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Working Papers

2021

1. School Starting Age, Maternal Age at Birth, and Child Outcomes
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
   Also in Working Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research (2021) View citations (1)
2. Swedish children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic
   Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy
3. Who recovers from a job loss? The importance of cognitive and non-cognitive skills
   Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy

2020

4. Family Background and the Responses to Higher SAT Scores
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (4)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (4)
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2020) View citations (4)
   Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (2020) View citations (4)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2020) View citations (4)

2018

5. The Rising Return to Non-cognitive Skills*
   Working Paper Series, Uppsala University, Department of Economics View citations (3)
   Also in Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (2018) View citations (6)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017) View citations (23)

2017

6. Born to Lead? The Effect of Birth Order on Non-Cognitive Abilities
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (24)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (24)
   Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (2016) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Born to Lead? The Effect of Birth Order on Noncognitive Abilities, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2018) View citations (48) (2018)

2015

7. Parental responses to public investments in children: Evidence from a maximum class size rule
   Research Papers in Economics, Stockholm University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
   Also in Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (2015) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Parental Responses to Public Investments in Children: Evidence from a Maximum Class Size Rule, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2016) View citations (40) (2016)

2014

8. Inside the Black Box of Class Size: Mechanisms, Behavioral Responses, and Social Background
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)

2013

9. Life-cycle effects of age at school start
   Research Papers in Economics, Stockholm University, Department of Economics View citations (21)
   See also Journal Article Life‐cycle Effects of Age at School Start, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2014) View citations (68) (2014)

2012

10. Effects of contracting out employment services: Evidence from a randomized experiment
    Working Paper Series, Center for Labor Studies, Uppsala University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Uppsala University, Department of Economics (2012) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Effects of contracting out employment services: Evidence from a randomized experiment, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (29) (2013)
11. Long-term effects of class size
    Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy View citations (20)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2011) View citations (2)
    Research Papers in Economics, Stockholm University, Department of Economics (2012) View citations (20)
    See also Journal Article Long-Term Effects of Class Size, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2013) View citations (89) (2013)

2011

12. The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Abilities
    Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics View citations (5)
    Also in Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (2010) View citations (19)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (45)
    See also Journal Article The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Noncognitive Abilities, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2017) View citations (63) (2017)

2009

13. Effects of outsourcing employment services: evidence from a randomized experiment
    Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy View citations (19)

2008

14. Do regional payroll tax reductions boost employment?
    Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Do regional payroll tax reductions boost employment?, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2009) View citations (95) (2009)

2007

15. Do reduced child care prices make parents work more?
    Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy View citations (10)
16. Resources and student achievement – evidence from a Swedish policy reform
    Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy
    See also Journal Article Resources and Student Achievement—Evidence from a Swedish Policy Reform*, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2008) View citations (8) (2008)

2006

17. Is early learning really more productive? The effect of school starting age on school and labor market performance
    Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy View citations (25)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2005) View citations (61)

2002

18. Do university enrollment constraints affect education and earnings?
    Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy

Journal Articles

2018

1. Born to Lead? The Effect of Birth Order on Noncognitive Abilities
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 100, (2), 274-286 View citations (48)
   See also Working Paper Born to Lead? The Effect of Birth Order on Non-Cognitive Abilities, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (24) (2017)

2017

2. The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Noncognitive Abilities
   Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52, (4), 887-918 View citations (63)
   See also Working Paper The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Abilities, Working Paper Series (2011) View citations (5) (2011)

2016

3. Parental Responses to Public Investments in Children: Evidence from a Maximum Class Size Rule
   Journal of Human Resources, 2016, 51, (4), 832-868 View citations (40)
   See also Working Paper Parental responses to public investments in children: Evidence from a maximum class size rule, Research Papers in Economics (2015) View citations (2) (2015)

2015

4. The Effect of Schooling on Cognitive Skills
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 97, (3), 533-547 View citations (114)

2014

5. Life‐cycle Effects of Age at School Start
   Economic Journal, 2014, 124, (579), 977-1004 View citations (68)
   See also Working Paper Life-cycle effects of age at school start, Research Papers in Economics (2013) View citations (21) (2013)

2013

6. Effects of contracting out employment services: Evidence from a randomized experiment
   Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 98, (C), 68-84 View citations (29)
   See also Working Paper Effects of contracting out employment services: Evidence from a randomized experiment, Working Paper Series, Center for Labor Studies (2012) View citations (2) (2012)
7. Long-Term Effects of Class Size
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2013, 128, (1), 249-285 View citations (89)
   See also Working Paper Long-term effects of class size, Working Paper Series (2012) View citations (20) (2012)

2010

8. What's the value of an acceptance letter? Using admissions data to estimate the return to college
   Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29, (4), 504-516 View citations (24)

2009

9. Do regional payroll tax reductions boost employment?
   Labour Economics, 2009, 16, (5), 480-489 View citations (95)
   See also Working Paper Do regional payroll tax reductions boost employment?, Working Paper Series (2008) View citations (3) (2008)

2008

10. How far can reduced childcare prices push female labour supply?
    Labour Economics, 2008, 15, (4), 647-659 View citations (190)
11. Resources and Student Achievement—Evidence from a Swedish Policy Reform*
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2008, 110, (2), 277-296 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Resources and student achievement – evidence from a Swedish policy reform, Working Paper Series (2007) (2007)

2006

12. Inequality in America. What role for human capital policies?, by James J. Heckman and Alan B. Krueger (eds.), MIT, 2003
    The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2006, 4, (3), 385-389