Transitions in vocational education and training - challenges in the role of training agencies in Norway. With Anna Rapp. Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, forthcoming.
Teacher labour markets during 160 years of education expansion: A new data set 1861-2025 for Norway. With Bjarne Strøm. History of Education, forthcoming.
Teacher shortages, the business cycle, and teacher demand: A long-run perspective. With Bjarne Strøm. Explorations in Economic History, vol. 98, 2025, 101714.
Mobility of novice teachers. With Bjarne Strøm. European Journal of Teacher Education, forthcoming
Teacher education and early teaching career. Teachers and Teaching, vol. 28, 2022, 943-963.
Quality measures in higher education: Norwegian evidence. With Jon Marius Vaag Iversen, Ole Henning Nyhus and Bjarne Strøm. Economics of Education Review, vol. 87, 2022, 102235.
The effects of voting franchise extension on education policy. With Bjarne Strøm and Per Tovmo. Education Economics, vol. 30, 2022, 66-90.
Long-run effects of local government mergers on educational attainment and income. With Astrid Marie Jorde Sandsør and Bjarne Strøm. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, vol. 84, 2022, 185-213.
Do smaller classes always improve students' long run outcomes? With Astrid Marie Jorde Sandsør and Bjarne Strøm. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, vol. 79, 2017, 654-688.
Wages and Recruitment: Evidence from External Wage Changes. Industrial & Labor Relations Review, vol. 70, 2017, 483-518.
Causal effects of mathematics. Med Ole Henning Nyhus og Bjarne Strøm. Labour Economics, vol. 31, 2014, 174-187.
Performance of young adults: The importance of different skills. With Ole Henning Nyhus and Bjarne Strøm. CESifo Economic Studies, vol. 60, 2014, 435-462.
Educational evaluation and gender gaps in student achievement. With Linn Renée Naper. Economics of Education Review, vol. 36, 2013, 12-25.
Post-compulsory education and imprisonment. With Kaja Høiseth Brugård. Labour Economics, vol. 23, 2013, 97-106.
Schools, ability, and the socioeconomic gradient in education choices. With Bjarne Strøm. Journal of Socio-Economics, vol. 43, 2013, 49-59.
Geographical constraints and educational attainment. With Päivi Lujala and Bjarne Strøm. Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 43, 2013, 164-176.
The effect of early cognitive ability on earnings over the life-cycle. With Sofia Sandgren Massih. LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, vol. 26, 2012, 287-312.
Public sector decentralization and school performance: International evidence. With Justina AV Fischer. Economics Letters, vol. 114, 2012, 276-279.
Teacher mobility responses to wage changes: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment. American Economic Review, vol. 101, 2011, 460-465.
The effect of education on cognitive ability. With Sofia Sandgren Massih. Economic Inquiry, vol. 49, 2011, 838-856.
The elasticity of labor supply at the establishment level. Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 28, 2010, 237-266.
Teacher shortages and the business cycle. With Kåre Johansen and Bjarne Strøm. Labour Economics, vol. 16, 2009, 648-658.
Public sector efficiency: The roles of political and budgetary institutions, fiscal capacity and democratic participation. With Lars-Erik Borge and Per Tovmo. Public Choice, vol. 136, 2008, 475-495.
The influence of student achievement on teacher turnover. With Marte Rønning. Education Economics, vol. 15, 2007, 177-202.
Wage bargaining and monopsony. With Bjarne Strøm. Economics Letters, vol. 94, 2007, 202-207. Mathematical appendix with the derivations.
Local flexibility in wage setting: Evidence from the Norwegian local public sector. With Bjarne Strøm. Empirical Economics, vol. 31, 2006, 113-142.
Teacher turnover and non-pecuniary factors. With Bjarne Strøm. Economics of Education Review, vol. 24, 2005, 611-631.
Teacher sorting, teacher quality, and student composition. With Hans Bonesrønning and Bjarne Strøm. European Economic Review, vol. 49, 2005, 457-483.
Wage bargaining and employer objectives. The Manchester School, vol. 72, 2004, 515-534.
Norwegian local public finance in the 1930s and beyond. With Per Tovmo. European Review of Economic History, vol. 7, 2003, 127-154.
The supply of public sector services when they include quantity and quality dimensions. FinanzArchiv, vol. 58, 2002, 396-429.
The flypaper effect and political strength. With Per Tovmo. Economics of Governance, vol. 3, 2002, 153-170.
Decentralised public sector wage determination: Wage curve and wage comparison for Norwegian teachers in the pre–WW2 period. LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, vol. 15, 2001, 343-369.
Collective bargaining in the public sector and the role of budget determination. European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 17, 2001, 75-99.
School reforms and school spending growth. With Jørn Rattsø. Journal of Economic Policy Reform, vol. 3, 1999, 195-227.
Local public choice of school spending: Disaggregating the demand function for educational services. With Jørn Rattsø. Economics of Education Review, vol. 18, 1999, 361-373.
Political economic determinants of school spending in federal states: Theory and time-series evidence. With Jørn Rattsø. European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 13, 1997, 299-314.
Sources of cost expansion: Primary education in Norway 1946-1990. With Jørn Rattsø. Education Economics, vol. 4, 1996, 161-185.