👩‍🎓How do school peers influence who gets into elite education?

In “First-Generation Elite: The Role of School Social Networks”, Sarah Cattan, Kjell G. Salvanes, and Emma Tominey shows how school networks matters greatly for who enters elite university programmes.

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✨Meet Pallavi Prabhakar, JM-candidate at the Department of Economics at NHH Bergen.

🕵️‍♀️Fields of interest: Development Economics

📘JMP: Bottom Up Accountability? Information, Expectations and Civic Action in India

🔗Read more about the JM-candidates here: www.nhh.no/en/departmen...

🎉 We’re proud to share that Ingar Haaland has been appointed Associate Editor at the Journal of the European Economic Association (JEEA). A major milestone and a testament to his contributions to economic research!

Read more about Ingar’s research here: sites.google.com/site/ingarha...

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✨Meet Erika Povea, JM-candidate at the Department of Economics at NHH Bergen.

🕵️‍♀️Fields of interest: Labour Economics, Economics of Education and Applied Microeconomics

📘JMP: When Organized Crime Moves In: Economic and Human Capital Disruption

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🎓 FAIR NHH is hiring TWO postdocs in Labour Economics!

Want to explore how fairness, mobility, and care shape our societies? Join our international team and build your own research journey!

📅 Apply by 30 November 2025
📍 Bergen, Norway
🔗 Apply now: www.nhh.no/en/research-...

🏆Who Gains and Who Misses Out in Merit-Based School Admissions?

In their article, Antonio Dalla-Zuanna, Kai Liu, and Kjell G. Salvanes explore how merit-based admissions can unintentionally deepen educational inequalities.

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📢 Call for Papers! Join the 47th Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Association of Economists, hosted by NHH and Samfunnsøkonomene from 24 - 25 Nov.

📝 Submit your paper by 13 Oct: samfunnsokonomene.no/kurs-og-konf...

📚 Prosperity with equality: how do the Nordic countries do it?

A new paper in the Journal of Economic Literature by Salvanes, Mogstad & Torsvik points to four pillars of the Nordic model and shows how wage compression plays a key role! 
 
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📉 More parental sick leave → lower school performance in kids.
New study shows family policies shape future generations.

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🎉Aline Bütikofer has received NordForsk funding for a new project on elder care in the Nordics. She'll explore how care is delivered and shared — and how to make systems more sustainable as our population ages.
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💥 Norway’s oil boom reshaped education.
Initial dropout spike, then rise in vocational training. Local job opportunities drove the shift.
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🚨 New paper accepted in the American Economic Review!
Milking machines replaced women’s farm work—pushing young rural women into cities, education, and higher-paying jobs. A striking case of gender-biased tech reshaping lives.

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🚨We are hiring a Research Data Manager! 📊
Work with global researchers, run fieldwork, build data systems.

📍 Bergen | ⏳ Deadline: June 1
🔗https://www.nhh.no/en/research-centres/fair/news/2025/were-hiring-research-data-manager/

NEPR 2025 is out! 📈 Focus: wage formation + the Nordic model. Alexander L. P. Willén contributed to the unions chapter.

👉https://www.nhh.no/en/research-centres/fair/news/2025/alexander-l.p-willen-nordic-cooperation/

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⚖Today, we celebrate women’s achievements and honor the women in our research community. A day to mark progress, raise awareness, and advocate for gender equality.✨ @nhhecon.bsky.social @nhhnor.bsky.social
🔗https://www.nhh.no/en/research-centres/fair/news/2025/08-march-international-womens-day/

📢 FAIR Annual Report 2024 is out! It’s been a busy year, and we’re grateful for all the support from colleagues and partners. @nhhecon.bsky.social @nhhnor.bsky.social
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Photo: Odd Mehus/EALE Conference 2024