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2022:21: A lifecycle estimator of intergenerational income mobility

Ursula Mello, Martin Nybom and Jan Stuhler

2022:20: Earnings losses and the role of the welfare state during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Sweden

Adrian Adermon, Lisa Laun, Patrik Lind, Martin Olsson, Jan Sauermann and Anna Sjögren

2022:19: The financial situation of people with severe mental illness in an advanced welfare state

Marcus Eliason

2022:18: Mothers’ birth giving status and the division of parental leave. A comparison of adoptive and biological parents

Ylva Moberg and Maaike van der Vleuten

2022:17: Deservingness and street-level decision-making. Two survey experiments on the use of discretion in the public sector

Martin Lundin and Josefin Häggblom

2022:16: Policies for young adults with reduced work capacity. Labour market impact in Sweden and Norway

Caroline Hall, Inés Hardoy and Kristine von Simson

2022:15: Consequences of job loss for routine workers

Yaroslav Yakymovych

2022:14: Firm responses to a more generous insurance against high sick pay costs

Caroline Hall, Linus Liljeberg and Erica Lindahl

2022:13: Schooling in the Nordic countries during the COVID-19 pandemic

Caroline Hall, Inés Hardoy and Martin Lundin

2022:12: Earnings responses to even higher taxes

Dingquan Miao, Håkan Selin and Martin Söderström

2022:11: Preferences and opportunities in the marriage market. How comprehensive schooling made the wealthy marry down

Helena Holmlund

2022:10: The unequal consequences of job loss across countries

Edoardo Acabbi, Cristina Barcelo, Antoine Bertheau, Andreas Gulyas, Stefano Lombardi and Raffaele Saggio

2022:9: Filling in the blanks. How does information about the Swedish EITC affect labour supply?

Pär Nyman, Linuz Aggeborn and Rafael Ahlskog

2022:8: Pension reform, incentives to retire and retirement behavior: empirical evidence from Swedish micro-data

Lisa Laun and Mårten Palme

2022:7: Replacing student grants with loans. Evidence from a Swedish policy reform

Gunnar Brandén

2022:6: When workers’ skills become unbundled: Some empirical consequences for sorting and wages

Oskar Skans, Philippe Choné and Francis Kramarz

2022:5: Earnings expectations and educational sorting. An ex-ante perspective on returns to university education

Nikolay Angelov, Per Johansson, Ariel Pihl and Mikael Lindahl

2022:4: No activation without reconciliation? The interplay between ALMP and ECEC in relation to women employment unemployment and inactivity in 30 OECD countries 1985-2018

Rense Nieuwenhuis

2022:3: Learning-by-doing and productivity growth among high-skilled workers: evidence from the treatment of heart attacks

Stefan James, Petter Lundborg, Bo Lagerqvist and Johan Vikström

2022:2: Human capital effects of one-on-one time with parents. Evidence from a Swedish childcare access reform

Anna Sjögren and Malin Tallås Ahlzén

2022:1: Limbo or leverage? Asylum waiting and refugee integration

Mattias Engdahl, Olof Rosenqvist and Olof Åslund

2021:22: Does the ‘Boost for Mathematics’ Boost Mathematics? A Large-Scale Evaluation of the ‘Lesson Study’ Methodology on Student Performance

Erik Grönqvist, Björn Öckert and Olof Rosenqvist

2021:21: Firm pay dynamics

Niklas Engbom, Christian Moser and Jan Sauermann

2021:20: How much should we trust estimates of firm effcts and worker sorting?

Stéphane Bonhomme, Kerstin Holzheu, Thibaut Lamadon, Elena Manresa, Magne Mogstad and Bradley Setzler

2021:19: Productivity shocks, long-term contracts and earnings dynamics

Neele Balke and Thibaut Lamadon

2021:18: Firm productivity and immigrant-native earnings disparity

Olof Åslund, Cristina Bratu, Stefano Lombardi and Anna Thoresson

2021:17: Access to education and disability insurance claims

Vivika Halapuu

2021:16: Immigrant peers in the class: responses among natives and the effects on long-run revealed preferences

Helena Holmlund, Erica Lindahl and Sara Roman

2021:15: Earnings dynamics of immigrants and natives in Sweden 1985–2016

Benjamin Friedrich, Lisa Laun and Costas Meghir

2021:14: The unequal(?) burden of unemployment in Sweden during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

Marcus Eliason

2021:13: Labor-share dynamics -The role of import competition

Charlotte Paulie

2021:12: To work or not to work? Effects of temporary public employment on future employment and benefits

Eva Mörk, Lillit Ottosson and Ulrika Vikman

2021:11: Intergenerational mobility in a recession: Evidence from Sweden

Martin Nybom and Jan Stuhler

2021:10: All geared towards success? Cultural origins of gender gaps in student achievement

Helena Holmlund, Helmut Rainer and Patrick Reich

2021:9: What makes a good caseworker?

Johan Vikström, Martin Söderström and Jonas Cederlöf

2021:8: Does online search improve the match quality of new hires?

Gerard van den Berg, Nicole Gürtzgen, Benjamin Lochner and Laura Pohlan

2021:7: The effect of negative income shocks on pensioners

Julian Vedeler Johnsen and Alexander Willén

2021:6: Employer concentration and wages for specialized workers

Anna Thoresson

2021:5: Is longer education a substitute for job search through social contacts?

Dagmar Müller

2021:4: Mandatory integration agreements for unemployed job seekers: a randomized controlled field experiment in Germany

Gerard J. van den Berg, Barbara Hofmann, Gesine Stephan and Arne Uhlendorff

2021:3: Swedish children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic

Anna Sjögren, Mattias Mattias, Caroline Hall, Helena Holmlund, Martin Lundin, Hanna Mühlrad and Björn Öckert

2021:2: Who recovers from a job loss? The importance of cognitive and non-cognitive skills

Matz Dahlberg, Linna Martén and Björn Öckert

2021:1: Job search during the covid-19 crisis

Lena Hensvik, Thomas Le Barbanchon and Roland Rathelot

2020:26: Empirical Monte Carlo evidence on estimation of Timing-of-Events models

Stefano Lombardi, Gerard J. van den Berg and Johan Vikström

2020:25: Extended unemployment benefits and the hazard to employment

Jonas Cederlöf

2020:24: Who lacks pension knowledge, why and does it matter?

Mikael Elinder, Johannes Hagen, Mattias Nordin and Jenny Säve-Söderbergh

2020:23: Gig-jobs: stepping stones or dead ends?

Adrian Adermon and Lena Hensvik

2020:22: Implementation of a labor market program with more frequent meetings in Sweden

Anders Forslund, Lisa Laun, Johan Vikström, Johan Egebark, Magnus Rödin and Maria Cheung

2020:21: Labor market integration of low-educated refugees

Matz Dahlberg, Johan Egebark, Ulrika Vikman and Gülay Özcan

2020:20: Side effects of labor market policies

Marco Caliendo, Robert Mahlstedt, Gerard van den Berg and Johan Vikström