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Jørgen Modalsli

@modals.li
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Professor, Oslo Metropolitan University. Economics, economic history modals.li

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Hanne Østli Jakobsen @hannejakobsen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
dette har jeg også tenkt på www.morgenbladet.no/ideer/ett-ty...
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(+) Ett tyveri på nett er piratvirksomhet, men en milliard er en forretningsmodell
Fortellingen om Aaron Swartz og Sam Altman er historien om det moderne internett – og det internettet vi aldri fikk.
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Ben Schneider @benmschneider.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
❗Call for Papers: 5th Norwegian 🇳🇴 Winter Games in Economic History ☃️ ❄️ Host: @oslomet.bsky.social 28 January 2027 📄 CfP Deadline: 23 October 2026 Obligatorisk skitur til Bislingflaka på fredag 29. kommer i tillegg
Call for papers for the 5th Norwegian Winter Games in Economic History. The full call is available at: https://www.okonomiskhistorie.no/?p=1676
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 09/07/2026
World Cup quarter-finals starting today! As in most years, this is mainly a European and South American thing. But not a very good year for South America, with only Argentina left. One country from outside Europe/South America is fairly average; this year it is Morocco.
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 09/07/2026
World Cup quarter-finals starting today! As in most years, this is mainly a European and South American thing. But not a very good year for South America, with only Argentina left. One country from outside Europe/South America is fairly average; this year it is Morocco.
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
One for the sociologists... a national team just fielded three players whose fathers played together at the same World Cup 32 years ago
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Erik Bengtsson @bengtssonz.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Thread about our new @wid.world working paper with @jakobmolinder.bsky.social and Svante Prado on income inequality and structural transformation in Sweden, 1870–1970! Link to paper: wid.world/document/inc... Thread 1/
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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Do you know of studies that actually evaluate use of LLMs in the public sector or other kinds of knowledge work? Teknologirådet in Norway just published a report evaluating their own use of LLMs, based on careful logs from 35 cases. teknologiradet.no/publication/...
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Kunstig intelligens i kunnskapsarbeid
Teknologirådet har gjennom 35 case dokumentert og vurdert bruk av KI i vårt eget arbeid med teknologivurdering, blant annet til kartlegging av eksperter og aktører, horisontskanning, utvikling av scen...
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 04/06/2026
Now this is a first for me at an academic conference: a famous economist (Thomas Piketty) discussing the future with an (even more?) famous science fiction writer (Kim Stanley Robinson). Interesting so far, but hoping for some space travel questions! #WIC2026
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Kristin @kthftw.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Inni samfunnsøkonomer er det to ulver. en som vil løpe og gå på ski mens KI fikser papers og en som oppriktig mener at den er den eneste ulven som skjønner noe som helst og derfor aldri vil gjøres overflødig.
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European Sociological Review @europeansocreview.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
New at ESR! #OpenAccess! Using new data on the establishment of Norwegian colleges 1969–1992 linked to individual register data, #ARogne #TKnutsen @modals.li revisit the role of local access to higher education in shaping gendered educational outcomes! doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf060
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A college on every cape: gender equality, gender segregation and local college openings
Abstract. The expansion of higher educational systems in Western countries in the latter half of the 20th century is central to the reversal of the gender
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 03/02/2026
Happy to have been appointed Visiting Professor at the great Economic History department at Lund University! Looking forward to several interesting visits over the next two years. www.lunduniversity.lu.se/lund-univers...
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Lunds universitet - Lunds universitet
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 28/01/2026
Looking forward to the 2026 Norwegian Winter Games in Economic History at NTNU tomorrow, hosted by @benmschneider.bsky.social , @fjbeltrantapia.bsky.social et al. Image: view from today's workplace (Oslo-Trondheim train)
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 18/12/2025
Fully funded Ph.D. position in economics open - please apply and/or inform your promising students! Application deadline 28 February. www.oslomet.no/en/work/job-... This is an open-topic fellowship, with research proposals aligned with the economics group's research interests being given priority.
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PhD Fellowship position in Economics at Oslo Business School, OsloMet
Oslo Metropolitan University is Norway's third largest university with 23,000 students and over 2,600 employees. We have campuses in central Oslo and at Romerike. OsloMet educates students and conduct...
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 09/01/2026
Visiting the Economic History department at Uppsala University for a few days, nice place
Image of the river, from the city centre.
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 06/01/2026
Power outage at Oslo Airport, most services down - except, apparently, wifi via Eduroam, which works just fine
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 18/12/2025
Fully funded Ph.D. position in economics open - please apply and/or inform your promising students! Application deadline 28 February. www.oslomet.no/en/work/job-... This is an open-topic fellowship, with research proposals aligned with the economics group's research interests being given priority.
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PhD Fellowship position in Economics at Oslo Business School, OsloMet
Oslo Metropolitan University is Norway's third largest university with 23,000 students and over 2,600 employees. We have campuses in central Oslo and at Romerike. OsloMet educates students and conduct...
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Marius Gonsholt Hov @mghov.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Godt fra @martinbholm.bsky.social Bech Holte forholder seg ikke til faglig kritikk- svarer jo aldri på den. Men vet likevel best ved å tegne grafer på frihånd. Det kunne jo vært fristende å stemple han som er sjarlatan. www.dn.no/innlegg/okon...
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Bech Holte slår effektivt ben under sitt eget prosjekt
Martin Bech Holte forholder seg til data som fanden leser bibelen. Det er synd, fordi det ødelegger det som kunne vært en konstruktiv debatt om hvordan Norge bør se ut.
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Helene Onshuus @heleneonshuus.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Jeg har skrevet om sløseridebatt, offentlig pengebruk og om å prioritere velferd. Det er ikke sløsing å bruke penger på velferd, det er en prioritering. Og skal vi beholde velferdsstaten i fremtiden må vi sannsynligvis regne med at den blir dyrere. Les hvorfor her:
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(+) Hvis vi vil beholde velferdsstaten, må vi regne med å bruke mer penger på den
At offentlig sektor er blitt dyr i drift, skyldes ikke at vi bruker for mye penger eller er uproduktive. Grunnen er at vi er ekstremt produktive. Det bør både sløserikritikerne og velferdsstatsforkjem...
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 30/10/2025
New working paper! *Measuring long-run wealth inequality: Empirical results for Norway 1912-2019* (with Aaberge and Solbakken) We estimate wealth inequality in Norway based on a set of historical and contemporary sources. www.ssb.no/en/inntekt-o...
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Turns out history does help you understand the present
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 02/10/2025
New working paper! *Female labor force participation in historical census microdata*, available at EHES: ehes.org/wp/EHES_282.... . Female labor force participation is well measured in the Norwegian 1910 Census, and the available micro data is well suited for economic analysis (with some caveats).
Female labor force participation in historical census microdata
By: Jørgen Modalsli

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How reliable is historical microdata? Understanding historical labor force participation is crucial for assessing long-term trends in economic development and intergenerational mobility. Most existing historical studies are, however, limited to men, and little is known about how reliable quantitative historical sources are when studying labor market outcomes for women.
This paper documents that the measurement of women's economic activity in the 1910 Norwegian population census had a high level of consistency. There is extensive discussion of measurement issues in historical census reports, micro data can reproduce historical census tables with a high degree of accuracy, and other contemporary reports such as industrial censuses and tax statistics confirm the results found in the census. In addition, a double-enumeration feature of the Norwegian census is leveraged to assess consistency between enumerators, finding no indication that precision in the occupational classification of women is any lower than for men. Some potential sources of downward bias are found in the historical census microdata set provided by IPUMS.
Based on the results in this paper, historical census data appears well suited to study economic activity using modern econometric methods, for women as well as men. A slight upward revision of the 39\% female labor force participation in Norway in 1910 might be in order.
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 09/09/2025
Her er noen "hva om"-utregninger etter stortingsvalgresultatet 2025. Alt med forbehold om feil, og at resultatene heller ikke er helt klare ennå (foreløpige tall er lastet ned fra valg.no). Mandatfordelingen med disse tallene er altså:
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Ole @olepetter.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Calvin & Hobbes, July 1989
4 panel Calvin and Hobbes comic strip.
Calvin, very anxious: "It's July already! Oh No! Oh No!"

"What happened to June!? Summer vacation is slipping through our fingers like grains of sand!"

"It's going too fast! We've got to hoard our freedom and have more fun! Time rushes on! Help! Help!"

Last panel, Hobbes, looking puzzled: "I don't think I want to be here at the end of August."
Calvin, running away: "AAUGH! It's a half-hour later than it was half an hour ago! Run! Run!"
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 27/06/2025
Enjoying the World Labor Conference (@eale-office.bsky.social /SOLE/AASLE) in Toronto! Look forward to an interesting program, and to presenting our paper on labor force participation and intergen mobility tomorrow. Happy to chat about mobility, inequality, long-run trends, historical micro data++!
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Forsberg™ @magnusforsberg.no · 16/05/2025
Media feilet TOTALT da noen finansierte Jarle Aabøs anti-MDG-kampanje. Nå er det store penger som brukes på Putins talepunkter inn i norsk valgkamp. De ansvarlige må holdes ansvarlig.
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 17/05/2025
On Norway's Constitution Day: a new, unknown "anti-war" party has ads all over the public transport system in Oslo. Financed by Russia? Who knows, political financing transparency laws are weak
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 29/04/2025
Great experience visiting the Social history of finance group at the University of Antwerpen today. www.uantwerpen.be/en/projects/... Many excellent questions and suggestions about historical wealth inequality! @uantwerpen.be
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 19/12/2024
Academic position open! Oslo Business School at Oslo Metropolitan University (@oslomet.bsky.social) has a position as Associate Professor in Economics open, application deadline 2 February. More info here: www.oslomet.no/en/work/job-...
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Associate Professor in Economics
Oslo Metropolitan University is Norway's third largest university with almost 22,000 students and over 2,500 employees. We have campuses in central Oslo and at Romerike. OsloMet educates students...
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 19/12/2024
Academic position open! Oslo Business School at Oslo Metropolitan University (@oslomet.bsky.social) has a position as Associate Professor in Economics open, application deadline 2 February. More info here: www.oslomet.no/en/work/job-...
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Associate Professor in Economics
Oslo Metropolitan University is Norway's third largest university with almost 22,000 students and over 2,500 employees. We have campuses in central Oslo and at Romerike. OsloMet educates students...
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 29/11/2024
Great workshop on historical microdata at CES/LMU today! Look forward to the rest of it tomorrow. Image from lunch at Munich's Englisher Garten. Presentations included, among others: @mreiske.bsky.social @christianvedel.bsky.social @jvoth.bsky.social @cathrinmohr.bsky.social
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 26/11/2024
New working paper! How Business Income Measures Affect Income Inequality and the Tax Burden, with Aaberge, Francesconi and Vestad. Using Norwegian administrative data, we show that income inequality is much higher than commonly measured. Measurement matters! www.iza.org/publications...
This paper presents estimates of income concentration and inequality for Norway using a new comprehensive measure of income, which identifies business income as it is earned by companies rather than when it is paid out as dividends to owners. We assemble several sources of high quality register data that allow us to account for multiple layers of business ownership across all companies between 2001 and 2018. Compared to official statistics, the new measure implies that the share of income attributable to the top 1\% of the distribution more than doubles and the Gini coefficient estimates increase by about 40\%. Our new measure identifies substantial tax regressivity for individuals in the top percentile, a feature that cannot be detected by standard income measures. For instance, while the share of gross income paid in taxes by individuals at the 99th percentile is about 36\% in 2016, the corresponding share paid by individuals in the top 1\% is 19\%.
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 26/11/2024
I made a starting pack with colleagues at Oslo Business School / Handelshøyskolen OsloMet go.bsky.app/Qth1ydg @oslomet.bsky.social
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Øystein Hernæs @oysteinhernaes.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Made a starter pack on Economists (and related) in Norway: go.bsky.app/SaEqpCs Let me know if you want to be added to the list. Inspired by @jansauermann.bsky.social and @hhsievertsen.bsky.social with the Swedish and Danish lists and the thread by @ginapieters.bsky.social #EconSky 📉📈
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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 07/11/2024
We’re going to hear lots of stories about which people, policies and rhetoric are to blame for the Democrats’ defeat. Some of those stories may even be true! But an underrated factor is that 2024 was an absolutely horrendous year for incumbents around the world 👇 
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Ben Schneider @benmschneider.bsky.social · 09/09/2024
💥 Call for Papers: 3rd Norwegian 🇳🇴 Winter Games in Economic History 💥 BI-Norwegian Business School 📅 31 January 2025 📄 CfP deadline: 18 October *John Williams intensifies* #econhist #EconSky #skystorians
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Lionel Page @lionelpage.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
A log Galton board can give an intuition about the drivers of the skewed shape of income distributions. Every success can offer people subsequent opportunities to gain much more while early failures shrink future opportunities Excellent animation by @babeheim.bsky.social
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Ben Schneider @benmschneider.bsky.social · 03/09/2024
Starter pack for #econhist: go.bsky.app/U6KyhNv I'm sure I missed some people, so let me know if that's you—or get in touch if I wrongly accused you of being one of us!
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Ben Schneider @benmschneider.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
🚨Call for Papers🚨 2nd Norwegian 🇳🇴 Winter Games in Economic History Organized by the Norsk Økonomisk Historisk Forening and hosted by Universitetet i Oslo Send your abstract to 📩 norwegianeconhist@gmail.com by 16 October!
A call for papers for the 2nd Norwegian Winter Games in Economic History. The full call can be found at http://www.okonomiskhistorie.no/?p=1603
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