Helena Holmlund
Associate Professor
Helena Holmlund received her PhD in Economics at the Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University, and is currently a researcher at IFAU. 2006-2009 she worked as a researcher at the Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics. Her main research interest is economics of education, with a focus on the importance of school reforms and family background for children’s school results, labour market performance and life chances. Helena’s research has been published in international journals such as Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Literature and Journal of Human Resources.
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Projects and publications at IFAU
Report
2022
2021
- Barn och unga under coronapandemin
- Läs- och skrivutvecklande undervisning i den svenska grundskolan
- Kulturell bakgrund och könsskillnader i studieresultat
- Etniskt blandad skola och framtida sociala interaktioner mellan personer med olika etnisk bakgrund
2020
- Jämlikhet i möjligheter och utfall i den svenska skolan
- Vad kan den nationalekonomiska forskningen lära oss om framgångsfaktorer i skolan?