Eva Mörk (former Johansson)

Title

Professor

Areas of interest

• Public Economics, Political Economy, Welfare Reforms, The Economics of Child Care

Publications and scientific papers

Articles in refereed journals

• Lundin, D, E Mörk & B Öckert (2008) "How Fare Can Reduced Childcare Prices Push Female Labour Supply?", Labour Economics, vol 15, p 647-659.
• Dahlberg, M, E Mörk, J Rattsø & H Ågren (2008) "Using a Discontinuios Grant Rule to Identify the Effect of Grants on Local Taxes and Spending", Journal of Public Economics, vol 92, p 2320-2335.
• Ahlin, Å & E Mörk (2008) "Effects of decentralization on school resources", Economics of Education Review, vol 27, p 276-284.
• Dahlberg M, E Mörk & P Tovmo (2008) "On the performance of the Sargan Test in the Presence of Measurement Errors", Applied Economics Letters, vol 15, p 349-353.
• Ågren H, M Dahlberg & E Mörk (2007) "Do Politicians’ Preferences Correspond to those of the Voters? An Investigation of Political Representation", Public Choice, vol 130, p 137-162.
• Dahlberg M & E Mörk (2006) "Public Employment and the Doulble Role of Bureaucrats", Public Choice, vol 126, p 387-404.
• Bergström P, M Dahlberg & E Mörk (2004) “The Effect of Grants and Wages on Municipal Labour Demand”, Labour Economics, vol 11, p 315-334
• Johansson, E (2003) ”Intergovernmental Grants as a Tactical Instrument: Empirical Evidence from Swedish Municipalities”, Journal of Public Economics,  vol 87, p 883-915
• Johansson, E (2003) ”Tactical Redistribution Between Regions when Parties and Voters Care about Ideology”, Journal of Public Economic Theory, vol 5, p 95-120
• Dahlberg M & E Johansson (2002) ”On the Vote Purchasing Behavior of Incumbent Governments”, American Political Science Review, vol 96, p 27-40
• Ahlin, Å & E Johansson (2001) “Individual Demand for Local Public Schooling: Evidence from Swedish Survey Data”, International Tax and Public Finance, vol 8, p 254-271
• Dahlberg, M & E Johansson (2000) “An Examination of the Dynamic Behavior of Local Governments using GMM Bootstrapping Methods”, Journal of Applied Econometrics, vol 15, p 401-416
• Dahlberg, M & E Johansson (1998) “The Revenues-Expenditures Nexus: Panel Data Evidence from Swedish Municipalities”, Applied Economics, vol 30, p 1379-1386

Other selected publications

• Lundin D, E Mörk & B Öckert (2008) "Maxtaxan inom barnomsorgen - påverkar den hur mycket föräldrarna arbetar?" Ekonomisk Debatt, vol 36, nr 7, s 29-43
• Dahlberg M & E Mörk (2008) "Valår och den kommunala politiken", Ekonomisk Debatt, vol 36, nr 5, s 6-13
• Mörk E (2005) "Local Politicians and Voters Preferences for Local Taxes" i R Påhlsson (red) Yearbook for Nordic Tax Research 2005:Local Taxation
• Dahlberg M & E Mörk (2005) "The Double Role of Bureaucrats in the Municipal Sector", Arbetsmarknad och arbetsliv, vol 11, nr 3, p 171-177
• Dahlberg M, E Mörk & H Ågren (2005) "Do Municipal Size Matter for Local Democracy", Ekonomisk Debatt, vol 33, nr 5, p 33-47
• Boadway, R & E Mörk (2004) “Division of Powers”, in P Mollander (eds) Fiscal Federalism in Unitary States, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
• Mörk, E (2004) ”Arbetslösa – en resurs för skolan” (Unemployed – a resource for the school), Arbetsmarknad och arbetsliv, vol  10, p 43-53
• Mörk, E (2003) ”Politikern – vän eller fiende?” (The politician – enemy or friend?), Ekonomisk Debatt, vol 31, p 3-4
• Dahlberg, M & E Mörk (2003) ”Släpp dataseten fria! Slutreplik” (Release the datasets! Final comment), Ekonomisk Debatt, vol 31, p 53-55
• Dahlberg, M & E Johansson (2002) ”Släpp dataseten fria!” (Release the datasets!), Ekonomisk Debatt, vol 30, p 663-664
• Dahlberg, M, E Johansson & J Holm (2002) ”Ekonomisk Debatt i slutet av dess tredje decennium” (Ekonomisk Debatt in the end of its third decade) Ekonomisk Debatt, vol 30, p 529-534
• Dahlberg, M & E Johansson (2001) ”Dags att tänka om i socialbidragssystemet” (Time to rethink the system for social assistance), Ekonomisk Debatt, vol 29, p 3-5
• Dahlberg, M & E Johansson (2000) “Om regeringars röstköpsbeteende” (On the vote purchasing behavior of incumbent governments), Ekonomisk Debatt, vol 28, p 305-316
• Johansson, E (2000) ”Bokanmälan: Lars Söderström, Anders Björklund, Per-Gunnar Edbalk, Agneta Kruse: Från dagis till servicehus: Välfärdspolitik i livets olika skeden” Book Review: L. Söderström, A. Björklund, P-G. Edbalk, A. Kruse: From day-care centers to service flats: Welfare policies in the different periods of life), Ekonomisk Debatt, vol 28, p 380-385
• Bergström, P, Dahlberg, M & E Johansson (1999) “Statsbidragens och lönernas effekter på den kommunala arbetskraftsefterfrågan” (The effects of intergovernmental grants and wages on municipal labour demand), Ekonomisk Debatt, vol 27, p 151-161
• Bergström P, M Dahlberg & E Johansson (1997) “GMM Bootstrapping and Testing in Dynamic Panels”, Working Paper 1997:10, Department of Economics, Uppsala University

IFAU-reports and working papers

• Mörk E, A Sjögren och H Svaleryd "Cheaper childcare, more children", Working Paper 2008:29, IFAU
• Dahlberg M, K Johansson och E Mörk "On mandatory activation of welfare receivers", Working Paper 2008:24, IFAU
• Dahlberg M, H Lundqvist & E Mörk "Intergovernmental grants and bureaucratic power" Working paper 2008:17, IFAU
• Dahlberg M & E Mörk "Is there an election cycle in public employment? Separating time effects from election year effects", Working paper 2008:3, IFAU
• Lundin D, E Mörk & B Öckert "Do reduced child care prices make parents work more?", Working paper 2007:2, IFAU
• Lindqvist L, D Lundin & E Mörk "Does a fee cap for day care affect how much parents work?"Abstract of Report 2006:2 written in Swedish, IFAU
• Ahlin Å & E Mörk (2005) " Effects of decentralization on school resources" Working Paper 2005:5, revised version 2007, IFAU
• Mörk E (2003) “The Impact of Active Labor Market Programs on Municipal Service”, Working paper 2003:2, IFAU
• Persson K & E Johansson (2000) ”Friare användning av arbetsmarknadspolitiska medel. Slutrapport” (A more independent use of resources for active labor market policy), Forskningsrapport 2000:1, IFAU
• Bennmarker H,  L Davidsson, A Forslund, M Hemström, E Johansson, L Larsson, S Martinson & K Persson (2000) ”Dataproblem vid utvärderingen av arbetsmarknadspolitik” (Data problems when evaluating labour market policy), Stencilserie 2000:5, IFAU
• Ackum Agell S, A Forslund, A Harkman,, E Johansson, M Lundin, S Martinson & K Persson (2000), ”Erfarenheter av nittiotalets arbetsmarknadspolitik” (Experiences of the labour market policy in the nineties), Stencilserie 2000:2, IFAU

Referee for journals and books

Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Politics, International Tax and Public Finance, The European Journal of Political Economy, The B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis & Policy, Journal of Economic Geography, Economics of Governance, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Public Finance Report, FinanzArchiv, Scandinavian Political Studies

Current research projects

• Evaluation of the effects of the Swedish income tax credit (Reg No 147/08)
• The health status among recipients of welfare benefits (Reg No 91/08)
• Economic policy and the well-being of families (Reg No 63/08)
• Jobbtorg in the City of Stockholm (Reg No 27/08)
• Welfare assistance in Sweden (Reg No 142/07)

Current appointments

• Researcher and teacher at the Department of Economics, Uppsala University
• Associate Editor Scandinavian Journal of Economics