Research
Research
"The conservation paradox".
Under review.
[Working paper] [Online Appendix]
"Do Polluters Pay? Firm Wage Premia and the Carbon Gradient"
Co-authors: Andreas Ravndal Kostøl (BI), Marit Klemetsen (NIFU), Annette Alstadsæter (NMBU)
Abstract: We ask how carbon intensity is reflected in the wages paid by the establishment. To answer this question, we link Norway's mandatory energy-use survey with employer-employee registers, and estimate a two-way fixed-effects (AKM) wage model and project the wage premium and the worker's permanent component onto emissions per worker across establishments. We find a positive relationship between establishments' pay and emissions. Moving from the cleanest to the dirtiest tenth of establishments, the premium rises by about 6 percent, a four-percentile move up the establishment pay distribution. Worker sorting runs in the same direction but is weaker, accounting for only 2 percent of the permanent pay. Moreover, the firm pay-emission relationship survives conditioning on a rich set of controls, such as electricity per worker, which scales with activity but has no emissions, indicating that the relationship is specific to fossil fuel use. Finally, we show that establishments that pay more for emissions are valued no higher than those that pay less, as measured by revealed-preference rankings. The evidence is consistent with a compensating differential for emissions exposure.
"The value of cabin-based outdoor recreation: Evidence from a natural experiment"
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2025 October,
Co-authors: Erlend Dancke Sandorf (NMBU), Zander Venter (NINA) and Anders Dugstad (NMBU)
[Working paper] [Bluesky thread]
"Offsetting schemes and ecological taxes for wind power production”,
Ecological Economics, 2024 June,
Co-authors: Mads Greaker (OsloMet) and Cathrine Hagem (SSB)
[Working paper]
«The cost to households of a large electricity outage”
Energy Economics, 2022 November,
Co-authors: Haakon Vennemo (Vista Analyse) and Orvika Rosnes (Vista Analyse)
"Shielding the chronically ill: Sick leave and labor force participation for participants in a shielding scheme for the chronically ill"
Søkelys på arbeidslivet, 2024 November,
Co-authors: Simen Markussen (the Frisch Centre) and Haakon Riekeles (Vista Analyse)
[Bluesky thread]
"The value of a new test center for oil spill preparedness"
Samfunnsøkonomen, 2022 June,
Co-authors: Haakon Vennemo (Vista Analyse) and Orvika Rosnes (Vista Analyse)
[Working paper] [Twitter thread]