Knut Røed

Research Fellow

Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research

knut.roed@frisch.uio.no

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Knut Røed is Senior Research Fellow at the Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research and Adjunct Professor at the ESOP Centre of Excellence, University of Oslo. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Oslo (1998). His research interests include labor supply, unemployment, absenteeism, disability, retirement behavior, and public policies aimed at promoting labor market participation.

Røed’s research has been published in Journal of Econometrics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Economic Journal, Journal of the European Economic Association, Oxford Bulletin of Economics & Statistics, European Economic Review, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Journal of Population Economics, Labour Economics, and other scientific journals.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in April 2007.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16851

School Starting Age and the Social Gradient in Educational Outcomes

Yuejun Zhao, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16798

Overeducation and Economic Mobility

Simen Markussen, Maria Nareklishvili, Knut Røed

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16260

Social Gradients in Employment during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic

Annette Alstadsæter, Bernt Bratsberg, Simen Markussen, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16256

The Impact of Pension Reform on Employment, Retirement and Disability Insurance Claims

Erik Hernaes, Simen Markussen, John Piggott, Knut Røed

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16223

The Rising Influence of Family Background on Early School Performance

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 97, article 102491

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13766

Does the Wealth Tax Kill Jobs?

Marie Bjørneby, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

revised version published as 'An Imperfect Wealth Tax and Employment in Closely Held Firms' in: Economica, 2023, 90 (358), 557-583.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12918

Pension Reform and the Efficiency-Equity Trade-Off: Impacts of Removing an Early Retirement Subsidy

Asbjørn Goul Andersen, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

published in: Labour Economics, 2021, 72, 102050

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12697

Excess Churn in Integrated Labor Markets

Bernt Bratsberg, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2021, 34, 865-892

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12669

Local Labor Demand and Participation in Social Insurance Programs

Asbjørn Goul Andersen, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 61, 101767

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12185

The Economics of Hypergamy

Ingvild Almås, Andreas Kotsadam, Espen R. Moen, Knut Røed

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2023, 58 (1), 260-281

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11904

Immigration and Social Mobility

Maria F. Hoen, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

published as 'Immigration and economic mobility' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2022, 35, 1589 -1630

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11753

Trends in Assortative Mating and Offspring Outcomes

Bernt Bratsberg, Simen Markussen, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed, Ole J. Røgeberg

revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2023, 133 (651), 928 - 950

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11719

Welfare Activation and Youth Crime

Bernt Bratsberg, Øystein Hernaes, Simen Markussen, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101 (4), 561-574

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11684

The Golden Middle Class Neighborhood: Trends in Residential Segregation and Consequences for Offspring Outcomes

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

revised version published as 'Are Richer Neighborhoods Always Better for the Kids?' in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2023, 23 (3), 629–651

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11482

Immigrant Responses to Social Insurance Generosity

Bernt Bratsberg, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed

published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 65, 101854

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10664

Egalitarianism under Pressure: Toward Lower Economic Mobility in the Knowledge Economy?

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

revised version published as 'Economic Mobility under Pressure' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18 (4), 1844–1885,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10513

Immigrant Labor Market Integration across Admission Classes

Bernt Bratsberg, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed

published in: Nordic Economic Policy Review, 2017, 7 , 17-54.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9984

Gendered Entrepreneurship Networks

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

revised version published as 'The Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship - The Role of Peer Effects' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 134, 356-373

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9825

The Market for Paid Sick Leave

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

revised version published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 55, 244-261

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9729

Job Loss and Immigrant Labor Market Performance

Bernt Bratsberg, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed

published in: Economica ,2018, 85, 124–151

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9645

Television, Cognitive Ability, and High School Completion

Øystein Hernaes, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

revised version published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2019, 54 (2), 371-400

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9644

Can Welfare Conditionality Combat High School Dropout?

Øystein Hernaes, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 48, 144-156.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9090

Can Compulsory Dialogues Nudge Sick-Listed Workers Back to Work?

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed, Ragnhild Camilla Schreiner

published in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128 (610), 1276-1303

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8812

Pension Reform and Labor Supply: Flexibility vs. Prescription

Erik Hernaes, Simen Markussen, John Piggott, Knut Røed

revised version published as 'Pension Reform and Labor Supply' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 142, 39–55

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8292

Immigrants, Labor Market Performance, and Social Insurance

Bernt Bratsberg, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed

published in: Economic Journal, 2014, 124 (580), F644-F683

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8291

Labour Migrant Adjustments in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis

Bernt Bratsberg, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed

published in: Tarmo Valkonen and Vesa Vihriälä (eds.): The Nordic model – challenged but capable of reform, TemaNord 2014:531

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8245

Leaving Poverty Behind? The Effects of Generous Income Support Paired with Activation

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2016, 8 (1), 180–211

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7913

Unemployment Insurance and Underemployment

Anna Godoy, Knut Røed

revised version published in: Labour, 2016, 30 (2), 158–179

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7892

The Impacts of Vocational Rehabilitation

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 31, 1-13.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7137

Getting Disabled Workers Back to Work: How Important Are Economic Incentives?

Elisabeth Fevang, Inés Hardoy, Knut Røed

revised version published as: 'Temporary disability and economic incentives' in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (603), 1410–1432.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7122

The Changing of the Guards: Can Physicians Contain Social Insurance Costs?

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed, Ole J. Røgeberg

revised version published as 'The Changing of the Guards: Can Family Doctors Contain Worker Absenteeism?' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32 (6), 1230–1239

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7121

Unemployment Insurance and Entrepreneurship

Knut Røed, Jens Fredrik Skogstrøm

revised version published in: Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 2014, 26 (4), 430-448

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6446

Social Insurance Networks

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

revised version published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2015, 50(4), 1081-1113

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6138

Educating Children of Immigrants: Closing the Gap in Norwegian Schools

Bernt Bratsberg, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed

published in: Nordic Economic Policy Review, 2012, 3 (1), 211-251.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5655

The Sick Pay Trap

Elisabeth Fevang, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 32 (2), 305-336

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5373

Creative Unemployment

Knut Røed, Jens Fredrik Skogstrøm

revised version published as 'Job loss and Entrepreneurship' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 76 (5), 727-744

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5343

The Case for Presenteeism

Simen Markussen, Arnstein Mykletun, Knut Røed

revised version published as 'The Case for Presenteeism - Evidence from Norway's Sickness Insurance Program' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96 (11-12), 959-972

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5091

The Rise in Absenteeism: Disentangling the Impacts of Cohort, Age and Time

Erik Biorn, Simen Gaure, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (4), 1585-1608

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4897

Disability in the Welfare State: An Unemployment Problem in Disguise?

Bernt Bratsberg, Elisabeth Fevang, Knut Røed

revised version published as 'Job Loss and Disability Insurance' in: Labour Economics, 2013, 24, 137–150

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4794

Estimation of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects on Hazard Rates

Simen Gaure, Knut Røed, Gerard J. van den Berg, Tao Zhang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4250

Entrepreneurship: Origins and Returns

Helge Berglann, Espen R. Moen, Knut Røed, Jens Fredrik Skogstrøm

published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (2), 180-193

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4240

The Anatomy of Absenteeism

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed, Ole J. Røgeberg, Simen Gaure

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30 (2), 277-292

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3802

The Impacts of Labor Market Policies on Job Search Behavior and Post-Unemployment Job Quality

Simen Gaure, Knut Røed, Lars Westlie

revised version published as 'Job search incentives and job match quality' in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19 (3), 438-450

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3717

Informal Care and Labor Supply

Elisabeth Fevang, Snorre Kverndokk, Knut Røed

substantially revised version published as 'Labor Supply in the Terminal Stages of Lone Parents’ Lives' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2012, 25 (4), 1399-1422

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3037

Marital Sorting, Household Labor Supply, and Intergenerational Earnings Mobility across Countries

Oddbjørn Raaum, Bernt Bratsberg, Knut Røed, Eva Österbacka, Tor Eriksson, Markus Jäntti, Robin Naylor

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy, 2007, 7 (2), Article 7

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2877

Unemployment Insurance in Welfare States: Soft Constraints and Mild Sanctions

Knut Røed, Lars Westlie

published as 'Unemployment Insurance in Welfare States: The Impacts of Soft Duration Constraints' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012, 10 (3), 518-554

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2872

When Minority Labor Migrants Meet the Welfare State

Bernt Bratsberg, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2010, 28 (3), 633-676

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1938

American Exceptionalism in a New Light: A Comparison of Intergenerational Earnings Mobility in the Nordic Countries, the United Kingdom and the United States

Markus Jäntti, Bernt Bratsberg, Knut Røed, Oddbjørn Raaum, Robin Naylor, Eva Österbacka, Anders Björklund, Tor Eriksson

IZA Policy Paper No. 109

The Nordic Welfare Model in an Open European Labor Market

Bernt Bratsberg, Knut Røed

published in: Nordic Economic Policy Review, 2016, 6 (2), 19-42

IZA Policy Paper No. 41