Throughout the workshop, participants from both NFS and IFS presented their research, sparking lively discussions and providing valuable insights into tax and fiscal policy’s effects on labor markets, equity, and welfare. This productive exchange set the stage for potential collaborative projects, with the next workshop planned for Oslo.
Workshop Program
Day 1
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Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Richard Blundell (IFS), Monica Costa Dias (IFS), Andreas Kotsdam (NFS)
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Session 1
- Luisa Wallossek (NFS): "Marriage Earnings Gap"
- Sonia Bhalotra (IFS): “Workplace Sexual Harassment”
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Session 2
- Katinka Holtsmark (NFS): "Shock Therapy for Cleaner Growth: The Dynamics of Firms' R&D Investments"
- Peter Levell (IFS): "Distributional Effects of the European Energy Crisis"
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Session 3
- Kristoffer Berg (NFS): "Taxing Corporate or Shareholder Income"
- Kate Smith (IFS): "Business Incorporation and Self-Employment"
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Session 4
- Maxwell Kellogg (NFS): "Disability Insurance"
- Jonathan Cribb (IFS): "Why Does Raising the Early Retirement Age Affect Employment?"
Day 2
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Session 5
- Martin Eckhoff Andresen (NFS): "Meta-Analysis of the Elasticities of Taxable Income"
- David Sturrock (IFS): "House Price Booms and Intergenerational Mobility"
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Session 6
- Oddbjørn Raaum (NFS): "Audits in Trust-Based Systems"
- Jakob Brounstein (IFS): "Tax Noncompliance Penalty Rate in Norway"
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Session 7
- Ragnhild Camilla Schreiner (NFS): "Taxing Labor: Firm R&D, Automation and the Labor Share"
- Atilla Lindner (IFS): "Labor Market Tightness, Inequality, and Workplace Amenities"
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Session 8
- Gaute Torsvik (NFS): “Nordic Economic Equality; Facts, Myths and Lessons"
- Tom Waters (IFS): "Do Work Search Requirements Work?"
The IFS and NFS look forward to continuing this series and furthering collaborative research on public finance when they reconvene in Oslo.