“...Increasing wealth provides key motivation for students to forgo earnings and struggle through exams. But, as we argue in this paper, schooling generates many...”

“...We study a change in maternity leave entitlements in Norway. Mothers giving birth before July 1, 1977, were eligible for 12 weeks of unpaid leave, while those...”

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“...Using population data from Norway, we examine the effects of stress induced by the death of the mother's parent during pregnancy on both the short-run and the...”

“...The historical rise in female labor force participation has flattened in recent decades, but the proportion of mothers working full time has increased. We...”

“...This paper uses Norwegian data to estimate the effect of family size on IQ scores of men. Instrumental variables (IV) estimates using sex composition as an...”

“...We exploit a unique data set, combining rich experimental data with high-quality administrative data, to study dropout from the college track in Norway, and...”

“...We analyze the effect of technological change on labor and total factor productivity in the Lofoten fishery, using detailed data for 130 years. Our findings...”

“...Using a variance decomposition framework that bounds the effect of families and neighbourhoods, we find important effects of family characteristics and...”

“...We study the migration behavior of displaced workers and find that job displacement increases regional mobility. We find, however, that noneconomic factors,...”