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ERC Advanced Grant 2012 til Storesletten, ESOP

Professor Kjetil Storesletten at ESOP, Department of Economics, has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant of 2.1 million euros for the project “MACROINEQUALITY." This five-year project with start-up in June 2013 will focus on the effects of the rapid economic transformation of China and the growing cross-sectional inequality in many countries over the last 50 years.

More information about the project here

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Fridtjof Nansen Award to Bård Harstad

Professor Bård Harstad at the Department of Economics has been given the Fridtjof Nansen Award for Young Researchers for his research in the field of political economy.

The award ceremony took place on May 3, at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

New interdisciplinary project about the European crisis

The Research Council of Norway has granted NOK 24 million to the interdisciplinary project “European Strains”, which will be led by Kalle Moene, director at ESOP.

More information about the project here

Publications

Taxation of Nonrenewable Resources May 2, 2013 03:39 PM
Is Corporate Social Responsibility Associated with Lower Wages? Apr 23, 2013 12:08 PM
T. Haavelmo: On statistical testing of hypotheses in economic theory (3rd Scandinavian Meeting for Young Economists, 1939) Feb 27, 2013 02:00 PM

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What Motivates Farm Couples to Seek Off-farm Labour? A Logit Analysis of Job Transitions Apr 4, 2013 01:52 PM
Identifying Age-Cohort-Time Effects, Their Curvature and Interactions from Polynomials: Examples Related to Sickness Absence Mar 21, 2013 01:32 PM
The Price Premium for Organic Wines: Estimating a Hedonic Farm-gate Price Equation Mar 11, 2013 02:25 PM

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In the media

Nobelprisvinner venter norsk boligkræsj May 15, 2013 10:14 AM

Norske boligpriser har steget mye mer enn lønningene. – En slik prisvekst er ikke bærekraftig over tid, sier Vernon Smith, nobelprisvinner i økonomi, til Aftenposten i forbindelse med sitt besøk ved UiO i mai.
Mange anstrenger seg nok litt mindre enn de burde May 15, 2013 09:27 AM

Tilsammen er rundt 20 prosent av den norske befolkningen i arbeidsfør alder på trygd. "Jo vanskeligere det er å streve seg tilbake, jo mer fristende er det å slå seg til ro med mer fritid og trygd," sier Frisch-forsker Knut Røed til Dagens Næringsliv.
Sett tiggerne i arbeid May 14, 2013 04:11 PM

Professor Kalle Moene foreslår nødsarbeid for tilreisende, fattige rumenere. "Vi må behandle dem som potensielle arbeidstakere", sier han til Klassekampen.
Farlig mote May 2, 2013 10:30 AM

Malaysia er på moten i Afrika. Mange utviklingsplaner, men lite utvikling fører til økt oppslutning om autoritære regimer, skriver Kalle Moene i Dagens Næringsliv.