Kjell G. Salvanes

Research Fellow

Norwegian School of Economics

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Kjell G. Salvanes received his Ph.D. in economics from the Norwegian School of Economics in 1988. He is currently Research Professor in Economics at the Department of Economics at the Norwegian School of Economics, and is the Director of CELE (Center for Empirical Labor Economics), and and co-director of The Center of Excellence, FAIR. He is a joint Managing Editor of The Economic Journal since 2012.

His main area of interest is in labour economics, focusing on issues of education and family economics.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in August 2002.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16347
Gender-Biased Technological Change: Milking Machines and the Exodus of Women from Farming
Philipp Ager, Marc Goñi, Kjell G. Salvanes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16286
Natural Resources, Demand for Skills, and Schooling Choices
Aline Bütikofer, Antonio Dalla-Zuanna, Kjell G. Salvanes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16185
The Career Effects of Union Membership
Samuel Dodini, Kjell G. Salvanes, Alexander Willén, Li Zhu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15635
The Dynamics of Power in Labor Markets: Monopolistic Unions versus Monopsonistic Employers
Samuel Dodini, Kjell G. Salvanes, Alexander Willén
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15634
The Effect of Labor Market Shocks across the Life Cycle
Kjell G. Salvanes, Barton Willage, Alexander Willén
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2024, 42 (1), 121–160
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15630
The Timing of Parental Job Displacement, Child Development and Family Adjustment
Pedro Carneiro, Kjell G. Salvanes, Barton Willage, Alexander Willén
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15560
First Generation Elite: The Role of School Networks
Sarah Cattan, Kjell G. Salvanes, Emma Tominey
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15034
The (Un)Importance of Inheritance
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Fanny Landaud, Kjell G. Salvanes
published online in: Journal of the European Economic Association, jvae056, 23 December 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14745
Inequality in Mortality between Black and White Americans by Age, Place, and Cause, and in Comparison to Europe, 1990-2018
Hannes Schwandt, Janet Currie, Marlies Bär, James Banks, Paola Bertoli, Aline Bütikofer, Sarah Cattan, Beatrice Zong-Ying Chao, Claudia Costa, Libertad González, Veronica Grembi, Kristiina Huttunen, René Karadakic, Lucy Kraftman, Sonya Krutikova, Stefano Lombardi, Peter Redler, Ana Rodríguez-González, Kjell G. Salvanes, Paula Santana, Josselin Thuilliez, Eddy van Doorslaer, Tom Van Ourti, Joachim Winter, Bram Wouterse, Amelie Wuppermann
published in: PNAS, 2021, 118 (40), e210468411
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14617
The Making of Social Democracy: The Economic and Electoral Consequences of Norway's 1936 Folk School Reform
Daron Acemoglu, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Kjell G. Salvanes, Matti Sarvimäki
published online in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 24 June 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13781
Grandparents, Moms, or Dads? Why Children of Teen Mothers Do Worse in Life
Anna Aizer, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57 (6), 2012-2047;
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13596
Competition and Career Advancement: The Hidden Costs of Paid Leave
Julian V. Johnsen, Hyejin Ku, Kjell G. Salvanes
latest version published online as 'Competition and Career Advancement' in: Review of Economic Studies, 13 October 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13592
A Second Chance? Labor Market Returns to Adult Education Using School Reforms
Patrick Bennett, Richard Blundell, Kjell G. Salvanes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13079
Mothers Working during Preschool Years and Child Skills. Does Income Compensate?
Cheti Nicoletti, Kjell G. Salvanes, Emma Tominey
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2023, 41 (2), 389–429
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11709
Disease Control and Inequality Reduction: Evidence from a Tuberculosis Testing and Vaccination Campaign
Aline Bütikofer, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2020, 87 (5), 2087–2125
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11661
The Supply of Skill and Endogenous Technical Change: Evidence from a College Expansion Reform
Pedro Carneiro, Kai Liu, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023, 21 (1), 48–92
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9927
The Family Peer Effect on Mothers' Labour Supply
Cheti Nicoletti, Kjell G. Salvanes, Emma Tominey
published in: American Economics Journal: Applied Economics; 2018, 10 (3), 206 - 234
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9752
The Evolution of Social Mobility: Norway over the 20th Century
Tuomas Pekkarinen, Kjell G. Salvanes, Matti Sarvimäki
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2017, 119(1): 5–33
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9546
Long-Term Consequences of Access to Well-Child Visits
Aline Bütikofer, Katrine Vellesen Loken, Kjell G. Salvanes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9479
Intergenerational Mobility and the Timing of Parental Income
Pedro Carneiro, Italo Lopez Garcia, Kjell G. Salvanes, Emma Tominey
published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 129 (3), 757 - 788
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