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Rolf Aaberge

Rolf Aaberge

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Economics and Finance
Norway
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
40
Citations
5703
World Ranking
2320
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Rolf Aaberge is affiliated with Statistics Norway in Norway and has an extensive research record primarily in the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Social Sciences. Their work covers significant subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and General Health Professions.

The research topics explored by Aaberge include:

  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Economic theories and models
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Economic Theory and Policy
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth

Notable recent publications by Rolf Aaberge are:

  • Estimating long-run income inequality from mixed tabular data: Empirical evidence from Norway, 1875-2017 (2020) - Journal of Public Economics
  • Ranking intersecting distribution functions (2021) - Journal of Applied Econometrics
  • A European equivalence scale for public in-kind transfers (2023) - The Journal of Economic Inequality
  • Long-run evolution of income inequality in the Nordic countries (2023) - Scandinavian Economic History Review
  • How Business Income Measures Affect Income Inequality and the Tax Burden (2024) - SSRN Electronic Journal

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Jørgen Modalsli
  • Marco Francesconi
  • Ola Lotherington Vestad
  • Anthony B. Atkinson
  • Tarjei Havnes

Rolf Aaberge's research has been published multiple times in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Public Economics
  • Journal of Applied Econometrics
  • The Journal of Economic Inequality
  • Scandinavian Economic History Review

Their work focuses on analytical and empirical approaches to understanding income distribution, inequality dynamics, and economic policies related to public transfers and taxation. This involves applying econometric methods to long-term data sets, developing measures of economic wellbeing, and investigating intersections between income and social factors.

Best Publications

  • Income inequality and income mobility in the Scandinavian countries compared to the United States

    Rolf Aaberge;Anders Björklund;Markus Jäntti;Mårten Palme

  • Labor Supply Responses and Welfare Effects of Tax Reforms

    Rolf Aaberge;John K. Dagsvik;Steinar Strøm

  • Labour supply in Italy: an empirical analysis of joint household decisions, with taxes and quantity constraints

    Rolf Aaberge;Ugo Colombino;Steinar Strøm

  • Potential demand for alternative fuel vehicles

    John K Dagsvik;Tom Wennemo;Dag G Wetterwald;Rolf Aaberge

  • Measuring long-term inequality of opportunity

    Rolf Aaberge;Magne Mogstad;Magne Mogstad;Vito Peragine

  • Multidimensional Poverty and Inequality

    Rolf Aaberge;Andrea Brandolini

  • The distributional impact of public services when needs differ

    Rolf Aaberge;Manudeep Bhuller;Audun Langørgen;Magne Mogstad

  • To what extent do fiscal regimes equalize opportunities for income acquisition among citizens

    John E Roemer;Rolf Aaberge;Ugo Colombino;Johan Fritzell

  • Women at Work. An economic perspective.

    Tito Boeri;Daniela Del Boca;Christopher A. Pissarides;Rolf Aaberge

  • Characterizations of Lorenz curves and income distributions

    Rolf Aaberge

  • Unemployment Shocks and Income Distribution: How did the Nordic Countries Fare during their Crises?

    Rolf Aaberge;Tom Wennemo;Anders Bjorklund;Markus Jantti

  • Axiomatic characterization of the Gini coefficient and Lorenz curve orderings

    Rolf Aaberge

  • Ranking intersecting Lorenz curves

    Rolf Aaberge

  • Labor supply responses and welfare effects from replacing current tax rules by a flat tax: Empirical evidence from Italy, Norway and Sweden

    Rolf Aaberge;Ugo Colombino;Steinar Strøm

  • Designing Optimal Taxes with a Microeconometric Model of Household Labour Supply

    Rolf Aaberge;Ugo Colombino

  • Gini’s nuclear family

    Rolf Aaberge

  • Do more equal slices shrink the cake? An empirical investigation of tax-transfer reform proposals in Italy

    Rolf Aaberge;Ugo Colombino;Steinar Strøm

  • Measuring the benefits from public services : the effects of local government spending on the distribution of income in Norway

    Rolf Aaberge;Audun Langørgen

  • Top Incomes in Norway

    Rolf Aaberge;Anthony B. Atkinson

  • Evaluating Alternative Representations of the Choice Sets in Models of Labour Supply

    Rolf Aaberge;Ugo Colombino;Tom Wennemo

  • Region-specific versus country-specific poverty lines in analysis of poverty

    Magne Mogstad;Audun Langørgen;Rolf Aaberge

Frequent Co-Authors

Magne Mogstad
Magne Mogstad University of Chicago
Anthony B. Atkinson
Anthony B. Atkinson London School of Economics and Political Science
Markus Jäntti
Markus Jäntti Stockholm University
Anders Björklund
Anders Björklund Lund University
Nina Smith
Nina Smith Aarhus University
Stephen P. Jenkins
Stephen P. Jenkins London School of Economics and Political Science
John E. Roemer
John E. Roemer Yale University
Janet C. Gornick
Janet C. Gornick City University of New York
John Micklewright
John Micklewright University College London
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Joseph E. Stiglitz Columbia University

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