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Arild Aakvik

Professor
Department of Economics
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    Fosswinckels gate 14
    5007 Bergen
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    Postboks 7802
    5020 Bergen

To download published articles see: HomepageSelected publications:

12 of the publications are UHR level 2:

  • 22. "Does Free Public Health Care Increase Utilization and Reduce Spending? Heterogeneity and Long-Term Effects." World Development, 101, 2018, pp. 334-350. With Peter Hangoma (first author) and Bjarne Robberstad. (UHR level 2 - Development Studies).
  • 21. "Productivity dynamics, performance feedback and group incentives in a sales organization." Labour Economics, 46, pp. 110–117, 2017. With Frank Hansen and Gaute Torsvik. (UHR Level 2 - Economics). DOI information: 10.1016/j.labeco.2016.12.003
  • 20. "Health Shocks and Household Welfare in Zambia: An Assessment of Changing Risk." Journal of International Development, 30 (5), 790-817, 2017. With Peter Hangoma (first author) and Bjarne Robberstad. (UHR level 1 - Development Studies).
  • 19. "Explaining changes in child health inequality in the run up to the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): The case of Zambia." PLOS ONE. February 2017. With Peter Hangoma (first author) and Bjarne Robberstad. (UHR level 1 - Mathematics and Natural Sciences).
  • 18. "Prioritization and the Elusive Effect on Welfare – A Norwegian Health Care Reform Revisited," Social Science and Medicine, 128, pp. 290–300, March 2015. With Tor Helge Holmås and Egil Kjerstad. (UHR Level 2 - Health Science).
  • 17. "Intergenerational Earnings Mobility Revisited: Estimates Based on Lifetime Earnings." Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 114(1), pp 1-23, 2012. With Øivind Anti Nilsen, Kjell Vaage, and Karl Åge Jacobsen. (UHR Level 2 - Economics).
  • 16. "Do Collective Actions Clear Common Air? The Effect of International Environmental Protocols on Sulphur Emissions." European Journal of Political Economy, 27, pp 343-351, 2011. With Sigve Tjøtta. (UHR Level 1 - Economics).
  • 15. "Overworked? The relationship between workload and health worker performance in rural Tanzania." Journal of Health Economics, 29, pp 686-698, 2010. With Ottar Mæstad and Gaute Torsvik. (UHR Level 2 - Health Science).
  • 14. "Measuring heterogeneity in the returns to education using an education reform." European Economic Review, 54, pp 483-500, 2010. With Kjell Gunnar Salvanes and Kjell Vaage. (UHR Level 2 - Economics).
  • 13. "Does variation in general practitioner (GP) practice matter for the length of sick leave? A multilevel analysis based on Norwegian GP--patient data." Social Science and Medicine, 70, pp 1590-1598, 2010. With Tor Helge Holmås and M. Kamrul Islam. (UHR Level 2 - Health Science).
  • 12. "Variation in practice: A questionnaire survey of how congruence in attitudes between doctors and patients influence referral decisions." Medical Decision Making, 28, pp. 262-268, 2008. With Benedicte Carlsen and Ole Frithjof Norheim. (UHR Level 1 - Health Science).
  • 11. "Access to Primary Health Care and Health Outcomes: The Relationships between GP Characteristics and Mortality Rates." Journal of Health Economics, 25, 1139-1153, 2006. With Tor Helge Holmås. (UHR Level 2 - Health Science).
  • 10. "Patient involvement in clinical decision-making: The effect of GP attitude on patient satisfaction." Health Expectations, 9, pp. 148-157, 2006. With Benedicte Carlsen. (UHR Level 1 - Health Science).
  • 9. "Transitions to employment from labour market enterprises in Norway." International Journal of Social Welfare, 15: 121-130, 2006. With Svenn-Åge Dahl. (UHR Level 2 - Health and Social Science).
  • 8. "Late careers and career exits in Norway." In H.-P. Blossfeld, S. Buchholz and D. Hofäcker (eds): Globalization, Uncertainty and Late Careers in Society. London: Routledge, 235-254, 2006. With Kjell Vaage and Svenn-Åge Dahl.
  • 7. "Educational Attainment and Family Background." German Economic Review, 6(3), pp. 377-394, 2005. With Kjell G. Salvanes and Kjell Vaage. (UHR Level 1 - Economics).r />
  • 6. "Estimating treatment effects for discrete outcomes when responses to treatment vary: an application to Norwegian vocational rehabilitation programs." Journal of Econometrics, 125(1-2), pp. 15-51, 2005. With JJ Heckman and EJ Vytlacil. (UHR Level 2 - Economics).
  • 5. "Estimating the employment effects of education for disabled workers in Norway." Empirical Economics 28(3), pp. 515-533, 2003. (UHR Level 1 - Economics). Reprinted in (ed.) Badi Baltagi, Panel Data, Theory and Applications, Physica-Verlag, A Springer-Verlag Company, 2004.
  • 4. "A low-key social insurance reform - effects of multidisciplinary outpatient treatment for back pain patients in Norway." Journal of Health Economics, 22(5), pp. 747-762, 2003. With TH Holmås and E Kjerstad. (UHR Level 2 - Health Science).
  • 3. "Skill formation among vocational rehabilitation clients - public policy versus private incentives." Education Economics, 11(3), pp. 219-237, 2003. With Egil Kjerstad. (UHR Level 1 - Education).
  • 2. "Bounding a matching estimator: the case of a Norwegian training program." Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 63(1), pp. 115-143, 2001. (UHR Level 2 - Economics). Becker and Caliendo (2007) has written a Stata program for this estimator.
  • 1. "Three training parameters within a semiparametric factor model." Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 52 (Conference Journal), pp. 461-464, 1999. With JJ Heckman and EJ Vytlacil.
Academic article
  • Show author(s) (2020). Sysselsettingseffekter av pensjonsreformen - avhenger de av helsetilstand. Søkelys på arbeidslivet. 4-19.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Productivity dynamics, performance feedback and group incentives in a sales organization. Labour Economics. 110-117.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Health Shocks and Household Welfare in Zambia: An Assessment of Changing Risk. Journal of International Development. 790-817.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Explaining changes in child health inequality in the run up to the 2015 millennium development goals (MDGs): The case of Zambia. PLOS ONE. 1-21.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Does Free Public Health Care Increase Utilization and Reduce Spending? Heterogeneity and Long-Term Effects. World Development. 334-350.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Prioritization and the elusive effect on welfare - A Norwegian health care reform revisited. Social Science and Medicine. 290-300.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Intergenerational earnings mobility revisited: estimates based on lifetime earnings. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 1-23.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Do collective actions clear common air? The effect of international environmental protocols on sulphur emissions. European Journal of Political Economy. 343-351.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Overworked? On the relationship between workload and health worker performance. Journal of Health Economics. 686-698.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Measuring heterogeneity in the returns to education using an education reform. European Economic Review. 483-500.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Does variation in general practitioner (GP) practice matter for the length of sick leave? A multilevel analysis based on Norwegian GP-patient data. Social Science and Medicine. 1590-1598.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Variation in practice: A questionnaire survey of how congruence in attitudes between doctors and patients influences referral decisions. Medical decision making. 262-268.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Transitions to employment from labour market enterprises in Norway. International Journal of Social Welfare. 121-130.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Patient involvement in clinical decision making: the effect of GP attitude on patient satisfaction. Health Expectations.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Access to Primary Health Care and Health Outcomes: The Relationships between GP Characteristics and Mortality Rates. Journal of Health Economics. 1139-1153.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Estimating treatment effects for discrete outcomes when responses to treatment vary: an application to Norwegian vocational rehabilitation programs. Journal of Econometrics. 15-51.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Educational Attainment and Family Budget Constraints. The German Economic Review. 377-394.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Educational Attainment and Family Background. The German Economic Review. 377-394.
  • Show author(s) (2004). [Anmeldelse] Peder Martin Lysestøl og Eilef A. Meland. Velferdsstatens økonomi. Sosiologisk Tidsskrift. 103-108.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Skill formation among vocational rehabilitation clients - public policy vs private incentives. Education Economics. 219-237.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Estimating the employment effects of education for disabled workers in Norway. Empirical Economics. 515-533.
  • Show author(s) (2003). A low-key social insurance reform - effects of multidisciplinary outpatient treatment for back pain patients in Norway. Journal of Health Economics. 747-762.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Bounding a matching estimator: the case of a Norwegian training program. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 115-143.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Overgangen fra attføring til arbeid. Sosialøkonomen. 16-18.
Report
  • Show author(s) (2019). Sysselsettingseffekter av pensjonsreformen – avhenger de av helsetilstand? .
  • Show author(s) (2018). Pregnancy, Parenthood and Productivity. .
  • Show author(s) (2018). Health, life expectancy and pension reform. .
  • Show author(s) (2017). The Effect of Retirement on Health Outcomes. .
  • Show author(s) (2017). Spousal responses to health shocks - effects on labour supply and social insurance. .
  • Show author(s) (2016). Spousal responses to health shocks. .
  • Show author(s) (2015). Productivity Dynamics and Sickness Absence around Childbirth. .
  • Show author(s) (2014). Prioritization and the Elusive Effect on Welfare - A Norwegian Health Care Reform Revisited. .
  • Show author(s) (2014). Evaluating a National Labour and Welfare Administration Reform (NAV). .
  • Show author(s) (2008). Sources of measurement errors in earnings data: new estimates of intergenerational elasticities. .
  • Show author(s) (2008). Sources of measurement errors in earnings data: New estimates of intergenerational elasticities. .
  • Show author(s) (2008). Does variation in GP practice matter for the length of sickness absenteeism? A multilevel analysis based on Norwegian GP--patient data. .
  • Show author(s) (2008). Does variation in GP practice matter for the length of sickness absenteeism? A multilevel analysis based on Norwegian GP--patient data. .
  • Show author(s) (2007). Kunnskapsoversikt om insentiv- og fordelingsvirkninger av trygdeordninger for midlertidig inntektssikring ved sykdom, rehabilitering, attføring og uførhet. .
  • Show author(s) (2005). Educational attainment and family background. 10. 10. .
  • Show author(s) (2004). Late careers and career exits in Norway. .
  • Show author(s) (2003). Measuring heterogeneity in the returns to education in Norway using educational reforms. 815. 815. .
  • Show author(s) (2003). Measuring heterogeneity in the returns to education in Norway using educational reforms. 08/03. 08/03. .
  • Show author(s) (2003). Measuring heterogeneity in the returns to education in Norway using educational reforms. 4088. 4088. .
  • Show author(s) (2002). Measuring the heterogeneity in the returns to education using different educational reforms. 26. 26. .
  • Show author(s) (2002). Measuring the heterogeneity in the returns to education using different educational reforms. 26. 26. .
  • Show author(s) (2001). Økonomisk evaluering av legemidler - en nytte- kostnadsanalyse av Visudyne-terapi. .
  • Show author(s) (2001). Endringer i regler for uføre- og alderspensjonister - hvordan påvirkes arbeidstilbudet for disse gruppene. R19/01. R19/01. .
  • Show author(s) (1999). Training effects on employment when the training effects are heterogenous: An application to Norwegian vocational rehabilitation programs. 0599. 0599. .
  • Show author(s) (1999). Estimating the employment effects of education for disabled workers in Norway. 0399. 0399. .
  • Show author(s) (1999). Bounding a matching estimator: the case of a Norwegian training program. 0499. 0499. .
  • Show author(s) (1999). Assessing the effects of labour market training in Norway. .
  • Show author(s) (1994). Success or selection in vocational rehabilitation programs. .
Lecture
  • Show author(s) (2018). Helse, aldring, sysselsetting og uttak av pensjon.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Structural Equation Modeling.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Productivity decline of older workers.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Productivity Dynamics and Sickness Absence around Childbirth.
  • Show author(s) (2013). "Evaluating the Effect of a National Labour and Welfare Administration Reform on Employmnet, Social Insurance and Social Assistance".
Popular scientific lecture
  • Show author(s) (2013). Anvendt trygdeforskning anvendt i undervisningen.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Utfordringer i velferdsstaten.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Konsekvenser for folketrygden av økt satsing på multidisiplinær behandling av ryggpasienter.
Academic lecture
  • Show author(s) (2017). Spousal response to health shocks and deaths - effects on labor supply and social insurance.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Spousal responses to health shocks – effects on labour supply and social insurance.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Aging, health and retirement.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Flere i arbeid, færre på trygd?
  • Show author(s) (2013). Evaluering av "Raskere tilbake".
  • Show author(s) (2012). Gir NAV-reformen økt sysselsetting og redusert trygdebruk?
  • Show author(s) (2012). Evaluating a National Labour and Welfare Administration Reform.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Modernisert folketrygd - erfaringer fra Sverige.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Tema: Sykefravær og NAV.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Evaluering av NAV-Reformen.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Do Collective Actions Clear Common Air? The Effect of International Environmental Protocols on Sulphur Emissions.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Do Collective Actions Clear Common Air.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Databehov NAV-evalueringen.
  • Show author(s) (2006). The design and evaluation of incentives for health care providers organiserer.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Evaluation of international voluntary protocols using program evaluation.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Evaluation of international voluntary protocols using program evaluation.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Economic resources and health outcomes.
  • Show author(s) (2005). The Effect of Reimbursement Incentives on DRG Creep in Norwegian Hospitals.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Educational Attainment and Family Background.
  • Show author(s) (2005). DRG.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Tidligpensjonering - bare et spørsmål om økonomi?
  • Show author(s) (2004). The Relationship Between Economic Conditions, Access to Health Care, and Health Outcomes.
  • Show author(s) (2004). The Relationship Between Economic Conditions, Access to Health Care, and Health Outcomes.
  • Show author(s) (2004). QALY-analyser av nye legemidler.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Nytte- kostnadsanalyser av helsetiltak.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Heterogeneity in the returns to education.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Enterprise Heterogeneity and Early Retirement.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Determinants of health.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Comments on Road Accidents.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Økonomisk analyse av tverrfaglig behandling for ryggpasienter.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Sammenhengen mellom bedriftskarakteristika og overgang til tidligpensjon.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Reimbursement incentives: An empirical analysis of norwegian hospitals.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Nytte- kostnadsanalyser av helsetiltak.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Estimating treatment effects in health economics.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Comments on causal effect of early initiation on adolescent smoking patterns.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Bedriftsheterogenitet og tidligpensjonering.
  • Show author(s) (2002). A low-key social insurance reform - treatment effects for back pain patients in Norway.
  • Show author(s) (2002). A low-key social insurance reform - treatment effects for back pain patients in Norway.
  • Show author(s) (2002). A low-key social insurance reform - treatment effects for back pain patients in Norway.
  • Show author(s) (2001). The effects of a school reform on educational outcomes and earnings.
  • Show author(s) (2001). The effect of a school reform on educational outcomes and earnings.
  • Show author(s) (2001). The effect of a school reform on educational outcomes and earnings.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Samfunnsøkonomisk evaluering av legemidler.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Om helse- og legemiddeløkonomi i Bergen.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Om Nobelprisen 2000.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Economic evaluation of pharmaceuticals.
Reader opinion piece
  • Show author(s) (2001). Heckman opptatt av utdanningsreformer. På Høyden ( UiBs nettavis).
Book review
  • Show author(s) (2004). Velferdsstatens økonomi. Sosiologisk Tidsskrift. 103-108.
Thesis at a second degree level
  • Show author(s) (2020). Sysselsettingseffekter av pensjonsreformen 2011. Var det geografisk variasjon. Masteroppgave.
Masters thesis
  • Show author(s) (2020). Measuring Particle Matter Air Pollution in Bergen Caused by Traffic in 2017 – 18.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Intergenerasjonell inntektsmobilitet: hvordan forklare den geografiske variasjonen?
  • Show author(s) (2019). Nowcasting av norsk BNP med maskinlæringsalgoritmer.
  • Show author(s) (2018). En samfunnsøkonomisk lønnsomhetsvurdering av en app for pasienter med irritabel tarm-syndrom. Masteroppgave.
  • Show author(s) (2018). En nytte-kostnadsanalyse av Utredningsmottakets diagnostisering og behandling av medisinske pasienter innlagt for øyeblikkelig hjelp. Masteroppgave.
  • Show author(s) (2017). En samfunnsøkonomisk analyse av en sammenknytning av Gjøvikbanen og Dovrebanen. Er en sammenknytning av Gjøvikbanen og Dovrebanen samfunnsøkonomisk lønnsom og hvilke implikasjoner vil en mer ambisiøs miljøpolitikk ha for utbyggingen?
  • Show author(s) (2015). Tiltak for å redusere sykefraværet på norske arbeidsplasser. Masteroppgave.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Flere i arbeid? Nav-reformen - tegn til læringseffekt? Masteroppgave.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Barns betydning for inntektsforskjellen mellom kvinner og menn over livsløpet: en empirisk analyse. Masteroppgave.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Arbeidsmarkedet og progresjon i videregående opplæring. Materoppgave.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Finansielle insentiver og sosial dynamikk - En empirisk analyse. Masteroppgave.
Popular scientific article
  • Show author(s) (2004). Hvem går av med tidligpensjon? Søkelys på arbeidsmarkedet. 13-20.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Hvem går av med tidligpensjon? Søkelys på arbeidsmarkedet. 13-20.
Feature article
  • Show author(s) (2015). Slik virker pensjonsreforma. Aftenposten Innsikt.
Doctoral dissertation
  • Show author(s) (2019). Four essays on ageing, health and labour market participation.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Empirical Essays on Health and Aging.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Social Protection, Health Risk, and Household Welfare in Zambia.
  • Show author(s) (1999). Five essays on the microeconometric evaluation of job training programs.
Interview
  • Show author(s) (2007). Nordmenn vil arbeide lengst.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Behandling av pasienter på sykepenger.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Privat formidling av arbeidskraft.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Flat skatt.
Programme participation
  • Show author(s) (2007). Pensjonsreformen.
  • Show author(s) (2005). For lite utval.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Show author(s) (2006). Late careers and career exits in Norway. 20 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Frafallsproblemet: Hvor blir det av studentene? 9 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Samfunnsøkonomisk evaluering av legemidler. 22 pages.
Website (informational material)
  • Show author(s) (2014). Trygdeforskningsseminaret 1.-2. desember 2014 Bergen.
Interview Journal
  • Show author(s) (2014). Nav-reformen ga færre i jobb og flere på trygd. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).

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Fields of competence 
Microeconometrics