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Bernt Bratsberg
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Position:
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Senior Research Fellow
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Born:
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1959
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Education:
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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.
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Research Interests:
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Labor markets, immigration, wage inequality, education
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Current Projects:
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ESOP
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A viable welfare state
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1150
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null
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1156
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Labour market exclusion
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1157
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Immigrants and policies
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1181
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1308
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null
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4132
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Absenteeism in Norway - Causes, Censequences, and Policy Implications
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6512
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R&D, Industry Dynamics and Public Policy
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1155
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null
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1158
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Wage effects of immigration
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1159
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Changing work
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1162
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Does immigration "grease the wheels" of regional labor markets?
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1222
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NORFACE
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1391
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Strategic Institute Program on Labor Market and Pension Research
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1492
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Selected Publications:
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Scientific Journals |
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Bratsberg, Bernt, James F. Ragan, Jr., and John T. Warren, 2009: Does Raiding Explain the Negative Returns to Faculty Seniority?, Economic Inquiry , Forthcoming [Abstract]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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Bratsberg, Bernt, and Jarkko Turunen, 1996: Wage Curve Evidence from Panel Data, Economics Letters , 51(3), 345-362 [Abstract]
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Bratsberg, Bernt, 1995: The Incidence of Non-Return Among Foreign Students in the United States, Economics of Education Review , 14(4), 373-384 [Abstract]
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Bratsberg, Bernt, 1995: Legal versus Illegal U.S. Immigration and Source Country Characteristics, Southern Economic Journal , 61(3), 715-727 [Abstract][PDF]
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Book Chapters |
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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]
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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]
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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]
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Other journals |
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Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum, and Knut Røed, 2007: When Minority Labor Migrants Meet the Welfare State, (Intet tidsskrift) , IZA Discussion Paper No. 2872, June 2007 [Abstract][PDF]
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Bratsberg, Bernt, Hege Marie Edvardsen, Oddbjørn Raaum og Kjetil Sørlie, 2005: Utflytting blant innvandrere i Norge, Søkelys på arbeidsmarkedet , nr 2, årgang 22, s 181-192 [Abstract][PDF]
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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]
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Memoranda |
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Memorandum 17/2007: Oddbjørn Raaum, 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]
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Memorandum 35/2005: Eriksson, Tor, Bernt Bratsberg and
Oddbjørn Raaum, Earnings persistence across generations:
Transmission through health? [Abstract][PDF]
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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]
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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]
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Memorandum 19/2002: Barth, Erling, Bernt Bratsberg and Oddbjørn Raaum, Local Unemployment and the Earnings Assimilation of Immigrants in Norway [Abstract][PDF]
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Memorandum 3/2002: Barth, Erling, Bernt Bratsberg, Robin A. Naylor, and Oddbjørn Raaum, Explaining Variations in Wage Curves: Theory and Evidence [Abstract][PDF]
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Other publications |
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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) [Abstract][PDF]
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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]
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Barth, E., B. Bratsberg, T.Hægeland and O. Raaum, 2006: Who Pays for Performance, IZA Discussion Paper No 2142 [Abstract][PDF]
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Bratsberg, B., Hægeland, T. and O. Raaum, 2006: Lese- og tallforståelse, utdanning og arbeidsmarkedssuksess, Universitetet i Stavanger, Lesesenteret [Abstract]
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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]
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Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum og Knut Røed, 2003: Lifecycle Employment and Earnings of Labor Migrants to Norway [Abstract][PDF]
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Bratsberg, Bernt, 2002: Forskningsprogrammet
Sysselsetting og arbeidsmarked
(1997-2001) [Abstract][PDF]
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Bratsberg, Bernt, 2000: Labor Market Assimilation of Immigrants in Norway [Abstract][PDF]
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[Full CV in PDF-format available here]
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Email:
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bernt.bratsberg@frisch.uio.no
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Direct Tel:
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+47- 2295 8818
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Full Name: Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research Adress: Gaustadalléen 21, N-0349 Oslo, Norway Telephone: +47-22958810 E-mail: frisch@frisch.uio.no
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13.11.09, webmaster@frisch.uio.no.
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