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Working Papers

2024

1. Did Cities Increase Skills During Industrialization? Evidence from Rural-Urban Migration
   Uppsala Papers in Economic History, Uppsala University, Department of Economic History
2. How Deep are the Roots of Swedish Egalitarianism? A multidimensional approach
   Uppsala Papers in Economic History, Uppsala University, Department of Economic History
3. Power for progress: The impact of electricity on individual labor market outcomes
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

2022

4. Historical roots of the dual-earner model: Women’s labour force participation in Sweden, 1870–1960
   Lund Papers in Economic History, Lund University, Department of Economic History View citations (1)
5. Incomes and Income Inequality in Stockholm, 1870–1970: Evidence from Micro Data
   Lund Papers in Economic History, Lund University, Department of Economic History
   See also Journal Article Incomes and income inequality in Stockholm, 1870–1970: Evidence from micro data, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2024) (2024)
6. Persistently egalitarian? Swedish income inequality in 1613 and the four-estate parliament
   Lund Papers in Economic History, Lund University, Department of Economic History

2021

7. Social Democracy and the Decline of Strikes
   Lund Papers in Economic History, Lund University, Department of Economic History View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Social democracy and the decline of strikes, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2022) (2022)
8. Social Mobility in Sweden Before the Welfare State
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science View citations (2)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Social Mobility in Sweden before the Welfare State, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2023) (2023)
9. What Happened to the Incomes of the Rich during the Great Levelling? Evidence from Swedish Individual-level Data, 1909–1950
   Lund Papers in Economic History, Lund University, Department of Economic History View citations (1)
10. Women’s work and wages in the sixteenth-century and Sweden’s position in the “Little divergence”
    Lund Papers in Economic History, Lund University, Department of Economic History
    See also Journal Article Women's work and wages in the sixteenth century and Sweden's position in the ‘little divergence’, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2023) (2023)

2020

11. More Power to the People: Electricity Adoption, Technological Change and Social Conflict
    Lund Papers in Economic History, Lund University, Department of Economic History View citations (4)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (2)

2019

12. The Power Resource Theory Revisited:What Explains the Decline in Industrial Conflicts in Sweden?
    Lund Papers in Economic History, Lund University, Department of Economic History View citations (1)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (2)
13. Why Was Unemployment so Low in Postwar Sweden? An Analysis with New Unemployment Data by Manufacturing Industry, 1935-1948
    Lund Papers in Economic History, Lund University, Department of Economic History

2018

14. A Workers’ Revolution in Sweden? Exploring Economic Growth and Distributional Change with Detailed Data on Construction Workers’ Wages, 1831–1900
    Lund Papers in Economic History, Lund University, Department of Economic History

2016

15. The Effect of a Massive Wage Push on Income Distribution and Employment. Evidence from the 1920 Eight-Hour Workday Reform in Sweden and Its Aftermath
    Lund Papers in Economic History, Lund University, Department of Economic History

Journal Articles

2024

1. Incomes and income inequality in Stockholm, 1870–1970: Evidence from micro data
   Explorations in Economic History, 2024, 92, (C)
   See also Working Paper Incomes and Income Inequality in Stockholm, 1870–1970: Evidence from Micro Data, Lund Papers in Economic History (2022) (2022)
2. Swedish income inequality in 1613
   Economic History Review, 2024, 77, (4), 1336-1361

2023

3. Social Mobility in Sweden before the Welfare State
   The Journal of Economic History, 2023, 83, (2), 431-463
   See also Working Paper Social Mobility in Sweden Before the Welfare State, SocArXiv (2021) View citations (2) (2021)
4. Women's work and wages in the sixteenth century and Sweden's position in the ‘little divergence’
   Economic History Review, 2023, 76, (1), 145-168
   See also Working Paper Women’s work and wages in the sixteenth-century and Sweden’s position in the “Little divergence”, Lund Papers in Economic History (2021) (2021)

2022

5. How effective are mobility subsidies in targeting the unemployed? Lessons from the Swedish Model, 1965–1975
   Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2022, 43, (4), 1724-1746
6. Social democracy and the decline of strikes
   Explorations in Economic History, 2022, 83, (C)
   See also Working Paper Social Democracy and the Decline of Strikes, Lund Papers in Economic History (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2021

7. More Power to the People: Electricity Adoption, Technological Change, and Labor Conflict
   The Journal of Economic History, 2021, 81, (2), 481-512 View citations (8)

2020

8. Did industrialisation lead to segregation in cities of the nineteenth century? The case of Uppsala 1880–1900
   Scandinavian Economic History Review, 2020, 68, (1), 23-44
9. Economic Growth and the Development of Real Wages: Swedish Construction Workers’ Wages in Comparative Perspective, 1831–1900
   The Journal of Economic History, 2020, 80, (3), 813-852 View citations (1)

2019

10. Wage differentials, economic restructuring and the solidaristic wage policy in Sweden
    European Review of Economic History, 2019, 23, (1), 97-121 View citations (1)

2018

11. Why did Swedish regional net migration rates fall in the 1970s? The role of policy changes versus structural change, 1945–1985
    Scandinavian Economic History Review, 2018, 66, (1), 91-115 View citations (2)

2017

12. The economic effects of the 1920 eight-hour working day reform in Sweden
    Scandinavian Economic History Review, 2017, 65, (2), 149-168 View citations (9)

Chapters

2022

1. Poles Apart? Living Standards and Inequality by Labour Market Outcomes in Brazil and Sweden, ca. 1830–1920
   Palgrave Macmillan