Peter Fredriksson

Title

 Director-General

Areas of interest

• Economics of education
• Economics of immigration
• Labor market policy
• Labor mobility

Publications and scientific papers

Articles in refereed journals

• Åslund, O & P Fredriksson (2009), “Peer Effects in Welfare Dependence – Quasi-experimental Evidence”, forthcoming in the Journal of Human Resources, 44(3).
• Fredriksson, P & P Johansson (2008) "Dynamic Treatment Assignment – The Consequences for Evaluations using Observational Data”, Journal of Business & Economics Statistics, vol 26, 435-445.
• Fredriksson, P & B Öckert (2008), "Resources and Student Achievement – Evidence from a Swedish Policy Reform”, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 110, 277-296.
• Boone J, P Fredriksson, B Holmlund & J van Ours (2007) ”Optimal Unemployment Insurance with Monitoring and Sanctions”, Economic Journal, vol 117, 399-421
• Fredriksson P & B Holmlund (2006) “Optimal Unemployment Insurance Design: Time limits, Monitoring, or Workfare?”, International Tax and Public Finance vol 13, s 565-585
• Fredriksson P & B Holmlund (2004) “Improving Incentives in Unemployment Insurance: A Review of Recent Research”, Journal of Economic Surveys, vol 20, s 375-386
• Edin P-A, P Fredriksson & P Lundborg (2004) “The Effect of Trade on Earnings - Evidence from Swedish Micro Data”, Oxford Economic Papers, vol 56, 231-241
• Fredriksson P (2004) “Comment on Oddbjørn Raaum, Kjell G Salvanes & Erik Ø Sørensen: The Impact of a Primary School Reform on Social Stratification: A Norwegian Study of Neighbor and School Mate Correlations”, Swedish Economic Policy Review, vol 10, 171-177
• Edin P-A, P Fredriksson & O Åslund (2004) ”Settlement Policies and the Economic Success of Immigrants”, Journal of Population Economics, vol 17, 133-155
• Edin P-A, P Fredriksson & O Åslund (2003) “Ethnic Enclaves and the Economic Success of Immigrants: Evidence from a Natural Experiment”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol 118, 329-357
• Fredriksson P & B Holmlund (2001) “Optimal Unemployment Insurance in Search Equilibrium”, Journal of Labor Economics, vol 19, 370-399
• Fredriksson P (1999) “Comment on Erik Mellander and Per Skedinger: Corporate Job Ladders in Europe: Wage Premia for University versus High-school Positions”, Swedish Economic Policy Review, vol 6, 489-96
• Fredriksson P (1999) “The Dynamics of Regional Labor Markets and Active Labor Market Policy: Swedish Evidence”, Oxford Economic Papers, vol 51, 623-48
• Fredriksson P (1999) “The Political Economy of Public Employment Programs”, Journal of Public Economics, vol 72, 487-504
• Fredriksson P (1997) “Economic Incentives and the Demand for Higher Education”, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol 99, 129-142

Other selected publications

• Fredriksson, P & R Topel (2009), “Wage Determination and Empoyment since the early 1990s – Wage Formation in a New Setting”, forthcoming Freeman, R, B Swedenborg, and R Topel (eds), Reforming the Welfare State: Recovery and Beyond in Sweden, University of Chicago Press.
• Fredriksson, P & B Öckert (2008), "Hur mycket påverkas studieresultat av resurser?" (How Big is the Effect of Resources on Student Performance?), Ekonomisk Debatt, 36, 5-12.
• Fredriksson, P & B Öckert (2008), "Är det bättre att börja skolan tidigare?" (When Should Kids Start School?), Ekonomisk Debatt, 36, 17-32.
• Wasmer, E, P Fredriksson, A Lamo, J Messina & G Peri (2007) "The Macroeconomics of Education in Europe", in G Brunello, P Garibaldi & E Wasmer (Eds), Education and Training in Europe, Oxford University Press
• Fredriksson P & R Topel (2006) "Förändrade förutsättningar för svensk lönebildning (A Changing Envrionment for Swedish Wage Determination), in R. Freeman, B Swedenborg, and R Topel (eds), Att reformera välfärdsstaten – Amerikanskt perspektiv på den svenska välfärdsstaten (Reforming the Welfare State – Recovery and Beyond in Sweden), SNS Förlag
• Björklund A, M Clark, P-A Edin, Fredriksson P & A Krueger (2005) "The Market comes to Education – An Evaluation of Sweden’s Surprising School Reforms,  Russell Sage Foundation
• Fredriksson P & B Holmlund (2005) "How Can Incentives in Unemployment Insurance be Improved? Theory and Evidence, in G Carone and A Salomäki (eds), Indicators and Policies to Make Work Pay, European Economy Special Report no. 2, Office for Official Publiceations of the EC
• Fredriksson P & B Holmlund (2004) ”Hur ser en optimal arbetslöshetsförsäkring ut?” (What’s the Optimal Design of Unemployment Insurance?), Ekonomisk Debatt vol 32, nr 4, s 22-38
• Fredriksson P & B Holmlund (2004) ”Svar till Sten Johansson om arbetslöshetsförsäkringen” (Reply to Sten Johansson on Unemployment Insurance), Ekonomisk Debatt vol 32, nr 6, s 53-57
• Björklund A, P-A Edin, P Fredriksson & A Krueger (2003) Den svenska skolan – effektiv och jämlik? Välfärdspolitiska rådets rapport 2003 (The Swedish School System – Is it Efficient and Equal? Report from the SNS Welfare Policy Group 2003), SNS Förlag, Stockholm
• Fredriksson, P (1997), Education, Migration and Active Labor Market Policy, Economic Studies 28, Department of Economics, Uppsala University (PhD Thesis)
• Edin P-A, P Fredriksson & B Holmlund (1994) “Utbildningsnivå och utbildningsavkastning i Sverige” (The Educational Level and the Returns to Schooling in Sweden), in A. Björklund and A. Forslund (Eds.), Studier av svensk utbildning, Ekonomiska Rådets årsbok 1993, Fritzes, Stockholm
• Fredriksson P (1994) “Efterfrågan på högre utbildning i Sverige” (The Demand for Higher Education in Sweden) in A Björklund and A Forslund (Eds), Studier av svensk utbildning, Ekonomiska Rådets årsbok 1993, Fritzes, Stockholm

IFAU-reports and working papers

• Åslund O, P-A Edin, P Fredriksson och H Grönqvist " Peers, neighborhoods and immigrant student achievement - evidence from a placement policy", Working paper 2009:20, IFAU
• Fredriksson & M Söderström "Do unemployment benefits increase unemployment? New evidence on an old question", Working paper 2008:15, IFAU
• Fredriksson P & B Öckert "Resources and student achievement - evidence from a Swedish policy reform", Working paper 2007:26, IFAU
• Fredriksson P & B Öckert "Is early learning really more productive? The effect of school starting age on school and labor market performance", Working paper 2006:12, IFAU
• Fredriksson P & B Holmlund "Optimal unemployment insurance design: time limits, monitoring, or workfare?" Working paper 2005:13, IFAU
• Fredriksson P & O Åslund "Ethnic enclaves and welfare cultures. Quasi-experimental evidence", Working paper 2005:8, IFAU
• Björklund A, P-A Edin, P Fredriksson & A Krueger, “Education, Equality, and Efficiency – An Analysis of Swedish School Reforms during the 1990s”, Report 2004:1, IFAU
• Fredriksson P & B Holmlund, “Improving Incentives in Unemployment Insurance: A Review of Recent Research”, Working Paper 2003:5, IFAU
• Fredriksson P & P Johansson , “Employment, Mobility and Active Labor Market Programs”, Working Paper 2003:3, IFAU
• Fredriksson P & P Johansson, “Program Evaluation and Random Program Starts”, Working Paper 2003:1, IFAU
• Boone J, P Fredriksson, B Holmlund & J van Ours ”Optimal Unemployment Insurance with Monitoring and Sanctions”, Working Paper 2002:21, IFAU
• Fredriksson P & C Runeson, ”Uppföljning av EU:s rekommendationer på skatte- och bidragsområdet” (Follow-up of the EU Recommendations on Tax and Benefit Systems), Stencilserie 2001:6, IFAU

Referee for journals and books

American Economic Review, Economica, Economic Journal, Economic Inquiry, Empirical Economics, European Economic Review, Industrial Relations, International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of European Economic Association, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Labour Economics,MIT Press,Oxford Economic Papers, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economics and Statistics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Swedish Economic Policy Review

Current research projects

• How does a Declining Sequence of UI Replacement Rates Affect the Hazard to Employment? (Reg No 144/08)
• The effect of shared parental leave on the risk of divorce (Reg No 83/08)
• The supply of skills to the teacher profession (Reg No 101/07)
• The labour market effects of Swedish education policies - a survey (Reg No 47/07)
• Do parents' responses attenuate the effects of education interventions? (Reg No 59/07)
• Child care attendance and student achievement (Reg No 63/04)

Current appointments

• Professor, Department of Economics, Uppsala University
• CESifo Research Fellow
• IZA Research Fellow
• Member of LINDA advisory group
• Research Associate SNS
• Scientific Management Committee, Nordic Centre Of Excellence: "Empirical Labor Economics"
• Member of Advisory Research Board of SFI (the Danish National Centre for Social Research)
• Member of Scientific Advisory Board for IRVAPP (Institue for the Research of Evaluation of Public Policies)