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Olof Åslund

Title

Associate Professor in Economics

Areas of interest

  • Immigration and the labor market
  • Social interactions

Publications and scientific papers

Articles in refereed journals

  • Åslund O, J Östh & Y Zenou (forthcoming) "How important is access to jobs? Old question--Improved answer", forthcoming in Journal of Economic Geography.
  • Åslund O & H Grönqvist (forthcoming) "Family size and child outcomes: Is there really no trade off?", forthcoming in Labour Economics
  • Åslund O & O Nordström Skans (forthcoming) "Will I see you at work? Ethnic workplace segregation in Sweden 1985-2002", forthcoming in Industrial and Labor Relations Review.
  • Åslund O & P Fredriksson (2009) "Peer effects in welfare dependence--Quasi-experimental evidence", Journal of Human Resources 44(3), 798-825.
  • Åslund O & O Nordström Skans (2009) "How to measure segregation conditional on the distribution of covariates", Journal of Population Economics 22(4), 971-981.
  • Åslund O & D-O Rooth (2007) “Do when and where matter? Initial labor market conditions and immigrant earnings”, Economic Journal 117 (March), 422-448.
  • Åslund O & D-O Rooth (2005) “Shifting attitudes and the labor market of minorities. Swedish experiences after 9-11”, Journal of Population Economics vol 18, no 4, 603-629
  • Åslund O (2005) “Now and forever? Initial and subsequent location choices of immigrants”, Regional Science & Urban Economics 35, 141-165
  • 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
  • Edin P-A, R J LaLonde & O Åslund (2000) “Emigration of immigrants and measures of immigrant assimilation”, Swedish Economic Policy Review, vol 7, 163–204

Other selected publications

  • Nordström Skans O, K Sibbmark & O Åslund (2008) "Anonyma jobbansökningar i praktiken - En första utvärdering av en debatterad åtgärd", Ekonomisk debatt nr 3 årgång 36, 36-45.
  • Grönqvist H & O Åslund (2007) "Är familjestorlek egentligen något att bry sig om?", Ekonomisk debatt nr 8 årgång 35, 43-51.
  • Rooth D-O & O Åslund (2007) "Får utlandsfödda betalt för sin utbildning och sina kunskaper i svenska?", Ekonomisk debatt nr 3 årgång 35, 41-54
  • Åslund O, R Erikson, O Nordström Skans & A Sjögren (2006) Fritt inträde? Ungdomars och invandrades väg till det första arbetet, Välfärdsrådets rapport 2006, SNS Förlag, 164 p.
  • Rooth D-O & O Åslund (2006) Utbildning och kunskaper i svenska. Framgångsfaktorer för invandrade?, SNS Förlag, 137 p.
  • Zenou Y, O Åslund & J Östh (2006) "Hur viktig är närheten till jobb för chanserna på arbetsmarknaden?" Ekonomisk debatt nr 6 årgång 34, 31-42
  • Nordström Skans O & O Åslund (2006) "Ses vi på jobbet? Etnisk segregation mellan arbetsplatser 1985-2002" Ekonomisk debatt nr 6 årgång 34, 43-55
  • Åslund O (2006) ”Är EU en gränslös arbetsmarknad?” i Gustavsson S, L Oxelheim & N Wahl (red.) En gränslös europeisk arbetsmarknad?" Europaperspektiv 2006, Santerus, 71–96
  • O Åslund & Rooth D-O (2005) “11 september och etnisk diskriminering på den svenska arbetsmarknaden”, Ekonomisk debatt, nr 1 2005, 5-15
  • Åslund O (2000) Health, immigration, and settlement policies, Phd thesis, Economic Studies 53, Department of Economics, Uppsala University
  • Edin P-A & O Åslund ”Invandrare på 1990-talets arbetsmarknad”, in Bergmark Å (ed) Ofärd i välfärden, SOU 2001:54, 101–142

IFAU-reports and working papers

  • Åslund O, A Böhlmark and  O Nordström Skans "Age at migration and social integration", Working paper 2009:21, IFAU    
  • 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
  • Nordström Skans O & O Åslund " Do anonymous job application procedures level the playing field?", Working paper 2007:31, IFAU
  • Nordström Skans O & O Åslund "Leder anonyma jobbansökningar till lika möjligheter?", Rapport 2007:28, IFAU
  • Erikson R, O Nordström Skans, A Sjögren & O Åslund "Ungdomars och invandrades inträde på arbetsmarknaden 1985-2003", Rapport 2007:18
  • Åslund O & H Grönqvist "Family size and child outcomes: Is there really no trade-off?", Working paper 2007:15
  • Grönqvist H & O Åslund "Familjestorlekens effekter på barns utbildning och arbetsliv", Rapport 2007:13
  • Åslund O & P Johansson "Virtues of Sin - effects of an immigrant workplace introduction program", Working paper 2006:7, IFAU
  • Zenou Y, O Åslund & J Östh "How important is access to jobs? Old question - improved answer", Working paper 2006:1, IFAU
  • Nordström Skans O & O Åslund "Will I see you at work? Ethnic workplace segregation in Sweden 1985-2002, Working paper 2005:24, IFAU
  • Nordström Skans O & O Åslund "Measuring conditional segregation: methods and empirical examples", Working paper 2005:12, IFAU
  • Fredriksson P & O Åslund "Påverkas socialbidragsberoende av omgivningen?", Rapport 2005:3, IFAU
  • Fredriksson P & O Åslund "Ethnic enclaves and welfare cultures. Quasi-experimental evidence", Working paper 2005:8, IFAU
  • Rooth D-O & O Åslund “11 september och etnisk diskriminering på den svenska arbetsmarknaden”, Rapport 2004:14, IFAU
  • Rooth D-O & O Åslund “Shifting attitudes and the labor market of minorities. Swedish experiences after 9-11” Working paper 2004:16, IFAU
  • Rooth D-O & O Åslund “Do when and where matter? Initial labor market conditions and immigrant earnings” Working paper 2003:7, IFAU
  • Rooth D-O & O Åslund “Spelar när och var någon roll? Arbetsmarknadslägets betydelse för invandrares inkomster”, Rapport 2003:5, IFAU
  • Runeson C & O Åslund “Follow-up of EU's recommendations for integrating immigrants into the labour market”, Rapport 2002:4, IFAU

Referee for journals and books

Review of Economics and Statistics, Economic Journal, Journal of Labor Economics, Labour Economics, Regional Science & Urban Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Journal of Population Economics, European Economic Review, Economica, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association

Current research projects

  • Ethnic segregation in metropolitan areas 1985–2006 (Dnr 103/09)
  • Evaluation of Establishment dialogues (Reg No 159/08)
  • Incentive schemes in immigrant language training (Reg No 85/09)
  • How does segregation between workplaces arise? (Reg No 17/08)
  • Immigration and integration in the Scandinavian countries (Reg No 181/07)
  • What do immigrants who do not attend SFI do? (Reg No 155/07)
  • Labour market integration in Sweden and the US (Reg No 141/07)
  • Immigrant native wage differentials and the workplace (Reg No 112/07)
  • The short- and long-term impact of age at the time of migration (Reg No 77/07
  • Early childbearing and parents' labour supply (Reg No 46/07)



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