Raaum, Oddbjørn, Bratsberg, Bernt, Røed, Knut, Ãsterbacka, Eva, Eriksson, Tor, Jäntti, Markus, ...
We present comparable evidence on intergenerational earnings mobility for Denmark, Finland, Norway, the UK and the US, with a focus on the role of gender and marital status. We confirm that earnings...
Raaum, Oddbjørn, Bratsberg, Bernt, Røed, Knut, Ãsterbacka, Eva, Eriksson, Tor, Jäntti, Markus, ...
We present comparable evidence on intergenerational earnings mobility for Denmark, Finland, Norway, the UK and the US, with a focus on the role of gender and marital status. We confirm that earnings...
Raaum, Oddbjørn, Bratsberg, Bernt, Røed, Knut, Ãsterbacka, Eva, Eriksson, Tor, Jäntti, Markus, ...
We present comparable evidence on intergenerational earnings mobility for Denmark, Finland, Norway, the UK and the US, with a focus on the role of gender and marital status. We confirm that earnings...
Raaum, Oddbjørn, Bratsberg, Bernt, Røed, Knut, Ãsterbacka, Eva, Eriksson, Tor, Jäntti, Markus, ...
We present comparable evidence on intergenerational earnings mobility for Denmark, Finland, Norway, the UK and the US, with a focus on the role of gender and marital status. We confirm that earnings...
Marital sorting, household labour supply, and intergenerational mobility across countries (2007)
Raaum, Oddbjørn, Bratsberg, Bernt, Røed, Knut, Österbacka, Eva, Eriksson, Tor, Jäntti, Markus, ...
We present comparable evidence on intergenerational earnings mobility for Denmark, Finland, Norway, the UK and the US, with a focus on the role of gender and marital status. We confirm that earnings...
Bratsberg, Bernt, Røed, Knut, Raaum, Oddbjørn, Naylor, Robin, Jäntti, Markus, Eriksson, Tor Viking, ...
Raaum, Oddbjørn, Bratsberg, Bernt, Røed, Knut, Österbacka, Eva, Eriksson, Tor Viking, Jäntti, Markus, ...
Bratsberg, Bernt, Røed, Knut, Raaum, Oddbjørn, Naylor, Robin, Jäntti, Markus, Eriksson, Tor, ...
We show that the patterns of intergenerational earnings mobility in Denmark, Finland, and Norway, unlike those for the US and the UK, are highly nonlinear. The Nordic relationship between log...
Jäntti, Markus, Bratsberg, Bernt, Røed, Knut, Raaum, Oddbjørn, Naylor, Robin, Österbacka, Eva, ...
We develop methods and employ similar sample restrictions to analyse differences in intergenerational earnings mobility across the United States, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, Norway and...
Explaining variations in wage curves (2002)
Barth, Erling, Bratsberg, Bernt, Naylor, Robin A., Raaum, Oddbjørn
This paper presents both theoretical analysis and econometric evidence for the United States, Great Britain and Norway on the extent to which hourly wages of different groups of workers are sensitive...
Vita.
Jäntti, Markus, Bratsberg, Bernt, Røed, Knut, Raaum, Oddbjørn, Naylor, Robin, Österbacka, Eva, ...
We develop methods and employ similar sample restrictions to analyse differences in intergenerational earnings mobility across the United States, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, Norway and...
Earnings persistence across generations: Transmission through health?
Eriksson, Tor, Bratsberg, Bernt, Raaum, Oddbjørn
Using a unique data set that links adult labour market outcomes and health status of a cohort of Danes and their parents, we study the interrelationships between transmission of health and economic...
Erling Barth, Bernt Bratsberg, Torbjørn Hægeland, Oddbjørn Raaum
Using Norwegian establishment surveys from 1997 and 2003, we show that performancerelated pay is more prevalent in firms where workers of the main occupation have a high degree of autonomy in how to...
Nonlinearities in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility: Consequences for Cross-Country Comparisons
Bernt Bratsberg, Knut Røed, Oddbjørn Raaum, Robin Naylor, Markus Ja¨ntti, Tor Eriksson, ...
We show that the patterns of intergenerational earnings mobility in Denmark, Finland and Norway, unlike those for the US and the UK, are highly nonlinear. The Nordic relationship between log earnings...
When Minority Labor Migrants Meet the Welfare State
Bernt Bratsberg, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed
We find that the lifecycle employment profiles of nonwestern male labor migrants who came to Norway in the early 1970s diverge significantly from those of native comparison persons. During the first...
Identifying Earnings Assimilation of Immigrants under Changing Macroeconomic Conditions
Erling Barth, Bernt Bratsberg, Oddbj¯rn Raaum
Failure to account for differences between immigrants and natives in their responsiveness to changes in macroeconomic conditions may bias estimates of assimilation effects on immigrant earnings....
Marital Sorting, Household Labor Supply, and Intergenerational Earnings Mobility across Countries
Oddbjørn Raaum, Bernt Bratsberg, Knut Røed, Eva Österbacka, Tor Eriksson, Markus Jäntti, ...
We present comparable evidence on intergenerational earnings mobility for Denmark, Finland, Norway, the UK and the US, with a focus on the role of gender and marital status. We confirm that earnings...
Changes in the union wage premium by industry.
Bernt Bratsberg, James F. Ragan
Relying on CPS data, the authors estimate the union wage premium--the amount by which wages of union workers exceeded those of nonunion workers in the same industry conditional on worker...
Negative returns to seniority: New evidence in academic markets.
Bernt Bratsberg, James F. Ragan, John T. Warren
Recent research has suggested that the long-observed negative association between seniority and pay among college faculty largely reflects below-average research productivity of senior faculty-a...
Changes in the union wage premium by industry.
Bernt Bratsberg, James F. Ragan
Relying on CPS data, the authors estimate the union wage premium--the amount by which wages of union workers exceeded those of nonunion workers in the same industry conditional on worker...
Negative returns to seniority: New evidence in academic markets.
Bernt Bratsberg, James F. Ragan, John T. Warren
Recent research has suggested that the long-observed negative association between seniority and pay among college faculty largely reflects below-average research productivity of senior faculty-a...
Inter-Industry Wage Differentials and Unobserved Ability: Siblings Evidence from Five Countries
Björklund, Anders, Bratsberg, Bernt, Eriksson, Tor, Jäntti, Markus, Raaum, Oddbjörn
This paper examines the role of unobserved ability in explaining inter-industry wage differentials, drawing on data on brothers. Such data allow us to account for unmeasured abilities due to common...
Markus Jäntti, Bernt Bratsberg, Knut Røed, Oddbjørn Raaum, Robin Naylor, Eva Österbacka, ...
We develop methods and employ similar sample restrictions to analyse differences in intergenerational earnings mobility across the United States, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, Norway and...
Explaining Variations in Wage Curves: Theory and Evidence
Barth, Erling, Bratsberg, Bernt, Naylor, Robin A., Raaum, Oddbjørn
This paper presents both theoretical analysis and econometric evidence for the United States, Great Britain and Norway on the extent to which hourly wages of different groups of workers are sensitive...
Local Unemployment and the Earnings Assimilation of Immigrants in Norway
Barth, Erling, Bratsberg, Bernt, Raaum, Oddbjørn
Labour market outcomes of immigrants and natives are affected differently by macroeconomic conditions. In particular, we show that earnings of immigrants in Norway from outside the OECD area are more...
Barth, Erling, Bratsberg, Bernt, Raaum, Oddbjørn
We provide evidence on wage profiles of immigrants using CPS data from 1979 to 2001, taking into account that changes in labor market conditions impact natives and immigrants differently. High rates...
Who Leaves? The Outmigration of the Foreign-Born.
Borjas, George J, Bratsberg, Bernt
This paper analyzes the return migration of foreign-born persons in the United States. The authors argue that return migration may have been planned as part of an optimal life-cycle residential...
Bernt Bratsberg, Erling Barth, Oddbjørn Raaum
We provide evidence on wage profiles of immigrants using Current Population Survey data from 1979 to 2003, taking into account that changes in labor market conditions impact natives and immigrants...
Marital Sorting, Household Labor Supply, and Intergenerational Earnings Mobility across Countries
Oddbjørn Raaum, Bernt Bratsberg, Knut Røed, Eva Ãsterbacka, Tor Eriksson, Markus Jäntti, ...
We present comparable evidence on intergenerational earnings mobility for Denmark, Finland, Norway, the UK and the US, with a focus on the role of gender and marital status. We confirm that earnings...
Nonlinearities in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility : Consequences for Cross-Country Comparisons
Bratsberg,Bernt, Røed, Knut, Raaum, Oddbjørn, Naylor, Robin, Jäntti, Markus, Eriksson, Tor, ...
We show that the patterns of intergenerational earnings mobility in Denmark, Finland, and Norway, unlike those for the US and the UK, are highly nonlinear. The Nordic relationship between log...
Jäntti, Markus, Bratsberg,Bernt, Røed, Knut, Raaum, Oddbjørn, Naylor, Robin, Österbacka, Eva, ...
We develop methods and employ similar sample restrictions to analyse differences in intergenerational earnings mobility across the United States, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, Norway and...
School Quality and Returns to Education of U.S. Immigrants
Using the U.S. labor market as a common point of reference, this article investigates the influence of source country school quality on the returns to education of immigrants. Based on 1980 and 1990...
Who Leaves? The Outmigration of the Foreign-Born
George J. Borjas, Bernt Bratsberg
This paper analyzes the return migration of foreign-born persons in the United States. We argue that return migration may have been planned as part of an optimal life cycle residential location...
The Effect of Naturalization on Wage Growth: A Panel Study of Young Male Immigrants
Bernt Bratsberg, James F. Ragan, Zafar M. Nasir
For young male immigrants, naturalization facilitates assimilation into the U.S. labor market. Following naturalization, immigrants gain access to public-sector, white-collar, and union jobs, and...
When Minority Labor Migrants Meet the Welfare State
Bernt Bratsberg, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed
The lifecycle employment profiles of minority labor migrants who came to Norway in the early 1970s diverge significantly from those of native comparison persons. During the early years, employment in...
Erling Barth, Bernt Bratsberg, Torbjørn Hægeland, Oddbjørn Raaum
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to improve our understanding of why some firms tie compensation to worker performance as well as the variation in type of performance pay system across firms....
Marital Sorting, Household Labor Supply, and Intergenerational Earnings Mobility across Countries
Raaum, Oddbjørn, Bratsberg, Bernt, Røed, Knut, Österbacka , Eva, Eriksson, Tor, Jäntti, Markus, ...
We present comparable evidence on intergenerational earnings mobility for Denmark, Finland, Norway, the UK and the US, with a focus on the role of gender and marital status. We confirm that earnings...
Un-COLA: Why Have Cost-of-Living Clauses Disappeared from Union Contracts and Will They Return?
For more than 20 years, unions have been trading cost-of-living adjustment clauses (COLAs) for other forms of compensation. Various explanations have been offered for the erosion of COLA...
Performance Pay and Within-Firm Wage Inequality
Barth, Erling, Bratsberg, Bernt, Haegeland, Torbjørn, Raaum, Oddbjørn
This paper examines the impact of performance-related pay on wage differentials within firms. Our theoretical framework predicts that, compared to a fixed pay system, pay schemes based on individual...
Marital Sorting, Household Labor Supply, and Intergenerational Earnings Mobility across Countries
Oddbjørn Raaum, Bernt Bratsberg, Knut Røed, Eva Österbacka, Tor Eriksson, Markus Jäntti, ...
We present comparable evidence on intergenerational earnings mobility for Denmark, Finland, Norway, the UK and the US, with a focus on the role of gender and marital status. We confirm that earnings...