Olof Åslund
Professor
Olof Åslund is a visiting professor at the Department of Economics at Uppsala University and holds a part-time position at IFAU. He is the former Director General of IFAU (2010-2019). He is also a member of the Delegation for Migration Studies (Delmi) and has also been research leader at SNS.
His research interests include immigration and the labor market, the importance of the environment and networks in the labor market, and the policy's labor market effects. His research has been published in a number of international journals and he has also contributed to a large number of popular science books, reports and articles
Research areas
Projects and publications at IFAU
Report
2024
- Ursprungslandets pensionsåldersregler och invandrades pensionsbeslut
- Professionella nätverk och invandrades ställning på arbetsmarknaden
2023
- Kommer sent, lämnar tidigt? Invandrades utträde från arbetsmarknaden
- Långsiktig integration bland flyktingbarn
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
- Utbildning och brottslighet – vad hände när man förlängde yrkesutbildningarna på gymnasiet?
- Som på räls? Förbättrade pendlingsmöjligheter och individens arbetsmarknad
2013
2012
2010
- Etnisk segregation i storstäderna - bostadsområden, arbetsplatser, skolor och familjebildning 1985-2006
- Sfi och arbetsmarknaden
2009
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Bostadssegregationens effekter på flyktingbarns skolresultat
"Sökelys på arbeidslivet", norsk tidskrift, 2009, nr 3, s. 379-388
- Invandringsålderns betydelse för social och ekonomisk integration
- Sådan chef, sådan anställd? - Rekryteringsmönster hos invandrade och infödda chefer
2007
- Familjestorlekens effekter på barns utbildning och arbetsliv
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Ungdomars och invandrades inträde på arbetsmarknaden 1985-2003
Välfärdsrådets rapport 2006: Fritt inträde? Ungdomars och invandrades väg till det första arbetet
- Leder anonyma jobbansökningar till lika möjligheter?
2006
- Hur viktig är närheten till jobb för chanserna på arbetsmarknaden?
- "Arbetsplatsintroduktion för vissa invandrare" - teori, praktik och effekter
- Vad för vem och hur gick det sen? En kartläggning av arbetsförmedlingarnas insatser för utrikes födda under 2005
2005
- Påverkas socialbidragsberoende av omgivningen?
- Ses vi på jobbet? Etnisk segregation mellan arbetsplatser 1985-2002
2004
2003
2002
2001
Working papers
2024
- Origin country institutions and immigrant retirement timing
- Professional networks and the labour market assimilation of immigrants
2023
- Joining late, leaving early? Immigrant-native disparities in labor market exit
- The long-term integration of European refugees
- The long-term integration of refugee children
2022
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Limbo or leverage? Asylum waiting and refugee integration
Journal of Public Economics (June 2024), Vol. 234, 105118, Online first
2021
2018
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Immigration history, entry jobs, and the labor market
Journal of Economic Geography (May 2022], vol 22, no 3, pp. 581–604
2017
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Labour market entry of non-labour migrants – Swedish evidence
Nordic Economic Policy Review, TemaNord 2017:520, pp. 115-158
2015
- Education and criminal behavior: insights from an expansion of upper secondary school
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All aboard? Commuter train access and labor market outcomes
Regional Science and Urban Economics, nov. 2017, vol. 67, pp. 90-107
2013
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Open borders, transport links and local labor markets
International Migration Review, September 2018, Doi: 10.1177/0197918318789067, online first
2012
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The value of earning for learning: performance bonuses in immigrant language training
Economics of Education Review, February 2018, vol. 62, pp. 192-204
2009
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Peers, neighborhoods and immigrant student achievement - evidence from a placement policy
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2011, vol.3, no. 2, pp. 67-95
- Age at migration and social integration
- Seeking similarity: how immigrants and natives manage at the labor market
2007
- Family size and child outcomes: Is there really no trade-off?
- Do anonymous job application procedures level the playing field?
2006
- How important is access to jobs? Old question - improved answer
- Virtues of Sin - effects of an immigrant workplace introduction program
2005
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Ethnic enclaves and welfare cultures - quasi-experimental evidence
Journal of Human Resources 2009, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 798-825
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Measuring conditional segregation: method
Journal of Population Economics 2009, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 971-981
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Will I see you at work? Ethnic workplace segregation in Sweden 1985-2002
Industrial and Labor Relations Review 2010, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 471-493
2004
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Shifting attitudes and the labor market of minorities: Swedish experiences after 9-11
Journal of Population Economics 2005, vol. 18, iss. 4, pp. 603-629
2003
2001
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Now and forever? Initial and subsequent location choices of immigrants
Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 35, iss. 2, pp. 141-165