Are you as happy as before the COVID-19 crisis?
Postdoctoral fellow Ranveig Falch at FAIR says that happiness has dropped in Norway and in the U.S. during the COVID-19 crisis.
Researcher Ranveig Falch
- Ranveig.Falch@nhh.no
- Telephone
- +47 55 95 96 25
- Department
- Economics
- Centre
- FAIR
- Office
- E240
- Expertise
- Behavioural economics Development Economics Experimental Economics Public Economics Education Economics
Ranveig's primary field of research is behavioral economics, where she focuses on issues that relate to labour-, education-, public- and development economics, such as gender discrimination, human capital investment and inequality acceptance. Her work is primarily empirical, implementing experiments in controlled laboratory or field settings with nationally representative samples.
Selected publications
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Falch, Ranveig | How Do People Trade Off Resources Between Quick and Slow Learners? | European Economic Review Volume 150 (21 pages); 2022 |
| Cappelen, Alexander Wright; Falch, Ranveig; Sørensen, Erik Øiolf; Tungodden, Bertil | Solidarity and fairness in times of crisis | Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization Volume 186; page 1 - 11; 2021 |
| Cappelen, Alexander Wright; Falch, Ranveig; Tungodden, Bertil | Fair and Unfair Income Inequality | Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics; 2020 |
| Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Falch, Ranveig; Hernæs, Ulrikke Johanne Voltersvik | Gender, context and competition: Experimental evidence from rural and urban Uganda | Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Volume 61; page 31 - 37; 2016 |
WORK IN PROGRESS
Acceptance of inequality between children: Large-Scale Experimental Evidence from China and Norway, with Alexander Cappelen, Zhongjing Huang and Bertil Tungodden.
Experimental Evidence on the Acceptance of Males Falling Behind, with Alexander W. Cappelen and Bertil Tungodden.
Media coverage: Podcast episode (in Norwegian)
Peer Perceptions and Students’ Investments in Schoolwork, with Fanny Landaud.
Is it Morally Acceptable to be Selfish?, with Alexander W. Cappelen, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden
Scholarships to Fight Female Genital Mutilation: A Randomized Control Trial, with Alexander W. Cappelen, Ernst Fehr, Ayelet Gneezy, Uri Gneezy and Bertil Tungodden.
Experienced Welfare under the COVID-19 Pandemic, with Alexander W. Cappelen, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden.
Media coverage: Video, NHH.
The Development of Social Preferences: Experimental Evidence from China and Norway, with Alexander W. Cappelen, Zhongjing Huang and Bertil Tungodden.
Dissemination
The economics of inequality
On Tuesday 24. September 2019 Ranveig Falch will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
The Boy Crisis: Experimental Evidence on the Acceptance of Males Falling Behind
New working paper by Alexander W. Cappelen, Ranveig Falch and Bertil Tungodden, titled "The Boy Crisis: Experimental Evidence on the Acceptance of Males Falling Behind"
New master's thesis on the development of fairness preferences
New possibility for a master's thesis on the development of fairness preferences at FAIR with Alexander W. Cappelen as supervisor.
Collaboration between FAIR and East China Normal University (ECNU)
Ranveig Falch, PhD student at FAIR, is currently in Shanghai as part of a collaboration between FAIR and East China Normal University (ECNU).