Ola Honningdal Grytten
Biographic Data
| ID | 1106136 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ola Honningdal Grytten |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ola Honningdal |
| FAMILY NAME | Grytten |
| SIGNATURE | GRYTTEN O H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian School of Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1416-0980 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The size of the offshore sector in the Norwegian economy
Writers on Norwegian economic history often claim that industries related to the sea played a major role in the Norwegian economy for centuries. However, little has been done to quantify this sector’s contribution to the economy. The present paper seeks to quantify the size of the key offshore industries compared to GDP and exports. To do so it has been necessary to draw on new historical national account calculations and export data in addition …
Benchmarking Latvia’s economy: A new estimate of gross domestic product in the 1930s
Reinventing perished “Belgium of the East”: New estimates of GDP for inter-war Latvia (1920–1939)
Mortality transition in the interwar Baltic states: Findings from cross-country comparison of new life tables
This paper is the first comparative analysis of mortality transition, as part of the demographic transition, in all the three Baltic countries during the interwar period. We address the following research questions: Which type of mortality transition is exemplified by the interwar Baltic countries’ mortality patterns? Was the mortality transition completed already before WWII? What were Baltic cross-country differences in the advancement of morta…
Regional Gross Domestic Product (RGDP) Disparities in Interwar and Restored Independent Lithuania: A Long-Term Cross-Time Comparison
We provide a pioneering estimation of the regional Gross Domestic Product (rGDP) of the interwar Republic of Lithuania in 1923. This is the only year when a census of the interwar population was conducted, providing data necessary for the application of the Geary-Stark method of indirect estimation of regional output. We also measure productivity disparities across the regions in 1923 and 2001–2020 by Coefficient of Variation (CV), Mean Logarithm…
Demographic Continuity as a Necessary Condition of Performable Post-communist Token Social Restorations
We test the hypothesis that demographic continuity was a necessary condition of performable token post-communist social restorations. Demographic continuity means sufficient overlapping between populations of original and restored systems. Token social restoration refers to restorations where original and restored systems are identical. It is opposed to type restoration where original and restored systems are numerically different instances of th…
Jardar Sørvoll: Husbanken og boligpolitikken 1996–2021. JardarSørvollHusbanken og boligpolitikken 1996–2021.Cappelen Damm Akademisk, Oslo, 2021, 312 s
Revising growth history: New estimates of GDP for Norway, 1816-2019
This article offers revised historical national accounts for Norway for the period 1816-2019. The revisions have been carried out on both the production side and the expenditure side. The major difference is that the new series include a significantly broader set of data than the previous series. This makes it possible to calculate GDP for a wider set of industries with more detailed and precise data, in a way that is more in line with modern nat…
Ragnhild Hutchison: En kort introduksjontil: Norges økonomiske historie på 1700-tallet
Revising price history: Consumer price index for Norway 1492–2018
The paper presents a new combined annual cost of living and consumer price index for Norway covering 1492–2018, indicating that Norwegian price history has to be revised. The new historical price index is constructed on a significantly richer data material, which also makes it cover a longer period of price history than the existing one. This is made possible by the compilation of quantitative data from numerous sources, mostly originating from t…
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: Entrepreneurship of the Norwegian Puritan Leader Hans Nielsen Hauge
The present paper deals with Max Webers hypothesis on the linkage between protestant ethics and the development of capitalism and entreprenaurship. It does so by study industrial entrepreneurship the great Norwegian puritan pioneer and leader Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771-1824) was engaged in. Specificially, the paper seeks to map his involvement in starting or restarting businesses and to quantify the volumes of financial activities he was engaged in…
Purchasing Power of Labour: Norwegian Real Wages, 1726–2006
By utilizing data from one of the largest international historical archives on wages and prices, this article offers new nominal and real wage series for Norway, 1726–2006. These serve as measures for the purchasing power of labour as input to production. The new series cover all main industries and thereby enables solid conclusions. The new series challenge existing views on the development of the purchasing power of labour in Norway during the …
The road to prosperity: An economic history of Finland - Edited by Jari Ojala, Jari Eloranta, and Jukka Jalava
Beyond Quantitative and Quanlitative
The present article discusses the relationship between quantitative and qualitative research in economic and social history. Its focus is on the development of quantitative history from its birth in the late 1950s and its relationship to traditional history. The author argues that the huge split between the quantitative and the qualitative approaches has been reduced, and a new generation of economic and social historians is well trained in econo…
Family households and unemployment in norway during years of crisis: New estimates 1926–1939
Interwar Norway saw a depressed labor market with mass unemployment both in the 1920s and 1930s. To protect family household income, breadwinners were preferred in the labor market. In consequence, discriminatory measures were carried out against married women and the younger part of the labor force with minor family support responsibilities. The article offers new estimates of employment, unemployment, family support responsibilities, labor part…
The demand for consumer goods in the modernisation of the Norwegian economy, 1850–1920
This article shows that purchasing power and consumption grew considerably in Norway in the period 1850–1920. This growth, however, brought with it only very minor changes in the patterns of consumption and demand towards industrial products and services. However, there were changes in the demand for food products in that consumption moved from basic vegetarian products towards highly-processed animal food products. Thus, the changes in Norwegian…
The scale of Norwegian interwar unemployment in international perspective
The author offers revised estimates of Norwegian interwar unemployment, and argues that total unemployment as a percentage of the labour force was considerably lower than the unemployment rate for trade unionists. The new figures, suggesting annual unemployment to hover between 5 and 10 percent for most of the interwar period, seem somewhat lower than the scale of Norwegian interwar unemployment according to the conventional view. However, they c…
The labour market, unemployment and economic growth in Norway, 1920–1939
This article attempts an essentially macro-economic look at the development of the Norwegian economy in the inter-war period. The main focus is on the macro-economic determinants of labour market developments, in particular the causes of the extensive unemployment that persisted in the inter-war period. The article relies partly on previous research undertaken by both economists and economic historians, but also breaks new ground both with respec…
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: Entrepreneurship of the Norwegian Puritan Leader Hans Nielsen Hauge
The present paper deals with Max Webers hypothesis on the linkage between protestant ethics and the development of capitalism and entreprenaurship. It does so by study industrial entrepreneurship the great Norwegian puritan pioneer and leader Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771-1824) was engaged in. Specificially, the paper seeks to map his involvement in starting or restarting businesses and to quantify the volumes of financial activities he was engaged in…
The labour market, unemployment and economic growth in Norway, 1920–1939
This article attempts an essentially macro-economic look at the development of the Norwegian economy in the inter-war period. The main focus is on the macro-economic determinants of labour market developments, in particular the causes of the extensive unemployment that persisted in the inter-war period. The article relies partly on previous research undertaken by both economists and economic historians, but also breaks new ground both with respec…
The scale of Norwegian interwar unemployment in international perspective
The author offers revised estimates of Norwegian interwar unemployment, and argues that total unemployment as a percentage of the labour force was considerably lower than the unemployment rate for trade unionists. The new figures, suggesting annual unemployment to hover between 5 and 10 percent for most of the interwar period, seem somewhat lower than the scale of Norwegian interwar unemployment according to the conventional view. However, they c…
The demand for consumer goods in the modernisation of the Norwegian economy, 1850–1920
This article shows that purchasing power and consumption grew considerably in Norway in the period 1850–1920. This growth, however, brought with it only very minor changes in the patterns of consumption and demand towards industrial products and services. However, there were changes in the demand for food products in that consumption moved from basic vegetarian products towards highly-processed animal food products. Thus, the changes in Norwegian…
Family households and unemployment in norway during years of crisis: New estimates 1926–1939
Interwar Norway saw a depressed labor market with mass unemployment both in the 1920s and 1930s. To protect family household income, breadwinners were preferred in the labor market. In consequence, discriminatory measures were carried out against married women and the younger part of the labor force with minor family support responsibilities. The article offers new estimates of employment, unemployment, family support responsibilities, labor part…
Beyond Quantitative and Quanlitative
The present article discusses the relationship between quantitative and qualitative research in economic and social history. Its focus is on the development of quantitative history from its birth in the late 1950s and its relationship to traditional history. The author argues that the huge split between the quantitative and the qualitative approaches has been reduced, and a new generation of economic and social historians is well trained in econo…
The road to prosperity: An economic history of Finland - Edited by Jari Ojala, Jari Eloranta, and Jukka Jalava
Purchasing Power of Labour: Norwegian Real Wages, 1726–2006
By utilizing data from one of the largest international historical archives on wages and prices, this article offers new nominal and real wage series for Norway, 1726–2006. These serve as measures for the purchasing power of labour as input to production. The new series cover all main industries and thereby enables solid conclusions. The new series challenge existing views on the development of the purchasing power of labour in Norway during the …
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: Entrepreneurship of the Norwegian Puritan Leader Hans Nielsen Hauge
The present paper deals with Max Webers hypothesis on the linkage between protestant ethics and the development of capitalism and entreprenaurship. It does so by study industrial entrepreneurship the great Norwegian puritan pioneer and leader Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771-1824) was engaged in. Specificially, the paper seeks to map his involvement in starting or restarting businesses and to quantify the volumes of financial activities he was engaged in…
Ragnhild Hutchison: En kort introduksjontil: Norges økonomiske historie på 1700-tallet
Revising price history: Consumer price index for Norway 1492–2018
The paper presents a new combined annual cost of living and consumer price index for Norway covering 1492–2018, indicating that Norwegian price history has to be revised. The new historical price index is constructed on a significantly richer data material, which also makes it cover a longer period of price history than the existing one. This is made possible by the compilation of quantitative data from numerous sources, mostly originating from t…
Jardar Sørvoll: Husbanken og boligpolitikken 1996–2021. JardarSørvollHusbanken og boligpolitikken 1996–2021.Cappelen Damm Akademisk, Oslo, 2021, 312 s
Revising growth history: New estimates of GDP for Norway, 1816-2019
This article offers revised historical national accounts for Norway for the period 1816-2019. The revisions have been carried out on both the production side and the expenditure side. The major difference is that the new series include a significantly broader set of data than the previous series. This makes it possible to calculate GDP for a wider set of industries with more detailed and precise data, in a way that is more in line with modern nat…
Demographic Continuity as a Necessary Condition of Performable Post-communist Token Social Restorations
We test the hypothesis that demographic continuity was a necessary condition of performable token post-communist social restorations. Demographic continuity means sufficient overlapping between populations of original and restored systems. Token social restoration refers to restorations where original and restored systems are identical. It is opposed to type restoration where original and restored systems are numerically different instances of th…
Benchmarking Latvia’s economy: A new estimate of gross domestic product in the 1930s
Reinventing perished “Belgium of the East”: New estimates of GDP for inter-war Latvia (1920–1939)
Mortality transition in the interwar Baltic states: Findings from cross-country comparison of new life tables
This paper is the first comparative analysis of mortality transition, as part of the demographic transition, in all the three Baltic countries during the interwar period. We address the following research questions: Which type of mortality transition is exemplified by the interwar Baltic countries’ mortality patterns? Was the mortality transition completed already before WWII? What were Baltic cross-country differences in the advancement of morta…
Regional Gross Domestic Product (RGDP) Disparities in Interwar and Restored Independent Lithuania: A Long-Term Cross-Time Comparison
We provide a pioneering estimation of the regional Gross Domestic Product (rGDP) of the interwar Republic of Lithuania in 1923. This is the only year when a census of the interwar population was conducted, providing data necessary for the application of the Geary-Stark method of indirect estimation of regional output. We also measure productivity disparities across the regions in 1923 and 2001–2020 by Coefficient of Variation (CV), Mean Logarithm…
The size of the offshore sector in the Norwegian economy
Writers on Norwegian economic history often claim that industries related to the sea played a major role in the Norwegian economy for centuries. However, little has been done to quantify this sector’s contribution to the economy. The present paper seeks to quantify the size of the key offshore industries compared to GDP and exports. To do so it has been necessary to draw on new historical national account calculations and export data in addition …
Economics (13 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (9 works) · Norwegian (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Demography (7 works) · Economy (7 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Population (5 works)