Details about Björn Tyrefors

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Working Papers

2023

1. The Housing Wealth Effect: Quasi-Experimental Evidence
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in 2019 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2019) View citations (1)
   Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (2019) View citations (3)
   Working Paper Series, Sveriges Riksbank (Central Bank of Sweden) (2018) View citations (2)

2021

2. The Causal Effect of Political Power on the Provision of Public Education: Evidence from a Weighted Voting System
   Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics View citations (1)
   Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2021) View citations (1)
3. The Causal Effect of Transport Infrastructure: Evidence from a New Historical Database
   Research Papers in Economics, Stockholm University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
   Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2021) View citations (3)
   Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (2021) View citations (2)
4. The Quality and Efficiency Between Public and Private Firms: Evidence from Ambulance Services
   Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics

2020

5. The Genius is a Male: Stereotypes and Same-Sex Bias in Exam Grading in Economics at Stockholm University
   Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics
6. The Impact of Banning Mobile Phones in Swedish Secondary Schools
   Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Economics of Education Review (2020)

2019

7. Gender Grading Bias in Junior High School Mathematics
   Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article in Applied Economics Letters (2020)
8. The Political Economics of Growth, Labor Control and Coercion: Evidence from a Suffrage Reform
   Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics View citations (4)

2018

9. Gender Grading Bias at Stockholm University: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from an Anonymous Grading Reform
   Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics View citations (3)

2017

10. Age-Dependent Court Sentences and Crime Bunching: Empirical Evidence from Swedish Administrative Data
    Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics View citations (4)
11. Gender Quotas in the Board Room and Firm Performance: Evidence from a Credible Threat in Sweden
    Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics View citations (7)
12. Political Power, Resistance to Technological Change and Economic Development: Evidence from the 19th century Sweden
    Research Papers in Economics, Stockholm University, Department of Economics View citations (5)

2016

13. The Impact of Upper-Secondary Voucher School Attendance on Student Achievement: Swedish Evidence using External and Internal Evaluations
    Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics View citations (1)
    Also in Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (2016)
    Research Papers in Economics, Stockholm University, Department of Economics (2016)
    See also Journal Article in Labour Economics (2017)

2011

14. Ethnic Discrimination in High School Grading: Evidence from a Field Experiment
    SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics View citations (4)

2010

15. Are boys discriminated in Swedish high schools?
    Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article in Economics of Education Review (2011)

2007

16. Do Politicians Free-ride? - an empirical test of the common pool model
    SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics View citations (4)

Journal Articles

2023

1. The Quality and Efficiency of Public and Private Firms: Evidence from Ambulance Services
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023, 137, (4), 2213-2262

2022

2. Grading bias and the leaky pipeline in economics: Evidence from Stockholm University
   Labour Economics, 2022, 78, (C) View citations (1)

2020

3. Gender grading bias in junior high school mathematics
   Applied Economics Letters, 2020, 27, (11), 915-919
   See also Working Paper (2019)
4. The impact of banning mobile phones in Swedish secondary schools
   Economics of Education Review, 2020, 77, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2020)

2017

5. The impact of upper-secondary voucher school attendance on student achievement. Swedish evidence using external and internal evaluations
   Labour Economics, 2017, 47, (C), 1-14 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper (2016)

2015

6. Discrimination against students with foreign backgrounds: evidence from grading in Swedish public high schools
   Education Economics, 2015, 23, (6), 660-676 View citations (8)

2014

7. Democracy, Redistribution, and Political Participation: Evidence From Sweden 1919–1938
   Econometrica, 2014, 82, (3), 961-993 View citations (71)

2012

8. Gender and ethnic discrimination in the rental housing market
   Applied Economics Letters, 2012, 19, (1), 1-5 View citations (23)

2011

9. Are boys discriminated in Swedish high schools?
   Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30, (4), 682-690 View citations (51)
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2009

10. Do merging local governments free ride on their counterparts when facing boundary reform?
    Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93, (5-6), 721-728 View citations (71)