Identification of the Demand Elasticity via Heteroscedasticity: A Panel GMM Framework to Estimation and Inference
With Thomas von Brasch and Arvid Raknerud. Statistics Norway Discussion Paper No. 1015, December 2025. Paper
About
I am a Senior Researcher in the Unit for Macroeconomics at Statistics Norway. My research combines empirical microeconomics, econometrics and policy analysis. Project leader for the ADMOD projection model, financed by the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills. Secretariat member of the Norwegian Technical Calculation Committee for Wage Settlements (since 2019) and The Labour Immigration Committee (since 2026).
Current Research
Working papers and ongoing research projects.
Welfare Effects of Pension Reforms
With Herman Kruse and Zhiyang Jia. Statistics Norway Discussion Paper No. 1025, July 2025. Paper
Matching Efficiency and the Composition of the Unemployed
Statistics Norway Discussion Paper No. 1023, April 2025. Paper
The Internet, Search Frictions and Aggregate Unemployment
With Manudeep Bhuller, Domenico Ferraro and Andreas R. Kostøl. R&R at The Review of Economic Studies. Working paper
Beyond Constant Markups: Identifying the Export Elasticity under Strategic Pricing
With Thomas von Brasch and Arvid Raknerud.
Publications
Peer-reviewed journal articles.
Work Less but Stay Longer: Mature Worker Response to a Flexibility Reform
With Erik Hernæs, Zhiyang Jia and John Piggott. Labour Economics, 97, 2025, 102771. Published version
Social Security Pension Generosity and the Effect on Household Saving
With Elin Halvorsen, Zhiyang Jia and Herman Kruse. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 126(3), 2024, 529–560. Published version
Identifying the Elasticity of Substitution with Biased Technical Change: A Structural Panel GMM Estimator
With Thomas von Brasch and Arvid Raknerud. The Econometrics Journal, 27(1), 2024, 84–106. Published version
Fiscal Policy, Macroeconomic Performance and Industry Structure in a Small Open Economy
With Pål Boug, Thomas von Brasch, Ådne Cappelen, Roger Hammersland, Dag Kolsrud, Julia Skretting and Birger Strøm. Journal of Macroeconomics, 76, 2023, 103524. Published version
A Two-Stage Bennet Decomposition of the Change in the Weighted Arithmetic Mean
With Thomas von Brasch, Håkon Grini and Magnus Berglund Johnsen. Journal of Official Statistics, 39, 2023, 123–137. Published version
Health, Longevity and Retirement Reform
With Tobias Laun, Simen Markussen and Johanna Wallenius. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 103, 2019, 123–157. Published version
The Retirement Age and the Hiring of Senior Workers
Labour Economics, 51, 2018, 247–270. Published version
Policy Reports and Publications (in Norwegian)
Research and policy-oriented publications from Statistics Norway.
Tilbud av og etterspørsel etter arbeidskraft delt etter utdanning. Impact case: forskning
Notes 2026/8, Statistics Norway. Published version
Potensielle effekter på sysselsetting av økt bruk av generativ kunstig intelligens
Notes 2025/15, Statistics Norway. Published version
Framskriving av tilbud av og etterspørsel etter utdanning mot 2050
Report 2024/48, Statistics Norway. Published version
Teknisk dokumentasjon av ADMOD-framskrivingen
Notes 2024/52, Statistics Norway. Published version
Utdanning og yrke
With Michael Graber and Lars Kirkebøen. Report 2023/7, Statistics Norway. Published version
Utfordringer for lønnsdannelsen og norsk økonomi
With Geir Bjertnæs, Pål Boug, Thomas von Brasch, Brita Bye, Ådne Cappelen, Taran Fæhn, Michael Graber, Thomas S. Gundersen, Roger Hammersland, Erling Holmøy, Håvard Hungnes, Marek Jasinski, Kevin R. Kaushal, Dag Kolsrud, Ewoud Quaghebeur, Julia Skretting, Nils Martin Stølen and Håkon Tretvoll. Report 2023/47, Statistics Norway. Published version.
Lønnsrelasjoner i KVARTS
With Stein Inge Hove and Morten Petter Johansen. Notes 2022/24, Statistics Norway. Published version.
Sykefravær og frafall fra arbeidsmarkedet
With Øyvind Bruer-Skarsbø. Report 2022/10, Statistics Norway. Published version.
Tilstedeværelse, lønnsutvikling og sysselsetting
With Øyvind Bruer-Skarsbø. Report 2020/51, Statistics Norway. Published version.
Drivkrefter bak svak etterspørsel i økonomien
With Oddmund Berg, Thomas von Brasch, Ådne Cappelen, Martin B. Holm and Håkon Tretvoll. Report 2020/32, Statistics Norway. Published version.
Bevegelser inn i, mellom og ut av NAVs ytelser
With Elisabeth Fevang, Simen Markussen and Knut Røed. Frisch Report 2/2016, Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research. Published version.
Endringer i tildeling av ytelser fra NAV
Søkelys på arbeidslivet, 33(3), 2016, pp. 228–246. Published version.
Koronakrisens første uker – hvem tok støyten i arbeidslivet?
With Bernt Bratsberg, Gaute Eilesen, Simen Markussen, Oddbjørn Raaum and Knut Røed. Samfunnsøkonomen, No. 2, 2020, pp. 41–50. Published version.
Experience and Education
2019–present
Senior Researcher, Statistics Norway
Unit for Macroeconomics. Project leader for the ADMOD projection model.
2015–2019
Graduate Student, University of Oslo
Ph.D. research, doctoral coursework and external research projects.
2019
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Oslo
Dissertation: Understanding Retirement Decisions.
Contact
For research-related inquiries, please use the contact details below.
Office
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