Publications

“Disease Control and Inequality Reduction: Evidence from a Tuberculosis Testing and Vaccination Campaign”, with Aline Butikofer, forthcoming Review of Economic Studies.

“Intergenerational Transmission, Human Capital Formation and the Timing of Parental Income.” Conditionally accepted Journal of Political Economy. (Joint with Emma Tominey, Italo Lopez-Garcia, and Pedro Carneiro)

Prenatal Testosterone Transfer from Male Twins Reduces the Fertility and Socioeconomic Success of their Female Co-Twins, with David Figlio, Krzysztof Karbownik, Christopher W. Kuzawa, and Kjell G. Salvanes, forthcoming Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America.

This Is Only a Test? Long-Run Impacts of Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout, with Sandra Black, Paul Devereux & Aline Butikofer), forthcoming in Review of Economics and Statistics.

Infant Health Care and Long-Term Outcomes, (with Katrine Løken & Aline Butikofer), forthcoming in Review of Economics and Statistics.

Childhood Nutrition and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a School Breakfast Program, (with Eirin Mølland & Aline Butikofer), Journal of Public Economics.

The Role of Parenthood on the Gender Gap among Top Earners, 2018, (with Sissel Jensen & Aline Butikofer), European Economic Review.

Does grief transfer across generations? In-utero deaths and child outcomes, (joint with Sandra Black and Paul Devereux.) American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, No 1 2016

Worker Displacement and Regional Mobility. (Joint with Kristiina Huttunen and Jarle Møen.) 2018 Journal of Labor Economics

Willingness to Compete: Family Matters. (Joint with Ingvild Almås, Alexander Cappelen , Erik Sørensen, and Bertil Tungodden.). Management Science.

“Life Cycle Earnings, Education Premiums and Internal Rates of Return”, Journal of Labor Economics, 2017 (Joint with Manudeep Bhuller and Magne Mogstad.)

The family peer effect on mothers' labor supply (joint with Nicoletti, Cheti and Tominey, Emma). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics Volume 10 (3); page 206 - 234; 2018

"Healthy(?), Wealthy, and Wise: Birth Order and Adult Health." Economics and Human Biology, December 2016. (Joint with Sandra E. Black and Paul J. Devereux.)

“What Explains the Gender Gap in College Track Dropout? Experimental and Administrative Evidence”, American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2016, 106 (5): 296-302. (Joint with Ingvild Almås, Alexander W. Cappelen, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden).

A Flying Start? Maternity Leave Benefits and Long-Run Outcomes of Children”, Journal of Political Economy, 2015, 123 (2): 354-412. (Joint with Katrine Løken and Pedro Carneiro.)

"The Evolution of Social Mobility: Norway during the Twentieth Century." The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2017, Vol 119, No. 1, pp. 5-33. (Joint with Matti Sarvamaki and Tuomas Pekkarinen.)

"Made in China: Regional labor market effects in Norway of a trade shock." Journal of Public Economics, Vol 127, July 2015. (Joint with Ragnhild Balsvik and Sissel Jensen.)

"Valuing School Quality via a School Choice Reform." The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 2015, Vol 118, No. 1, pp. 3-24. (Joint with Stephen Machin.)

“Care or Cash? The Effect of Child Care Subsidies on Student Performance”, Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96 (5): 824-837. (Joint with Sandra Black, Paul Devereux, and Katrine Løken.)

“Good Skills in Bad Times: Cyclical Skill Mismatch and the Long-Term Effects of Graduating in a Recession.” 2014, European Economic Review. (Joint with Kai Lui and Erik Sørensen.)

“Priceless: The Nonpecuniary Benefits of Schooling”, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2011, 25 (1): 159-184. (Joint with Philip Oreopoulos)

“Too Young to Leave the Nest: The Effects of School Starting Age”, Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93 (2): 455-467. (Joint with Sandra Black and Paul Devereux.)

"Older and Wiser? Birth Order and IQ of Young Men." CESifo Economic Studies, 2011, 57 (1), 103-120. (Joint with Sandra E. Black and Paul J. Devereux.)

“Measuring Heterogeneity in the Returns to Education in Norway Using An Educational Reform.” The European Economic Review, 2010. (Joint with Arild Aakvik and Kjell Vaage.)

“How Destructive is Creative Destruction? Investigating Long-term Effects of Worker Displacement.” Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011. (Joint with Kristiina Huttunen and Jarle Møen.)

“Education and mobility.” Journal of the European Economic Association, May 2012. (Joint with Stephen Machin and Panu Pelkonen.)

“Small Family, Smart Family? Family size and IQ Score of Young Men.” Journal of Human Resources, Winter 2009. (Joint with Sandra Black and Paul Devereux.)

"Education and Fertility: Evidence from a natural experiment." Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2009, Vol. 110(4), pp 827-853. (Joint with Karin Monstad and Carol Propper.)

"Like Father, Like Son? A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of IQ Scores." Economics Letters, 2009, Vol. 105. (Joint int with Sandra Black and Paul Devereux.)

“Staying in the Classroom and Out of Maternity Ward? The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births”, Economic Journal, 2008, 118: 1025-1054. (Joint with Sandra Black and Paul Devereux.)

"Employment Changes, the Structure of Adjustment Costs, and Plant Size." European Economic Review, 2007, 51 (3), 577-598. (Joint with Øivind Anti Nilsen and Fabio Schiantarelli.)

"The Neighbourhood Is Not What It Used to Be", Economic Journal, 2006, 116 (508), 200-222. (Joint with Oddbjørn Raaum and Erik Ø. Sørensen).

“From the Cradle to the Job Market? The Effect of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes of Children”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122 (1): 409-439. (Joint with Sandra Black and Paul Devereux.)

“The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Size and Birth Order on Children's Education”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 120 (2): 669-700. (Joint with Sandra Black and Paul Devereux.)

“Why the Apple Doesn't Fall Far: Understanding Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital”, American Economic Review, 2005, 95 (1): 437-449. (Joint with Sandra Black and Paul Devereux.)

Handbook Chapters

“Education Research and Administrative Data”, Chapter 2 in Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume 5, Elsevier, 2016. (Joint with David Figlio and Krzysztof Karbownik.)

“Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies”, Chapter 3 in Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume 3, Elsevier, 2011. (Joint with Anders Bjørklund.)