Frisch Centre



Tao Zhang

Position:

Research Fellow

Born:

1971

Education:

Dr.Polit i sosialøkonomi, Universitetet i Oslo, 2004, Cand.oecon, Universitetet i Oslo, 1998

Research Interests:

Unemployment, labour market economics, econometrics

Current Projects:

1175

Working life after the Norwegian pension reform

1307

Strategic centre programme on pension research

1330

Effects of vocational rehabilitation programs

1331

Labor market participation among disabled persons

3100

Oslo Center for Research on Environmentally friendly Energy (CREE)

3171

SAMFUNN: Norms, green agents and environmental policy

1333

Immigrants Want Work: Do Labour Market Programmes Help?

Selected Publications:

Scientific Journals
Hernæs, Erik, John Piggott, Tao Zhang and Steinar Strøm, 2011: Occupational pensions, tenure, and taxes, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance , Vol 10 (3), 435-456 [Abstract][PDF]
Gaure, Simen, Knut Røed and Tao Zhang, 2007: Time and Causality: A Monte Carlo Assessment of the Timing-of-Events Approach, Journal of Econometrics , Vol 141, 1159-1195 [Abstract]
Røed, Knut and Zhang, Tao, 2005: Unemployment duration and economic incentives - A quasi random-assignment approach , European Economic Review , Vol. 49, 1799-1825 [Abstract]
Røed, Knut, Zhang, Tao, 2003: Does Unemployment Compensation Affect Unemployment Duration?, Economic Journal , Vol. 113, 190-206 [Abstract]
Røed, Knut and Zhang, Tao, 2002: A Note on the Weibull Distribution and Time Aggregation Bias, Applied Economics Letters , Vol. 9, No.7, 469-472 [Abstract]
Røed, Knut og Tao Zang, 2000: What Hides Behind the Rate of Unemployment - Micro Evidence From Norway, Nordic Journal of Political Economy , Vol 26, No. 2 143-170 [Abstract][PDF]
Other journals
Hardoy, Inés og Tao Zhang, 2010: Innvandrere i arbeid: Hjelper arbeidsmarkedstiltak?, Søkelys på arbeidslivet , vol 27(4), 343-363 [Abstract][PDF]
Hardoy, Inés, Knut Røed, Hege Torp, Tao Zhang, 2006: Virker ungdomsgarantien?, Søkelys på arbeidslivet , Vol. 23, No. 1 [Abstract]
Memoranda
Memorandum 1/2011: Nyborg, Karine og Tao Zhang, Is corporate social responsibility associated with lower wages? [Abstract][PDF]
Memorandum 1/2006: Hernæs, Erik, John Piggott, Tao Zhang and Steinar Strøm, The Determinants of Occupational Pensions [Abstract][PDF]
Memorandum 19/2005: Gaure, Simen, Knut Røed and Tao Zhang, Time and Causality: A Monte Carlo Assessment of the Timing-of-Events Approach [Abstract][PDF]
Memorandum 26/2003: Zhang, Tao, Identifying treatment effects of active labour market programmes for Norwegian adults [Abstract][PDF]
Memorandum 25/2003: Zhang, Tao, A Monte Carlo study on non-parametric estimation of duration models with unobserved heterogeneity [Abstract][PDF]
Memorandum 15/2002: Raaum, Oddbjørn, Hege Torp and Tao Zhang, Do individual programme effects exceed the costs? Norwegian evidence on long run effects of labour market training [Abstract][PDF]
Memorandum 14/2002: Raaum, Oddbjørn, Hege Torp and Tao Zhang, Business cycles and the impact of labour market programmes [Abstract][PDF]
Memorandum 6/2002: Røed Knut, and Zhang, Tao, The Duration and Outcome of Unemployment Spells - The Role of Economic Incentives [Abstract][PDF]
Memorandum 15/2000: Røed, Knut and Tao Zhang, Labour Market Transitions and Economic Incentives [Abstract][PDF]
Memorandum 23/2000: Røed, Knut og Tao Zhang, A Note on the Weibull Distribution and Time Aggregation Bias [Abstract][PDF]
Memorandum 14/1999: Røed K. and T. Zhang, Unemployment Duration in a Non-Stationary Macroeconomic Environment [Abstract][PDF]
Memorandum 7/1999: Røed, K., Zang, T., What Hides Behind the Rate of Unemployment - Micro Evidence From Norway [Abstract][PDF]
Reports
Frisch Report 4/2006: Hardoy, Ines, Knut Røed og Tao Zhang, Aetats kvalifiserings- og opplæringstiltak - En empirisk analyse av seleksjon og virkninger [Abstract][PDF]
Frisch Report 7/2004: Fevang, Elisabeth, Knut Røed, Oddbjørn Raaum og Tao Zhang, Undersysselsatte i Norge: Hvem, hvorfor og hvor lenge? [Abstract][PDF]
Frisch Report 6/2004: Fevang, Elisabeth, Knut Røed, Lars Westlie og Tao Zhang, Veier inn i, rundt i, og ut av det norsketrygde- og sosialhjelpssystemet [Abstract][PDF]
Frisch Report 1/2004: Zhang, Tao, Causality and Selection in Labour Market Transitions Dissertation for the Dr.Polit Degree [Abstract][PDF]
Frisch Report 4/2000: Røed, K., H. Torp, I. Tuveng og T. Zhang, Hvem vil og hvem får delta? [Abstract][PDF]
Working Papers
Frisch Working Paper 1/2011: Hernæs, Erik, John Piggott, Ola L. Vestad and Tao Zhang, Job changes, wage changes, and pension portability [Abstract][PDF]
Frisch Working Paper 1/2006: Hernæs, Erik and Tao Zhang, Costs and coverage of occupational pensions [Abstract][PDF]
Other publications
Hernæs, Erik, John Piggott, Ola Lotherington Vestad and Tao Zhang, 2011: Labour Mobility, Pension Portability and the Lack of Lock-In Effects, Australian School of Business Research Paper No. 2011 AIPAR 01 [Abstract][PDF]
Hardoy, Inés, Knut Røed Hege Torp, Tao Zhang, 2006: Ungdomsgarantien for 20-24-åringer: Har den satt spor?, ISF rapport 2006:4 [Abstract][PDF]

 

Email:

tao.zhang@frisch.uio.no

Direct Tel:

+47- 2295 8816





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