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Espen Bratberg

Emeritus
Department of Economics
  • E-mailespen.bratberg@uib.no
  • Phone+47 55 58 92 03+47 915 61 753
  • Visitor Address
    Fosswinckels gate 14
    5007 Bergen
  • Postal Address
    Postboks 7802
    5020 Bergen
  • Social Insurance
  • Labour Economics
  • Microeconometrics
Academic article
  • Show author(s) (2020). Health effects of reduced workload for older employees. Health Economics. 13 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2016). A comparison of intergenerational mobility curves in Germany, Norway, Sweden, and the US. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 72-101.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Worried sick? Worker responses to a financial shock. Labour Economics. 111-120.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Assessing the intergenerational correlation in disability pension recipiency. Oxford Economic Papers. 205-226.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Intergenerational Earnings Mobility and Divorce. Journal of Population Economics. 1107-1126.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Does paternity leave affect mothers' sickness absence? European Sociological Review. 500-511.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Gender differences in disability after sickness absence with musculoskeletal disorders: five-year prospective study of 37,942 women and 26,307 men. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 9 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Has job stability decreased? Population data from a small open economy. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 163-183.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Has Job Stability Decreased? Population Data from a Small Open Economy. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 163-183.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Sickness absence with psychiatric diagnoses: Individual and contextual predictors of permanent disability. Health and Place. 308-314.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Musculoskeletal impairments in the Norwegian working population: The prognostic role of diagnoses and socioeconomic status a prospective study of sickness absence and transition to disability pension. Spine. 1519-1525.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Job losses and child outcomes. Labour Economics. 591-603.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Job losses and child outcomes. Labour Economics. 591-603.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Income effects of divorce in families with dependent children. Journal of Population Economics. 431-461.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Trends in intergenerational mobility across offspring's earnings distribution in Norway. Industrial Relations. 112-129.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Trends in intergenerational mobility across offspring's earnings distribution in Norway. Industrial Relations. 112-129.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Unemployment, labor force composition and sickness absence: a panel data study. Health Economics. 1087-1101.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Unemployment, labor force composition and sickness absence: a panel data study. Health Economics. 1087-1101.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Intergenerational earnings mobility in Norway: level and trends. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 419-435.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Intergenerational earnings mobility in Norway: Levels and trends. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 419-435.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Do voluntary international environmental agreements work? Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 583-597.
  • Show author(s) (2005). A panel data study of physicians' labor supply: The case of Norway. Health Economics. 1035-1045.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Assessing the effects of an early retirement program. Journal of Population Economics. 387-408.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Assessing the effects of an early retirement program. Journal of Population Economics. 387-408.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Diagnosis and duration of sickness absence as predictors for disability pension: Results from a three-year, multi-register based and prospective study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 246-254.
  • Show author(s) (2002). The role of gender in long-term sickness absence and transitions to permanent disability benefits: results from a multiregister based, prospective study in Norway 1990-1995. European Journal of Public Health. 180-186.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Evaluating social policy by experimental and nonexperimental methods. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 147-171.
  • Show author(s) (2002). 'The double burden' - do combinations of career and family obligations increase sickness absence among women? European Sociological Review. 233-249.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Utdanning og etablering i arbeidsmarkedet. Søkelys på arbeidsmarkedet. 3-8.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Sosial utjevning og veksten i uføretrygden. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. 169-182.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Transitions from school to work and the early labour market experience. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 909-929.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Transitions from school to work and the early labour market experience. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 909-929.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Spell durations with long unemployment insurance periods. Labour Economics. 153-180.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Spell durations with long unemployment insurance periods. Labour Economics. 153-180.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Hvorfor stiger sykefraværet i oppgangstider? HMT - Helsetjenesten Medisinsk Teknikk : helse, medisin, teknikk.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Hvorfor stiger sykefraværet i oppgangstider? HMT - Helsetjenesten Medisinsk Teknikk : helse, medisin, teknikk.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Hva kan forklare det økte sykefraværet? Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse. 46-53.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Hva kan forklare det økte sykefraværet? SNF Bulletin. 4-7.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Hva kan forklare det økte sykefraværet? Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse. 46-53.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Hva kan forklare det økte sykefraværet? SNF Bulletin. 4-7.
  • Show author(s) (1999). Disability Retirement in a Welfare State. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 97-114.
  • Show author(s) (1993). Dry chemistry instruments on primary care. I. Operating conditions and financial considerations. Family Practice. 124-130.
  • Show author(s) (1993). Dry chemistry in primary care. I. Operating conditions and financial considerations. Family Practice. 124-130.
Report
  • Show author(s) (2021). Consequences of drop-out from upper secondary education. .
  • Show author(s) (2020). Trends in Absolute Income Mobility in North America and Europe. .
  • Show author(s) (2018). Health effects of reduced workload for older employees. .
  • Show author(s) (2017). The causal effect of workload on the labour supply of older employees. .
  • Show author(s) (2013). Worried sick? Worker Responses to a Financial Shock. .
  • Show author(s) (2012). Worried sick? Worker responses to organizational turmoil. .
  • Show author(s) (2012). Veier til gradert eller full uførepensjon. .
  • Show author(s) (2012). Is Recipiency of Disability Pension Hereditary? 10. 10. .
  • Show author(s) (2011). Worried sick? Sickness absence during organizational turmoil. .
  • Show author(s) (2011). Intergenerational Earnings Mobility and Divorce. .
  • Show author(s) (2010). Teachers' sickness absence in primary schools: A panel data multilevel analysis. .
  • Show author(s) (2009). Does paternity leave affect mothers’ sickness absence? 6. 6. .
  • Show author(s) (2007). Kunnskapsoversikt om insentiv- og fordelingsvirkninger av trygdeordninger for midlertidig inntektssikring ved sykdom, rehabilitering, attføring og uførhet. .
  • Show author(s) (2007). Job losses and child outcomes. 15. 15. .
  • Show author(s) (2007). Job losses and child outcomes. .
  • Show author(s) (2007). Individual and contextual predictors of permanent disability after sickness absence with psychiatric diagnoses: Population based prospective cohort study. 80. 80. .
  • Show author(s) (2006). Musculoskeletal impairments and disability among women and men in the Norwegian working population: a multi-register based study 1997-2002. .
  • Show author(s) (2006). Musculoskeletal impairments and disability among women and men in the Norwegian working population. A national multi-register based study 1997-2002. .
  • Show author(s) (2006). Has job stability decreased in Norway? .
  • Show author(s) (2006). Has job stability decreased in Norway? 27. 27. .
  • Show author(s) (2005). Intergenerational mobility: trends across the earnings distribution. March. March. .
  • Show author(s) (2005). Intergenerational mobility: Trends across the earnings distribution. .
  • Show author(s) (2005). Intergenerational mobility : trends across the earnings distribution. 6. 6. .
  • Show author(s) (2003). Do voluntary international environmental agreements work? 06/03. 06/03. .
  • Show author(s) (2003). Assessing changes in intergenerational earnings mobility. 797. 797. .
  • Show author(s) (2003). A panel data study of physicians' labor supply: The case of Norway. 01/03. 01/03. .
  • Show author(s) (2003). A panel data study of physicians labor supply: The case of Norway. 895. 895. .
  • Show author(s) (2002). Unemployment, labour force composition and sickness absence: a panel data study. 466. 466. .
  • Show author(s) (2002). Unemployment, labour force composition and sickness absence. A panel data study. 03/02. 03/02. .
  • Show author(s) (2002). Unemployment, labour force composition and sickness absence. A panel data study. 50. 50. .
  • Show author(s) (2002). Income effects of divorce in families with dependent children. 53. 53. .
  • Show author(s) (2002). Income effects of divorce in families with dependent children. 20/02. 20/02. .
  • Show author(s) (2002). Assessing changes in intergenerational earnings mobility. 54. 54. .
  • Show author(s) (2002). Assessing changes in intergenerational earnings mobility. 26/02. 26/02. .
  • Show author(s) (2001). Explaining off-farm labour supply: The importance of income. 9-2001. 9-2001. .
  • Show author(s) (2001). Diagnosis and duration in sickness-absence as predictors for disability pension. 47. 47. .
  • Show author(s) (2000). Sickness absence over the business cycle. 04/00. 04/00. .
  • Show author(s) (2000). Sickness absence over the business cycle. 0400. 0400. .
  • Show author(s) (2000). Insentivvirkninger i helserelaterte trygdeordninger. .
  • Show author(s) (2000). Insentivvirkninger i helserelaterte trygdeordninger. .
  • Show author(s) (2000). Evaluating social policy by experimental and nonexperimental methods. 1700. 1700. .
  • Show author(s) (2000). Evaluating social policy by experimental and nonexperimental methods. 17/00. 17/00. .
  • Show author(s) (2000). Assessing the effects of early retirement programs. .
  • Show author(s) (2000). Assessing the effects of early retirement programs. .
  • Show author(s) (2000). Assessing the effects of early retirement programs. 4. 4. .
  • Show author(s) (2000). Assessing the effects of early retirement programs. 10. 10. .
  • Show author(s) (1999). Levekår i barnefamilier etter skilsmisse. 1. 1. .
  • Show author(s) (1999). From Fixers to Floaters: An Empirical Analysis of the Decline in Fixed Exchange Rate Regimes 1973-1995. 1599. 1599. .
  • Show author(s) (1998). Transitions from school to work: Search time and job duration. 1998. 1998. .
  • Show author(s) (1998). Tidligpensjonering. En empirisk analyse. 11. 11. .
  • Show author(s) (1998). Kvinners sykefravær. 12. 12. .
  • Show author(s) (1998). "The double burden" - Are modern females overworked by career and family? 1698. 1698. .
  • Show author(s) (1996). Spell durations with long unemployment insurance period. 0196. 0196. .
  • Show author(s) (1996). Sickness duration and disability eligibility. 0996. 0996. .
  • Show author(s) (1994). Short run exits from long term sickness. .
  • Show author(s) (1992). Technological diffusion trough profit seeking and epidemic information processes. 7. 7. .
Lecture
  • Show author(s) (2014). Syk av bekymring? Sykefravær og finanskrise.
Popular scientific lecture
  • Show author(s) (2014). Sjuk av bekymring? Sjukefråvær i organisasjonar i krise.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Krise kan gje kortare sjukefråvær.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Worried sick? Sickness absence under organizational turmoil.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Kan arbeidsmarkedspolitikken fremskynde tilbakevending til arbeidsmarkedet? Norske forskningsresultater.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Hva vet vi om sykefraværet?
  • Show author(s) (2007). Utstøtning blant yngre.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Utstøtning blant yngre.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Sickness absence and business cycles.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Evaluation in a changing welfare state: Experiments and accumulation of knowledge.
  • Show author(s) (1999). Utdanning, ungdom og overganger.
  • Show author(s) (1999). Sickness absenteeism: Sectoral and business cycle differences.
Academic lecture
  • Show author(s) (2020). Drop-out effects using access to apprenticeship contracts as instruments (WP5).
  • Show author(s) (2017). The causal effect of workload on labour supply of older employees.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Effekter av redusert arbeidstid for eldre.
  • Show author(s) (2015). A Comparison of Intergenerational Mobility Curves in Germany, Norway, Sweden and the US .
  • Show author(s) (2014). Worried sick? Worker responses to a financial shock.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Worried sick? Sickness absence during organizational turmoil.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Syk av bekymring? Sykefravær i en krisetid.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Assessing the Intergenerational Correlation in Disability Pension Recipiency.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Worried sick?Sickness absence during organizational turmoil.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Worried sick? Sickness absence during organizational turmoil.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Is Recipiency of Disability Pension Hereditary?
  • Show author(s) (2011). Worried sick? Sickness absence during organizational turmoil.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Intergenerational earnings mobility and divorce.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Timing of School Tracking and High School Dropout. The Effect of a School Reform.
  • Show author(s) (2007). The gender-gap in musculoskeletal morbidity - biological or socioeconomic explanations?
  • Show author(s) (2007). Job losses and child outcomes.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Job losses and child outcomes.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Decreasing job stability in Norway?
  • Show author(s) (2006). Applications and awards for disability pensions: The Norwegian case.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Applications and awards for disability benefits.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Applications and awards for disability pensions: The Norwegian case.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Applications and awards for disability pensions: The Norwegian case.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Applications and awards for disability pensions: The Norwegian case.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Norge er i verdenstoppen i antall uføre. Hva kan årsakene være?
  • Show author(s) (2003). Overganger til uføretrygd estimert med registerdata.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Inntektsvirkninger av skilsmisse.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Do voluntary international enviromental agreements work?
  • Show author(s) (2003). Assessing the effects of an early retirement program.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Assessing changes in intergenerational earnings mobility.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Assessing changes in intergenerational earnings mobility.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Assessing changes in intergenerational earnings mobiility.
  • Show author(s) (2003). A panel data study of physicians' labor supply: The case of Norway.
  • Show author(s) (2003). A panel data study of physicians' labor supply: The case of Norway.
  • Show author(s) (2003). A panel data study of physicians' labor supply: The case of Norway.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Unemployment, labour force composition and sickness absence. A panel data study.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Sickness absence and unemployment. A panel data study.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Assessing changes in intergenerational earnings mobility.
  • Show author(s) (2001). The role of gender in long-term sickness absence and transition to disability pension.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Sykefravær og arbeidsledighet.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Sickness absence and unemployment. A panel data study.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Evaluating social policy by experimental and nonexperimental methods.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Empiriske resultater om sykmelding og uføretrygd.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Transitions from school to work: Search time and job duration.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Transitions from school to work: Search time and job duration.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Sickness absence over the business cycle.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Sickness absence over the business cycle.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Sickness absence and business cycles.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Evaluation in a changing welfare state: Experiments and accumulation of knowledge.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Assessing the effects of early retirement programs.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Assessing the effects of early retirement programs.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Assessing the effects of early retirement programs.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Assessing the effects of early retirement programs.
  • Show author(s) (1999). Transitions from school to work: Search time and job duration.
  • Show author(s) (1999). Transitions from school to work. Search time and job duration.
  • Show author(s) (1999). Transitions from school to work. Search time and job duration.
  • Show author(s) (1999). Sickness absenteeism: Sectoral and business cycle differences.
  • Show author(s) (1999). Sickness absenteeism: Sectoral and business cycle differences.
  • Show author(s) (1998). Transitions from School to Work: Search Time and Job Duration".
  • Show author(s) (1998). 'The Double Burden' - Are Modern Females Overworked by Career and Family?
  • Show author(s) (1998). 'The Double Burden' - Are Modern Females Overworked by Career and Family?
Reader opinion piece
  • Show author(s) (2000). Skaper fattige fedre. Dagbladet.
Popular scientific article
  • Show author(s) (2004). Svingninger i sykefraværet: Er arbeidsledigheten avgjørende? Søkelys på arbeidsmarkedet. 3-12.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Svingninger i sykefraværet: Er arbeidsledigheten avgjørende? Søkelys på arbeidsmarkedet. 3-12.
Feature article
  • Show author(s) (2015). Norge er fortsatt på trygdetoppen. Aftenposten Viten.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Dagens unge kan bli nødt til å jobbe 165 timer mer i året. Bergens Tidende. 2 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Skaper fattige fedre. Dagbladet.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Skaper fattige fedre. Dagbladet.
  • Show author(s) (1999). Levekår i barnefamilier etter skilsmisse. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).
  • Show author(s) (1999). Anmeldt rapporten Levekår i barnefamilier etter skilsmisse. 2Foreldre.
Doctoral dissertation
  • Show author(s) (2018). Four Essays on the Determinants of Human Capital Accumulation in Norway .
  • Show author(s) (2017). Causes and Consequences of Labor Market Mismatch and the Rise in Disability Insurance Receipt .
  • Show author(s) (2017). Aid and public debt: Essays on fo eign and domestic capital flows in developing countries .
  • Show author(s) (2008). Spatial Variation in Housing Prices: Econometric Analyses of Regional Housing Markets.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Economic evaluation of health interventions in sub-Saharan Africa : applied economic evaluations and studies on time preferences for health in Tanzania.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Incentives in social insurance.
Interview
  • Show author(s) (2014). Redsel for å miste jobben minskar sjukefråveret.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Vil neppe stå lenger i arbeidslivet. Stortingets pensjonskompromiss stimulerer ikke folk til å stå lenger i arbeidslivet.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Nettprat: Heller trygd enn dårlig jobb. Flere 30- og 40-åringer blir uføretrygdet.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Lettere å klatre sosialt. Fedrenes status betyr mindre enn før.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Heller trygd enn dårlig jobb. Flere 30- og 40-åringer blir uføretrygdet.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Postiv norsk rapport - Miljøavtaler virker.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Myter for fall i debatten om sykefravær.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Show author(s) (2006). Avtakande jobbstabilitet i Noreg? 16 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Avtakande jobbstabilitet i Noreg? 16 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Økonomisk evaluering av rehabiliteringstiltak. 20 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Økonomisk evaluering av rehabiliteringstiltak. 20 pages.
  • Show author(s) (1998). Økonomiske incentiver og tidligpensjonering. 32 pages.
Abstract
  • Show author(s) (2007). Individual and contextual determinants of long-term sickness absence and disability pensioning with psychiatric diagnoses: population-based prospective cohort study. European Journal of Public Health. 216-216.
Poster
  • Show author(s) (2012). Worried sick? Worker response to organizational turmoil.

More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)

SELECTED INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS

Robert Manduca , Maximilian Hell, Adrian Adermon, Jo Blanden, Espen Bratberg, Anne Gielin, Hans van Kippersluis, Keun Bok Lee, Stephen Machin, Martin D. Munk, Martin Nybom, Yuri Ostrovsky, Sumaiya Rahman, and Outi Sirniö: Measuring Absolute Income Mobility: Lessons from North America and Europe. Accepted for publication in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.

Health effects of reduced workload for older employees. (With Tor Helge Holmås and Karin Monstad). Health Economics, 29(5), 554-566, 2020, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hec.4002  

A Comparison of Intergenerational Mobility Curves in Germany, Norway, Sweden and the U.S. (With J Davies, M Nybom, B Mazumder, D Schnitzlein, K Vaage). Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 119(1), 72-101, 2017

Worried sick? Worker responses to a financial shock (with Karin Monstad). Labour Economics, 33, 111-120, 2015

Intergenerational correlation in disability benefits recipiency. Oxford Economic Papers, 67.(2)  205-226. 2015 (with Øivind A Nilsen and Kjell Vaage)

Does paternity leave affect mothers' sickness absence? European Sociological Review, 0(4), 500-511,  2014 (with Ghazala Naz). doi: 10.1093/esr/jcu058

Intergenerational Earnings Mobility and Divorce. Journal of Population Economics, 27(4), 2014, 1107-1126 (with Karsten Rieck and Kjell Vaage). Online version: http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00148-014-0515-y

Gender differences in disability after sickness absence with musculoskeletal disorders. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 12 (37), 2011, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/12/37. (With Sturla Gjesdal and John G Mæland)

Has job stability decreased? Population data from a small open economy. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 112 (1), 163-183, 2010. (With Kjell G Salvanes and Kjell Vaage)

Musculoskeletal impairments in the Norwegian working population: the prognostic role of diagnoses and socioeconomic status. A prospective study of sickness absence and transition to disability pension. Spine, 34(14), 2009, 1519-1525. (With Sturla Gjesdal and John G Mæland.) 

Sickness absence with psychiatric diagnoses: Individual and contextual predictors of permanent disability. Health and Place, 15(1), 2009, 308-314. (With Sturla Gjesdal and John G Mæland.)   

Job losses and child outcomes. Labour Economics, 15, 2008, 591-603. (With Øivind A Nilsen and Kjell Vaage.)  

Income effects of divorce in families with dependent children. Journal of Population Economics, 21(2), 2008, 439-461. (With Sigve Tjøtta) 

Trends in intergenerational mobility across offspring's earnings distribution in Norway. Industrial Relations, 46(1), 2007, 112-129. (With Øivind A. Nilsen and Kjell Vaage.) 

Do voluntary international environmental agreements work? Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 50(3), 2005, 583-597. (With Sigve Tjøtta and Torgeir Øines.) 

Intergenerational earnings mobility in Norway: Levels and trends. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 107(3), 2005, 419-435. (With Øivind A. Nilsen and Kjell Vaage.) 

Unemployment, labor force composition and sickness absence: A panel data study. Health Economics, 14(11), 2005, 1087-1101. (With Jan Erik Askildsen and Øivind Anti Nilsen.) 

A panel data study of physicians' labor supply: The case of Norway. Health Economics, 14 (10), 2005, 1035-1045. (With Badi H. Baltagi and Tor Helge Holmås.) 

Assessing the effects of an early retirement program. Journal of Population Economics, 17(3), 2004, 387 - 408. (With Tor Helge Holmås and Øystein Thøgersen.) 

Diagnosis and duration in sick-absence as predictors for disability pension. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 31(3), 2003, 246-254. (With Sturla Gjesdal.) 

The role of gender in long-term sickness absence and transition to permanent disability benefits. Results from a multiregister based, prospective study in Norway 1990-1995. European Journal of Public Health,  12(3), 2002, 180-186. (With Sturla Gjesdal.) 

'The double burden' - Do combinations of career and family obligations increase sickness absence among women? European Sociological Review, 18(2), 2002, 233-249. (With Svenn-Åge Dahl and Alf Erling Risa.) 

Evaluating social policy by experimental and nonexperimental methods. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 104 (1), 147-171, 2002. (With Astrid Grasdal and Alf Erling Risa.) 

Transitions from school to work: Search time and job duration. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 62, 2000, 909-929. (With Øivind Anti Nilsen.) 

Spell durations with long unemployment insurance periods. Labour Economics, 7 (2),  153-180, 2000. (With Kjell Vaage.) 

Disability retirement in a welfare state. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 101(1), 1999, 97-114. 

WORK IN PROGRESS

Espen Bratberg, Karin Monstad, and Darina Steskal: Effect of dropout on labour market outcomes for upper secondary vocational track students Working Paper 06/22, Department of Economics

  • 1996 Dr polit (PhD), University of Bergen
  • 2004 Professor of Economics, University of Bergen
Fields of competence 
Applied econometrics
Register Data
Social insurance economics