Details about Kjell G Salvanes

Homepage:	http://www.nhh.no/salvanes
Phone:	+47 55 959315
Postal address:	Department of Economics Norwegian School of Economics Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen Norway
Workplace:	Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi (Department of Economics), Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) (Norwegian School of Economics), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2006

Has Job Stability Decreased in Norway?
Working Papers in Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics View citations (1)
How Destructive Is Creative Destruction? The Costs of Worker Displacement
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (21)

2005

Educational Attainment and Family Background
Working Papers in Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics View citations (26)
See also Journal Article in German Economic Review (2005)
Pupil Achievement, School Resources and Family Background
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Size and Birth Order on Childrens Education
CEE Discussion Papers, Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE View citations (605)
Also in Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2005) View citations (632)
See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2005)
Why the apple doesn't fall far: understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital
Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin View citations (615)
Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2003) View citations (88)
Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2004) View citations (3)
CeMMAP working papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2003)
CeMMAP working papers, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2003) View citations (48)
Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2003) View citations (54)
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations (110)
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2005)

2004

Fast Times at Ridgemont High? The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (21)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (22)
Industry Restructuring and Absenteeism. A Micoreconomteric Analysis Using Matched Employer-Employee Data
Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings, Econometric Society
Pupil achievement, school resources and family backgr
Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department View citations (4)
The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Composition on Children's Education
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
Also in Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2004) View citations (7)
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2004) View citations (44)

2003

Employment Changes, the Structure of Adjustment Costs, and Plant Size
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)
Also in Working Papers in Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics (2003) View citations (5)
Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics (2003) View citations (16)
See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2007)
Measuring Heterogeneity in the Returns to Education in Norway Using Educational Reforms
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (60)
Also in Working Papers in Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics (2003) View citations (46)
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2003) View citations (47)
The Impact of a Primary School Reform on Educational Stratification: A Norwegian Study of Neighbour and School Mate Correlations
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (19)
The Neighbourhood Is Not What It Used to Be
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2006)
Why the Apple Doesn't Fall: Understanding Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (46)

2001

Do Firms Really Share Rents with Their Employees?
Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers), HAL View citations (32)
Also in Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers), HAL (2000)
Post-Print, HAL (2000)
Post-Print, HAL (2001) View citations (46)
Do Firms Really Share Rents with Their Workers?
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (99)
Also in Working Papers, Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (2001) View citations (109)
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration- (2001) View citations (96)
Job Creation, Heterogeneous Workers and Technical Change: Matched Worker/Plant Data Evidence from Norway
Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department
The neighbourhood is not what it used to be: has there been equalisation of opportunity across families and communities in Norway
Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (1)

2000

Employment Changes, the Structure of Adjustment Costs, and Firms' Size
10th International Conference on Panel Data, Berlin, July 5-6, 2002, International Conferences on Panel Data

1999

Declining Returns to Education in NOrway? Comparing Estimates Across Cohorts, Sectors and Over Time
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration- View citations (36)
See also Journal Article in Scandinavian Journal of Economics (1999)
Employment Policies at the Plant Level: Job and Worker Flows for Heterogeneous Labour in Norway
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration- View citations (2)
Firm Exit, Vintage Effect and the Business Cycle in Norway
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration- View citations (1)
Job Destruction, Heterogeneous Workers, Trade and Technical Change: Matched Worker/Plant Data Evidence from Norway
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration- View citations (3)

1998

A NOte on the Importance of Testing for Regularities for Estimated Flexible Functional Forms
Norway; Department of Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics, University of Bergen View citations (16)
Collude, Compete, or Both? Deregulation in the Norwegian Airline Industry
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration- View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Transport Economics and Policy (2003)
Sources of Earnings Dispersion in a Linked Employer-Employee Dataset: Evidence from Norway
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration- View citations (9)
See also Chapter (1999)

1996

Market Rigidities and Labour Market Flexibility: An International Comparison
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration- View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in Scandinavian Journal of Economics (1997)

1995

A Test of Natural Monopoly with Application to Electricity Distribution
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration-
Local Properties of Estimated Flexible Functional Forms
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration-
Quasi-Concavity and Fixed Factors
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration-
Testing for Market Power Using a Dynamic OLigopoly Model
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration- View citations (5)
See also Journal Article in International Journal of Industrial Organization (1999)
The Flexibility of the Norwegian Labour Market: Job Creation and Destruction in Manufacturing 1977-86
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration- View citations (1)

1993

A Consistency Region for Estimated Flexible Functional Forms
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration-
Household Demand for Fish and Meat Products: Separability and Demographic Effects
Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University View citations (3)

1992

Fishing-Rational Behaviour or Just Luck?
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration-

1991

Cost Differences in Electricity Distribution: a Multioutput Cost Function Approach with Robustness Tests of the Results
Working Papers, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration-

Journal Articles

2023

Mothers Working during Preschool Years and Child Skills: Does Income Compensate?
Journal of Labor Economics, 2023, 41, (2), 389 - 429 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper (2020)

2022

Gender and Inheritances
AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2022, 112, 68-72

2021

Income Inequality and Mortality: A Norwegian Perspective
Fiscal Studies, 2021, 42, (1), 193-221 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2021)
Inequality in mortality between Black and White Americans by age, place, and cause and in comparison to Europe, 1990 to 2018
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021, 118, (40), e2104684118 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2021)
Intergenerational Mobility and the Timing of Parental Income
Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 129, (3), 757 - 788 View citations (24)
See also Working Paper (2015)
The Evolution of Mortality Inequality in 11 OECD Countries: Introduction
Fiscal Studies, 2021, 42, (1), 9-23 View citations (1)

2020

Disease Control and Inequality Reduction: Evidence from a Tuberculosis Testing and Vaccination Campaign
Review of Economic Studies, 2020, 87, (5), 2087-2125 View citations (9)
See also Working Paper (2018)

2019

Evidence that prenatal testosterone transfer from male twins reduces the fertility and socioeconomic success of their female co-twins
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019, 116, (14), 6749-6753 View citations (3)
Infant Health Care and Long-Term Outcomes
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101, (2), 341-354 View citations (13)
See also Working Paper (2018)
This Is Only a Test? Long-Run and Intergenerational Impacts of Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101, (3), 531-546 View citations (8)

2018

Childhood nutrition and labor market outcomes: Evidence from a school breakfast program
Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 168, (C), 62-80 View citations (7)
See also Working Paper (2016)
Job Loss and Regional Mobility
Journal of Labor Economics, 2018, 36, (2), 479 - 509 View citations (47)
See also Working Paper (2016)
The Family Peer Effect on Mothers' Labor Supply
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, 10, (3), 206-34 View citations (43)
See also Working Paper (2016)
The role of parenthood on the gender gap among top earners
European Economic Review, 2018, 109, (C), 103-123 View citations (59)
See also Working Paper (2018)

2017

Fairness and family background
Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2017, 16, (2), 117-131 View citations (11)
See also Working Paper (2015)
Life-Cycle Earnings, Education Premiums, and Internal Rates of Return
Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 35, (4), 993 - 1030 View citations (62)
See also Working Paper (2014)
The Evolution of Social Mobility: Norway during the Twentieth Century
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2017, 119, (1), 5-33 View citations (26)
The Promise of Administrative Data in Education Research
Education Finance and Policy, 2017, 12, (2), 129-136

2016

Does Grief Transfer across Generations? Bereavements during Pregnancy and Child Outcomes
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2016, 8, (1), 193-223 View citations (108)
Good skills in bad times: Cyclical skill mismatch and the long-term effects of graduating in a recession
European Economic Review, 2016, 84, (C), 3-17 View citations (58)
See also Working Paper (2012)
Healthy(?), wealthy, and wise: Birth order and adult health
Economics & Human Biology, 2016, 23, (C), 27-45 View citations (16)
See also Working Paper (2015)
Valuing School Quality via a School Choice Reform
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2016, 118, (1), 3-24 View citations (19)
See also Working Paper (2010)
What Explains the Gender Gap in College Track Dropout? Experimental and Administrative Evidence
American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (5), 296-302 View citations (43)
Willingness to Compete: Family Matters
Management Science, 2016, 62, (8), 2149-2162 View citations (52)
See also Working Paper (2014)

2015

A Flying Start? Maternity Leave Benefits and Long-Run Outcomes of Children
Journal of Political Economy, 2015, 123, (2), 365 - 412 View citations (187)
See also Working Paper (2011)
Losing Heart? The Effect of Job Displacement on Health
ILR Review, 2015, 68, (4), 833-861 View citations (83)
See also Working Paper (2013)
Made in China, sold in Norway: Local labor market effects of an import shock
Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 127, (C), 137-144 View citations (138)
See also Working Paper (2014)

2014

Care or Cash? The Effect of Child Care Subsidies on Student Performance
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96, (5), 824-837 View citations (51)
See also Working Paper (2012)

2013

Under Pressure? The Effect of Peers on Outcomes of Young Adults
Journal of Labor Economics, 2013, 31, (1), 119 - 153 View citations (138)
See also Working Paper (2010)

2012

EDUCATION AND MOBILITY
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012, 10, (2), 417-450 View citations (93)
See also Working Paper (2008)
Pennies from heaven? Using exogenous tax variation to identify effects of school resources on pupil achievement
Economics of Education Review, 2012, 31, (5), 601-614 View citations (28)
See also Working Paper (2008)

2011

HOW DESTRUCTIVE IS CREATIVE DESTRUCTION? EFFECTS OF JOB LOSS ON JOB MOBILITY, WITHDRAWAL AND INCOME
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 9, (5), 840-870 View citations (129)
Older and Wiser? Birth Order and IQ of Young Men
CESifo Economic Studies, 2011, 57, (1), 103-120 View citations (60)
See also Working Paper (2007)
Priceless: The Nonpecuniary Benefits of Schooling
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2011, 25, (1), 159-84 View citations (383)
Too Young to Leave the Nest? The Effects of School Starting Age
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93, (2), 455-467 View citations (275)
See also Working Paper (2008)

2010

Has Job Stability Decreased? Population Data from a Small Open Economy*
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2010, 112, (1), 163-183 View citations (4)
Measuring heterogeneity in the returns to education using an education reform
European Economic Review, 2010, 54, (4), 483-500 View citations (107)
Small Family, Smart Family? Family Size and the IQ Scores of Young Men
Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45, (1) View citations (77)
See also Working Paper (2007)
Technological Change and the Tragedy of the Commons: The Lofoten Fishery over 130 Years
Land Economics, 2010, 86, (4) View citations (19)
The evolution of inequality in productivity and wages: panel data evidence
Industrial and Corporate Change, 2010, 19, (6), 1919-1951 View citations (144)
See also Working Paper (2007)

2009

Like father, like son? A note on the intergenerational transmission of IQ scores
Economics Letters, 2009, 105, (1), 138-140 View citations (101)
See also Working Paper (2008)

2008

Education and Fertility: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2008, 110, (4), 827-852 View citations (132)
See also Working Paper (2008)
Staying in the Classroom and out of the maternity ward? The effect of compulsory schooling laws on teenage births
Economic Journal, 2008, 118, (530), 1025-1054 View citations (143)
Also in Economic Journal, 2008, 118, (530), 1025-1054 (2008) View citations (265)

2007

Employment changes, the structure of adjustment costs, and plant size
European Economic Review, 2007, 51, (3), 577-598 View citations (37)
See also Working Paper (2003)
From the Cradle to the Labor Market? The Effect of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122, (1), 409-439 View citations (679)
See also Working Paper (2007)

2006

The Neighbourhood is Not What it Used to be
Economic Journal, 2006, 116, (508), 200-222 View citations (75)
See also Working Paper (2003)

2005

Educational Attainment and Family Background
German Economic Review, 2005, 6, (3), 377-394 View citations (22)
Also in German Economic Review, 2005, 6, (3), 377-394 (2005) View citations (21)
See also Working Paper (2005)
Hotelling in the air? Flight departures in Norway
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2005, 35, (2), 193-213 View citations (32)
The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Size and Birth Order on Children's Education
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 120, (2), 669-700 View citations (533)
See also Working Paper (2005)
Why the Apple Doesn't Fall Far: Understanding Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital
American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (1), 437-449 View citations (551)
See also Working Paper (2005)

2004

Plant Exit, Vintage Capital and the Business Cycle
Journal of Industrial Economics, 2004, 52, (2), 255-276 View citations (21)

2003

Collude, Compete, or Both? Deregulation in the Norwegian Airline Industry
Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2003, 37, (3), 383-416 View citations (7)
See also Working Paper (1998)

1999

Declining Returns to Education in Norway? Comparing Estimates across Cohorts, Sectors and over Time
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1999, 101, (4), 555-576 View citations (42)
See also Working Paper (1999)
Testing for market power using a dynamic oligopoly model
International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1999, 17, (2), 147-177 View citations (50)
See also Working Paper (1995)

1998

A Test for Natural Monopoly with Application to Norwegian Electricity Distribution
Review of Industrial Organization, 1998, 13, (6), 669-685 View citations (28)
Individual transferable quotas in multispecies fisheries
Marine Policy, 1998, 22, (2), 135-159 View citations (35)
The Demand for Salmon in the European Union: The Importance of Product Form and Origin
Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 1998, 46, (1), 69-81 View citations (7)

1997

Market Delineation and Demand Structure
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1997, 79, (1), 139-150 View citations (33)
Market Rigidities and Labour Market Flexibility: An International Comparison
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1997, 99, (2), 315-333 View citations (27)
See also Working Paper (1996)

1996

Dynamic Factor Demand Systems and the Adjustment Speed towards Equilibrium
Canadian Journal of Economics, 1996, 29, (s1), 576-81 View citations (3)

1995

GAINS FROM DEREGULATION? AN EMPIRICAL TEST FOR EFFICIENCY GAINS IN THE NORWEGIAN FISH FARMING INDUSTRY
Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1995, 46, (1), 113-126 View citations (6)
Transferable quotas, enforcement costs and typical firms: An empirical application to the Norwegian trawler fleet
Environmental & Resource Economics, 1995, 6, (1), 1-21 View citations (8)

1994

Elasticity Estimates of Farmed Salmon Demand in Spain and Italy
Empirical Economics, 1994, 19, (3), 419-28 View citations (4)
Testing for Relative Performance between Seasons in a Fishery
Land Economics, 1994, 70, (4), 431-447 View citations (10)

1993

Market Structure for Farmed Salmon
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1993, 75, (1), 227-233 View citations (13)
Stock Size, Harvesting Costs, and the Potential for Extinction: The Case of Sealing
Land Economics, 1993, 69, (2), 156-167 View citations (17)

1992

Markets for salmon in Spain and Italy
Marine Policy, 1992, 16, (5), 338-344

Chapters

2018

Response of Parental Investments to Child’s Health Endowment at Birth
A chapter in Health Econometrics, 2018, vol. 294, pp 175-199

2016

Education Research and Administrative Data
Elsevier View citations (3)
See also Working Paper (2015)

2011

Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies
Elsevier View citations (238)
See also Working Paper (2010)

2009

Wage Structure and Labor Mobility in Norway, 1980-97
A chapter in The Structure of Wages: An International Comparison, 2009, pp 315-372 View citations (9)

2004

Education, gender and labour mobility
Chapter 9 in Human Capital Over the Life Cycle, 2004

1999

Sources of Earnings Dispersion in a Linked Employer-Employee Data Set: Evidence from Norway
A chapter in The Creation and Analysis of Employer-Employee Matched Data, 1999, pp 261-284
See also Working Paper (1998)

Editor

Economic Journal
Royal Economic Society
The Economic Journal
Royal Economic Society