| Unemployment, labor force composition and sickness absence: A panel data study JE Askildsen, E Bratberg, ØA Nilsen Health Economics 14 (11), 1087-1101, 2005 | 225* | 2005 |
| Zeros and lumps in investment: Empirical evidence on irreversibilities and nonconvexities ØA Nilsen, F Schiantarelli Review of Economics and Statistics 85 (4), 1021-1037, 2003 | 223 | 2003 |
| Intergenerational earnings mobility in Norway: Levels and trends* E Bratberg, ØA Nilsen, K Vaage The Scandinavian Journal of Economics 107 (3), 419-435, 2005 | 125* | 2005 |
| Gender differences in early retirement behaviour SÅ Dahl, ØA Nilsen, K Vaage European Sociological Review 19 (2), 179-198, 2003 | 120 | 2003 |
| Transitions from school to work and the early labour market experience E Bratberg, ØA Nilsen Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 62 (s1), 909-929, 2000 | 115* | 2000 |
| Work or retirement? Exit routes for Norwegian elderly SA Dahl, ØA Nilsen, K Vaage Applied Economics 32 (14), 1865-1876, 2000 | 97* | 2000 |
| Scarring effects of early career unemployment ØA Nilsen, KH Reiso Nordic Economic Policy Review, 13-45, 2014 | 88* | 2014 |
| Trends in intergenerational mobility across offspring's earnings distribution in Norway E Bratberg, ØA Nilsen, K Vaage Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 46 (1), 112-129, 2007 | 82* | 2007 |
| Job losses and child outcomes E Bratberg, ØA Nilsen, K Vaage Labour Economics 15 (4), 591-603, 2008 | 78 | 2008 |
| Intergenerational earnings mobility revisited: estimates based on lifetime earnings ØA Nilsen, K Vaage, A Aakvik, KÅ Jacobsen The Scandinavian Journal of Economics 114 (1), 1–23, 2012 | 66* | 2012 |
| Employment changes, the structure of adjustment costs, and plant size ØA Nilsen, KG Salvanes, F Schiantarelli European Economic Review 51 (3), 577-598, 2007 | 56* | 2007 |
| Apprentices and young workers: A study of the Norwegian youth labour market JE Askilden, ØA Nilsen Scottish Journal of Political Economy 52 (1), 1-17, 2005 | 48 | 2005 |
| Lumpy investments, factor adjustments, and labour productivity ØA Nilsen, A Raknerud, M Rybalka, T Skjerpen Oxford Economic Papers 61 (1), 104-127, 2008 | 40 | 2008 |
| Electricity prices, river temperatures, and cooling water scarcity GR McDermott, ØA Nilsen Land Economics 90 (1), 131-148, 2014 | 32 | 2014 |
| Transitions from employment among young Norwegian workers ØA Nilsen, AE Risa, A Torstensen Journal of Population Economics 13 (1), 21-34, 2000 | 27* | 2000 |
| Sequentiality versus simultaneity: Interrelated factor demand MK Asphjell, W Letterie, ØA Nilsen, GA Pfann Review of Economics and Statistics 96 (5), 986-998, 2014 | 21 | 2014 |
| Assessing the intergenerational correlation in disability pension recipiency E Bratberg, ØA Nilsen, K Vaage Oxford Economic Papers 67 (2), 205–226, 2015 | 20* | 2015 |
| Transitions to adulthood in Norway ØA Nilsen Globalization, Uncertainty, and Youth in Society (ed. H-P Blossfeld, E …, 2005 | 18 | 2005 |
| Education and completed fertility in Norway G Naz, ØA Nilsen, S Vagstad Education and Postponement of Maternity, 285-306, 2006 | 17* | 2006 |
| The importance of skill measurement for growth accounting ØA Nilsen, A Raknerud, M Rybalka, T Skjerpen Review of Income and Wealth 57 (2), 293-305, 2011 | 13 | 2011 |