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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9474
Education Research and Administrative Data
David N. Figlio, Krzysztof Karbownik, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume 5, 2016, 75–138
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9172
Healthy(?), Wealthy, and Wise: Birth Order and Adult Health
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2016, 23, 27 - 45
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8780
Job Loss and Regional Mobility
Kristiina Huttunen, Jarle Moen, Kjell G. Salvanes
revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2018, 36 (2), 479 - 509
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8324
Made in China, Sold in Norway: Local Labor Market Effects of an Import Shock
Ragnhild Balsvik, Sissel Jensen, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 127, 137-144
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8316
Life Cycle Earnings, Education Premiums and Internal Rates of Return
Manudeep Bhuller, Magne Mogstad, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 35 (4), 993-1030.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8043
Does Grief Transfer across Generations? In-Utero Deaths and Child Outcomes
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
revised version published as 'Does Grief Transfer across Generations? Bereavements during Pregnancy and Child Outcomes' in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2016, 8 (1), 193 - 223
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7117
Losing Heart? The Effect of Job Displacement on Health
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2015, 68(4), 833-861
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6820
Good Skills in Bad Times: Cyclical Skill Mismatch and the Long-Term Effects of Graduating in a Recession
Kai Liu, Kjell G. Salvanes, Erik Ø. Sørensen
published in: European Economic Review, 2016, 84, 3-17.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6541
Care or Cash? The Effect of Child Care Subsidies on Student Performance
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Katrine Vellesen Loken, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96 (5), 824-837
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5793
A Flying Start? Maternity Leave Benefits and Long Run Outcomes of Children
Pedro Carneiro, Katrine Vellesen Loken, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2015, 123(2), 365-412
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5788
Life-Cycle Bias and the Returns to Schooling in Current and Lifetime Earnings
Manudeep Bhuller, Magne Mogstad, Kjell G. Salvanes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5369
Why Children of College Graduates Outperform their Schoolmates: A Study of Cousins and Adoptees
Torbjørn Haegeland, Lars Kirkeboen, Oddbjørn Raaum, Kjell G. Salvanes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5362
A Flying Start? Long Term Consequences of Maternal Time Investments in Children During Their First Year of Life
Pedro Carneiro, Katrine Vellesen Loken, Kjell G. Salvanes
substantially revised and extended version available as IZA DP No. 5793
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5002
Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies
Anders Björklund, Kjell G. Salvanes
revised version published in: E.A. Hanushek, S. Machin, and L. Woessmann (eds.), Handbook in Economics of Education, Vol. 3, North Holland: 2010, pp. 201-247
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4946
Under Pressure? The Effect of Peers on Outcomes of Young Adults
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 31 (1) 2013, 119-153
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4719
Valuing School Quality via a School Choice Reform
Stephen Machin, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2016, 118, 3-24
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4130
Wages and Seniority When Coworkers Matter: Estimating a Joint Production Economy Using Norwegian Administrative Data
Christopher Ferrall, Kjell G. Salvanes, Erik Ø. Sørensen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3845
Education and Mobility
Stephen Machin, Panu Pelkonen, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 10 (2), 417-50.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3651
Like Father, Like Son? A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of IQ Scores
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Economics Letters, 2009, 105 (1), 138-140
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3561
Pennies from Heaven? Using Exogeneous Tax Variation to Identify Effects of School Resources on Pupil Achievements
Torbjørn Haegeland, Oddbjørn Raaum, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2012, 31 (5), 601-614
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3452
Too Young to Leave the Nest? The Effects of School Starting Age
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93 (2), 455-467.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3011
Small Family, Smart Family? Family Size and the IQ Scores of Young Men
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45 (1), 33-58
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3007
Older and Wiser? Birth Order and IQ of Young Men
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2011, 57 (1), 103-120
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2316
How Destructive Is Creative Destruction? The Costs of Worker Displacement
Kristiina Huttunen, Jarle Moen, Kjell G. Salvanes
published as 'How Destructive is Creative Destruction? Effects of Job Loss on Job Mobility, Withdrawal and Income' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 9 (5), 840 - 870
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1864
From the Cradle to the Labor Market? The Effect of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122 (1), 409-439
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1459
Pupil Achievement, School Resources and Family Background
Torbjørn Haegeland, Oddbjørn Raaum, Kjell G. Salvanes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1416
Fast Times at Ridgemont High? The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published as 'Staying in the Classroom and out of the maternity ward? The effect of compulsory schooling laws on teenage births' in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (530), 1025–1054
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1269
The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Composition on Children's Education
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 120 (2), 669-700
IZA Discussion Paper No. 953
The Impact of a Primary School Reform on Educational Stratification: A Norwegian Study of Neighbour and School Mate Correlations
Oddbjørn Raaum, Kjell G. Salvanes, Erik Ø. Sørensen
published in: Swedish Economic Policy Review, 2003, 10 (2), 143-170
IZA Discussion Paper No. 952
The Neighbourhood Is Not What It Used to Be
Oddbjørn Raaum, Kjell G. Salvanes, Erik Ø. Sørensen
published in: Economic Journal, 2006, 116 (508), 200-222
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