Anders Forslund

Title

Associate Professor

Areas of interest

• Unemployment and labour market policies
• Wage formation
  

Publications and scientific papers

Articles in refereed journals

• Forslund A & O Nordström Skans (2006) " Swedish youth labour market policies revisited", Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, (Quarterly Journal of Economic Research), vol 75, nr 3, p 168-185
• Forslund A & M Dahlberg (2005) “Direct Displacement Effects of Active Labour Market Policies”, Scandinavian Journal of Economics vol 9
• Forslund A & A-S Kolm (2004) “Active labour market policies and real-wage determination - Swedish Evidence” in S Polachek (ed),”Accounting for worker well-being”, Research in Labor economics vol 23
• Forslund A, L Calmfors & M Hemström (2001) “Does active labour market policy work? Lessons from the Swedish experiences”, Swedish Economic Policy Review vol 8, nr 2
• Forslund A, S Ahlroth & A Björklund (1997)"The Output of the Swedish Education Sector", The Review of Income and Wealth
  Forslund A (1995) "Unemployment - Is Sweden still Different?", Swedish Economic Policy Review vol 1, p 15-58
• Forslund A (1994) "Wage Setting in Sweden: An Empirical Test of a Barebones Union Model", Labour vol 8, p 79-98
• Forslund A (1994) "Wage Setting at the Firm Level - Insider versus Outsider Forces", Oxford Economic Papers vol 46, p 245-61
• Forslund A & L Calmfors (1991) "Real-Wage Determination and Labour Market Policies: The Swedish Experience", Economic Journal vol 101, p 1130-1148
  

Other selected publications

• Forslund A, L Calmfors & M Hemström (2004) “The effects of active labor-market policies in Sweden: What is the evidence?”, in J Agell, M Keen and J Weichenrieder (ed), Labor Market Institutions and Public Regulation, MIT Press
• Forslund A, D Fröberg, & L Lindqvist (2004) “The Swedish activity guarantee”, OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No 16
• Forslund A (2003) ”Arbetslöshetsförsäkringen och de tillfälliga anställningarna”, Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv vol 9, p 165-176
• Forslund A & B Holmlund (2003) ”Arbetslöshet och arbetsmarknadspolitik” in M Persson and E Skult (ed), Tillämpad makroekonomi, SNS, Stockholm
• Forslund A (2002) “Arbetsmarknadspolitikens sysselsättningseffekter – svenska erfarenheter”, Søkelys på arbeidsmarkedet 2002:1
• Forslund A & A-S Kolm (2001) ”Lönebildning, arbetslöshet och arbetsmarknadspolitik”, Ekonomisk Debatt 4
• Forslund A & A-S Kolm (2001) ”Aktiv arbetsmarknadspolitik och reallöner – svenska erfarenheter”, Ekonomisk Debatt, vol 29, nr 4, p 303-310
• Forslund A, L Calmfors & M Hemström (2001) “Does active labour market policy work? Lessons from the Swedish experiences” , Swedish Economic Policy Review, vol 8, nr 2, p 61-124
• Forslund A, B Holmlund & P-A Edin (2000) “The Swedish Youth Labor Market in Boom and Depression”, in D G Blanchflower & R Freeman (ed), Youth Employment and Joblessness in Advanced Countries, University of Chicago Press
• Forslund A & M Dahlberg (2000)“Direkta undanträngningseffekter av arbetsmarknadspolitiska åtgärder”, Ekonomisk Debatt , vol 28, nr 8
• Forslund A (1999) “Brott och Straff - Om incitamenten i arbetslöshetsförsäkringen”, Expert Report to Kontrakt för arbete, DS 1999:58
• Forslund A (1997) ”Lönebildningen och arbetsmarknadens funktionssätt”, Expert Report to the government commission on an Arbitration institute and Wage statistics, SOU 1997:164
• Forslund A (1997) ”The Swedish Model - Past, Present and Future”, in H Giersch (ed), Reforming the Welfare State, Springer Verlag
• Forslund A & A B Krueger (1997)"An Evaluation of the Swedish Active Labor Market Policy: New and Received Wisdom",in R Freeman, et al (ed) ”The Welfare State in Transition”, University of Chicago Press
• Forslund A (1996) ”Direkta undanträngningseffekter av arbetsmarknadspolitiska åtgärder”, The Audit Office of the Swedish Parliament
• Forslund A (1996) ”Arbetstidsförkortning - Arbetsdelning eller Raserad Välfärd?”, Ekonomisk Debatt vol 5
• Forslund A & A B Krueger (1995) "En utvärdering av den aktiva svenska arbetsmarknadspolitiken", in R Freeman et al (ed), "NBER-rapporten", SNS förlag, Stockholm
• Forslund A (1994) "Labour Market Policies and Wage Setting: A Study of Swedish Unemployment Insurance Funds", in B Holmlund (ed), "Pay, Productivity, and Policy", FIEF, Stockholm
• Forslund A, S Ahlroth & A Björklund (1993) "Värdet på svensk utbildning: Vad säger marknaden?", in A Björklund and A Forslund (ed), "Studier av Svensk Utbildning”, Ekonomiska Rådets Årsbok
• Forslund A (1992) "Arbetslöshet och arbetsmarknadspolitik", Expert report 7 to The Medium Term Survey of the Swedish Economy 1992, LU 92, Allmänna Förlaget, Stockholm
• Forslund A (1991) "Price and Wage Setting Under Imperfect Competition", PhD Thesis, Uppsala University
• Forslund A & L Calmfors (1990) "Wage Formation in Sweden" in L Calmfors (ed), "Wage Formation and Macroeconomic Policy in the Nordic Countries", SNS and Oxford University Press
• Forslund A (1984)“Prisbildning på sektornivå”, Expert report 16 to the Medium term survey of the Swedish Economy 1984, LU 84, Allmänna Förlaget, Stockholm
• Forslund A (1982)"Aspekter på svensk växelkurspolitik 1920-55", appendix to Erik Lundberg, "Ekonomiska kriser förr och nu", SNS
  

IFAU-reports and working papers

• Forslund A och P Fredriksson "Income support systems, labour supply incentives and employment - some cross-country evidence" Working paper 2009:32, IFAU
• Forslund A "Labour supply incentives, income support systems and taxes in Sweden", Working paper 2009:30, IFAU
• Forslund A & K Johansson "Random and stock-flow models of labour market matching - Swedish evidence" Working paper 2007:11, IFAU
• Forslund A & K Johansson "Lediga jobb, arbetssökande och anställningar - den svenska matchningsfunktionen"Rapport 2007:8, IFAU
• Forslund A & O Nordström Skans "Swedish youth labour market policies revisited" Working paper 2006:6, IFAU
• Forslund A, N Gottfries & A Westermark "Real and nominal wage adjustment in open economies" Working paper 2005:23, IFAU
• Sibbmark K & A Forslund "Municipal labour market activities aimed at young people aged between 18 and 24", abstract of Report 2005:9, IFAU
• Forslund A , P Johansson & L Lindqvist "Employment subsidies - A fast lane from unemployment to work?" Working Paper 2004:18, IFAU
• Forslund A & T Lindh  “Decentralisation of bargaining and manufacturing employment: Sweden 1970-96”, Working Paper 2004:3, IFAU
• Forslund A, L Calmfors and M Hemström “Vad vet vi om den svenska arbetsmarknadspolitikens sysselsättningseffekter?”, Rapport 2002:8, IFAU
• Forslund A, H Bennmarker & K Carling ”Public or private job matching for immigrant workers – an outline of a Swedish social experiment”, Working Paper 2001:10, IFAU
• Forslund A, S Ackum Agell, M Hemström, O Nordström Skans, C Runeson & B Öckert “Uppföljning av EU:s rekommendationer för arbetsmarknadspolitiken”, Stencil 2001:4, IFAU
• Forslund A, K Carling, H Bennmarker and S Ackum Agell ”Försök med alternativ platsförmedling för utomnordiska invandrare”, Stencil 2001:2, IFAU
• Forslund A & A-S Kolm “Active labour market policies and real-wage determination - Swedish Evidence”, Working Paper 2000:7, IFAU, forthcoming in S Polachek (ed): Research in Labor economics vol 23
• Forslund A, H Bennmarker, L Davidsson, M Hemström, E Johansson, L Larsson, S Martinson and K Persson ”Dataproblem vid utvärderingen av arbetsmarknadspolitik”, Stencil 2000:5, IFAU
• Forslund A, S Ackum Agell, A Harkman, E Johansson, M Lundin, S Martinson & K Persson ”Erfarenheter av nittiotalets arbetsmarknadspolitik”, Stencil 2000:2, IFAU
• Forslund A & M Dahlberg “Direct Displacement Effects of Active Labour Market Policies”, Working Paper 1999:7, IFAU
  

Referee for journals and books

Journal of the European Economic Association, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Review of Income and Wealth, Journal of Monetary Economics, Economic Journal, Journal of Labour Economics, Swedish Economic Policy Review, Journal of Public Economics

Current research projects

• Evaluation of effects of vocational labour market training (Reg No 11/07)
• Employment subsidies for job seekers aged 20–24 (Reg No 44/06)
• Predicting long-term unemployment (Reg No 12/06)