Research

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Working papers · International publications · Norwegian publications · Discussions · Popular writing

Working papers and work in progress

Has AI Widened Employment Gaps? Tracking Early-Career Employment by Occupational Exposure in Norway

2026 · with Andreas R. Kostøl

Cutting Minimum Benefits Did Not Increase Young Temporary Disability Insurance Recipients' Labor Supply – Evidence from Norway's Work Assessment Allowance Program

with Max-Emil M. King

Labor Market Effects of an Increase in the Pension Claiming Age – Evidence from a Flexible Pension System

2025 · with Johannes Hagen, Alireza Khoshghadam and Stefanie König

Mild health shocks, timely care and late-career labor supply

with Anna Godøy

Do people use luxury cars to signal pecuniary strength? A test of conspicuous-consumption theory using a public disclosure reform

Resting – let me know if you or someone else would like to join finishing it!

International publications

Foster Care or In-Home Support: Differences in Mental Health Treatment, Education and Crime

with Nina Drange, Simen Markussen and Oddbjørn Raaum

Health Economics, forthcoming

The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics

with Nick Huntington-Klein, Claus C. Pörtner, Sebastian Gallegos and 146 others

Journal of Economic Literature, forthcoming

Investigating the analytical robustness of the social and behavioural sciences

2026 · with Balázs Aczél, Barnabas Szászi, Livia Kósa, Zoltán Torma, Hannah Schulz-Kümpel, Harry T Clelland and Sabine Hoffmann, et al.

Nature 652, 135–142 (open access)

No Payoff from Time Off? Mandated Paid Vacation and Late-Career Employment

2026 · with Simon Bensnes and Max-Emil M. King

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Performance Pay of Program Providers and Participants' Employment Outcomes: A Field Experiment with employment services in Norway

2025 · Labour Economics, Volume 95, August 2025

Variation in Outcomes of Mandated Child Welfare Referrals in Norway

2025 · with Ole Røgeberg, Mette Sønderskov and Terje Ødegaard

Child & Family Social Work, Volume 31, Issue 1, pp. 550-565

Do Criminogenic Needs Matter in Non-Secure Settings? Assessing Change in Dynamic Risk Factors During Therapeutic Residential Care and the association with Prediction and Recidivism

2025 · with Harald Kanestrøm, Jannike Kaasbøll, Marianne Stallvik, Stian Lydersen and Norbert Skokauskas

Crime and Delinquency, Volume 71, Issue 13-14 (open access)

Demand-Side Management in Fully Electrified Homes

2025 · with Cloé Garnache and Anders Gravir Imenes

Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Volume 12, Number 2, March 2025

Received the Ralph C. d'Arge and Allen V. Kneese Award for Outstanding Publication in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2025.

When health trumps money: Economic incentives and health equity in the public provision of nursing homes in Norway

2023 · with Snorre Kverndokk, Simen Markussen and Henning Øien

Social Science and Medicine, Volume 333, September 2023, 116116

Making Activation for Young Welfare Recipients Mandatory

2023 · with Espen S. Dahl

LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, Volume 37, Issue 1, March 2023, Pages 96-121

Party Leaders and Voter Responses to Political Terrorism

2021 · with Benny Geys

Public Choice, 187, 481-499 (2021) (open access)

Going through hell – Increased work effort in the aftermath of terrorism in Norway

2021 · Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Volume 123, Issue 1, Jan 2021

Distributional effects of welfare reform for young adults: An unconditional quantile regression approach

2020 · Labour Economics, Volume 65, August 2020

Young adults and the (non)-formation of voting habits – Evidence from Norwegian First‐time Eligible Citizens

2019 · Scandinavian Political Studies, Volume 42, Issue 2

Television, Cognitive Ability, and High School Completion

2019 · with Simen Markussen and Knut Røed

Journal of Human Resources, Spring 2019 vol. 54 no. 2 371-400

Activation against Absenteeism: Evidence from a Sickness Insurance Reform in Norway

2018 · Journal of Health Economics, Volume 62, November 2018, Pages 60-68

Welfare Activation and Youth Crime

2019 · with Bratsberg, B., Markussen, S., Raaum, O. and Røed, K.

Review of Economics and Statistics, 101(4): 561-574 (open access)

The impact of commercial television on turnout and public policy: Evidence from Norwegian Local Politics

2018 · with Sebastian Ellingsen

Journal of Public Economics, Volume 159, March 2018, Pages 1-15

Can welfare conditionality combat high school drop-out?

2017 · with Simen Markussen and Knut Røed

Labour Economics, Vol 48, October 2017, 144-156

Demand and Supply of Prostitution

2014 · with Niklas Jakobsson and Andreas Kotsadam

Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer.

Publications, reports and talks in Norwegian

Sykepengemottak blant eldre arbeidstakere i Norge 1993-2019

2025 · med Asbjørn Goul Andersen

Søkelys på arbeidslivet, Vol. 42, Iss. 3, pp. 1–26 (open access)

Yrkeskarrierer og relasjonelle belastninger

2026 · med Erik Hernæs

Frisch Rapport 1/2026

Risikokartlegging, målgruppe og senere utfall for ungdommer kartlagt for opphold i behandlingsinstitusjon 2013-2023

2024 · Frischrapport 1/2024

Tilpasning til økende aldersgrenser i pensjonssystemet

Effektanalyse av redusert minstesats for mottakere av arbeidsavklaringspenger (AAP) under 25 år og avvikling av ung ufør-tillegget

2023 · med Ole Røgeberg, Helene Berg og Gro Malene Vestøl

Frischrapport 5/2023

Hvordan bør arbeidsmarkedstiltak brukes for å øke sysselsettingen?

Hvem er «sliterne» i arbeidslivet? Yrkesvise forskjeller i livsinntekt, uførhet, avgangsalder og pensjon

2024 · med Erik Hernæs og Knut Røed

Søkelys på arbeidslivet, Volume 41, Number 1, 5 February 2024 (open access)

Followed by a published exchange: a comment from Axel West Pedersen, and the authors' reply.

Barn, unge og familier i barnevernet - En longitudinell registerstudie. Delprosjekt 2: Hvordan går det med barna?

2022 · med Nina Drange, Simen Markussen, Inger Oterholm, Oddbjørn Raaum og Tor Slettebø

Barn, unge og familier i barnevernet - En longitudinell registerstudie. Delprosjekt 1: Beskrivende analyser – barn og familier i barnevernet

2021 · med Nina Drange, Simen Markussen, Inger Oterholm, Oddbjørn Raaum og Tor Slettebø

Hvor troverdig er samfunnsforskningen? Problemer med (den kvantitative) forskningslitteraturen og mulige hjelpemidler

Kun etter behov? Mottak av pleie- og omsorgstjenester og sammenheng med sosioøkonomisk status

2022 · med Simen Markussen, Snorre Kverndokk og Henning Øien

Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning, 02/2022 (Volum 8)

Økende inntektssegregering i norske byregioner

2020 · med Simen Markussen og Knut Røed

Tidsskrift for boligforskning, 02/2020 (Volum 3) (open access)

Hvordan påvirker økt bruk av vilkår for sosialhjelp sysselsetting og lønnsfordeling?

2018 · Søkelys på arbeidslivet, Vol 35(1/2), 4-22 (open access)

Kompensasjonsgrader i inntektssikringssystemet for personer med svak tilknytning til arbeidsmarkedet

2016 · med Simen Markussen og Knut Røed

Frischrapport 1 (2016)

Discussions

PeRCent 2025

Discussant comments on a paper by Andersen, Borgbjerg and Ma.

NHESG 2025

Discussant comments on a paper by Maclean, Pichler and Ziebarth on private vs. public firm responses.