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Working Papers

2025

1. Employers' Language Proficiency Requirements and Hiring of Immigrants
   SOFI Working Papers in Labour Economics, Stockholm University, Swedish Institute for Social Research
2. Work from Home and Disability Employment
   SOFI Working Papers in Labour Economics, Stockholm University, Swedish Institute for Social Research
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024) View citations (3)

2024

3. Weight, attractiveness, and gender when hiring: A field experiment in Spain
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (1)
   Also in ThE Papers, Department of Economic Theory and Economic History of the University of Granada. (2023) View citations (1)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2023) View citations (1)
   TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2023) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Weight, attractiveness, and gender when hiring: A field experiment in Spain, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2024) View citations (1) (2024)

2023

4. Disability, Gender and Hiring Discrimination: A Field Experiment
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
5. Intergenerational and Sibling Spillovers in High School Majors
   Working Paper Series, Stockholm University, Swedish Institute for Social Research View citations (2)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2023) View citations (2)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
   See also Journal Article Intergenerational and Sibling Spillovers in High School Majors, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2024) View citations (1) (2024)
6. Language Proficiency and Hiring of Immigrants: Evidence from a New Field Experimental Approach
   Working Papers in Economics and Statistics, Linnaeus University, School of Business and Economics, Department of Economics and Statistics
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2023) View citations (2)

2021

7. Does Integration Change Gender Attitudes? The Effect of Randomly Assigning Women to Traditionally Male Teams
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (38)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (29)
   Working Paper Series, Stockholm University, Swedish Institute for Social Research (2018) View citations (30)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2018) View citations (29)
   See also Journal Article Does Integration Change Gender Attitudes? The Effect of Randomly Assigning Women to Traditionally Male Teams*, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2021) View citations (37) (2021)

2020

8. High School Majors, Comparative (Dis)Advantage, and Future Earnings
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
9. Long-Run Returns to Field Study in Secondary School
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (1)

2018

10. Backlash in Attitudes After the Election of Extreme Political Parties
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (7)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2018) View citations (7)
11. Does Labor Market Tightness Affect Ethnic Discrimination in Hiring?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
12. Long-Term Effects of Childhood Nutrition: Evidence from a School Lunch Reform
    Working Paper Series, Stockholm University, Swedish Institute for Social Research View citations (1)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017)
    See also Journal Article Long-Term Effects of Childhood Nutrition: Evidence from a School Lunch Reform, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2022) View citations (13) (2022)
13. Neighborhood Signaling Effects, Commuting Time, and Employment: Evidence from a Field Experiment
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (18)

2016

14. Do Politicians Change Public Attitudes?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)

2015

15. Backlash in Policy Attitudes After the Election of Extreme Political Parties
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
16. Birth Weight in the Long Run
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Birth Weight in the Long Run, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2018) View citations (44) (2018)
17. Health and Unemployment during Macroeconomic Crises
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (9)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (9)

2013

18. Artifactual Evidence of Discrimination in Correspondence Studies? A Replication of the Neumark Method
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
    Also in POLIS Working Papers, Institute of Public Policy and Public Choice - POLIS (2013) View citations (4)

2012

19. Critical Periods during Childhood and Adolescence: A Study of Adult Height among Immigrant Siblings
    Working Papers, Lund University, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2009) View citations (14)
    Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York (2009) View citations (10)
    Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (2011) View citations (12)
20. Parental Education and Offspring Outcomes: Evidence from the Swedish Compulsory Schooling Reform
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
    Also in Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York (2012) View citations (11)
21. The Effect of Schooling on Cognitive Skills
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012) View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article The Effect of Schooling on Cognitive Skills, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2015) View citations (115) (2015)
22. The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital. The Role of Skills and Health
    Working Papers, Lund University, Department of Economics View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article The intergenerational transmission of human capital: the role of skills and health, Journal of Population Economics, Springer (2018) View citations (23) (2018)

2011

23. Ability Heterogeneity in Intergenerational Mobility
    Working Papers, Lund University, Department of Economics
24. Do Employers Use Unemployment as a Sorting Criterion When Hiring? Evidence from a Field Experiment
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (45)
    See also Journal Article Do Employers Use Unemployment as a Sorting Criterion When Hiring? Evidence from a Field Experiment, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (221) (2014)
25. Does Early Life Health Predict Schooling Within Twin Pairs?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
26. Early Life Health and Adult Earnings: Evidence from a Large Sample of Siblings and Twins
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
27. Employer Attitudes, the Marginal Employer and the Ethnic Wage Gap
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Employer Attitudes, the Marginal Employer, and the Ethnic Wage Gap, ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School (2016) View citations (4) (2016)
28. Following in Your Father's Footsteps: A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of Income between Twin Fathers and their Sons
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (10)
29. Increasing Returns to Schooling by Ability? A Comparison Between the US and Sweden
    Working Papers, Lund University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Increasing Returns to Schooling by Ability? A Comparison between the USA and Sweden, Manchester School, University of Manchester (2014) (2014)
30. Mothers Do Matter: New Evidence on the Effect of Parents' Schooling on Children's Schooling Using Swedish Twin Data
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (12)
31. Revealing Taste-Based Discrimination in Hiring: A Correspondence Testing Experiment with Geographic Variation
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Revealing taste-based discrimination in hiring: a correspondence testing experiment with geographic variation, Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals (2012) View citations (29) (2012)
32. The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Exploring the Role of Skills and Health Using Data on Adoptees and Twins
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
33. The Shape of the Income Distribution and Economic Growth: Evidence from Swedish Labor Market Regions
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The Shape of the Income Distribution and Economic Growth – Evidence from Swedish Labor Market Regions, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society (2012) View citations (9) (2012)

2010

34. No Country for Fat Men? Obesity, Earnings, Skills, and Health among 450,000 Swedish Men
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (10)
35. Work Out or Out of Work: The Labor Market Return to Physical Fitness and Leisure Sport Activities
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Work out or out of work -- The labor market return to physical fitness and leisure sports activities, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (44) (2011)

2009

36. Education-occupation mismatch: Is there an income penalty?
    Working Papers, Lund University, Department of Economics View citations (8)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2008) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Education-occupation mismatch: Is there an income penalty?, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2010) View citations (85) (2010)
37. The Height Premium in Earnings: The Role of Physical Capacity and Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (28)
38. The Impact of Being Monitored on Discriminatory Behavior among Employers: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2008

39. An Experimental Study of Sex Segregation in the Swedish Labour Market: Is Discrimination the Explanation?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)
40. Automatically Activated Stereotypes and Differential Treatment Against the Obese in Hiring
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
41. Implicit Prejudice and Ethnic Minorities: Arab-Muslims in Sweden
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
42. Is It Your Foreign Name or Foreign Qualifications? An Experimental Study of Ethnic Discrimination in Hiring
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (16)
43. Scientific (Wo)manpower? Gender and the Composition and Earnings of PhDs in Sweden
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)

2007

44. Ethnicity and obesity: evidence of implicit work performance stereotypes in Sweden
    Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy View citations (7)
45. Evidence of Unequal Treatment in Hiring against Obese Applicants: A Field Experiment
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (9)
46. Implicit Discrimination in Hiring – Real World Evidence
    RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) View citations (18)
47. Implicit Discrimination in Hiring: Real World Evidence
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (24)
48. The Income Gap Between Natives and Second Generation Immigrants in Sweden: Is Skill the Explanation?
    RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) View citations (4)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2007) View citations (2)

2006

49. Evidence of Ethnic Discrimination in the Swedish Labor Market Using Experimental Data
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (39)
    See also Journal Article Evidence of ethnic discrimination in the Swedish labor market using experimental data, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2007) View citations (267) (2007)

2004

50. Shifting attitudes and the labor market of minorities: Swedish experiences after 9-11
    Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy

2003

51. Do when and where matter? Initial labor market conditions and immigrant earnings
    Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Do when and where matter? initial labour market conditions and immigrant earnings, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2007) View citations (170) (2007)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Intergenerational and Sibling Spillovers in High School Majors
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16, (3), 133-73 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Intergenerational and Sibling Spillovers in High School Majors, Working Paper Series (2023) View citations (2) (2023)
2. Weight, attractiveness, and gender when hiring: A field experiment in Spain
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 218, (C), 132-145 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Weight, attractiveness, and gender when hiring: A field experiment in Spain, Post-Print (2024) View citations (1) (2024)

2023

3. High School Majors and Future Earnings
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, 15, (1), 351-82 View citations (13)

2022

4. Long-Term Effects of Childhood Nutrition: Evidence from a School Lunch Reform
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2022, 89, (2), 876-908 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Long-Term Effects of Childhood Nutrition: Evidence from a School Lunch Reform, Working Paper Series (2018) View citations (1) (2018)
5. The Effect of Nutritious School Lunches on Education, Health, and Life-Time Income
   CESifo Forum, 2022, 23, (01), 52-56

2021

6. Backlash in policy attitudes after the election of an extreme political party
   Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 204, (C)
7. Correspondence testing studies
   IZA World of Labor, 2021, 58 View citations (5)
   Also in IZA World of Labor, 2014, 58 (2014) View citations (3)
8. Does Integration Change Gender Attitudes? The Effect of Randomly Assigning Women to Traditionally Male Teams*
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2021, 136, (2), 987-1030 View citations (37)
   See also Working Paper Does Integration Change Gender Attitudes? The Effect of Randomly Assigning Women to Traditionally Male Teams, CEPR Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (38) (2021)

2019

9. Birth weight and vulnerability to a macroeconomic crisis
   Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 66, (C), 136-144 View citations (5)

2018

10. Birth Weight in the Long Run
    Journal of Human Resources, 2018, 53, (1), 189-231 View citations (44)
    See also Working Paper Birth Weight in the Long Run, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (6) (2015)
11. Ethnic discrimination in hiring, labour market tightness and the business cycle - evidence from field experiments
    Applied Economics, 2018, 50, (24), 2652-2663 View citations (15)
12. Job Search Methods and Wages: Are Natives and Immigrants Different?
    Manchester School, 2018, 86, (2), 219-247 View citations (3)
13. Neighborhood signaling effects, commuting time, and employment
    International Journal of Manpower, 2018, 39, (4), 534-549 View citations (5)
14. The intergenerational transmission of human capital: the role of skills and health
    Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31, (4), 1035-1065 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital. The Role of Skills and Health, Working Papers (2012) View citations (5) (2012)

2016

15. Employer Attitudes, the Marginal Employer, and the Ethnic Wage Gap
    ILR Review, 2016, 69, (1), 227-252 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Employer Attitudes, the Marginal Employer and the Ethnic Wage Gap, IZA Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (3) (2011)
16. The health-schooling relationship: evidence from Swedish twins
    Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29, (4), 1191-1215 View citations (10)

2015

17. The Effect of Schooling on Cognitive Skills
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 97, (3), 533-547 View citations (115)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Schooling on Cognitive Skills, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (14) (2012)
18. The intergenerational transmission of schooling: Are mothers really less important than fathers?
    Economics of Education Review, 2015, 47, (C), 100-117 View citations (31)

2014

19. Adolescent health and adult labor market outcomes
    Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 37, (C), 25-40 View citations (70)
20. Body Size, Skills, and Income: Evidence From 150,000 Teenage Siblings
    Demography, 2014, 51, (5), 1573-1596 View citations (24)
21. CRITICAL PERIODS DURING CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2014, 12, (6), 1521-1557 View citations (61)
22. Do Employers Use Unemployment as a Sorting Criterion When Hiring? Evidence from a Field Experiment
    American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (3), 1014-39 View citations (221)
    See also Working Paper Do Employers Use Unemployment as a Sorting Criterion When Hiring? Evidence from a Field Experiment, IZA Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (45) (2011)
23. Does the design of correspondence studies influence the measurement of discrimination?
    IZA Journal of Migration and Development, 2014, 3, (1), 1-17 View citations (9)
24. Height and Earnings: The Role of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills
    Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49, (1), 141-166 View citations (73)
25. Increasing Returns to Schooling by Ability? A Comparison between the USA and Sweden
    Manchester School, 2014, 82, 1-20
    See also Working Paper Increasing Returns to Schooling by Ability? A Comparison Between the US and Sweden, Working Papers (2011) View citations (1) (2011)
26. Parental Education and Offspring Outcomes: Evidence from the Swedish Compulsory School Reform
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2014, 6, (1), 253-78 View citations (105)

2012

27. Revealing taste-based discrimination in hiring: a correspondence testing experiment with geographic variation
    Applied Economics Letters, 2012, 19, (18), 1861-1864 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper Revealing Taste-Based Discrimination in Hiring: A Correspondence Testing Experiment with Geographic Variation, IZA Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (4) (2011)
28. The Power of Media and Changes in Discriminatory Behavior Among Employers
    Journal of Media Economics, 2012, 25, (2), 98-108 View citations (1)
29. The Shape of the Income Distribution and Economic Growth – Evidence from Swedish Labor Market Regions
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 59, (2), 196-223 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper The Shape of the Income Distribution and Economic Growth: Evidence from Swedish Labor Market Regions, IZA Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (1) (2011)
30. Uncertainty and international return migration: some evidence from linked register data
    Applied Economics Letters, 2012, 19, (18), 1893-1897 View citations (8)

2011

31. Work out or out of work -- The labor market return to physical fitness and leisure sports activities
    Labour Economics, 2011, 18, (3), 399-409 View citations (44)
    See also Working Paper Work Out or Out of Work: The Labor Market Return to Physical Fitness and Leisure Sport Activities, IZA Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (10) (2010)

2010

32. Automatic associations and discrimination in hiring: Real world evidence
    Labour Economics, 2010, 17, (3), 523-534 View citations (96)
33. Education-occupation mismatch: Is there an income penalty?
    Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29, (6), 1047-1059 View citations (85)
    See also Working Paper Education-occupation mismatch: Is there an income penalty?, Working Papers (2009) View citations (8) (2009)

2009

34. Implicit prejudice and ethnic minorities
    International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30, (1/2), 43-55 View citations (2)
35. Obesity, Attractiveness, and Differential Treatment in Hiring: A Field Experiment
    Journal of Human Resources, 2009, 44, (3) View citations (171)
36. The Ethnic Employment and Income Gap in Sweden: Is Skill or Labor Market Discrimination the Explanation?*
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2009, 111, (3), 487-510 View citations (15)

2007

37. Do when and where matter? initial labour market conditions and immigrant earnings
    Economic Journal, 2007, 117, (518), 422-448 View citations (170)
    See also Working Paper Do when and where matter? Initial labor market conditions and immigrant earnings, Working Paper Series (2003) View citations (16) (2003)
38. Evidence of ethnic discrimination in the Swedish labor market using experimental data
    Labour Economics, 2007, 14, (4), 716-729 View citations (267)
    See also Working Paper Evidence of Ethnic Discrimination in the Swedish Labor Market Using Experimental Data, IZA Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (39) (2006)
39. Selection in migration and return migration: Evidence from micro data
    Economics Letters, 2007, 94, (1), 90-95 View citations (78)

2005

40. Shifts in attitudes and labor market discrimination: Swedish experiences after 9-11
    Journal of Population Economics, 2005, 18, (4), 603-629 View citations (59)

2003

41. Unemployment and earnings for second generation immigrants in Sweden. Ethnic background and parent composition
    Journal of Population Economics, 2003, 16, (4), 787-814 View citations (50)

2000

42. Modeling female fertility using inflated count data models
    Journal of Population Economics, 2000, 13, (2), 189-203 View citations (34)