Frisch Centre



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:

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

Effects of vocational rehabilitation programs

1331

Labor market participation among disabled persons

1335

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1392

Labour Migration to Norway

4132

Absenteeism in Norway - Causes, Censequences, and Policy Implications

4133

Absenteeism - Disability, Norms and Interventions

1173

Work Life Challenges - workforce management and worker involvement solutions

1222

NORFACE

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 , 74(3), 327-362 [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, and Oddbjørn Raaum, 2012: Immigration and Wages: Evidence from Construction, Economic Journal , 122(565), 1177-1205 [Abstract][PDF]
Barth, Erling, Bernt Bratsberg, and Oddbjørn Raaum, 2012: Immigrant Wage Profiles within and between Firms, Labour Economics , Vol 19(4), 541-556 [Abstract][PDF]
Brinch, Christian, Bernt Bratsberg and Oddbjørn Raaum, 2012: The Effects of an Upper Secondary Education Reform on the Attainment of Immigrant Youth, Education Economics , vol 20(5), 447-473 [Abstract][PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum, and Knut Røed, 2012: Educating Children of Immigrants: Closing the Gap in Norwegian Schools, Nordic Economic Policy Review , Vol 3(1), 211-251 [Abstract]
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: 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, 2002: School Quality and Returns to Education of U.S. Immigrants, Economic Inquiry , 40(2), April 2002: 177-198 [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 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, 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]
Bratsberg, Bernt, and Jarkko Turunen, 1996: Wage Curve Evidence from Panel Data, Economics Letters , 51(3), 345-362 [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, 1995: The Incidence of Non-Return Among Foreign Students in the United States, Economics of Education Review , 14(4), 373-384 [Abstract]
Bratsberg, Bernt, 1995: Legal versus Illegal U.S. Immigration and Source Country Characteristics, Southern Economic Journal , 61(3), 715-727 [Abstract][PDF]
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, Knut Røed og Oddbjørn Raaum, 2012: Gjør registerdata AKU overflødig?, Økonomiske analyser , Nr. 5, 46-52 [Abstract]
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, Torbjørn Hægeland and Oddbjørn Raaum, 2013: Immigrant skills and employment Cross-country evidence from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey, Discussion papers no 730, Statistisk sentralbyrå [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, Oddbjørn Raaum og Knut Røed, 2011: Educating Children of Immigrants: Closing the Gap in Norwegian Schools, IZA discussion paper no 6138 [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) [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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