Ingrid Hjort

Hjort, Ingrid & Østenstad, Gry (2025)

Will women save the planet? Correlation, causality, and common causes

Global Environmental Change, 95 Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2025.103077

While evidence suggests a strong positive cross-country correlation between women’s empowerment and progress on environmental and climate issues, the causal mechanisms remain unclear. This article critically examines the assumption that women’s empowerment drives climate action and environmental protection. By exploring possible causal channels and existing empirical evidence, we highlight the need to distinguish causality from correlation in this domain. We call for an exploration into whether advancements in women’s empowerment and environmental issues are determined by shared underlying factors connected to economic, political and institutional aspects. A more nuanced understanding of these complex interrelations is essential for developing effective and evidence-based environmental and gender policies.

Hunting, Martin Henrik; Hjort, Ingrid & Gjefsen, Hege Marie (2023)

Covid-19 blant gjestearbeidere i Norge

Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning (TfS), 64(4) , s. 303-319. Doi: https://doi.org/10.18261/tfs.64.4.1 - Fulltekst i forskningsarkiv

COVID-19 among guestworkers in Norway

Hjort, Ingrid Cathrine (2016)

Potential Climate Risks in Financial Markets: Report from a workshop, January 20, 2016

Memorandum from Department of Economics, University of Oslo, (02)

Hjort, Ingrid Cathrine (2016)

Potential Climate Risks in Financial Markets: A Literature Overview

Memorandum from Department of Economics, University of Oslo, (01)

Hjort, Ingrid; Aas, Eline, Bjørnelv, Gudrun Maria Waaler & Edwards, Christina Hansen (2025)

Skal samfunnsgevinster telle?

[Kronikk]

Hjort, Ingrid (2023)

Politikkens realiteter bør få økonomer til å tenke nytt om klimakrisen

[Kronikk]

Hjort, Ingrid (2023)

Problemet er ikke galopperende priser, men at vi har ulik mulighet til å betale dem

[Kronikk]

Hjort, Ingrid (2023)

Samfunnsproblemer løses ikke med «nedvekst»

[Kronikk]

Hjort, Ingrid (2023)

Billig parkering er dyrt for samfunnet

[Kronikk]

Østenstad, Gry Tengmark & Hjort, Ingrid (2025)

Climate policy, trade protectionism and relocation of production

[Conference Lecture]. Event

As trade wars resurface on the global stage, climate policy enters new terrain. While coordinated global action is widely recognized as the most effective solution to curb emissions and avoid trade conflicts, political realities often lead to fragmented national policies. In response, firms can exploit regulatory differences by shifting production to regions with laxer environmental standards and more protected markets - a phenomenon that not only alters domestic industry size but also involves carbon leakage, where pollution is displaced rather than reduced. Our primary objective is to investigate the interplay between climate policy and trade protectionism, with a particular focus on the carbon leakage that arises from production relocation driven by both climate and trade policy. We develop a framework in which government objectives are shaped by two competing factions: a consumerist faction, which prioritizes protecting domestic industries from foreign competition, and a green faction, which is committed to reducing global carbon emissions. By incorporating the influence of competing political interests into our framework, we offer new insights essential for crafting effective climate policy in an era of growing geopolitical and economic fragmentation.

Hjort, Ingrid (2025)

Utredningsinstruksen og bruken av samfunnsøkonomisk analyse

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Hjort, Ingrid & Greaker, Mads (2025)

International cooperation on climate change: The case for a green innovation club

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Hjort, Ingrid (2025)

Anvendelse av utredningsinstruksen: Erfaring fra utvalgsarbeid

[Lecture]. Event

Melberg, Hans Olav; Aas, Eline, Hjort, Ingrid, Vorland, lars, Barra, Mathias, Husbyn, Hallstein, Sogstad, Maren Kristine Raknes, Flobak, Åsmund, Bjørnelv, Gudrun Maria Waaler & Hutchinson, Gunn Oddlaug Strand (2024)

Perspektiv og prioriteringer: Rapport fra ekspertgruppen perspektiv i prioritering nedsatt av Helse- og omsorgdepartementet

[Report Research]. Helse- og omsorgdepartementet