• A difference in differences analysis on how a change in employment affects motivation amongst temporary employees 

      Berge, Tore (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)
      This master thesis investigates how temporary employees’ motivation changes when a company starts to hire more permanent employees. It is imperative to know how changes in the work situation affects the motivation of the ...
    • Father Presence and the Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment 

      Rege, Mari; Votruba, Mark; Kalil, Ariel; Mogstad, Magne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-11)
      We use administrative data from Norway to analyze how fathers’ presence affects the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment. Our empirical strategy exploits within family variation in father exposure that ...
    • Feedback and Performance: Experiments in Behavioral Economics 

      Gjedrem, William Gilje (PhD thesis UiS;321, Doctoral thesis, 2016-11-29)
    • How do Corporate Social Responsibility announcements affect firm value? 

      Pham, Cathrine; Pham, Trang Vo (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)
      Taking previous research on this topic into consideration, this thesis sets out to give some insights as to why there seems to be increasing focus on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives by firms. Using theory ...
    • MINDSET, EDUCATION AND INCOME. Predictors of a growth mindset. 

      Rydland, Elisabeth Therese Wagbo; Reppen, Linda Victoria Faye (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)
      Mindset is your beliefs about abilities, intelligence, personality and other fundamental qualities. In this thesis we explore the research question: “what are important predictors of a growth mindset?” Finding these ...
    • Social Ties and Purpose of Work in the Principal-Agent Relationship 

      Winum, Caroline; Willumsen, Christine Helle (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)
      This paper investigates the effect of strengthening social ties and purpose of work on motivation in the principal-agent relationship. We hypothesise that by building social ties to employees and give them purpose of work, ...
    • Teacher relationship skills and student learning 

      Thijssen, Maximiliaan Willem Pierre; Rege, Mari; Solheim, Oddny Judith (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Despite extensive evidence on variation in teacher value-added, we have a limited understanding of why some teachers are more effective in promoting human capital than others. Using rich, high-quality data from Norway, we ...