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Bernt Bratsberg

joined in Mar 20, 2019

Senior Research Fellow at The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, Norway.

Bratsberg has 1 break published.

Norwegian IQ scores are falling – but genes are not to blame

IQ captures the tendency of people to score well or poorly on tests of seemingly different cognitive abilities. Research shows that high scorers also tend to do better in life, achieving more education and earning higher incomes, with reduced risk of unemployment, poor health, and... click to read more

Bernt Bratsberg | Senior Research Fellow at The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, Norway

Ole Rogeberg | Senior Research Fellow at The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, Norway

IQ

Flynn effect

dysgenic fertility

Reading time 4 min

published on Mar 20, 2019

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