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Handelseffekter ved innføring av "Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007".
(Master thesis, 2009-12-01)I denne oppgaven forsøker jeg å finne ut hvilke handelseffekter en innføring av "Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007" vil medføre. Det kan tenkes at en innføring av denne loven vil kunne føre ... -
Har den intergenerasjonelle mobiliteten gått ned etter skole reform 94?
(Master thesis, 2024-09-02)I denne oppgaven undersøkes om den intergenerasjonelle mobiliteten har blitt endret etter skolereform 94. Det blir brukt 3 metoder for å undersøke dette. Intergenerasjonell elastisitet(IGE), inntektskvartiler og retning ... -
Har tidlig barnehagegang en effekt på skoleprestasjoner?
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)Tidligere forskning viser at barnehage generelt har en positiv effekt på barns læring og utvikling. I tillegg påstår økonomisk teori at en investering i tidlig barndom gir høyere avkastning i humankapital enn en tilsvarende ... -
Has the development of cancer biomarkers to guide treatment improved health outcomes?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)During the last decade, testing the patient’s biomarker status prior to the administration of corresponding co-dependent therapies has been emerging in clinical practice. These biomarker-guided therapies have promoted the ... -
Health Care Priorities and Severity - An Explorative Study of how to Compare Across Patient Groups
(Master thesis, 2012-06-01)This thesis looks at health care priorities across patient groups, and compares two interventions for two different patient groups with base in the defined Norwegian priority criteria of severity, effect and cost-effectiveness. ... -
Health effects of reduced workload for older employees
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)To keep elder employees in the labour force, introducing age-dependent job conditions can be a policy measure. However, we know little about the effect of such initiatives. We investigate the effects of a particular programme ... -
Health Status, Life Expectancy and Early Claiming of Pension
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Prior to 2011, individual life expectancy played no role in the Norwegian old-age pension system. However, after the 2011 reform, life expectancy became a central factor for early pension take-up. Asymmetric information ... -
Help not needed? Optimal host country regulation of expatriate NGO workers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05)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 ... -
Hemmelige kontrakter i dagligvaremarkedet
(Master thesis, 2019-07-09)I denne oppgaven tar jeg for meg kontraktene mellom produsenter og detaljister i dagligvaremarkedet. Jeg ønsker å studere forskjellen mellom observerbare og hemmelige innkjøpspriser og hvordan dette får innvirkning på ... -
Hospital Competition in a National Health Service: Evidence from a Patient Choice Reform
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)We study the impact of exposing hospitals in a National Health Service (NHS) to non-price competition by exploiting a patient choice reform in Norway in 2001. The reform facilitates a difference-in-difference approach due ... -
How are we evaluating the cost-effectiveness of companion biomarkers for targeted cancer therapies? A systematic review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Despite the increasing economic assessment of biomarker-guided therapies, no clear agreement exists whether existing methods are sufficient or whether different methods might produce different cost-effectiveness ... -
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 ... -
Identitet i organisasjoner
(Master thesis, 2011-06-07)Formålet med denne oppgaven er å undersøke om det eksisterer en sammenheng mellom ansattes tilhørighet i et forsikringsselskap, og deres produktivitet. Organisasjonsidentitet er begrepet som skal definere tilhørighet, og ... -
Idretts påvirkning på mestringstro. En evaluering av judotrening i Zambia
(Master thesis, 2014-12-01)Det hevdes ofte at idrettsbistand kan forbedre liv og produsere resultater innen for felt som tusenårsmålene, HIV og Aids eller generell karakterbygging. Påstandene er ofte udokumenterte og effekten av bistandsformen er ... -
The Impact of Paid Maternity Leave on Maternal Health
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)We examine the impact of the introduction of paid maternity leave in Norway in 1977 on maternal health in the medium and long term. Using administrative data combined with survey data on the health of women around age 40, ... -
The impact of wealth and female autonomy on fertility decisions in Nepal: an econometric analysis
(Master thesis, 2010-06-01)The last fifteen years, the fertility rate in Nepal has declined significantly. In the same period, the country has, despite political unrest and a civil war, experienced economic growth. Nepal has, contrary to its neighboring ... -
Implementering av ny teknologi - en samfunnsøkonomisk tilnærming
(Master thesis, 2014-12-01)Dette studiet har som formål å belyse de potensielle gevinstene ved implementering av MPD, samt studere hvordan nye teknologier kan implementeres på en mest mulig effektiv måte. Implementering av boreteknikken trykkstyrt ... -
Improved survival of non-small cell lung cancer patients after introducing patient navigation: A retrospective cohort study with propensity score weighted historic control
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)OnkoNetwork is a patient navigation program established in the Moritz Kaposi General Hospital to improve the timeliness and completeness of cancer investigations and treatment. The H2020 SELFIE consortium selected OnkoNetwork ... -
Individual placement and support for young adults at risk of early work disability (the SEED trial). A randomized controlled trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Objectives: Individual placement and support (IPS) is an effective approach for helping people with severe mental illness gain employment. This study aimed to investigate if IPS can be effectively repurposed to support ... -
Industripolitikkens rolle i økonomisk utvikling
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)