This book grew out of our research on the macroeconomic causes of unemployment, rising
in e qual ity, and the rather lackluster growth and productivity per for mance in Western Eu …

We investigate the labor market effects of immigration in Denmark, Germany and the UK,
three countries which are characterized by considerable differences in labor market …

Servaas Storm and CWM Naastepad 101 tion has always involved much employment,
including public relief works in the depression years of the 1930s.'God created the world, but …

We develop a novel medium-scale DSGE model, called NORA, for fiscal policy analysis in
Norway. NORA contains a sheltered and exposed sector allowing us to model wage …

Wage coordination plays an important role in macroeconomic stabilization. Pattern wage
bargaining systems have been common in Europe, but in different forms, and with different …

This paper reviews the development of labour market institutions in Norway, shows how
labour market regulation has been related to the macroeconomic development, and …

The economic crisis in the early 1990s brought about a dramatic increase in unemployment
and a similar decrease in labor force participation. Unemployment declined afterwards, but …

Collective agreements have played a central role in the system of wage formation in Norway
for more than fifty years. Although the degree of coordination achieved has been variable …

Although there is a large literature on employment effects of earned income tax credits
(EITCs) and unemployment benefits, less is known about wage effects. In our model, the …

Documentation of NAM Page 1 Documentation of NAM Ragnar Nymoen and Gunnar Bårdsen
15 November 2024 Page 2 ii Page 3 Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 The Modular Structure 5 2.1 …