Erling Barth

Institute for Social Research, Norway

Munthesgate 31

0260 Oslo

Norway

Department of Economics, University of Oslo

PO Box 6706 St Olavs plass

Oslo, N-0317

Norway

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

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  • Institute for Social Research, Norway

  • Department of Economics, University of Oslo

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1.

How Robots Change Within-Firm Wage Inequality

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13605
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 24 Aug 2020
Erling Barth, Marianne Roed, Pål Schøne and Janis Umblijs
Institute for Social Research, Norway, Institute for Social Research, Norway, Institute for Social Research, Norway and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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automation, robotisation, labour economics, wages, technological change

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Union Density, Productivity and Wages

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11111
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Erling Barth, Alex Bryson and Harald Dale-Olsen
Institute for Social Research, Norway, University College London and Institute for Social Research
Downloads 415 (148,689)
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trade unions, union density, productivity, wages

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Performance Pay and Within-Firm Wage Inequality

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4137
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 28 Apr 2009
Erling Barth, Bernt Bratsberg, Torbjorn Haegeland and Oddbjorn Raaum
Institute for Social Research, Norway, University of Oslo - Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Statistics Norway and University of Oslo - Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research
Downloads 314 (201,970)

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performance related pay, wage inequality, union bargaining

4.

Fair Tax Evasion

NHH Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 11/2013
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 09 May 2013
Erling Barth, Alexander W. Cappelen and Tone Ognedal
Institute for Social Research, Norway, NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Economics and University of Oslo
Downloads 246 (259,842)
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Tax evasion, redistributive taxation, fair income distribution

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It's Where You Work: Increases in Earnings Dispersion Across Establishments and Individuals in the U.S

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It's Where You Work: Increases in Earnings Dispersion Across Establishments and Individuals in the U.S

NBER Working Paper No. w20447
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 15 May 2023
Erling Barth, Alex Bryson, James C. Davis and Richard B. Freeman
Institute for Social Research, Norway, University College London, US Census Bureau and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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It's Where You Work: Increases in Earnings Dispersion Across Establishments and Individuals in the U.S.

US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Paper No. CES-WP- 14-33
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Nov 2014
Erling Barth, Alex Bryson, James C. Davis and Richard B. Freeman
Institute for Social Research, Norway, University College London, US Census Bureau and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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earnings; earnings inequality; productivity.

It's Where You Work: Increases in Earnings Dispersion Across Establishments and Individuals in the U.S

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8437
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2023
Erling Barth, Alex Bryson, James C. Davis and Richard B. Freeman
Institute for Social Research, Norway, University College London, US Census Bureau and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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earnings inequality, productivity, earnings

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Wage Dispersion, Markets and Institutions: The Effects of the Boom in Education on the Wage Structure

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2181
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 Jul 2006
Erling Barth and Claudio Lucifora
Institute for Social Research, Norway and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano
Downloads 208 (305,191)
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wage inequality, education, labour market institutions

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Worker Skills or Firm Wage-Setting Practices? Decomposing Wage Inequality Across 20 OECD Countries

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 18 Jan 2023
Chiara Criscuolo, Alexander Hijzen, Cyrille Schwellnus, Erling Barth, Antoine Bertheau, Wen-Hao Chen, Richard Fabling, Priscilla Fialho, Jonathan Garita, Andrei Gorshkov, Katarzyna Grabska-Romagosa, Antton Haramboure, Ryo Kambayashi, Michael Koelle, Valerie Lankester, Timo Leidecker, Balazs Murakőzy, Oskar Nordstrom Skans, Satu Nurmi, Vladimir Peciar, Capucine Riom, Duncan Roth, Catalina Sandoval, Balazs Stadler, Richard Upward and Wouter Zwysen
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Institute for Social Research, Norway, University of Copenhagen, National Taipei University, New Zealand Productivity Commission, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Central Bank of Costa Rica, Uppsala University - Department of Economics, Maastricht University, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Musashi University - Economics, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Central Bank of Costa Rica, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), University of Liverpool, Uppsala University, Government of the Republic of Finland - Statistics Finland, Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic, London School of Economics, Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Central Bank of Costa Rica, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), University of Nottingham - School of Economics and University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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Wage inequality, firm wage premium, productivity

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Who Pays for Performance?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2142
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 31 May 2006
Erling Barth, Bernt Bratsberg, Torbjörn Haegeland and Oddbjorn Raaum
Institute for Social Research, Norway, University of Oslo - Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Statistics Norway and University of Oslo - Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research
Downloads 201 (315,099)
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performance related pay, agency problems, compensation methods

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Monopsonistic Discrimination, Worker Turnover, and the Gender Wage Gap

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3930
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Jan 2009
Erling Barth and Harald Dale-Olsen
Institute for Social Research, Norway and Institute for Social Research
Downloads 147 (414,484)
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gender wage gap, monopsony

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Better Late than Never? How Late Completion Affects the Early Careers of Dropouts

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12560
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Sep 2019
Karsten Albaek, Rita Asplund, Erling Barth, Lena Lindahl, Marte Strøm and Pekka Vanhala
University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics, ETLA, Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, Institute for Social Research, Norway, Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Institute for Social Research, Norway and ETLA, Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
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upper secondary schooling, dropouts, NEET rates

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Augmenting the Human Capital Earnings Equation with Measures of Where People Work

NBER Working Paper No. w22512
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2023
Erling Barth, James C. Davis and Richard B. Freeman
Institute for Social Research, Norway, US Census Bureau and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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The Dynamics of Gender Earnings Differentials: Evidence from Establishment Data

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The Dynamics of Gender Earnings Differentials: Evidence from Establishment Data

NBER Working Paper No. w23381
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 08 May 2017 Last Revised: 22 May 2022
Erling Barth, Sari Pekkala Kerr and Claudia Olivetti
Institute for Social Research, Norway, Wellesley College and Boston College
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The Dynamics of Gender Earnings Differentials: Evidence from Establishment Data

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10974
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 31 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Erling Barth, Sari Pekkala Kerr and Claudia Olivetti
Institute for Social Research, Norway, Charles River Associates (CRA) and Boston College
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earnings growth, establishment wage differentials, gender pay gap

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The Equality Multiplier: How Wage Setting and Welfare Spending Make Similar Countries Diverge

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6494
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 28 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Erling Barth and Karl O. Moene
Institute for Social Research, Norway and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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wage inequality, welfare state

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Employer Size or Skill-Group Size Effect on Wages?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1888
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Jan 2006
Erling Barth and Harald Dale-Olsen
Institute for Social Research, Norway and Institute for Social Research
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wage differentials, size wage effect

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Creative Disruption: Technology Innovation, Labour Demand and the Pandemic

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15762
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Dec 2022
Erling Barth, Alex Bryson and Harald Dale-Olsen
Institute for Social Research, Norway, University College London and Institute for Social Research
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technology investments, digitalization, labour demand, pandemic, COVID-19

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Monopsonistic Discrimination and the Gender-Wage Gap

NBER Working Paper No. w7197
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Jan 2000 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2022
Erling Barth and Harald Dale-Olsen
Institute for Social Research, Norway and Institute for Social Research
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Do Public Subsidies of Union Membership Increase Union Membership Rates?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13747
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Erling Barth, Alex Bryson and Harald Dale-Olsen
Institute for Social Research, Norway, University College London and Institute for Social Research
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wages, union membership, trade unions, tax subsidies

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Does the Rise of China Lead to the Fall of European Welfare States?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14063
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 01 Feb 2021
Erling Barth, Henning Finseraas, Anders Kjelsrud and Karl O. Moene
Institute for Social Research, Norway, Norwegian Social Research, University of Oslo and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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Unreported Labour

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1893
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Jan 2006
Erling Barth and Tone Ognedal
Institute for Social Research, Norway and University of Oslo
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tax evasion, hidden labour market

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Hit by the Silk Road: How Wage Coordination in Europe Mitigates the China Shock

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13259
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 19 May 2020
Erling Barth, Henning Finseraas, Anders Kjelsrud and Karl O. Moene
Institute for Social Research, Norway, Norwegian Social Research, University of Oslo and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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wage-coordination, employment, globalization, China-shock

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The Equality Multiplier

NBER Working Paper No. w15076
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 16 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2022
Erling Barth and Karl O. Moene
Institute for Social Research, Norway and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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Weathering the Great Recession: Variation in Employment Responses by Establishments and Countries

NBER Working Paper No. w22432
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2023
Erling Barth, James C. Davis, Richard B. Freeman and Sari Pekkala Kerr
Institute for Social Research, Norway, US Census Bureau, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Wellesley College
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Chutes and Ladders? Job Opportunities for Generation Covid

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14530
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 10 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Erling Barth, Harald Dale-Olsen, Pål Schøne and Kjersti Ostbakken
Institute for Social Research, Norway, Institute for Social Research, Institute for Social Research, Norway and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 40 (886,813)
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job postings, labor demand shock, coronavirus, young workers, COVID-19

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The Effects of Scientists and Engineers on Productivity and Earnings at the Establishment Where They Work

NBER Working Paper No. w23484
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2023
Erling Barth, James C. Davis, Richard B. Freeman and Andrew Wang
Institute for Social Research, Norway, US Census Bureau, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Twisting the Demand Curve: Digitalization and the Older Workforce

NBER Working Paper No. w28094
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 16 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2023
Erling Barth, James C. Davis, Richard B. Freeman and Kristina McElheran
Institute for Social Research, Norway, US Census Bureau, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and University of Toronto - Strategic Management
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Rank vs Income

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 Mar 2024
Karl O. Moene, Erling Barth and Henning Finseraas
University of Oslo - Department of Economics, Institute for Social Research, Norway and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
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Inequality, redistribution, welfare state

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Turning Non-Members into Members: Do Public Subsidies to Union Membership Matter?

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 12 Apr 2024
Erling Barth, Alex Bryson and Harald Dale‐Olsen
Institute for Social Research, Norway, University College London and Institute for Social Research, Norway
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trade unions, union membership, wages, tax subsidies

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Monopsony, Labour Demand Fluctuations and the Gender Wage Gap

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Nov 2024
Harald Dale-Olsen and Erling Barth
Institute for Social Research, Norway and Institute for Social Research, Norway
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monopsony, frictions, labour demand fluctuations, Gender Wage Gap, panel data

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Family Ownership and Productivity: The Role of Owner-Management

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Erling Barth, Trygve Gulbrandsen and Pål Schøne
Institute for Social Research, Norway, Institute for Social Research and Institute for Social Research, Norway

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Organizational structures, Family firms, Moral hazard problem, Firm performance, Management skills, Operator ownership, Firm productivity, Firm ownership, Managers

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Union Wage Effects: Does Membership Matter?

The Manchester School, Vol. 68, Issue 3, June 2000
Posted: 21 Jul 2001
Erling Barth, Oddbjorn Raaum and Robin Naylor
Institute for Social Research, Norway, University of Oslo - Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research and University of Warwick - Department of Economics

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