Gaute Torsvik

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Visiting address Moltke Moes vei 31 Eilert Sundts hus 12. etg. 0851 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1095 Blindern 0317 Oslo

Academic interests

Labour economics, public economics and development economics

Courses taught

  • Spring 2015 Econ 4620 - Public Economics

Background

  • Associate professor, University of Oslo, 2014 -
  • Professor, University of Bergen, 1997 - 2014
  • Associate professor, University of Bergen, 1993 - 1997.

Awards

  • Winner of the Norwegian Economic Society ward for best article, 1990.
  • Meltzer prize for young researcher at University of Bergen, 1998

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Tags: Income Employment and Welfare, Economics, Economic Policy

Publications

  • Løyland, Knut; Raaum, Oddbjørn; Torsvik, Gaute & Øvrum, Arnstein (2023). Evaluating compliance gains of expanding tax enforcement. Economica. ISSN 0013-0427. 91(361), p. 142–162. doi: 10.1111/ecca.12499. Full text in Research Archive
  • Torsvik, Gaute; Kjell, Vaage & Ferman, Bruno (2021). "skipping the doctor: evidence from a case with extended self-certification of paid sick leave. Journal of Population Economics. ISSN 0933-1433.
  • Dhillon, Amrita; Iversen, Vegard & Torsvik, Gaute (2021). Employee referral, social proximity, and worker discipline: Theory and suggestive evidence from india. Economic development and cultural change. ISSN 0013-0079. 69(3), p. 1003–1030. doi: 10.1086/704512. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ferman, Bruno; Torsvik, Gaute & Vaage, Kjell (2021). Skipping the doctor: evidence from a case with extended self-certification of paid sick leave. Journal of Population Economics. ISSN 0933-1433. p. 1–37. doi: 10.1007/s00148-021-00841-6. Full text in Research Archive
  • Molander, Anders & Torsvik, Gaute (2021). In Their Own Best Interest. Is There a Paternalistic Case for Welfare Conditionality? Journal of Social Policy. ISSN 0047-2794. 51(1), p. 191–208. doi: 10.1017/S0047279420000768.
  • Torsvik, Gaute; Molander, Anders & Terum, Lars Inge (2021). The will to sanction: How sensitive are caseworkers to recipients’ responsibility when imposing sanctions on non-compliance in a welfare-to-work programme? International Journal of Social Welfare. ISSN 1369-6866. 31(1), p. 77–85. doi: 10.1111/ijsw.12472.
  • Finseraas, Henning; Hanson, Torbjørn; Johnsen, Åshild Auglænd; Kotsadam, Andreas & Torsvik, Gaute (2019). Trust, ethnic diversity, and personal contact: A field experiment. Journal of Public Economics. ISSN 0047-2727. 173, p. 72–84. doi: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.02.002. Full text in Research Archive
  • Binyaruka, Peter John; Robberstad, Bjarne; Torsvik, Gaute & Borghi, Josephine (2018). Does payment for performance increase performance inequalities across health providers? A case study of Tanzania. Health Policy and Planning. ISSN 0268-1080. 33(9), p. 1026–1036. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czy084. Full text in Research Archive
  • Auerswald, Heike; Schmidt, Carsten; Thum, Marcel & Torsvik, Gaute (2018). Teams in a public goods experiment with punishment. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. ISSN 2214-8043. 72, p. 28–39. doi: 10.1016/j.socec.2017.11.001.
  • Strømland, Eirik Andre; Tjøtta, Sigve & Torsvik, Gaute (2018). Mutual choice of partner and communication in a repeated prisoner's dilemma. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. ISSN 2214-8043. p. 12–23. doi: 10.1016/j.socec.2018.05.002. Full text in Research Archive
  • Binyaruka, Peter John; Robberstad, Bjarne; Torsvik, Gaute & Borghi, Josephine (2018). Who benefits from increased service utilisation? Examining the distributional effects of payment for performance in Tanzania. International Journal for Equity in Health. ISSN 1475-9276. 17:14, p. 1–16. doi: 10.1186/s12939-018-0728-x. Full text in Research Archive
  • Terum, Lars Inge; Torsvik, Gaute & Øverbye, Einar (2018). Discrimination against ethnic minorities in activation programme? Evidence from a vignette experiment. Journal of Social Policy. ISSN 0047-2794. 47(1), p. 39–56. doi: 10.1017/S0047279417000113.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2017). Workplace Productivity and Bonus Preferences: Why Do Men With Low Productivity Prefer Individual Pay? Economica. ISSN 0013-0427. 84(335), p. 498–515. doi: 10.1111/ecca.12188. Full text in Research Archive
  • Terum, Lars Inge; Torsvik, Gaute & Øverbye, Einar (2017). Når vilkår og aktivitetskrav brytes. Frontlinjearbeideres tilnærming til sanksjoner. Søkelys på arbeidslivet. ISSN 1504-8004. 34(3), p. 147–166. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-7989-2017-03-01. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aakvik, Arild; Hansen, Frank & Torsvik, Gaute (2017). Productivity dynamics, performance feedback and group incentives in a sales organization. Labour Economics. ISSN 0927-5371. 46, p. 110–117. doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2016.12.003. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ilboudo, Patrick Christian Gueswende; Greco, Giulia; Sundby, Johanne & Torsvik, Gaute (2016). Estimating the costs for the treatment of abortion complications in two public referral hospitals: A cross-sectional study in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. 16(1), p. 1–10. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1822-7.
  • Finseraas, Henning; Johnsen, Åshild Auglænd; Kotsadam, Andreas & Torsvik, Gaute (2016). Exposure to female colleagues breaks the glass ceiling— Evidence from a combined vignette and field experiment. European Economic Review. ISSN 0014-2921. 90, p. 363–374. doi: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2015.11.010.
  • Dhillon, Amrita; Iversen, Vegard & Torsvik, Gaute (2015). Employee referral, social proximity and worker discipline: Theory and evidence from indiaú. Working Paper - Chr. Michelsen Institute. ISSN 0804-3639. 2015(1).
  • Molander, Anders & Torsvik, Gaute (2015). Kan tvungen aktivering forsvares? In Bay, Ann-Helén; Hagelund, Anniken & Hatland, Aksel (Ed.), For mange på trygd? : Velferdspolitiske spenninger. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-02-49470-4. p. 38–61.
  • Molander, Anders & Torsvik, Gaute (2015). Getting People into Work: What (if Anything) Can Justify Mandatory Activation of Welfare Recipients? Journal of Applied Philosophy. ISSN 0264-3758. 32(4), p. 373–392. doi: 10.1111/japp.12132.
  • Ilboudo, Patrick Christian Gueswende; Greco, Giulia; Sundby, Johanne & Torsvik, Gaute (2015). Costs and consequences of abortions to women and their households: A cross-sectional study in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Health Policy and Planning. ISSN 0268-1080. 30(4), p. 500–507. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czu025. Full text in Research Archive
  • Munga, Michael Aloyce; Torsvik, Gaute & Mæstad, Ottar (2014). Using incentives to attract nurses to remote areas of Tanzania: a contingent valuation study. Health Policy and Planning. ISSN 0268-1080. 29(2), p. 227–236. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czt007.
  • Torsvik, Gaute; Molander, Anders; Tjøtta, Sigve & Kobbeltvedt, Therese (2011). Anticipated discussion and cooperation in a social dilemma. Rationality and Society. ISSN 1043-4631. 23(2), p. 199–216. doi: 10.1177/1043463111404664.
  • Ellingsen, Tore; Johannesson, Magnus; Torsvik, Gaute & Tjøtta, Sigve (2010). Testing guilt aversion. Games and Economic Behavior. ISSN 0899-8256. 68(1), p. 95–107.
  • Iversen, Vegard & Torsvik, Gaute (2010). Networks, middlemen and other (urban) labour market mysteries. Indian Growth and Development Review. ISSN 1753-8254. 3(1), p. 62–80. doi: 10.1108/17538251011035882.
  • Mæstad, Ottar; Torsvik, Gaute & Aakvik, Arild (2010). Overworked? On the relationship between workload and health worker performance. Journal of Health Economics. ISSN 0167-6296. 29(5), p. 686–698. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2010.05.006.
  • Ellingsen, Tore; Johannesson, Magnus; Tjøtta, Sigve & Torsvik, Gaute (2010). Testing guilt aversion. Games and Economic Behavior. ISSN 0899-8256. 68(1), p. 95–107. doi: 10.1016/j.geb.2009.04.021.
  • Schroyen, Fred & Torsvik, Gaute (2005). Work requirements and long-term poverty. Journal of Public Economic Theory. ISSN 1097-3923. 7(3), p. 427–448.
  • Schroyen, Fred & Torsvik, Gaute (2005). Work requirement and long term poverty. Journal of Public Economic Theory. ISSN 1097-3923.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2005). Foreign economic aid; should donors cooperate? Journal of Development Economics. ISSN 0304-3878. 77(2), p. 503–515.

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  • Torsvik, Gaute (2006). Människonatur och samhällsstruktur; en kritisk introduktion till ekonomisk teori. Daidalos. ISBN 978-91-7173-239-2. 245 p.
  • Bjørnenak, Trond; Dalen, Dag Morten; Dalen, Dag Morten; Fehr, Nils-H. M. Von der; Olsen, Trond E. & Torsvik, Gaute (2005). På like vilkår? Analyse av konkurranse mellom offentlige og private foretak. Konkurransetilsynet.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2002). Menneskenatur og samfunnsstruktur: ein kritisk introduksjon til økonomisk teori. Det Norske Samlaget. ISBN 82-521-5794-7. 268 p.

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  • Graber, Michael; Mogstad, Magne; Torsvik, Gaute & Vestad, Ola Lotherington (2022). Behavioral responses to income taxation in Norway. Memorandum from Department of Economics, University of Oslo. ISSN 0809-8786.
  • Harding, Torfinn; Mogstad, Magne; Storesletten, Kjetil & Torsvik, Gaute (2022). Trenger vi en eiertrygd? VG : Verdens gang. ISSN 0805-5203.
  • Mogstad, Magne & Torsvik, Gaute (2022). Family Background, Neighborhoods and Intergenerational Mobility. NBER Working Paper Series. ISSN 0898-2937. doi: 10.3386/w28874.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2021). Does Perceived Risk of Future Audits Explain the Behavioral Effects of Tax Enforcement?
  • Terum, Lars Inge; Torsvik, Gaute & Molander, Anders (2021). Forståinga av mottakarane er viktig for sanksjonspraksis i Nav. Aftenposten Viten. ISSN 2464-3033.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2021). Skole og ulikhet. Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2021). Skatt og ulikhet II. Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2021). Skatt og ulikhet. Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2018). Tax compliance of targeted audits.
  • Andersson, Lars Jonas; Schroyen, Fred & Torsvik, Gaute (2018). A dynamic binomial model with application to the propensity to use tax amnesty.
  • Andersson, Lars Jonas; Schroyen, Fred & Torsvik, Gaute (2018). A dynamic binomial model with application to the propensity to use tax amnesty.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2018). Gylne tider i finans. Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2018). Paying for personal productivity increases the gender gap in income.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2018). Compliance effects of risk based audits.
  • Binyaruka, Peter John; Torsvik, Gaute; Robberstad, Bjarne & Borghi, Jo (2017). Who benefits From Increased Service Utilization: Examining The Distributional Effects Of Payment For Performance in Tanzania.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2017). Verdier og motivasjon.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2017). Effekten av fleire lærarar, tru håp eller kunskap. Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2017). SSB-saka: I have seen the future of Rock and Roll and it is not Leonard Cohen. Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2017). Handler økonomi berre om penger.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2017). A dynamic model of tax amnesty.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2017). A dynamic model of tax amnesty.
  • Terum, Lars Inge; Torsvik, Gaute & Øverbye, Einar (2017). NAV liker alle. [Newspaper]. Dagen Næringsliv .
  • Torsvik, Gaute; Andersson, Jonas & Schroyen, Fred (2016). Hvorfor ha skatteamnesti? Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116. p. 12–12.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2015). Measuring intrinsic motivation.
  • Patoulliard, E; Torsvik, Gaute; Powell-Jackson, Timothy; Binyaruka, Peter John & Borghi, Jo (2015). Pay-for-performance and health workers? intrinsic motivation in one region of Tanzania.
  • Borghi, Jo; Binyaruka, Peter John; Mæstad, Ottar; Torsvik, Gaute & Mtei, Gemini (2015). Long term effects of Payment for Performance on Health Services in Tanzania.
  • Binyaruka, Peter John; Torsvik, Gaute; Mæstad, Ottar; Robberstad, Bjarne & Borghi, Jo (2015). Equity effects of the Pay-for-Performance scheme among health facilities in Tanzania.
  • Hagen, Rune Jansen & Torsvik, Gaute (2015). Global Economics and National Politics.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2015). Demokrati, statsinstitusjoner og velferd. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0800-336X. p. 179–183.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2014). Større fridom = meir velferd? Dag og Tid. ISSN 0803-334X.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2014). Pay for performance in the health sector.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2014). Gender, productivity and sickness absence.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2014). Trust and sickness absence.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2014). Trust and sickness absence.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2014). Group Creativity and Incentives.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2014). Trust and sickness absence.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2013). Kapasitet og kvalitet.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2010). Tillit og økonomi. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0800-336X. 27(3), p. 321–325.
  • Kobbeltvedt, Therese; Tjøtta, Sigve & Torsvik, Gaute (2009). Sharing of resources: The interplay of individual difference and social distance.
  • Kobbeltvedt, Therese; Torsvik, Gaute & Tjøtta, Sigve (2009). Sharing of resources: Psychological predispositions and behaviour in economic dilemmas.
  • Kobbeltvedt, Therese; Tjøtta, Sigve & Torsvik, Gaute (2009). Sharing of resources: The interplay of individual difference and social distance.
  • Kobbeltvedt, Therese; Tjøtta, Sigve & Torsvik, Gaute (2009). Sharing of resources: Psychological predispositions and behaviour in economic dilemmas.
  • Kobbeltvedt, Therese; Tjøtta, Sigve & Torsvik, Gaute (2008). Beyond social proximity: Psychological predispositions and regulatory focus in social dilemmas.
  • Tjøtta, Sigve & Torsvik, Gaute (2006). Behavioral Game theory - experiments to identify individual motivation in situations with strategic interaction.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2005). aid and incentives.
  • Meland, Frode & Torsvik, Gaute (2002). Structural adjustment and endogenous worker recall probabilities.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2001). Incitament og motivasjon i bedrifter.
  • Løyland, Knut; Raaum, Oddbjørn; Torsvik, Gaute & Øvrum, Arnstein (2019). Compliance effects of risk based audits. CESifo.
  • Andersson, Jonas; Schroyen, Fred & Torsvik, Gaute (2019). The impact of international tax information exchange agreements on the use of tax amnesty: evidence from Norway. Norges Handelshøyskole. Institutt for foretaksøkonomi. ISSN 1500-4066.
  • Andersson, Jonas; Schroyen, Fred & Torsvik, Gaute (2019). The impact of international tax information exchange agreements on the use of tax amnesty: evidence from Norway. Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole. ISSN 0804-6824.
  • Vikesund, Kristina & Torsvik, Gaute (2018). Lønnsadelen i Norge 1865 til 2014. Universitetet i Oslo.
  • Aakvik, Arild; Johnsen, Julian Vedeler & Torsvik, Gaute (2018). Pregnancy, Parenthood and Productivity. Universitetet i Bergen.
  • Strømland, Eirik Andre; Tjøtta, Sigve & Torsvik, Gaute (2016). Cooperating, Fast and Slow: Testing the Social Heuristics Hypothesis. CESifo. ISSN 1617-9595.
  • Torsvik, Gaute & Vaage, Kjell (2016). Skipping the doctor: Evidence from a case with extended self-certification of sickness absence. Universitetet i Bergen.
  • Aakvik, Arild & Torsvik, Gaute (2015). Productivity Dynamics and Sickness Absence around Childbirth. Universitetet i Bergen.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2014). Extended self certification of sickness absence. Cesifo. ISSN 1617-9595.
  • Molander, Anders & Torsvik, Gaute (2013). Getting People into work: What (if anything) can justify mandatory activation of welfare recipients? Universitetet i Bergen.
  • Tjøtta, Sigve; Torsvik, Gaute; Kobbeltvedt, Therese & Molander, Anders (2008). The role of anticipated discussion on cooperation in a social dilemma. Working papers in Economics No:8/11.
  • Aarbu, Karl Ove & Torsvik, Gaute (2007). Pay and performance in a call centre; principals and agents or principally angels? Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, NHH.
  • Hagen, Rune Jansen & Torsvik, Gaute (2007). Irreversible Investments, Dynamic Inconsistency, and Policy Convergence. Institutt for økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen.
  • Torsvik, Gaute; Von der fehr, Nils-henrik; Olsen, Trond E.; Bjørnenak, Trond & Dalen, Dag morten (2005). på like vilkår? en analyse av konkurranse mellom offentlige og private foretak. konkurransetilsynet.
  • Robberstad, Bjarne; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Kvåle, Gunnar; Torsvik, Gaute & Bratberg, Espen (2005). Economic evaluation of health interventions in sub-Saharan Africa : applied economic evaluations and studies on time preferences for health in Tanzania. Universitetet i Bergen. ISSN 82-308-0011-1.
  • Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Torsvik, Gaute & Tungodden, Bertil (2004). How middle-men can undermine anti-corruption reforms. Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Norges handelshøyskole.
  • Tjøtta, Sigve & Torsvik, Gaute (2004). Internasjonale miljøavtaler - en spillteoretisk analyse. Universitetet i Oslo.
  • Torsvik, Gaute (2004). The Political Economy of Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries: The Case of Tanzania. Universitetet i Oslo.

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