Bernt Bratsberg

Bernt Bratsberg
Position:	Senior Research Fellow
Born:	1959
Education:	Ph.D., Economics, University of California at Santa Barbara, March 1991. M.A., Economics, University of California at Santa Barbara, June 1987. Cand. Mag., Computer Science, University of Bergen, Norway, June 1984.
Research Interests:	Labor markets, immigration, wage inequality, education
Other affiliations:	Adjunct Professor, ESOP, Department of Economics, University of Oslo
Current Projects:
1110	ESOP
1111	R&D, Trade, Productivity and Inequality
1172	Social Insurance and Labor Market Inclusion in Norway
1174	Hooks for change? Family and employment as pathways to social inclusion among crime-prone individuals
1181	Activation and social insurance
1308	Evaluation of a Norwegian qualification program
1330	null
1392	Labour Migration to Norway
1471	Analysis of student performance in secondary school
4132	Absenteeism in Norway - Causes, Censequences, and Policy Implications
4133	Absenteeism - Disability, Norms and Interventions
6512	R&D, Industry Dynamics and Public Policy
1155	Tougher demands? Cognitive skills and labor market participation
1158	Wage effects of immigration
1159	Changing work
1162	Does immigration "grease the wheels" of regional labor markets?
1173	Work Life Challenges - workforce management and worker involvement solutions
1222	NORFACE
1325	Long-term labor force participation among various immigrant groups in Norway
1492	Effects of subsistence requirements for family reunification
Selected Publications:
Scientific Journals
Barth, Erling, Bernt Bratsberg, Torbjørn Hægeland og Oddbjørn Raaum, 2012: Performance Pay, Union Bargaining and within-firm Wage Inequality, Oxford Bulletin of Economics & Statistics , forthcoming [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, James F. Ragan, Jr., and John T. Warren, 2010: Does Raiding Explain the Negative Returns to Faculty Seniority?, Economic Inquiry , Volume 48, Issue 3, 704-721 [Abstract]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum and Knut Røed, 2010: When Minority Labor Migrants Meet the Welfare State, Journal of Labor Economics , vol 28(3), 633-676 [Abstract][PDF]
Barth, E., B. Bratsberg, T.Hægeland and O. Raaum, 2008: Who Pays for Performance, International Journal of Manpower , Vol. 29, No. 1: 8-29 [Abstract]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Knut Røed, Oddbjørn Raaum, Robin Naylor, Markus Jäntti, Tor Eriksson, and Eva Österbacka, 2007: Nonlinearities in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility: Consequences for Cross-Country Comparisons, Economic Journal , 117(519), C72-92 [Abstract]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Erling Barth and Oddbjørn Raaum, 2006: Local Unemployment and the Relative Wages of Immigrants: Evidence from the Current Population Surveys, The Review of Economics and Statistics , 88(2) May, 243-263 [Abstract]
Barth, Erling, Bernt Bratsberg and Oddbjørn Raaum, 2004: Identifying earnings assimilation of immigrants under changing macroeconomic conditions, Scandinavian Journal of Economics , 106(1), March 2004: 1-22. [Abstract]
Bratsberg, Bernt, James F. Ragan, Jr., and John T. Warren, 2003: Negative Returns to Seniority: New Evidence in Academic Markets, Industrial and Labor Relations Review , 56(2), January 2003: 306-323 [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, and James F. Ragan, Jr., 2002: Changes in the Union Wage Premium by Industry, Industrial and Labor Relations Review , 56(1), October 2002: 65-83 [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, James F. Ragan, Jr., and Zaffar M. Nasir, 2002: The Effect of Naturalization on Wage Growth: A Panel Study of Young Male Immigrants, Journal of Labor Economics , 20(3), July 2002: 568-597 [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, and Dek Terrell, 2002: School Quality and Returns to Education of U.S. Immigrants, Economic Inquiry , 40(2), April 2002: 177-198 [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, and James F. Ragan, Jr., 2002: The Impact of Host-Country Schooling on Earnings - A Study of Male Immigrants in the United States, Journal of Human Resources , 37(1) Winter, 63-105 [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, and Dek Terrell, 1998: Experience, Tenure, and Wage Growth of Young Black and White Men, Journal of Human Resources , 33(3) Summer, 658-682 [Abstract]
Borjas, George J., and Bernt Bratsberg, 1996: Who Leaves? The Outmigration of the Foreign-Born, The Review of Economics and Statistics , 78(1), 165-176 [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, and Jarkko Turunen, 1996: Wage Curve Evidence from Panel Data, Economics Letters , 51(3), 345-362 [Abstract]
Bratsberg, Bernt, 1995: Legal versus Illegal U.S. Immigration and Source Country Characteristics, Southern Economic Journal , 61(3), 715-727 [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, 1995: The Incidence of Non-Return Among Foreign Students in the United States, Economics of Education Review , 14(4), 373-384 [Abstract]
Book Chapters
Bratsberg, Bernt og Oddbjørn Raaum, 2011: The Labour Market Outcomes of Naturalised Citizens in Norway, in Naturalisation: A Passport for the Better Integration of Immigrants?, OECD Publishing, 183-205 [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum, and Kjetil Sørlie, 2007: Foreign-born Migration to and from Norway, in Caglar Ozden and Maurice Schiff (eds.), /International Migration, Economic Development, & Policy/, New York: World Bank and Palgrave Macmillan. [Abstract]
Barth, E., B. Bratsberg, T. Hægeland og O. Raaum, 2005: Nye avlønningsformer, i H. Torp (ed) Nytt Arbeidsliv: Medvirkning, inkludering og belønning, Gyldendal Akademisk [Abstract]
Barth, E., B. Bratsberg, T. Hægeland og O. Raaum, 2005: Større lønnsforskjeller i Norge: En følge av prestasjonslønn?, i H. Torp (ed) Nytt Arbeidsliv: Medvirkning, inkludering og belønning, Gyldendal Akademisk [Abstract]
Other journals
Bratsberg, Bernt, and Knut Røed, 2011: Kan demografi forklare veksten i uførhet?, Søkelys på arbeidslivet , 28(1), 3-21 [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Torbjørn Hægeland, and Oddbjørn Raaum, 2011: Tøffere krav? Ferdigheter og deltakelse i arbeidslivet, Søkelys på arbeidslivet , 28(4), 302-316 [Abstract][PDF]
Barth, Erling, Bernt Bratsberg og Oddbjørn Raaum, 2004: Mulighetenes land? Inntektsprofiler for innvandrere til Norge og USA, Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning , vol 45, nr 4, side 637-658 [Abstract][PDF]
Memoranda
Memorandum 17/2007: Raaum, Oddbjørn, Bernt Bratsberg, Knut Røed, Eva Österbacka, Tor Eriksson, Markus Jäntti, Robin Naylor, Marital Sorting, Household Labor Supply, and Intergenerational Earnings Mobility across Countries [Abstract][PDF]
Memorandum 35/2005: Eriksson, Tor, Bernt Bratsberg and Oddbjørn Raaum, Earnings persistence across generations: Transmission through health? [Abstract][PDF]
Memorandum 34/2005: Jäntti, Markus, Bernt Bratsberg, Knut Røed, Oddbjørn Raaum, Robin Naylor, Eva Österbacka, Anders Björklund and Tor Eriksson, American exceptionalism in a new light: a comparison of intergenerational earnings mobility in the Nordic countries, the United Kingdom and the United States [Abstract][PDF]
Memorandum 20/2002: Barth, Erling, Bernt Bratsberg and Oddbjørn Raaum, Local Unemployment and the Relative Wages of Immigrants: Evidence from the Current Population Surveys [Abstract][PDF]
Memorandum 19/2002: Barth, Erling, Bernt Bratsberg and Oddbjørn Raaum, Local Unemployment and the Earnings Assimilation of Immigrants in Norway [Abstract][PDF]
Memorandum 3/2002: Barth, Erling, Bernt Bratsberg, Robin A. Naylor, and Oddbjørn Raaum, Explaining Variations in Wage Curves: Theory and Evidence [Abstract][PDF]
Reports
Frisch Report 1/2011: Bratsberg, Bernt, Knut Røed og Oddbjørn Raaum, Yrkesdeltaking på lang sikt blant ulike innvandrergrupper i Norge [Abstract][PDF]
Frisch Report 4/2010: Bratsberg, Bernt og Oddbjørn Raaum, Effekter av krav om forsørgelsesevne ved familiegjenforening [Abstract][PDF]
Frisch Report 3/2010: Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed og Hege Marie Gjefsen, Utdannings- og arbeidskarrierer hos unge voksne: Hvor havner ungdom som slutter skolen i ung alder? [Abstract][PDF]
Other publications
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum og Knut Røed, 2011: Educating Children of Immigrants: Closing the Gap in Norwegian Schools, IZA discussion paper no 6138 [Abstract][PDF]
Barth, Erling, Bernt Bratsberg og Oddbjørn Raaum, 2011: Immigrant Wage Profiles within and between Firms, NORFACE MIGRATION Discussion Paper No. 2011-19 [Abstract][PDF]
Hægeland, Torbjørn, Lars J. Kirkebøen, Bernt Bratsberg og Oddbjørn Raaum, 2011: Value added-indikatorer: Et nyttig verktøy i kvalitetsvurdering av skoler?, Statistisk sentralbyrå, Rapporter 42/2011 [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Elisabeth Fevang and Knut Røed, 2010: Disability in the Welfare State: An Unemployment Problem in Disguise?, IZA DP No. 4897 [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, B., O. Raaum, M. Røed and P. Schøne, 2010: Immigration Wage Impacts by Origin, CReAM Discussion Paper No 30/10 [Abstract][PDF]
Barth, E., Bratsberg, B., Hægeland, T. og O.Raaum, 2009: Performance Pay and Within-firm Wage Inequality, IZA Discussion Paper No. 4137 [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, B., O. Raaum, og K. Røed, 2008: When Minority Labor Migrants Meet the Welfare State, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration, Discussion Paper No. 17, University College London [Abstract]
Brinch, C.N., B. Bratsberg og O. Raaum, 2008: The Effects of an Upper Secondary Education Reform on the Attainment of Immigrant Youth, Discussion Papers 528 - Statistics Norway [Abstract][PDF]
Barth, E., B. Bratsberg, T. Hægeland og O. Raaum, 2008: Performance Pay and Within-Firm Inequality, Manpower Human Resources Lab Disc Paper, Centre for Economic Performance, London [Abstract]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum, and Knut Røed, 2007: When Minority Labor Migrants Meet the Welfare State, IZA Discussion Paper No. 2872, June 2007 [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum, and Knut Røed, 2007: Opp og ned: Yrkesaktivitet og trygd over livsløpet for tidlige arbeidsinnvandrere i Norge (Up and down: Employment and welfare participation over the lifecycle among early labor immigrants in Norway), Integreringskart 2007, /Oslo: Integrerings- og mangfoldsdirektoratet (in Norwegian), http://www.imdi.no/Documents/Rapporter/imdi20rapport209-200720integreringskart20200720Arbeidsinnvandring20-en20kunnskapsstatus.pdf [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum, and Knut Røed, 2006: The Rise and Fall of Immigrant Employment: A Lifecycle Study of Labor Migrants to Norway [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, B., Hægeland, T. and O. Raaum, 2006: Lese- og tallforståelse, utdanning og arbeidsmarkedssuksess, Universitetet i Stavanger, Lesesenteret [Abstract]
Barth, E., B. Bratsberg, T.Hægeland and O. Raaum, 2006: Who Pays for Performance, IZA Discussion Paper No 2142 [Abstract][PDF]
Jäntti, Markus, Bernt Bratsberg, Knut Røed, Oddbjørn Raaum, Robin Naylor, Eva Österbacka, Anders Björklund and Tor Eriksson, 2006: American exceptionalism in a new light: a comparison of intergenerational earnings mobility in the Nordic countries, the United Kingdom and the United States, IZA Discussion paper no 1938 [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Hege Marie Edvardsen, Oddbjørn Raaum og Kjetil Sørlie, 2005: Utflytting blant innvandrere i Norge, nr 2, årgang 22, s 181-192 [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum og Knut Røed, 2003: Lifecycle Employment and Earnings of Labor Migrants to Norway [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, 2002: Forskningsprogrammet Sysselsetting og arbeidsmarked (1997-2001) [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, 2000: Labor Market Assimilation of Immigrants in Norway [Abstract][PDF]

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