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Education is a central feature in the lives of children, youths and many adults – from preschool to higher education and adult education. The costs for education are primarily costs for personnel and premises. For older students, education also means loss of income. Incomes are created if the education provides knowledge and skills that are valued on the labour market and by society as a whole.
Within research on the economics of education, we study how different investments in education affect people’s welfare, their success on the labour market and society as a whole. It might take some time before it is possible to evaluate the labour market effects of individual measures since the individuals must first complete their education and then enter the labour market. Thus, it is common for research to study factors that experience shows to be connected to success on the labour market, for example grades and exam results or measures of motivation, endurance and discipline.
We study how individuals’ skills, welfare and their situation on the labour market are affected by:
-time period in education, field of study and the organiser of the education
-resources in the educational system
-how the education is organised
-family background and incentives for education
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Leder Läslyftet till bättre skolresultat?
Helena Holmlund Josefin Häggblom Erica Lindahl
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Betydelsen av föräldratid för barns skolresultat och intergenerationell rörlighet
Daniel Avdic Arizo Karimi Anna Sjögren Elin Sundberg
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Hur utbildningsinriktningar går i arv
Adam Altmejd
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Att bedöma undervisningskvalitet för barns utveckling och lärande i förskolan - Dimensioner av att mäta kvalitet utifrån ett dynamiskt systemperspektiv
Sofia Frankenberg
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Arbetsmarknads- och hälsoeffekter av IVF: Lärdomar från ändrad medicinsk praxis i Sverige
Sonia Bhalotra Damian Clarke Hanna Mühlrad Mårten Palme
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Utbildning och social rörlighet
Helena Holmlund Martin Nybom
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Optimal redistribution and education signaling
Spencer Bastani Tomer Blumkin Luca Micheletto
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The Boost for reading
Helena Holmlund Josefin Häggblom Erica Lindahl
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Paternity leave and child outcomes
Daniel Avdic Arizo Karimi Anna Sjögren Elin Sundberg
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The Early childhood scaffolding scale - conceptual framework, operationalization and functionality
Sofia Frankenberg
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Health and labor market impacts of twin birth: Evidence from a Swedish IVF policy
Sonia Bhalotra Damian Clarke Hanna Mühlrad Mårten Palme
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Education and social mobility
Helena Holmlund Martin Nybom
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The importance of family background in different socioeconomic groups
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Evaluation of the equality grant
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A profession in change: a study of the career teacher reform and the state grant for teacher salary increase
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The effect of migration policies in Sweden on the integration of immigants, human capital accumulation and education decisions
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City size and wage inequality: The role of firm productivity in changing income dispersion
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How were students affected by the expansion of upper secondary voucher schools?