Björn Öckert

Title

Ph D in Economics

Areas of interest

• Economics of education
• Empirical labour economics

Publications and scientific papers

Articles in refereed journals

• Öckert, B (forthcoming) "What's the value of an acceptance letter? Using admissions data to estimate the return to college",  Economics of Education Review.
• Bennmarker H, E Mellander & B Öckert (2009) "Do regional payroll tax reductions boost employment?", Labour Economics, Vol. 16, pp. 480-89.
• Fredriksson P & B Öckert (2008) "Resources and student achievement - evidence from a Swedish policy reform", Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 110, pp. 277-96.
• Lundin D, E Mörk & B Öckert (2008) "How far can reduced child care prices push female labour supply?", Labour Economics, Vol. 15, pp. 647-59.

Other selected publications

• Bennmarker, H, E Mellander & B Öckert "Är sänkta arbetsgivaravgifter ett effektivt sätt att öka sysselsättningen?", Ekonomisk debatt (in press).
• Lundin, D, E Mörk & B Öckert (2008) "Maxtan inom barnomsorgen - påverkar den hur mycket föräldrarna arbetar?", Ekonomisk debatt, nr 7 årgång 36, s 29-43.
• Fredriksson P & B Öckert (2008) "Hur mycket påverkas studieresultat av resurser?", Ekonomisk debatt nr 3 årgång 36, s 5-12.
• Fredriksson P & B Öckert (2008) "Är det bättre att börja skolan tidigare?", Ekonomisk debatt nr 2 årgång 36, s 17-32.
• Öckert B (2006) Book review of “Inequality in America. What Role for Human Capital Policies?”,  by Pedro Carneiro, James J Heckman and Alan B Krueger, Forthcoming in The Journal of Economic Inequality
• Öckert B (2004) Bokanmälan “Inequality in America. What Role for Human Capital Policies?”,  by Pedro Carneiro, James J Heckman and Alan B Krueger, Ekonomisk debatt, nr 6
• Öckert B (2000) Högre utbildning i Sverige. En problemorienterad diskussion om utbildningssatsningar (Higher education in Sweden. A problemized discussion of educational investments) (with Håkan Regnér), report, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University

IFAU-reports and working papers

• Bennmarker H, E Grönqvist & B Öckert (2009) "Effects of outsourcing employment services: evidence from a randomized experiment" Working paper 2009:23, IFAU
• Bennmarker H, E Mellander and B Öckert " Do regional payroll tax reductions boost employment?", Working Paper 2008:19, IFAU
• Fredriksson P & B Öckert "Resources and student achievement - evidence from a Swedish policy reform", Working paper 2007:26, IFAU
• Lundin D, E Mörk & B Öckert "Do reduced child care prices make parents work more?", Working paper 2007:2, 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
• Öckert B (2001) Effects of higher education and the role of admission selection, PhD thesis, Dissertation Series No 52, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University
• Öckert B (2002) Do university enrollment constraints affect education and earnings?, Working paper 2002:16, IFAU

Referee for journals and books

Acta Sociologica, Economic Journal, Economics of Education Review, Journal of Public Economics, Labour Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Current research projects

• Labour market effects of payroll tax cuts for youths (Reg No 18/10)
• How are abilities transmitted across generations? (Reg No 97/09)
• The supply of skills to the teacher profession (Reg No 101/07)
• Do parents' responses attenuate the effets of education interventions? (Reg No 59/2007)
• The labour market effects of Swedish education policies - a survey (Reg No 47/07)
• Abilities, opportunities and the returns to college (Reg No 38/07)
• Does going to school make you smarter? (Reg No 23/04)