Oddbjørn Raaum

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...

Nonlinearities in intergenerational earnings mobility: consequences for cross-country comparisons (2006)

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...

American exceptionalism in a new light: a comparison of intergenerational earnings mobility in the Nordic countries, the United Kingdom and the United States (2005)

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 assimilation of immigrants in Norway – A reappraisal

Pål Longva, Oddbjørn Raaum

The relative earnings growth for immigrants in Norway is computed. Unlike Hayfron (1998, this journal) we define immigrants by country of origin rather than citizenship and perform separate studies...

Pennies from Heaven? Using Exogeneous Tax Variation to Identify Effects of School Resources on Pupil Achievements

Haegeland, Torbjørn, Raaum, Oddbjørn, Salvanes, Kjell G.

Despite important policy implications associated with the allocation of education resources, evidence on the effectiveness of school inputs remains inconclusive. In part, this is due to endogenous...

Young and out: An application of a prospects-based concept of social exclusion

Raaum, Oddbjørn, Rogstad, Jon, Røed, Knut, Westlie, Lars

We develop a forward-looking empirical concept of social exclusion based on the estimated transition probabilities from a random effects multinominal Logit-model. Youths are considered socially...

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...

The Effect of Schooling on Earnings: Evidence on the role of family background from a large sample of Norwegian twins

Oddbjørn Raaum, Tom Erik Aabø

A large representative sample of Norwegian twins is used to estimate the causal effect of schooling on earnings in Norway, separately for men and women. The within-twin-pair estimates reveal that...

The Effect of Schooling on Earnings: Evidence on the role of family background from a large sample of Norwegian twins

Oddbjørn Raaum, Tom Erik Aabø

A large representative sample of Norwegian twins is used to estimate the causal effect of schooling on earnings in Norway, separately for men and women. The within-twin-pair estimates reveal that...

Who pays for performance?

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...

Pennies from heaven - Using exogenous tax variation to identify effects of school resources on pupil achievement

Hægeland, Torbjørn, Raaum, Oddbjørn, Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar

Despite important policy implications associated with the allocation of education resources, evidence on the effectiveness of school inputs remains inconclusive. In part, this is due to endogenous...

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...