Torberg Falch
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1100769 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Torberg Falch |
| PRENOMES | Torberg |
| SOBRENOME | Falch |
| ASSINATURA | FALCH T |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8850-6908 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2001 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Teacher Labour Markets During 160 Years of Education Expansion
This paper documents the construction of a data set for Norwegian public compulsory education covering more than 160 years of educational expansion. The data include the number of students and teachers, teacher shortages measured by the share of teachers without formal qualifications and admission to and graduation from teacher education. The construction of the data is based on a historical description of the compulsory education system, includi…
Teacher shortages, the business cycle, and teacher demand
This paper examines the historical relationships between teacher shortages, teacher demand, and the business cycle using Norwegian data covering a period of >160 years (1861–2024). We find a procyclical pattern in teacher shortages, in particular for the post-WW2 period. The post-WW2 results imply that doubling the unemployment rate reduces teacher shortage by about 10 percent. The finding corroborates evidence from other countries that the publi…
Mobility of novice teachers
Teacher recruitment is a persistent challenge, particularly in small and rural communities. This paper examines the probability that newly qualified teachers enter a teaching position in their home region and a range of individual and regional factors. Using rich longitudinal data from Norwegian administrative registers, we find that several individual and local characteristics matter for the mobility of novice teachers. On average, entering teac…
Teacher education and early teaching career
This paper investigates the early working careers of graduates from teacher education using Norwegian register data. The longitudinal data follows the individuals up to 12 years after graduation. The analysis is on net attrition since mobility both out of and into teacher positions is taken into account. The findings reveal a gradual net attrition from teacher positions of about 1.3 percentage points yearly, starting 1–3 years after graduation. S…
Long‐run Effects of Local Government Mergers on Educational Attainment and Income
Local government mergers are an important policy issue in many countries, yet empirical evidence of the effects of merging and of local government size on the production and quality of local public services is scarce. We use the spatial and temporal variation in forced mergers between cities and their surrounding local governments in Norway to provide quasi‐experimental evidence of the effect on long‐run student outcomes. We find that the mergers…
Quality measures in higher education
We exploit rich administrative matched data for students and institutions to obtain quality measures across higher education institutions in Norway. Our primary quality indicators are based on individual income after leaving higher education within a value-added approach. Estimated quality indicators reveal significant differences in student outcomes across institutions, although the differences are much lower than raw income differences. “Old” a…
Wages and Recruitment
In this article, the author estimates the causal effect of the wage level on the recruitment rate in establishments. During the 1990s, the wage setting for certified teachers in Norway was completely centralized, with a state-paid wage premium of about 10% at some schools with severe recruitment problems. The empirical approach exploits within-school variation in wage-premium eligibility and that actual teacher supply is empirically observed at s…
Kvalitetsforskjell mellom videregående skoler
Et viktig tema i utformingen av skolepolitikken er avveiningen mellom sentral styring og lokal frihet. I dette perspektivet er det interessant med informasjon om omfanget på lokale variasjoner. Denne artikkelen presenterer kvantitative anslag på skolebidrag og skolekvalitet for den enkelte videregående skole i Norge. Vi utvikler seks skolebidragsindikatorer for to kategorier: (i) deltakelse og fullføring og (ii) faglige prestasjoner. En samleindi…
Public sector efficiency
The Supply of Public Sector Services when They Include Quantity and Quality Dimensions
Most publicly provided services are multi-dimensional. This paper distinguishes between quantity and quality. In a model of majority voting with two competing political parties, the income effects with respect to quantity, quality, and other elements in the utility functions of the voters have ambiguous signs because the budget constraint of the public sector is nonlinear. In addition, matching grants may have smaller effects than in traditional …
Decentralized Public Sector Wage Determination
The recent trend towards decentralization of European public sector wage determination relaxes some of the central administered wage setting mechanisms developed in the post‐WW2 period. This paper discusses teacher wage determination in Norway in 1905–39, a period with a highly decentralized public sector wage formation. Separate wage equations for urban and rural areas are estimated. I find that the responsiveness to unemployment of the urban wa…
Public sector efficiency
Wages and Recruitment
In this article, the author estimates the causal effect of the wage level on the recruitment rate in establishments. During the 1990s, the wage setting for certified teachers in Norway was completely centralized, with a state-paid wage premium of about 10% at some schools with severe recruitment problems. The empirical approach exploits within-school variation in wage-premium eligibility and that actual teacher supply is empirically observed at s…
Kvalitetsforskjell mellom videregående skoler
Et viktig tema i utformingen av skolepolitikken er avveiningen mellom sentral styring og lokal frihet. I dette perspektivet er det interessant med informasjon om omfanget på lokale variasjoner. Denne artikkelen presenterer kvantitative anslag på skolebidrag og skolekvalitet for den enkelte videregående skole i Norge. Vi utvikler seks skolebidragsindikatorer for to kategorier: (i) deltakelse og fullføring og (ii) faglige prestasjoner. En samleindi…
Decentralized Public Sector Wage Determination
The recent trend towards decentralization of European public sector wage determination relaxes some of the central administered wage setting mechanisms developed in the post‐WW2 period. This paper discusses teacher wage determination in Norway in 1905–39, a period with a highly decentralized public sector wage formation. Separate wage equations for urban and rural areas are estimated. I find that the responsiveness to unemployment of the urban wa…
The Supply of Public Sector Services when They Include Quantity and Quality Dimensions
Most publicly provided services are multi-dimensional. This paper distinguishes between quantity and quality. In a model of majority voting with two competing political parties, the income effects with respect to quantity, quality, and other elements in the utility functions of the voters have ambiguous signs because the budget constraint of the public sector is nonlinear. In addition, matching grants may have smaller effects than in traditional …
Public sector efficiency
Kvalitetsforskjell mellom videregående skoler
Et viktig tema i utformingen av skolepolitikken er avveiningen mellom sentral styring og lokal frihet. I dette perspektivet er det interessant med informasjon om omfanget på lokale variasjoner. Denne artikkelen presenterer kvantitative anslag på skolebidrag og skolekvalitet for den enkelte videregående skole i Norge. Vi utvikler seks skolebidragsindikatorer for to kategorier: (i) deltakelse og fullføring og (ii) faglige prestasjoner. En samleindi…
Wages and Recruitment
In this article, the author estimates the causal effect of the wage level on the recruitment rate in establishments. During the 1990s, the wage setting for certified teachers in Norway was completely centralized, with a state-paid wage premium of about 10% at some schools with severe recruitment problems. The empirical approach exploits within-school variation in wage-premium eligibility and that actual teacher supply is empirically observed at s…
Teacher education and early teaching career
This paper investigates the early working careers of graduates from teacher education using Norwegian register data. The longitudinal data follows the individuals up to 12 years after graduation. The analysis is on net attrition since mobility both out of and into teacher positions is taken into account. The findings reveal a gradual net attrition from teacher positions of about 1.3 percentage points yearly, starting 1–3 years after graduation. S…
Long‐run Effects of Local Government Mergers on Educational Attainment and Income
Local government mergers are an important policy issue in many countries, yet empirical evidence of the effects of merging and of local government size on the production and quality of local public services is scarce. We use the spatial and temporal variation in forced mergers between cities and their surrounding local governments in Norway to provide quasi‐experimental evidence of the effect on long‐run student outcomes. We find that the mergers…
Quality measures in higher education
We exploit rich administrative matched data for students and institutions to obtain quality measures across higher education institutions in Norway. Our primary quality indicators are based on individual income after leaving higher education within a value-added approach. Estimated quality indicators reveal significant differences in student outcomes across institutions, although the differences are much lower than raw income differences. “Old” a…
Mobility of novice teachers
Teacher recruitment is a persistent challenge, particularly in small and rural communities. This paper examines the probability that newly qualified teachers enter a teaching position in their home region and a range of individual and regional factors. Using rich longitudinal data from Norwegian administrative registers, we find that several individual and local characteristics matter for the mobility of novice teachers. On average, entering teac…
Teacher shortages, the business cycle, and teacher demand
This paper examines the historical relationships between teacher shortages, teacher demand, and the business cycle using Norwegian data covering a period of >160 years (1861–2024). We find a procyclical pattern in teacher shortages, in particular for the post-WW2 period. The post-WW2 results imply that doubling the unemployment rate reduces teacher shortage by about 10 percent. The finding corroborates evidence from other countries that the publi…
Teacher Labour Markets During 160 Years of Education Expansion
This paper documents the construction of a data set for Norwegian public compulsory education covering more than 160 years of educational expansion. The data include the number of students and teachers, teacher shortages measured by the share of teachers without formal qualifications and admission to and graduation from teacher education. The construction of the data is based on a historical description of the compulsory education system, includi…
Economics (8 obras) · Business (5 obras) · Demographic economics (4 obras) · Norwegian (4 obras) · School Choice and Performance (4 obras) · Economic growth (3 obras) · Economy (3 obras) · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (3 obras) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (3 obras) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (3 obras)