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Variation in the quality of regional child welfare services

Henningsen, Morten; Kornstad, Tom - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2012

While child welfare services of high quality are very important for many children, measuring quality is not a simple … task. This paper presents a method for estimating differences in the quality of local child welfare services. We identify … eliminate effects that cannot be attributed to child welfare services. Our findings may then be interpreted as mainly quality …

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Family welfare cultures

Dahl, Gordon B.; Kostøl, Andreas Ravndal; Mogstad, Magne - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2014

Strong intergenerational correlations in various types of welfare use have fueled a long-standing debate over whether welfare receipt in one generation causes welfare participation in the next generation. Some claim a causal relationship in welfare receipt across generations has created a...

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Earnings, disposable income, and consumption of allowed and rejected disability insurcance applicants

Kostøl, Andreas Ravndal; Mogstad, Magne - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2015

Two key questions in thinking about the size and growth of the disability insurance program are to what extent it discourages work, and how valuable the insurance is to individuals and families. These questions motivate our paper. We begin by describing the earnings, disposable income and...

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Entry into work following childbirth among mothers in Norway. Recent trends and variation

Rønsen, Marit; Kitterød, Ragni Hege - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2012

Universal parental leaves with job protection and earnings compensation increase women’s attachment to the labour market, but very long leaves may have negative consequences both at the individual and the societal level. Some scholars have therefore argued that generous family-friendly...

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How financial incentives induce disability insurance recipients to return to work

Kostøl, Andreas Ravndal; Mogstad, Magne - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2012

Disability Insurance (DI) programs have long been criticized by economists for apparent work disincentives. Some countries have recently modified their programs such that DI recipients are allowed to keep some of their benefits if they return to work, and other countries are considering similar...

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Norwegian pension reform Defined benefit versus defined contribution

Fredriksen, Dennis; Stølen, Nils Martin - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2011

Norway. The new system fulfils several criteria for a defined contribution scheme. Earnings from all years in work count in the accumulation of entitlements, and an actuarial rule converting the final balance into an annuity is introduced. But the pension system will still be a part of the...

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On the meaning and measurement of redistribution in cross-country comparisons

Lambert, Peter J.; Nesbakken, Runa; Thoresen, Thor O. - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2011

Empirical findings on the relationship between income inequality and redistribution from a cross-country perspective are not conclusive. One reason may be that observers have in mind different concepts of redistribution. A major factor is that comparator countries’ pre-fisc distributions...

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Equity versus Efficiency in Public Pension Schemes. Microsimulating the Trade-off

Stensnes, Kyrre - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2007

Any contribution to a pay-as-you-go pension system may be considered mandatory savings to the extent that it gives a claim to a future benefit. Contributors to the economic literature have argued that an increase in this savings component will lower implicit marginal tax rates, thereby reducing...

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Pension Reform in Norway. Microsimulating effects on government expenditures, labour supply incentives and benefit distribution

Stensnes, Kyrre; Stølen, Nils Martin - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2007

A much higher old-age dependency ratio, together with more generous pension benefits, will lead to a substantial increase in the future public pension expenditures burden in Norway. A pension reform implemented from 2010 will imply a shift to a quasi-actuarial system, seeking to neutralise the...

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Effects of demographic development, labour supply and pension reforms on the future pension burden

Fredriksen, Dennis; Stølen, Nils Martin - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2005

A much higher old-age dependency ratio together with more generous pension benefits will lead to a substantial increase in the future pension burden in Norway. The challenges of financing the increasing pension expenditures depend on the development in demographic characteristics like fertility,...

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