Gaute Torsvik

• 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. Show summary

  We conducted a vignette experiment involving 470 Norwegian front-line workers to investigate whether their decisions to sanction non-compliance of activation requirements varied with the ethnicity of the welfare claimant. This is the first vignette experiment on ethnic discrimination in the administration of activation programmes in Europe. The study shows that front-line workers did not sanction claimants with a North African name more often than claimants with a native Norwegian name. However, among front-line workers who had experience with the relevant activation programme, a male claimant with a North African name was sanctioned less often than a male claimant with a native Norwegian name. Thus, we find some degree of reverse discrimination on the part of experienced front-line workers. This finding is contrary to a similar US vignette experiment that detected discrimination (not reverse discrimination) with regard to claimants with an ethnic minority name. The most likely explanation for the difference concerns the different institutional-cultural contexts within which Norwegian and US social policy programmes operate.

• 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 Show summary

  Frontlinjearbeiderne i NAV skal avklare behov og rettigheter, men også stille krav, aktivere og sanksjonere. Artikkelen studerer hvordan frontlinjearbeidere tilnærmer seg situasjoner der stønadsmottakere ikke imøtekommer vilkår og aktivitetskrav, og i hvilken grad disse blir sanksjonert. Studien viser at når aktivitetskrav brytes, legger frontlinjearbeiderne stor vekt på å klargjøre om stønadsmottakerne hadde forutsetninger for å kunne imøtekomme vilkårene, snarere enn å sanksjonere. Når vilkårene oppfattes som rimelige og stønadsmottakeren er informert og advart på tilfredsstillende måte, sanksjonerer imidlertid frontlinjearbeiderne i betydelig grad brudd på aktivitetskravene.

• 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. Show summary

  We study discrimination among recruits in the Norwegian Armed Forces during boot camp. In a vignette experiment female candidates are perceived as less suited to be squad leaders than their identical male counterparts. Adding positive information leads to higher evaluations of the candidates, but does not reduce the amount of discrimination. However, randomized intense collaborative exposure to female colleagues reduces discriminatory attitudes: Male soldiers who were randomly assigned to share room and work in a squad with female soldiers during the recruit period do not discriminate in the vignette experiment.

• 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.

View all works in Cristin

• Torsvik, Gaute (2006). Människonatur och samhällsstruktur; en kritisk introduktion till ekonomisk teori. Daidalos. ISBN 978-91-7173-239-2. 245 p. Show summary

  Originalutg: Menneskenatur og samfunnsstruktur : ein kritisk introduksjon til økonomisk teori. Oslo, Samlaget 2003.

• 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.

View all works in Cristin

• Harding, Torfinn; Mogstad, Magne; Storesletten, Kjetil & Torsvik, Gaute (2022). Trenger vi en eiertrygd? VG : Verdens gang. ISSN 0805-5203.
• 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.
• Mogstad, Magne & Torsvik, Gaute (2021). Family Background, Neighborhoods and Intergenerational Mobility. NBER Working Paper Series. ISSN 0898-2937. doi: 10.3386/w28874.
• 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. Show summary

  In the talk, a model to study the effects of announcement and implementation of international tax information agreements on thepropensity to use the Norwegian tax amnesty will be introduced and studied. The model is based on the binomial distribution with a dynamic for which the initial value has to be estimated. The model is also extended to a panel version.

• 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.
• Schroyen, Fred & Torsvik, Gaute (2001). Work requirements and long term poverty.
• 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. Show summary

  In this paper we develop a model for tax amnesty applications in a multi-period setting. One key insight from the model is that applying for amnesty becomes more attractive at the moment when stricter enforcement is announced, even if the implementation of the policy is in the distant future. We use our model to make sense of how international tax information exchange agreements affects voluntary disclosure of wealth and income previously hidden in tax havens. Our data is from Norway. In accordance with the dynamic amnesty model we observe a strong announcement effect of a tax information exchange agreement between Norway and Switzerland and Luxembourg, the two most important tax havens for Norwegian tax evaders. However, the effect levels off very quickly, much faster than our model predicts. We think this is because the initial announcement of the tax agreement exaggerated the risk the agreement imposed to those who had hidden taxable income and wealth in Switzerland. We also estimate and find significant effects of the press releases the Norwegian Tax Authority issues to inform taxpayers about new international tax agreements and the amnesty, or voluntary disclosure, option that exists in the Norwegian tax code.

• 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. Show summary

  In this paper we develop a model for tax amnesty applications in a multi-period setting. One key insight from the model is that applying for amnesty becomes more attractive at the moment when stricter enforcement is announced, even if the implementation of the policy is in the distant future. We use our model to make sense of how international tax information exchange agreements affects voluntary disclosure of wealth and income previously hidden in tax havens. Our data is from Norway. In accordance with the dynamic amnesty model we observe a strong announcement effect of a tax information exchange agreement between Norway and Switzerland and Luxembourg, the two most important tax havens for Norwegian tax evaders. However, the effect levels off very quickly, much faster than our model predicts. We think this is because the initial announcement of the tax agreement exaggerated the risk the agreement imposed to those who had hidden taxable income and wealth in Switzerland. We also estimate and find significant effects of the press releases the Norwegian Tax Authority issues to inform taxpayers about new international tax agreements and the amnesty, or voluntary disclosure, option that exists in the Norwegian tax code.

• Vikesund, Kristina & Torsvik, Gaute (2018). Lønnsadelen i Norge 1865 til 2014. Institutt for økonomi, UiB.
• Binyaruka, Peter John; Torsvik, Gaute & Robberstad, Bjarne (2018). Distributional effects of payment for performance in the health sector. Examining effects on structural quality, performance outcomes and service utilisation in Tanzania. Universitetet i Bergen. ISSN 978-82-308-3637-8.
• Aakvik, Arild; Johnsen, Julian Vedeler & Torsvik, Gaute (2018). Pregnancy, Parenthood and Productivity. Working Paper, Gruppe for trygdeøkonomi, Universitetet i Bergen. Show summary

  Parenthood is a key determinant of the gender gap in career outcomes. However, the exact mechanisms behind this relationship are only partially uncovered: While previous research shows that parenthood is associated with a decline in work hours of female employees, there is scarce evidence on the impact of parenthood on female worker productivity. Using detailed data on worker productivity for 400+ employees in the customer service center of an insurance company in Norway, we first document a gender gap in work hours, productivity and earnings. We then analyze the impact of pregnancy and parenthood on female worker productivity. Weekly work-hours falls sharply during pregnancy, and never recovers to its pre-pregnancy levels. However, when accounting for this drop in actual work-hours, there is no effect of pregnancy and parenthood on female worker productivity.

• 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. Working Paper, Gruppe for trygdeøkonomi, Universitetet i Bergen.
• Aakvik, Arild & Torsvik, Gaute (2015). Productivity Dynamics and Sickness Absence around Childbirth. Working paper, Gruppe for trygdeøkonomi, Universitetet i Bergen.
• Torsvik, Gaute (2014). Extended self certification of sickness absence. Cesifo. ISSN 1617-9595.
• Torsvik, Gaute & Vaage, Kjell (2014). Gatekeeping versus monitoring: Evidence From a Case With Extended Self-Reporting of Sickness Absence. Working Paper, Gruppe for trygdeøkonomi, Universitetet i Bergen.
• Molander, Anders & Torsvik, Gaute (2013). Getting People into work: What (if anything) can justify mandatory activation of welfare recipients? Working papers in economics 3/2013, Department of economics, University of 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. University of 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. UiB, Institutt for økonomi.
• Torsvik, Gaute (2004). The Political Economy of Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries: The Case of Tanzania. UiB, Institutt for økonomi.
• Schroyen, Fred & Torsvik, Gaute (2001). Sticks and carrots for the alleviation of long term poverty. Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole.
• Torsvik, Gaute (2001). Foreign economic aid; should donors cooperate? Institut for økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen.
• Flåm, Sjur Didrik & Torsvik, Gaute (2001). Avenues to equilibirum in one dimension. Universitetet i Bergen.

View all works in Cristin