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Kjetil Storesletten

Adjunct Professor

Academic Interests

Quantitative macro, political economy, labor economics, risk sharing, asset pricing, immigration.

Background

  • Professor at Department of Economics, University of Oslo 2012-
  • Visiting Professor at IEW (University of Zurich), 2009-
  • Professor at Department of Economics, University of Oslo 2003-2009
  • Institute for International Economic Studies (Stockholm University), 1995-2003
  • Ph.D. (Economics), GSIA/Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, 1991-1995
  • Siviløkonom, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Norway, 1987-1991
  • Mathematics studies (one year), Agder University College, Norway, 1986-1987

Appointments

  • Editor of the Scandinavian Journal of Economics 2012-
  • Director and board member of the Review of Economic Studies 2003-
  • Monetary Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, 2009-2012
  • Managing Editor of the Review of Economic Studies, 2006-2010
  • Research Fellow at Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
  • Member of Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters
  • Op-ed columnist in Dagens Næringsliv, 2012-
  • Op-ed columnist in Aftenposten,2005-2012

Awards

  • Sun Yefang Award 2012, with Fabrizio Zilibotti and Zheng Song, for the article "Growing Like China" published in the American Economic Review 2011
  • Advanced Grant from the European Research Council, 2013-2017, .The Macroeconomics of Inequality, Development and the Welfare State.(  €2.1 million, 2013-2017)
  • Co-applicant for Center of Excellence at Department of Economics at University of Oslo, awarded by the Norwegian Science Foundation (50 million NOK, 2007-2011)
  • Awarded Outstanding Young Investigator grant ("Yngre, fremragende forskere") by the Norwegian Science Foundation (7 million NOK), 2005-2009
  • Carl Mannerfeldt Fund Grant, January 1996 .December 2002
  • Doctoral fellowships from Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, William Larimer Mellon Foundation, and the North European Management Institute, 1991-1995
Tags: Economics, Money Credit and Finance, Growth and Development, Income Employment and Welfare, Economic Policy, China

Publications

 

  • Rotten Parents and Disciplined Children: A Politico-Economic Theory of Public Expenditure and Debt, forthcoming in Econometrica, with Song and Zilibotti.
  • Growing Like China, American Economic Review, 2011, vol. 101(1), pp. 196-233, with Song and Zilibotti.
  • The Macroeconomic Implications of Rising Wage Inequality in the United States Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 118(4), August 2010, 681-722, with Heathcote and Violante.
  • Insurance and Opportunities: A Welfare Analysis of Labor Market Risk, Journal of Monetary Economics, vol. 55 (3), 2008, pp.501-525, with Heathcote and Violante
  • Asset pricing with idiosyncratic risk and overlapping generations, Review of Economic Dynamics, 2007, vol. 10 (4), pp. 519-548, with Telmer and Yaron.
  • Cyclical Dynamics in Idiosyncratic Labor-Market Risk, Journal of Political Economy, 2004, vol. 112 (3), pp. 695-717, with Telmer and Yaron.
  • Consumption and Risk Sharing over the Life Cycle, Journal of Monetary Economics, 2004, vol. 51, pp. 609-633, with Telmer and Yaron.
  • The Survival of the Welfare State, American Economic Review, March 2003, vol. 93 (1), pp. 87-112, with Hassler, Rodriguez-Mora and Zilibotti.
  • Sustaining Fiscal Policy Through Immigration, Journal of Political Economy, 2000, vol. 108 (2), pp. 300-23.
  • Boar, Corina; Knowles, Matthew; Storesletten, Kjetil & Wang, Yicheng (2026). Quantifying the Macroeconomic Impact of Credit Expansions. International Economic Review. ISSN 0020-6598. 66(5), p. 1928–1928. doi: 10.1111/iere.70024. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; Zhao, Bo & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2026). Business Cycle During Structural Change: Arthur Lewis’ Theory from a Neoclassical Perspective. The Economic Journal. ISSN 0013-0133. doi: 10.1093/ej/ueag008. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bai, Yan; Ríos-rull, José-víctor & Storesletten, Kjetil (2025). Demand Shocks as Productivity Shocks. Review of Economic Studies. ISSN 0034-6527. p. 1–35. doi: 10.1093/restud/rdaf045. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brandt, Loren; Kambourov, Gueorgui & Storesletten, Kjetil (2025). Barriers to Entry and Regional Economic Growth in China. Review of Economic Studies. ISSN 0034-6527. 93, p. 286–326. doi: 10.1093/restud/rdaf029. Full text in Research Archive
  • Halvorsen, Elin; Holter, Hans Åsnes; Ozkan, Serdar & Storesletten, Kjetil (2023). Dissecting Idiosyncratic Earnings Risk. Journal of the European Economic Association. ISSN 1542-4766. 22(2), p. 617–668. doi: 10.1093/jeea/jvad047. Full text in Research Archive
  • König, Michael; Storesletten, Kjetil; Song, Zheng & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2022). From Imitation to Innovation: Where Is All That Chinese R&D Going? Econometrica. ISSN 0012-9682. 90(4), p. 1654–1654. doi: 10.3982/ecta18586. Full text in Research Archive
  • Halvorsen, Elin; Holter, Hans Åsnes; Ozkan, Serdar & Storesletten, Kjetil (2022). Dissecting Idiosyncratic Earnings Risk. Social Science Research Network (SSRN). Full text in Research Archive
  • Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil & Violante, Giovanni L. (2020). Optimal Progressivity with Age-Dependent Taxation. Journal of Public Economics. ISSN 0047-2727. 189. doi: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.104074. Full text in Research Archive
  • Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil & Violante, Giovanni L. (2020). How Should Tax Progressivity Respond to Rising Income Inequality? Journal of the European Economic Association. ISSN 1542-4766. 18(6), p. 2715–2754. doi: 10.1093/jeea/jvaa050. Full text in Research Archive
  • Nyborg, Karine; Harstad, Bård Gjul; Holden, Steinar; Nilssen, Tore & Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Plan S and the Economics of Scientific Journal Publishing. Journal of Peer Production. ISSN 2213-5316. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; Zilibotti, Fabrizio & Müller, Andreas (2019). Sovereign Debt and Structural Reforms. The American Economic Review. ISSN 0002-8282. 109(12), p. 4220–4259. doi: 10.1257/aer.20161457. Full text in Research Archive
  • Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil & Violante, Giovanni l. (2017). The Macroeconomics of the Quiet Revolution : Understanding the implications of the rise in women's participation for economic growth and inequality. Research in Economics. ISSN 1090-9443. 71(3), p. 521–539. doi: 10.1016/j.rie.2017.03.002. Full text in Research Archive
  • Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil & Violante, Giovanni l. (2017). Optimal Tax Progressivity: An Analytical Framework. Quarterly Journal of Economics. ISSN 0033-5533. 132(4), p. 1693–1754. doi: 10.1093/qje/qjx018. Full text in Research Archive
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). The political color of fiscal responsibility. Journal of the European Economic Association. ISSN 1542-4766. 14(1), p. 252–302. doi: 10.1111/jeea.12154. Full text in Research Archive
  • Song, Zheng; Storesletten, Kjetil; Wang, Yikai & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). Sharing High Growth Across Generations: Pensions and Demographic Transition in China. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics. ISSN 1945-7707. 7(2), p. 1–39. doi: 10.1257/mac.20130322. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Holm, Martin B. & Storesletten, Kjetil (2026). Vil høyere rente egentlig gi lavere inflasjon? Full text in Research Archive
  • Holm, Martin B.; Natvik, Gisle James; Kinnerud, Karin & Storesletten, Kjetil (2024). På høy tid å justere avdragskravet. Full text in Research Archive
  • Harding, Torfinn; Mogstad, Magne; Storesletten, Kjetil & Torsvik, Gaute (2022). Trenger vi en eiertrygd? Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2020). Held rapporten som kritiserar regjeringa sin skattepolitikk mål? [Radio]. NRK P2. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil & Harding, Torfinn (2020). River på første forsøk om formuesskatten. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil & Harding, Torfinn (2020). Innlegg fra økonomiprofessorer: Ingen grunn til å tro på studien om formuesskatt. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil & Harding, Torfinn (2020). Vår kritikk av studien av formuesskatt er redelig. Full text in Research Archive
  • Henriksen, Espen & Storesletten, Kjetil (2020). Selge? Eller kjøpe? Investeringsråd i tider med koronavirus og oljepriskollaps. Full text in Research Archive
  • Harding, Torfinn; Mogstad, Magne; Moxnes, Andreas & Storesletten, Kjetil (2020). Feil å "gjøre alt som trengs" - må finne ut "hva som trengs". Full text in Research Archive
  • Juel, Steinar & Storesletten, Kjetil (2020). Nicolai Tangen er rett person. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2020). Paneldebatt: «Kva slags konsekvensar gir ein grunnrenteskatt? Kvifor/kvifor ikkje 40%? Kva alternativ finst?». [TV]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive
  • Juel, Steinar & Storesletten, Kjetil (2020). Kan en rik person bli sjef for Oljefondet? Full text in Research Archive
  • Juel, Steinar & Storesletten, Kjetil (2020). Nicolai Tangen er rett person for Oljefondet. Full text in Research Archive
  • Halvorsen, Elin; Holter, Hans; Ozkan, Serdar & Storesletten, Kjetil (2020). Dissecting Idiosyncratic Earnings Risk. Centre for Economic Policy Research. Discussion papers. ISSN 0265-8003. Full text in Research Archive
  • Asheim, Geir Bjarne; Christiansen, Vidar; Hoel, Michael; Lund, Diderik; Mehlum, Halvor & Nyborg, Karine [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2020). Subsidier til oljenæringen gir ikke omstilling. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Business Cycle during Structural Change: Arthur Lewis' Theory from a Neoclassical Perspective. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Business Cycle during Structural Change: Arthur Lewis' Theory from a Neoclassical Perspective. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Business Cycle during Structural Change: Arthur Lewis' Theory from a Neoclassical Perspective. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Dissecting idiosyncratic labor-income risk. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Business Cycle during Structural Change: Arthur Lewis' Theory from a Neoclassical Perspective. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Business Cycle during Structural Change: Arthur Lewis' Theory from a Neoclassical Perspective. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Business Cycle during Structural Change: Arthur Lewis' Theory from a Neoclassical Perspective. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Business Cycle during Structural Change: Arthur Lewis' Theory from a Neoclassical Perspective. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Business Cycle during Structural Change: Arthur Lewis' Theory from a Neoclassical Perspective. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Business Cycle during Structural Change: Arthur Lewis' Theory from a Neoclassical Perspective. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Business Cycle during Structural Change: Arthur Lewis' Theory from a Neoclassical Perspective. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Business Cycle during Structural Change: Arthur Lewis' Theory from a Neoclassical Perspective. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Optimal Progressivity with Age-Dependent Taxation. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Business Cycle during Structural Change: Arthur Lewis' Theory from a Neoclassical Perspective. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Business Cycle during Structural Change: Arthur Lewis' Theory from a Neoclassical Perspective. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Business Cycle during Structural Change: Arthur Lewis' Theory from a Neoclassical Perspective. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Business Cycle during Structural Change: Arthur Lewis' Theory from a Neoclassical Perspective. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Business Cycle during Structural Change: Arthur Lewis' Theory from a Neoclassical Perspective. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). How should tax progressivity respond to rising inequality? Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Dissecting idiosyncratic labor-income risk. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). Business Cycle during Structural Change: Arthur Lewis' Theory from a Neoclassical Perspective. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2019). How should tax progressivity respond to rising inequality? Full text in Research Archive
  • Nyborg, Karine; Nilssen, Tore; Holden, Steinar; Storesletten, Kjetil & Harstad, Bård Gjul (2019). Åpen tilgang fjerner ikke forlagenes makt. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thoresen, Thor Olav; Ognedal, Tone; Storesletten, Kjetil & Raaum, Oddbjørn (2019). Uformelle diskusjoner om skatt. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; Holter, Hans; Halvorsen, Elin & Ozkan, Serdar (2018). Dissecting Idiosyncratic Income Risk. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2018). How progressive should taxes be? Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2017). Urettferdig at SSB-sjefen må gå, mener professor. [Internet]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2017). Mener Frps antydninger om SSB har konspiratorisk islett. [Journal]. Minerva. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2017). Slakter Sivs skattestunt. [Journal]. Klassekampen. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2017). Urettferdig at SSB-sjefen må gå. [Radio]. P4. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2017). Nyttig å regne på innvandring. [Journal]. Dagsavisen. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2017). SSB-forskere støttet Meyer. [Internet]. VG Nett. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; Brandt, Loren & Kambourov, Gueorgui (2017). Firm Entry and Regional Growth Disparities: the Effect of SOEs in China. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2017). Professor slakter LO og NHOs involvering i SSB-saken. [Internet]. VG Nett. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2017). Hva har vært det viktigste for å unngå en enda større ledighetskrise etter oljeprisfallet? [Journal]. Klassekampen. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2017). Kilder til VG: Siv Jensens toppbyråkrat ville endre SSB. [Internet]. VG Nett. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2017). The Distributions of Income and Consumption Risk: Evidence from Norwegian Registry Data. Full text in Research Archive
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2017). Sovereign Debt and Structural Reforms. Full text in Research Archive
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). Sovereign Debt and Structural Reforms. Full text in Research Archive
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). Sovereign debt and structural reforms. Full text in Research Archive
  • Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil & Violante, Giovanni l. (2016). Optimal Tax Progressivity: An Analytical Framework. Full text in Research Archive
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). Sovereign debt and structural reforms. Full text in Research Archive
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). Sovereign debt and structural reforms. Full text in Research Archive
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). Sovereign debt and structural reforms. Full text in Research Archive
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). Sovereign debt and structural reforms. Full text in Research Archive
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). Sovereign debt and structural reforms. Full text in Research Archive
  • Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil & Violante, Giovanni l. (2016). Optimal Tax Progressivity: An Analytical Framework. Full text in Research Archive
  • Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil & Violante, Gianluca (2016). Optimal Progressivity with Age-Dependent Taxation. Full text in Research Archive
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). Sovereign debt and structural reforms. Full text in Research Archive
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). Sovereign debt and structural reforms. Full text in Research Archive
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). Sovereign debt and structural reforms. Full text in Research Archive
  • Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil & Violante, Giovanni l. (2016). Optimal Tax Progressivity: An Analytical Framework. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brandt, Loren; Kambourov, Gueorgui & Storesletten, Kjetil (2016). Firm Entry and Regional Growth Disparities: the Effect of SOEs in China. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brandt, Loren; Kambourov, Gueorgui & Storesletten, Kjetil (2016). Firm Entry and Regional Growth Disparities: the Effect of SOEs in China. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brandt, Loren; Kambourov, Gueorgui & Storesletten, Kjetil (2016). Firm Entry and Regional Growth Disparities: the Effect of SOEs in China. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brandt, Loren; Kambourov, Gueorgui & Storesletten, Kjetil (2016). Firm Entry and Regional Growth Disparities: the Effect of SOEs in China. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brandt, Loren; Kambourov, Gueorgui & Storesletten, Kjetil (2016). Firm Entry and Regional Growth Disparities: the Effect of SOEs in China. Full text in Research Archive
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). Sovereign Debt and Structural Reforms. Full text in Research Archive
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). The Political Color of Fiscal Responsibility. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; Brandt, Loren & Kambourov, Gueorgui (2015). Firm Entry and Regional Growth Disparities: the Effect of SOEs in China. Full text in Research Archive
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). The Political Color of Fiscal Responsibility. Full text in Research Archive
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). Sovereign Debt, Risk Sharing, and Austerity Programs. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; Brandt, Loren & Kambourov, Gueorgui (2015). Firm Entry and Regional Growth Disparities: the Effect of SOEs in China. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2015). "Ekko" om vekst og innovasjon. [Radio]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2015). "Dagsnytt 18" om skattesystemet. [Radio]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2015). Omstilling etter Oljekrisen. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2015). Kinas Vekst. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2015). Heterogeneity in Macroeconomics. Full text in Research Archive
  • Song, Zheng; Storesletten, Kjetil; Wang, Yikai & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). Sharing High Growth Across Generations: Pensions and Demographic Transition in China. Full text in Research Archive
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2015). Kinas Vekst. Full text in Research Archive

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