Kjetil Bjorvatn has been a professor in economics since 2005. He received his PhD degree in economics from NHH in 1996. Bjorvatn is the leader of the FAIR Insight Team at the Centre of Excellence FAIR (Centre for Experimental Research on Fairness, Inequality and Rationality).
Bjorvatn’s main research interests are in the fields of economic development and political economy. He has published a number of articles in these areas, among them ”Disabled by stereotype? Experimental evidence from Uganda,” Forthcoming Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (together with Bertil Tungodden), “Human and financial capital for microenterprise development: Evidence from a field and lab experiment,” (2014) Management Science (together with Lars Ivar O. Berge and Bertil Tungodden), and “Resource rents, balance of power, and political stability,” Forthcoming Journal of Peace Research (together with Mohammad Farzanegan).
Bjorvatn was Dean of the Bachelor programme at NHH in the period 2009-2015. In 2004 and 2013 he has won the Students’ NHH Best teacher award and received the NHH award for excellence in teaching in 2005.
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Ekström, Mathias Philip; Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Soto Mota, Pablo Ignacio; Sjåstad, Hallgeir | Making a promise increases the moral cost of lying: Evidence from Norway and the United States | Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization; 2025 |
| Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Ferris, Denise; Gulesci, Selim; Nasgowitz, Arne; Somville, Vincent; Vandewalle, Lore | Childcare, Labor Supply, and Business Development: Experimental Evidence from Uganda | American economic journal. Applied economics; 2025 |
| Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Ferris, Denise; Gulesci, Selim; Nasgowitz, Arne; Somville, Vincent; Vandewalle, Lore | Long-Term Effects of Preschool Subsidies and Cash Transfers on Child Development: Evidence from Uganda | AEA Papers and Proceedings Volume 114; page 459 - 462; 2024 |
| Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Somville, Vincent; Nasgowitz, Arne; Ferris, Denise; Gulesci, Selim; Vandewalle, Lore | Childcare, labor supply, and business development: Experimental evidence from Uganda | CEPR; 2022 |
Subsidised access to full-day preschools in Uganda had long-term positive effects on children’s anthropometrics but not their learning outcomes. Cash transfers of a similar value as the preschool subsidy had a similar impact.
The policy conference on the transition from school to work among youth in Tanzania took place in Dar es Salaam, where FAIR researchers shared valuable insights on various topics within development economics.
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economics goes to a trio who have studied differences in prosperity between nations. `An excellent award for those of us who are doing research on poverty and inequality,´ says Kjetil Bjorvatn.
NHH graduate Jens Aarre Seip wants to lower the threshold for asking questions during lectures. Now, the start-up has secured agreements with 11 Norwegian educational institutions, including NHH.
Each year huge sums are invested in development programmes, but how effective are they? The Development Learning Lab aims to answer this.
The new project, Women's Leadership in Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) has received funding for three years.
New published paper in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics by Kjetil Bjorvatn (FAIR), Tigabu Degu Getahun (Ethiopian Development Research Institute) and Sandra Kristine Halvorsen (FAIR).
FAIR is involved in three projects that have received funding from the Research Council of Norway.
New accepted paper in the journal Management Science, by Kjetil Bjorvatn, Alexander W. Cappelen, Linda Helgesson Sekei, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden.
Can nudging become the solution to the greatest challenges of our time such as economic inequality and climate change?
New published paper, in the Journal of the European Economic Association, titled "Ethnically Biased? Experimental Evidence from Kenya", by Lars Ivar Oppedal Berge, Kjetil Bjorvatn, Simon Galle, Edward Miguel, Daniel N. Posner, Bertil Tungodden and Kelly Zhang.
NHH and the research foundation ESRF have jointly conducted a multi-year study on «Girls’ Economic Empowerment: Evidence from Tanzania».
