Norwegian infant mortality no longer dependent on income
Differences in infant mortality between rich and poor Norwegians have never been less pronounced than they are now, new NHH study reveals.
Professor Kjell Gunnar Salvanes
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BIOgraphy
Kjell G. Salvanes is a professor in labor economics at NHH, research director at CELE since 2012, and deputy director of the Centre of Excellence FAIR (Centre for Experimental Research on Fairness, Inequality and Rationality) since 2017.
Salvanes conducts research on a wide range of education, labor and health policy issues from returns to schooling, early investment in children and long term outcomes, inequality in income, health and education and intergenerational mobility. His current research projects involve studying the interrelationship between health and education, and the role of educational and health institutions on human capital formation and health outcomes. He received his PhD from the Norwegian School of Economics.
Salvanes' work has been published in numerous leading journals, including the American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Labor Economics, Economic Journal, Journal of Public Economics and The Journal of the European Economic Association. From 2012 he has been a Managing Editor of the Economic Journal.
He is a research fellow at CEPR, IZA, CEEP (LSE), CES-ifo and HCEO (university of Chicago). He received thePrize for Excellent Research at NHH in 2006. He is a member of the Norwegian Productivity Commission (2014-2016), and has been a board member of Norwegian and Danish Research Council in Education
Selected publications
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Nicoletti, Cheti; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar; Tominey, Emma | The family peer effect on mothers' labor supply | American economic journal. Applied economics Volume 10 (3); page 206 - 234; 2018 |
| Buetikofer, Aline; Jensen, Sissel; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar | The role of parenthood on the gender gap among top earners | European Economic Review Volume 109; page 103 - 123; 2018 |
| Huttunen, Kristiina; Møen, Jarle; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar | Job loss and regional mobility | Journal of Labor Economics Volume 36 (2); page 479 - 509; 2018 |
| Bhuller, Manudeep; Mogstad, Magne; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar | Life-Cycle Earnings, Education Premiums, and Internal Rates of Return. | Journal of Labor Economics Volume 35 (4); page 993 - 1030; 2017 |
| Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar; Sarvimäki, Matti | The Evolution of Social Mobility: Norway during the Twentieth Century | The Scandinavian Journal of Economics Volume 119 (1); page 5 - 33; 2017 |
| Almås, Ingvild; Cappelen, Alexander Wright; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar; Sørensen, Erik Øiolf; Tungodden, Bertil | What Explains the Gender Gap in College Track Dropout? Experimental and Administrative Evidence. | The American Economic Review Volume 106 (5); page 296 - 302; 2016 |
| Black Youngblood, Sandra; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar | Does grief transfer across generations? Bereavements during pregnancy and child outcomes | American economic journal. Applied economics Volume 8 (1); page 193 - 223; 2016 |
| Carneiro, Pedro; Løken, Katrine Vellesen; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar | A flying start? Maternity leave benefits and long-run outcomes of children | Journal of Political Economy Volume 123 (2); page 365 - 412; 2015 |
| Balsvik, Ragnhild; Jensen, Sissel; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar | Made in China, sold in Norway: Local labor market effects of an import shock. | Journal of Public Economics Volume 127; page 137 - 144; 2015 |
| Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar | Losing heart? The effect of job displacement on health | Industrial & labor relations review Volume 68 (4); page 833 - 861; 2015 |
| Nicoletti, Cheti; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar; Tominey, Emma | Mothers Working during Preschool Years and Child Skills: Does Income Compensate? | Journal of Labor Economics Volume 41 (2); page 389 - 429; 2023 |
| Bütikofer, Aline; Dalla-Zuanna, Antonio; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar | Breaking the Links: Natural Resource Booms and Intergenerational Mobility | Review of Economics and Statistics (45 pages); 2022 |
| Bennett, Patrick Dylan; Bütikofer, Aline; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar; Steskal, Darina | Changes in Urban Wages, Jobs, and Workers from 1958-2017 | CESifo Working Papers; 2022 |
| Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Landaud, Fanny; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar | Gender and Inheritances | AEA Papers and Proceedings; 2022 |
| Cattan, Sarah; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar; Tominey, Emma | First Generation Elite: The Role of School Networks | IZA Discussion Papers; 2022 |
| Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar; Willage, Barton; Willen, Alexander L.P. | The Effect of Labor Market Shocks Across the Life Cycle | Journal of Labor Economics; 2022 |
| Bütikofer, Aline; Karadakic, Rene; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar | Income Inequality and Mortality: A Norwegian Perspective | Fiscal studies Volume 42 (1); page 193 - 221; 2021 |
| Schwandt, Hannes; Currie, Janet; Bär, Marlies; Banks, James; Bertoli, Paola; Bütikofer, Aline; Cattan, Sarah; Zong-Ying Chao, Beatrice; Costa, Claudia; González, Libertad; Gembri, Veronica; Huttunen, Kristiina; Karadakic, Rene; Kraftman, Lucy; Krutikova, Sonya; Lombardi, Stefano; Redler, Peter; Riumallo-Herl, Carlos; Rodríguez-González, Ana; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar; Santana, Paula; Thuilliez, Josselin; van Doorslaer, Eddy; Van Ourti, Tom; Winter, Joachim; Wouterse, Bram; Wuppermann, Amelie | Inequality in Mortality between Black and White Americans by Age, Place, and Cause, and in Comparison to Europe, 1990-2018 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 2021 |
| Bütikofer, Aline; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar; Currie, Janet; Schwandt, Hannes | Inequality in Mortality between Black and White Americans by Age, Place, and Cause, and in Comparison to Europe, 1990-2018 | NBER Working Paper Series; 2021 |
| Carneiro, Pedro; Lopez Garcia, Italo; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar; Tominey, Emma | Intergenerational Mobility and the Timing of Parental Income | Journal of Political Economy Volume 129 (3); page 757 - 788; 2021 |
Research in progress
- "Life cycle earnings, Education premiums and Internal rates of return" (with Manudeep Bhuller and Magne Mogstad). NBER Working Paper 20250. Submitted. Forthcoming Journal of Labor Economics.
- “Worker Displacement and Regional Mobility”, (Coauthors: Kristiina Huttunen and Jarle Møen), Forthcoming Journal of Labor Economics.
- “This Is Only a Test? Long-Run Impacts of Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Downfall from Nuclear Weapon Testing” (with Sandy Black, Aline Butikofer, Paul Devereux). Under revision for Journal of Political Economy.
- “Intergenerational Transmission, Human Capital Formation and the Timing of Parental Income” (with Emma Tominey, Italo Lopez-Garcia, and Pedro Carneiro). Under revision for Journal of Political Economy
- "Disease Control and Inequality Reduction: Evidence from a Tuberculosis Testing and Vaccination Campaign" (with Aline Bütikofer). Under revision for Review of Economic Studies.
- "What explains the gender gap among top earners?" (with Aline Bütikofer and Sissel Jensen). Under revision for The European Economic Review.
- Long Term Consequences of Access to Well-child Visits" (with Aline Bütikofer and Katrine Vellesen Løken). Submitted.
- "Causes and Consequences of Biased Grading in School" (with L. Andersland, S. Firpo and M. Mogstad). Work in progress.
- "Supply of Skills and Endogenous Technical Change: Evidence from a College Expansion Reform" (with Pedro Carneiro and Kai Liu). Work in progress.
- "Education, Income Dynamics, and Life-Cycle Inequality" (with M. Mogstad and K. Liu). Work in progress.
- "Childhood Nutrition and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a School Breakfast Program (with Aline Bütikofer and Eirin Mølland). Submitted.
- "Natural Resource Booms and Intergenerational Mobility" (with Aline Bütikofer and Antonio Dalla-Zuanna). Work in progress.
Teaching areas
Personnel Economics
Dissemination
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Economists with platform for independent analyses of the Corona crisis
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Evidence that prenatal testosterone transfer from male twins reduces the fertility and socioeconomic success of their female co-twins
New published paper by Aline Bütikofer, David N. Figlio, Krzysztof Karbownik, Christopher W. Kuzawa, and Kjell G. Salvanes in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science).
Grandparents, Moms, or Dads? Why Children of Teen Mothers Do Worse in Life
New working paper from Anna Aizer, Paul J. Devereux and Kjell G. Salvanes, titled "Grandparents, Moms, or Dads? Why Children of Teen Mothers Do Worse in Life"
Childhood nutrition and labor market outcomes: Evidence from a school breakfast program
New published paper by Aline Bütikofer, Eirin Mølland and Kjell G. Salvanes, titled "Childhood nutrition and labor market outcomes: Evidence from a school breakfast program" in the Journal of Public Economics.
Breaking the Links: Natural Resource Booms and Intergenerational Mobility
New working paper, "Breaking the Links: Natural Resource Booms and Intergenerational Mobility", by Aline Bütikofer, Antonio Dalla-Zuanna and Kjell G. Salvanes.
The Supply of Skill and Endogenous Technical Change: Evidence From a College Expansion Reform
New working paper by Pedro Carneiro (University College London), Kai Liu (University of Cambridge) and Kjell G. Salvanes: "The Supply of Skill and Endogenous Technical Change: Evidence From a College Expansion Reform".
The Family Peer Effect on Mothers' Labor Supply
New published paper in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics by Cheti Nicoletti (University of York), Kjell G. Salvanes and Emma Tominey (University of York): "The Family Peer Effect on Mothers' Labor Supply".
The Role of Parenthood on the Gender Gap among Top Earners
New paper “The Role of Parenthood on the Gender Gap among Top Earners” from Aline Bütikofer, Sissel Jensen and Kjell G. Salvanes published in European Economic Review.
Job loss and regional mobility
New published paper in Journal of Labor Economics: "Job loss and regional mobility" by Kristiina Huttunen (Aalto University School of Economics and IZA), Jarle Møen (NHH) and Kjell Gunnar Salvanes.
Toppforsk funding to NHH
Professor Kjell G. Salvanes receives funding from FRIPRO. The FRIPRO arena aims to promote scientific quality at the forefront of international research.
Intergenerational mobility, early health shocks and public policy