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Can Female Doctors Cure the Gender STEMM Gap? Evidence From Exogenously-Assigned General Practitioners
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)We use exogenously-assigned general practitioners to study the effects of female role models on educational outcomes of girls. Girls who are exposed to female GPs are more likely to sort into male-dominated education ... -
Can framing change individual attitudes towards immigration?
(Master thesis, 2017-06-16)Does framing change individual attitudes towards immigration? This thesis analyzes the effect of providing information about the unemployment- and employment rate of immigrants in Norway, as well as information about the ... -
Can social norms lead people to choose less money over more?
(Master thesis, 2017-07-01)The point of departure for this paper is a surprising finding from an economic experiment. Tjøtta (2016) designs a more or less game, where participants are asked to choose between receiving 450 kroner or 250 kroner, ... -
Capital flows to developing countries: Essays on the behavior of aid donors and official creditors
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-06-02)The capital flows from bilateral and multilateral donors to developing countries have increased considerably since the start of foreign aid in the 1950s. During the same period, the policies of aid allocation have changed, ... -
Care or Cash? The Effect of Child Care Subsidies on Student Performance
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12)Given the wide use of child care subsidies across countries, it is surprising how little we know about the effect of these subsidies on children's longer-run outcomes. Using a sharp discontinuity in the price of child care ... -
Choosing a cellmate in the prisoner's dilemma. An experimental study
(Master thesis, 2014-09-01)This thesis investigates cooperative behavior in a repeated Prisoner's Dilemma using experimental methods. In the experiment, we allow subjects to form voluntary partnerships by mutual choice, and to communicate through a ... -
Comparing input interfaces to elicit belief distributions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This paper introduces a new software interface to elicit belief distributions of any shape: Click-and-Drag. The interface was tested against the state of the art in the experimental literature—a text-based interface and ... -
Competing with grades - The effect of school choice on high school dropout rates
(Master thesis, 2017-06-09)As efforts are made to reduce dropouts among high school students, school choice remains a hotly debated policy. The subject is complicated by an apparent gender gap in the academic performance of boys and girls. As girls ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Competitive effects of Airbnb on the Norwegian hotel market
(Master thesis, 2016-12-01)The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the growing literature on the competitive effects of P2P sharing platforms on existing markets, in particular their effect on incumbent firms. I study the case of Airbnb and its ... -
Costs and consequences of abortions to women and their households: A cross-sectional study in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Little is known about the costs and consequences of abortions to women and their households. Our aim was to study both costs and consequences of induced and spontaneous abortions and complications. We carried out a ... -
COVID-19 and mental health: a longitudinal population study from Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Existing research has found adverse short-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, but longer-term effects have been less documented. Using newly released register data on all general practitioner consultations ... -
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 ... -
De baltiske staters valg av valutakursregimer
(Master thesis, 2006)Hensikten med denne oppgaven er å beskrive en del sentrale problemstillinger i forbindelse med at enkelte sentral- og østeuropeiske land (CEEC) skulle gjennomgå en overgang fra planøkonomi til markedsøkonomi (transition ... -
Den samfunnsøkonomiske effekten av markedsføring - anvendt i den norske kosmetikk- og toalettartikkel bransjen
(Master thesis, 2009-06-02)I denne oppgaven utdypes aktiviteten markedsføring og dens betydning som en konkurransevariabel.Den norske kosmetikk- og toalettartikkelbransjen er anvendt som et eksempel på en bransje som aktivt bruker ulike markedsfør ... -
Det svensk-norske elsertifikatmarkedet: Hva blir konsekvensene?
(Master thesis, 2012-05-31)I denne oppgaven skal følgende problemstilling besvares: Hvordan vil en introduksjon av elsertifikater i Norge slå ut i engrospris, sluttbrukerpris og ny fornybar kraftproduksjon i et felles marked med Sverige? Flere land ... -
Determinants of child mortality in Angola: An econometric analysis
(Master thesis, 2011-11-30)The aim of this thesis is to investigate determinants of child mortality in the regions of Luanda and Uíge in Angola. The country has one of the highest child mortality rates in the world. The literature on the subject has ... -
Determinants of Chinese FDI in Africa: An econometric analysis
(Master thesis, 2014-02-03)The aim of this thesis is to examine the determinants of Chinese FDI in Africa over the period from 2003 to 2011. The investigation is based on a sample of panel data from 49 African countries, using aggregate Chinese ... -
Determinants of Health and Labor Market Outcomes : Three Essays in Applied Microeconomics
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-04-24)This thesis consist of four chapters: One introductory chapter and three chapters that each includes the three papers that are the main part of this thesis. The introductory chapter provides an overview of the determinants ...