Bernt Bratsberg

Senior Research Fellow

Email bernt.bratsberg@frisch.uio.no

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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

Curriculum Vitae

Projects

Only active projects

Project ID:	Title:
1103	Assimilation and business cycle effects on immigrant earnings
1105	Adult Learning, Vocational Skills and Labour Market Outcomes
1110	Equality, Social Organization, and Performance
1111	R&D, Trade, Productivity and Inequality
1131	Social background, early unemployment experiences and marginalisation
1134	A viable welfare state
1149	Oslo Fiscal Studies - a Centre for Public Economics
1150	Labor market participation
1151	Mobilizing labour force participation
1156	Labour market exclusion
1157	Immigrants and policies
1158	Wage effects of immigration
1159	Changing work
1172	Social Insurance and Labor Market Inclusion in Norway
1173	Work Life Challenges - workforce management and worker involvement solutions
1174	Hooks for change? Family and employment as pathways to social inclusion among crime-prone individuals
1178	Egalitarianism under pressure? New perspectives on inequality and social cohesion
1179	Ethnic segregation in schools and neighbourhoods
1181	Activation and social insurance
1182	European Strains
1190	Striving for excellence, learning to cope? -Employer strategies for anaging sick leaves and employee health over the decades
1191	The decline in employment and the rise of its social gradient
1211	Inequality of opportunity and socio-economic outcomes from an intergenerational perspective
1214	NORWELL
1222	NORFACE
1223	Globalisation, Institutions and the Welfare State
1308	Evaluation of a Norwegian qualification program
1330	Effects of vocational rehabilitation programs
1331	Labor market participation among disabled persons
1335	Immigrant Employment Profiles
1342
1370	Effects of labour migration
1391	Strategic Institute Program on Labor Market and Pension Research
1392	Labour Migration to Norway
1471	Analysis of student performance in secondary school
1492	Effects of subsistence requirements for family reunification
1493
1672	Sustaining the welfare and working life model in a diversified society
3164	Prospects for Norwegian Petroleum Extraction and implications for the Norwegian Economy as a whole
4132	Absenteeism in Norway - Causes, Censequences, and Policy Implications
4133	Absenteeism - Disability, Norms and Interventions
4134	Disentangling absence patterns
6512	R&D, Industry Dynamics and Public Policy

Selected Publications

Scientific Journal

Author (s):	Title:	Year:	Reference:	Link:
Bratsberg, B., O.Raaum, and K.Røed	Social Insurance Design and the Economic Integration of Immigrants	2019	Nordic Economic Policy Review forthcoming
Bratsberg, Bernt and Ole Røgeberg	Flynn effect and its reversal are both environmentally caused	2018	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol 115, no 26	[PDF] [DOI]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum and Knut Røed	Job Loss and Immigrant Labor Market Performance	2018	Economica vol 85(337), 124-151	[PDF] [DOI]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Øystein Hernaes, Simen Markussen, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed	Welfare Activation and Youth Crime	2018	The Review of Economics and Statistics Forthcoming	[PDF] [DOI]
Bratsberg, Bernt and Ole Røgeberg	Childhood socioeconomic status does not explain the IQ-mortality gradient	2017	Intelligence	[PDF] [DOI]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed	Immigrant Labor Market Integration across Admission Classes	2017	Nordic Economic Policy Review 17-54	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt and Knut Røed	The Nordic welfare model in an open European labor market	2015	Nordic Economic Policy Review 2, 19-42	[DOI]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum and Knut Røed	Immigrants, Labour Market Performance, and Social Insurance	2014	Economic Journal Vol 124(580), 644-683	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum, Marianne Røed and Pål Schøne	Immigration Wage Effects by Origin	2014	Scandinavian Journal of Economics vol 116(2), 356-393	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Elisabeth Fevang and Knut Røed	Job Loss and Disability Insurance	2013	Labour Economics Vol 24, 137-150	[PDF] [DOI]
Barth, Erling, Bernt Bratsberg, and Oddbjørn Raaum	Immigrant Wage Profiles within and between Firms	2012	Labour Economics Vol 19(4), 541-556	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum, and Knut Røed	Educating Children of Immigrants: Closing the Gap in Norwegian Schools	2012	Nordic Economic Policy Review Vol 3(1), 211-251	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, and Oddbjørn Raaum	Immigration and Wages: Evidence from Construction	2012	Economic Journal 122(565), 1177-1205	[PDF]
Brinch, Christian, Bernt Bratsberg and Oddbjørn Raaum	The Effects of an Upper Secondary Education Reform on the Attainment of Immigrant Youth	2012	Education Economics vol 20(5), 447-473	[PDF]
Barth, Erling, Bernt Bratsberg, Torbjørn Hægeland og Oddbjørn Raaum	Performance Pay, Union Bargaining and within-firm Wage Inequality	2012	Oxford Bulletin of Economics & Statistics 74(3), 327-362	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum and Knut Røed	When Minority Labor Migrants Meet the Welfare State	2010	Journal of Labor Economics vol 28(3), 633-676	[DOI]
Bratsberg, Bernt, James F. Ragan, Jr., and John T. Warren	Does Raiding Explain the Negative Returns to Faculty Seniority?	2010	Economic Inquiry Volume 48, Issue 3, 704-721
Barth, E., B. Bratsberg, T.Hægeland and O. Raaum	Who Pays for Performance	2008	International Journal of Manpower Vol. 29, No. 1: 8-29
Bratsberg, Bernt, Knut Røed, Oddbjørn Raaum, Robin Naylor, Markus Jäntti, Tor Eriksson, and Eva Österbacka	Nonlinearities in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility: Consequences for Cross-Country Comparisons	2007	Economic Journal 117(519), C72-92
Bratsberg, Bernt, Erling Barth and Oddbjørn Raaum	Local Unemployment and the Relative Wages of Immigrants: Evidence from the Current Population Surveys	2006	The Review of Economics and Statistics 88(2) May, 243-263
Barth, Erling, Bernt Bratsberg and Oddbjørn Raaum	Identifying earnings assimilation of immigrants under changing macroeconomic conditions	2004	Scandinavian Journal of Economics 106(1), March 2004: 1-22.
Bratsberg, Bernt, James F. Ragan, Jr., and John T. Warren	Negative Returns to Seniority: New Evidence in Academic Markets	2003	Industrial and Labor Relations Review 56(2), January 2003: 306-323	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, James F. Ragan, Jr., and Zaffar M. Nasir	The Effect of Naturalization on Wage Growth: A Panel Study of Young Male Immigrants	2002	Journal of Labor Economics 20(3), July 2002: 568-597	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, and Dek Terrell	School Quality and Returns to Education of U.S. Immigrants	2002	Economic Inquiry 40(2), April 2002: 177-198	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, and James F. Ragan, Jr.	Changes in the Union Wage Premium by Industry	2002	Industrial and Labor Relations Review 56(1), October 2002: 65-83	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, and James F. Ragan, Jr.	The Impact of Host-Country Schooling on Earnings - A Study of Male Immigrants in the United States	2002	Journal of Human Resources 37(1) Winter, 63-105	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, and Dek Terrell	Experience, Tenure, and Wage Growth of Young Black and White Men	1998	Journal of Human Resources 33(3) Summer, 658-682
Borjas, George J., and Bernt Bratsberg	Who Leaves? The Outmigration of the Foreign-Born	1996	The Review of Economics and Statistics 78(1), 165-176	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, and Jarkko Turunen	Wage Curve Evidence from Panel Data	1996	Economics Letters 51(3), 345-362
Bratsberg, Bernt	Legal versus Illegal U.S. Immigration and Source Country Characteristics	1995	Southern Economic Journal 61(3), 715-727	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt	The Incidence of Non-Return Among Foreign Students in the United States	1995	Economics of Education Review 14(4), 373-384

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Book chapter

Author (s):	Title:	Year:	Reference:	Link:
Barth, Erling, Bernt Bratsberg og Oddbjørn Raaum	Prestasjonslønn i nye former	2015	Norsk arbeidsliv i turbulente tider, Dale-Olsen, Harald (red). Kap 6, 121-136
Bratsberg, Bernt og Pål Schøne	Integrering eller segmentering? Sysselsetting etter innvandringsgrunn	2015	Norsk arbeidsliv i turbulente tider, Dale-Olsen, Harald (red). Kap 11, 202-219
Bratsberg, Bernt, Jon Erik Dølvik, Kristine Nergaard og Oddbjørn Raaum	Arbeidsinnvandring, rekruttering og fleksibilitet	2015	Norsk arbeidsliv i turbulente tider, Dale-Olsen, Harald (red). Kap 3, 56-82
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum and Knut Røed	Labour migrant adjustments in the aftermath of the financial crisis	2014	TemaNord 2014:531. The Nordic model - challenged but capable of reform, 173-196.	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum, and Kjetil Sørlie	Foreign-born Migration to and from Norway	2007	in Caglar Ozden and Maurice Schiff (eds.), /International Migration, Economic Development, & Policy/, New York: World Bank and Palgrave Macmillan.	[PDF]
Barth, E., B. Bratsberg, T. Hægeland og O. Raaum	Større lønnsforskjeller i Norge: En følge av prestasjonslønn?	2005	i H. Torp (ed) Nytt Arbeidsliv: Medvirkning, inkludering og belønning, Gyldendal Akademisk
Barth, E., B. Bratsberg, T. Hægeland og O. Raaum	Nye avlønningsformer	2005	i H. Torp (ed) Nytt Arbeidsliv: Medvirkning, inkludering og belønning, Gyldendal Akademisk

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Memorandum

This series is published by the Department of Economics, University of Oslo, in cooperation with the Frisch Centre. The list below only contains those memoranda written in connection with projects at the Frisch Centre. A complete list of memoranda is found at http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-7118

Author (s):	Title:	Year:	Reference:	Link:
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	2007	No. 17	[PDF]
Eriksson, Tor, Bernt Bratsberg and Oddbjørn Raaum	Earnings persistence across generations: Transmission through health?	2005	No. 35	[PDF]
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	2005	No. 34	[PDF]
Barth, Erling, Bernt Bratsberg and Oddbjørn Raaum	Local Unemployment and the Relative Wages of Immigrants: Evidence from the Current Population Surveys	2002	No. 20	[PDF]
Barth, Erling, Bernt Bratsberg and Oddbjørn Raaum	Local Unemployment and the Earnings Assimilation of Immigrants in Norway	2002	No. 19	[PDF]
Barth, Erling, Bernt Bratsberg, Robin A. Naylor, and Oddbjørn Raaum	Explaining Variations in Wage Curves: Theory and Evidence	2002	No. 3	[PDF]

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Frisch Report

Author (s):	Title:	Year:	Reference:	Link:
Bratsberg, Bernt, Knut Røed og Oddbjørn Raaum	Yrkesdeltaking på lang sikt blant ulike innvandrergrupper i Norge	2011	No. 1	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt og Oddbjørn Raaum	Effekter av krav om forsørgelsesevne ved familiegjenforening	2010	No. 4	[PDF]
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?	2010	No. 3	[PDF]

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Other journals

Author (s):	Title:	Year:	Reference:	Link:
Bratsberg, Bernt, Torgeir Nyen, Oddbjørn Raaum	Fagbrev i voksen alder	2017	Søkelys på arbeidslivet vol 34(1.2), 23-43	[PDF] [DOI]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum og Knut Røed	Flyktninger på det norske arbeidsmarkedet	2016	Søkelys på arbeidslivet Vol 33(3), 185-207	[DOI]
Bratsberg, Bernt og Mari Brekke Holden	Allmenngjøring i byggebransjen	2015	Samfunnsøkonomen vol 129(2), 68-80	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Knut Røed og Oddbjørn Raaum	Arbeidsinnvandring - Varig gevinst?	2014	Søkelys på arbeidslivet vol 31(4), 275-295	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt og Oddbjørn Raaum	Migrasjonsstrømmenes påvirkning på lønns- og arbeidsvilkår	2013	Samfunnsøkonomen Nr 3, 18-29	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Knut Røed og Oddbjørn Raaum	Gjør registerdata AKU overflødig?	2012	Økonomiske analyser Nr. 5, 46-52	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Torbjørn Hægeland, and Oddbjørn Raaum	Tøffere krav? Ferdigheter og deltakelse i arbeidslivet	2011	Søkelys på arbeidslivet 28(4), 302-316	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, and Knut Røed	Kan demografi forklare veksten i uførhet?	2011	Søkelys på arbeidslivet 28(1), 3-21	[PDF]
Barth, Erling, Bernt Bratsberg og Oddbjørn Raaum	Mulighetenes land? Inntektsprofiler for innvandrere til Norge og USA	2004	Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning vol 45, nr 4, side 637-658	[PDF]

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Other publications

Author (s):	Title:	Year:	Reference:	Link:
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum, and Knut Røed	Excess Churn in Integrated Labor Markets	2019		[PDF]
Bratsberg, B., O. Raaum, K. Røed	Immigrant Responses to Social Insurance Generosity	2018	IZA Discussion Paper No. 11482	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Simen Markussen, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed, Ole J. Røgeberg	Trends in Assortative Mating and Offspring Outcomes	2018	IZA DP No. 11753	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Øystein Hernaes, Simen Markussen, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed	Welfare Activation and Youth Crime	2018	IZA DP No. 11719	[PDF]
Bratsberg, B., T. Nyen, O. Raaum	Voksne som tar fagbrev	2016	Fafo-notat 11	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum and Knut Røed	Job Loss and Immigrant Labor Market Performance	2016	Artikkelen kan lastes ned fra CReAM (http://www.cream-migration.org/publ_uploads/CDP_02_16.pdf) og IZA (http://ftp.iza.org/dp9729.pdf)	[PDF]
Bevelander, P., J. Helgertz, B. Bratsberg, A. Tegunimataka	Vem blir medborgare och vad händer sen? Naturalisering i Danmark, Norge och Sverige	2015	Rapport 2015:6, Stockholm: Delmi	[PDF]
Bratsberg, B., Raaum, O., K. Røed	Labour Migrant Adjustments in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis	2014	Discussion paper no 19, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration, University College London	[PDF]
Bratsberg, B., Raaum, O., K. Røed	Immigrants, Labour Market Performance and Social Insurance	2014	Discussion paper no 26/14, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration, University College London	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum and Knut Røed	Immigrants, Labor Market Performance, and Social Insurance	2014	IZA Discussion paper no 8292	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Torbjørn Hægeland and Oddbjørn Raaum	Immigrant skills and employment Cross-country evidence from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey	2013	Discussion papers no 730, Statistisk sentralbyrå	[PDF]
Barth, Erling, Bernt Bratsberg og Oddbjørn Raaum	Immigrant Wage Profiles within and between Firms	2011	NORFACE MIGRATION Discussion Paper No. 2011-19	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum og Knut Røed	Educating Children of Immigrants: Closing the Gap in Norwegian Schools	2011	IZA discussion paper no 6138	[PDF]
Hægeland, Torbjørn, Lars J. Kirkebøen, Bernt Bratsberg og Oddbjørn Raaum	Value added-indikatorer: Et nyttig verktøy i kvalitetsvurdering av skoler?	2011	Statistisk sentralbyrå, Rapporter 42/2011	[PDF]
Bratsberg, B., O. Raaum, M. Røed and P. Schøne	Immigration Wage Impacts by Origin	2010	CReAM Discussion Paper No 30/10	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Elisabeth Fevang and Knut Røed	Disability in the Welfare State: An Unemployment Problem in Disguise?	2010	IZA DP No. 4897	[PDF]
Barth, E., Bratsberg, B., Hægeland, T. og O.Raaum	Performance Pay and Within-firm Wage Inequality	2009	IZA Discussion Paper No. 4137	[PDF]
Barth, E., B. Bratsberg, T. Hægeland og O. Raaum	Performance Pay and Within-Firm Inequality	2008	Manpower Human Resources Lab Disc Paper, Centre for Economic Performance, London
Bratsberg, B., O. Raaum, og K. Røed	When Minority Labor Migrants Meet the Welfare State	2008	Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration, Discussion Paper No. 17, University College London
Brinch, C.N., B. Bratsberg og O. Raaum	The Effects of an Upper Secondary Education Reform on the Attainment of Immigrant Youth	2008	Discussion Papers 528 - Statistics Norway	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum, and Knut Røed	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)	2007	Integreringskart 2007, Oslo: Integrerings- og mangfoldsdirektoratet (in Norwegian)	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum, and Knut Røed	When Minority Labor Migrants Meet the Welfare State	2007	IZA Discussion Paper No. 2872, June 2007	[PDF]
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	2006	IZA Discussion paper no 1938	[PDF]
Barth, E., B. Bratsberg, T.Hægeland and O. Raaum	Who Pays for Performance	2006	IZA Discussion Paper No 2142	[PDF]
Bratsberg, B., Hægeland, T. and O. Raaum	Lese- og tallforståelse, utdanning og arbeidsmarkedssuksess	2006	Universitetet i Stavanger, Lesesenteret
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum, and Knut Røed	The Rise and Fall of Immigrant Employment: A Lifecycle Study of Labor Migrants to Norway	2006		[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Hege Marie Edvardsen, Oddbjørn Raaum og Kjetil Sørlie	Utflytting blant innvandrere i Norge	2005	Søkelys på arbeidslivet nr 2, årgang 22, s 181-192	[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum og Knut Røed	Lifecycle Employment and Earnings of Labor Migrants to Norway	2003		[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt	Forskningsprogrammet Sysselsetting og arbeidsmarked (1997-2001)	2002		[PDF]
Bratsberg, Bernt	Labor Market Assimilation of Immigrants in Norway	2000		[PDF]

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