Oskar Nordström Skans

Title

Associate Professor in Economics

Areas of interest

• Empirical labour economics
• Evaluation
• Linked employer-employee data

Publications and scientific papers

Articles in refereed journals

• Hartman L, L Liljeberg & O N Skans (2010) “Stepping-stones, dead-ends or both? An analysis of Swedish replacement contracts”,  Empirical Economics, vol 38 (3), 645-668.
• Liu, Q & O N Skans (2010) "The Duration of Paid Parental Leave and Children's Scholastic Performance," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 10 : Iss. 1 (Contributions), Article 3.
• O Åslund & O N Skans (2009) "Will I see you at work? Ethnic workplace segregation in Sweden 1985-2002, Industrial & Labor Relations Review vol 63, issue 3 article 6.
• Åslund O & O Nordström Skans (2009) "How to measure segregation conditional on the distribution of covariates", Journal of Population Economics, vol 22(4).
• Holmlund B, Liu Q & O Nordström Skans (2008) "Mind the gap? Estimating the effects of postponing higher education", Oxford Economic Papers, Vol 60, pp 683-710.
• Nordström Skans O (2008) "How does the Age Structure Affect Regional Productivity?" Applied Economics Letters, Vol 15, pp 787-790
• O Nordström Skans (2007) "Comment on Andersen and Haagen Pedersen: Distribution and labour market incentives in the welfare state - Danish experiences" Swedish Economic Policy Review 14(2), pp. 215-222. 
• Forslund A & O Nordström Skans (2006) " Swedish youth labour market policies revisited", Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, (Quarterly Journal of Economic Research), vol 75, nr 3, pp 168-185
• Nordström Skans O (2005) "Age Effects in Swedish local labour markets", Economics Letters, vol 86, issue 3, pp 419-426 
• Nordström Skans O (2004) "The Impact of Working-Time Reductions on Actual Hours and Wages – Evidence from Swedish Register-Data", Labour Economics, vol 11, pp 647-665

Other selected publications

• Nordström Skans O, P-A Edin & B Holmlund (2009) "Wage dispersion between and within plants: Sweden 1985-2000" in Lazear E & K Shaw (eds) The Structure of Wages, University of Chicago Press.
• Kramarz F, P Cahuc, B Crépon, T Schank, O N Skans, G van Lomwel & A Zylberberg (2008) "Labour Market Effects of Worksharing Arrangements in Europe" in Boeri, T, M C Burda & F Kramarz (eds.) Working Hours and Job Sharing in the EU and USA - Are Europeans lazy? Or Americans Crazy?, Oxford University Press
• Nordström Skans O (2007) "School to work transition in Sweden" in Transition Support Policy for Young People with Low Educational Background, JILTP Report 2007:5, pp 91-107.
• Nordström Skans O, K Sibbmark & O Åslund (2008) "Anonyma jobbansökningar i praktiken - En första utvärdering av en omdebatterad åtgärd" in Ekonomisk Debatt, 2008:3, s 36-45.
• Forslund A & O Nordström Skans (2007) Hur fungerar arbetsmarknaden -Och vad kan arbetsmarknadspolitiken bidra med?, Ura 2007:2, Arbetsmarknadsstyrelsen.
• Åslund O, R Eriksson, O Nordström Skans  & A Sjögren (2006) Fritt inträde? Ungdomars och invandrades väg till det första inträdet, SNS Förlag, Stockholm.
• Nordström Skans O & O Åslund (2006) "Ses vi på jobbet? Etnisk segregation mellan arbetsplatser 1985-2002", Ekonomisk debatt nr 6 årgång 34, s 43-55
• Nordström Skans O (2005) “Har ungdomsarbetslöshet långsiktiga effekter?”, i Arbetsmarknad och Arbetsliv, vol 11, nr 3
• Nordström Skans O (2005) ”Produktmarknadskonkurrens och jämviktsarbetslöshet” bilaga till Liberalisering, regler och marknader, SOU 2005:4
• Nordström Skans O, Labour Market Effects of Working Time Reductions and Demographic changes, Economic Studies 66, Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Uppsala Universitet (also as Dissertation Series 2002:2, IFAU, Uppsala)
• Nordström Skans O (2001) “Arbetstidsförkortning, löner och arbetslöshet – en studie på svenska individdata” (Working Time Reductions, Wages and Unemployment: a Study using Swedish Individual Level Data), Ekonomisk debatt, vol 29, nr 7, s 477-486

IFAU-reports and working papers

• Åslund O, L Hensvik och O Nordström Skans "Seeking similarity: how immigrants and natives manage at the labor market", Working Paper 2009:24, IFAU
• Carlsson M and O N Skans (2009) "Evaluating microfoundations for aggregate price rigidities: Evidence from matched firm level data on product market prices and unit labor cost", ECB Working paper 1083/August 2009.
• Åslund O, A Böhlmark and  O Nordström Skans "Age at migration and social integration", Working paper 2009:21, 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
• Eriksson R, O Nordström Skans, A Sjögren & O Åslund "Ungdomars och invandrades inträde på arbetsmarknaden 1985-2003", Rapport 2007:18
• Forslund A & O Nordström Skans "(Hur) hjälps ungdomar av arbetsmarknadspolitiska program för unga?" Rapport 2006:5, IFAU
• Skans O N & L Lindqvist “Causal effects of subsidized career breaks” Working paper 2005:17, IFAU
• L Lindqvist, L Larsson & O N Skans ”Friårets arbetsmarknadseffekter” (Labour market effects of the subsidised career break program) Rapport 2005:10, IFAU
• Nordström Skans O "Scarring effects of the first labour market experience", Working Paper 2004:14, IFAU
• Larsson L & O Nordström Skans "Early indication of program performance: The case of Swedish temporary employment program" Working Paper 2004:7, IFAU
• Fröberg D, L Lindqvist, L Larsson, O Nordström Skans & S Ackum Agell "Friåret ur ett arbetsmarknadsperspektiv – delrapport 1" (The Career Break Pilot-Programme from a Labour Market Perspective: A First Report), Rapport 2003:7, IFAU
• Ackum Agell S, A Forslund, M Hemström, C Runeson, O Nordström Skans & B Öckert ”Uppföljning av EU:s rekommendationer för arbetsmarknadspolitiken” (A follow-up of EU-Recommendations on Labour market Policy), Stencil 2001:4, IFAU

Referee for journals and books

Economica, Economic Journal, Economics of Education Review, Economics Letters, Finnish Economic Papers, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, International Journal of Manpower, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Population Economics, Labour Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Current research projects

• Competition and employment (Reg No 28/10)
• An assessment of Swedish wage setting institutions (Reg No 157/09)
• Student union and career: causal effects of participation in student politics (Reg No 148/09)
• Peers and fertility at the workplace (Reg No 173/08)
• Admission restrictions to preferred educations and the returns to educational choices (Reg No 171/08)
• Wages, promotions and internal labour markets within the public administration (Reg No 108/08)
• 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)
• Abilities, opportunities and the returns to college (Reg No 38/07)
• Networks and youth labor market entry (Reg No 127/04)