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Education

Ph.D in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, 2004

Work experience

July 2004 - now: Senior Researcher, Researcher
- Research Department, Statistics Norway
Fall 2000 - Spring 2004: Doctoral Research Fellow
- Department of Economcis, Univeristy of Oslo
Fall 2018 - Spring 2022: Lecturer (part time)
- Department of Economcis, Univeristy of Oslo
Fall 2008 - spring 2014: Research Associate (part time)
- The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research

Publications

Force of Attraction and Partner Availability in the U.S. Marriage Market: A Two-Sided Matching Model

Cheng, Y., Dagsvik, J. K., Han, X. and Jia, Z. (2026) Force of Attraction and Partner Availability in the U.S. Marriage Market: A Two-Sided Matching Model, Sociological Science, 13, 178-215. https://doi.org/10.15195/v13.a8

Work less but stay longer – Mature worker responses to a flexibility reform

Hernæs, E., Jia, Z., Piggott, J. and Vigtel, T. C. (2025) Work less but stay longer – Mature worker responses to a flexibility reform, Labour Economics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102771

Social Security Pension Generosity and the Effect on Household Saving

Halvorsen, E., Jia, Z., Kruse, H. and Vigtel, T.C. (2024), Social security pension and the effect on household saving. Scand. J. of Economics, 126: 529-560. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12550

Do Audits Improve Future Tax Compliance in the Absence of Penalties? Evidence from Random Audits in Norway

Hebos, S. etal. (2023), Do Audits Improve Future Tax Compliance in the Absence of Penalties? Evidence from Random Audits in Norway. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 207: 305-326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2023.01.00

Assessing Income Tax Perturbations

Christiansen, V., Jia, Z. & Thoresen, T.O. Assessing income tax perturbations. Int Tax Public Finance 29, 472–504 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-021-09673-2

Who and how many can work from home? Evidence from task descriptions

Holgersen, H., Jia, Z. & Svenkerud, S. (2021) Who and how many can work from home? Evidence from task descriptions. J Labour Market Res 55, 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12651-021-00287-z

Predicting the Path of Labor Supply Responses when State Dependence Matters

Jia, Z. & Vattø, T. (2021) Predicting the Path of Labor Supply Responses when State Dependence Matters. Labour Economics 71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2021.102004

Salience and Social Security Benefits

C. Brinch, E. Hernaes, Z. Jia (2017), Salience and social security benefits, J. Labor. Econ., 35 (2017), pp. 265-297 https://doi.org/10.1086/687580

Labor Supply as a Choice among Latent Jobs: Unobserved Heterogeneity and Identification

Dagsvik, J. K., and Jia, Z. (2016) Labor Supply as a Choice Among Latent Jobs: Unobserved Heterogeneity and Identification. J. Appl. Econ., 31: 487–506. doi: 10.1002/jae.2428.

Is there More Redistribution Now? A Review of Methods for Evaluating Tax Redistributional Effects

Thoresen, Lambert, Jia (2016). Is there More Redistribution Now? A Review of Methods for Evaluating Tax Redistributional Effects, FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis 72(3) 302-333 https://doi.org/10.1628/001522116X14677232484121

Theoretical and Practical Arguments for Modeling Labor Supply as a Choice among Latent Jobs

Dagsvik, J.K., Jia, Z., Kornstad, T. and Thoresen, T.O. (2014), THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ARGUMENTS FOR MODELING LABOR SUPPLY AS A CHOICE AMONG LATENT JOBS. Journal of Economic Surveys, 28: 134-151. https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12003

Subsidies on Low Skilled’s Social Security Contributions: the Case of Belgium

Dagsvik, J.K., Jia, Z., Orsini, K. et al. Subsidies on low-skilled workers’ social security contributions: the case of Belgium. Empir Econ 40, 779–806 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-010-0367-6

Earnings Distribution and Labour Supply after a Retirement Earnings Test Reform

HernaeS, E. and Jia, Z. (2013), Earnings Distribution and Labour Supply after a Retirement Earnings Test Reform. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 75: 410-434. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.2012.00695.x

Zhiyang Jia

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