Kjell G. Salvanes is a professor in labor economics at NHH, research director at CELE since 2012, and deputy director of the Centre of Excellence FAIR at NHH since 2017.
Salvanes conducts research on a wide range of education, labor and health policy issues from returns to schooling, early investment in children and long term outcomes, inequality in income, health and education and intergenerational mobility. His current research projects involve studying the interrelationship between health and education, and the role of educational and health institutions on human capital formation and health outcomes. He received his PhD from the Norwegian School of Economics.
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Intergenerational mobility of immigrants in 15 destination countries
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- Migration
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The Nordic model and income equality: Myths, facts, and policy lessons
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- Europe's nations and regions 
- Poverty and Income Inequality
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A new way of measuring labour market concentration
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- Labour Markets
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Parental age and birth disorders: A sibling study
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- Health Economics
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The timing of parents’ income is as important for children as a single measure of parents’ income
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- Europe's nations and regions 
- Poverty and Income Inequality 
- Education