolitik, såvel som at undersøge betydningen af fastkurspolitikken. Med fokus på valutakursændring og spændet mellem danske- og euroområdets ... -
Humankapital og grunnskolen
(Master thesis, 2018-06-23)Denne oppgaven har som mål å se nærmere på utviklingen av humankapital fra grunnskolen i perioden 1739-1935. Dette har blitt gjort ved å estimere denne kapitalbeholdningens verdi ved å bruke den retrospektive kostnadsmetoden ... -
Kontanter, svart økonomi og negative renter - En utredning av mulige konsekvenser ved å fase ut kontanter
(Master thesis, 2018-06-23)Denne oppgaven utreder hvilke konsekvenser en utfasing av kontanter vil kunne ha for svart økonomi og muligheten for innføring av negative nominelle renter. Kontanters rolle som betalingsmiddel blir stadig mer perifer, og ... -
Bidrar høyere frafallsrater i videregående opplæring til mer kriminalitet?
(Master thesis, 2018-06-23)Denne oppgaven undersøker sammenhengen mellom frafall i videregående opplæring og anmeldte lovbrudd. Deskriptivt statistikk viser til at både frafallsraten og anmeldte lovbrudd har vært avtagende trender de siste årene. ...