Jørn Rattsø

Jørn Rattsø is a Professor at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). His research spans public economics, regional development, fiscal federalism, labor markets, and international trade, focusing on wage dynamics, productivity growth, and policy implications.

• Current affiliations: NTNU, Department of Economics
• Key research themes: Public-private wage gaps, regional convergence, fiscal decentralization, urban economics

Rattsø's recent work examines assortative labor matching in cities, airport expansion's regional impact, and gender/geographic wage heterogeneity in the public sector. His empirical studies often use Norwegian and South African datasets, integrating theoretical models with policy evaluation.

Collaborating extensively with scholars like Hildegunn Ekroll Stokke and Rune Jansen Hagen, Rattsø's publications appear in journals such as Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford Economic Papers, and Regional Science and Urban Economics. His methodological approaches include migration equilibrium models, fiscal federalism analysis, and dynamic labor market studies.

Scientific contributions include:

• 2025: Airports and regional development (Journal of Economic Geography)
• 2024: Strategic interaction in charitable donations (Journal of Public Economic Theory)
• 2022: Assortative labor matching (Regional Science and Urban Economics)

Rattsø's advisory role extends to supervising Masters theses on topics like transport policy and fiscal decentralization. While no formal awards are documented in the provided texts, his work remains influential in public economics and regional policy.