We examine the role of the Norwegian education system in explaining the moderate and stable earnings dispersion in Norway. Estimating earnings equations for 1980 and 1990, we find that returns to education have been remarkably stable in Norway, also when we compare returns to education across...

Using a set of panel data for manufacturing plants we study how payrll taxes and investment subsidies affect wages and demand for labor and capital. We exploit changes in the regional subsidy schemes for labor anf capital in Norway. Our empirical analysis finds that a large part of changes in...

Do wage differences between workers with high and low levels of education, between males and females and between workers with different levels of experience reflect differences in productivity? We address this set of questions on the basis of a data set with variables for individual workers...