Helena Holmlund
Associate Professor (On leave)
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.
Research areas
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?
2019
2017
2014
2012
Working papers
2022
2021
- Swedish children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic
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All geared towards success? Cultural origins of gender gaps in student achievement
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (May 2023) vol. 209, , pp 222-242
- Immigrant peers in the class: responses among natives and the effects on long-run revealed preferences
2020
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A researcher’s guide to the Swedish compulsory school reform
Journal of the Finnish Economic Association (2020), vol. 1, pp.25_50
2019
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How much does marital sorting contribute to intergenerational socio-economic persistence?
Journal of Human Resources (March 2022), vol. 57, nr. 2, pp. 372-399
2017
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Does grade configuration matter for school performance? Short- and long-run effects of school reorganisation
Journal of Urban Economics, January 2019, vol. 109, pp. 14-26