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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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Familjebakgrund och likhet i syskons livsutfall
Erika Forsberg Akib Khan Olof Rosenqvist
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Lärares professionella villkor
Catarina Player-Koro
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Vem drabbas hårdast av att förlora jobbet?
Susan Athey Oskar Nordström Skans Lisa Krystyna Simon Johan Vikström Yaroslav Yakymovych
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Resurser och studieresultat på Komvux - En analys av Kunskapslyftet
Lucas Tilley
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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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Do sibling correlations in skills, schooling, and earnings vary by socioeconomic background? Insights from Sweden
Erika Forsberg Akib Khan Olof Rosenqvist
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The heterogeneous earnings impact of job lossacross workers, establishments, and markets
Susan Athey Oskar Nordström Skans Lisa Krystyna Simon Johan Vikström Yaroslav Yakymovych
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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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Technological change, family background and career choice
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Upper secondary education and labour market outcomes
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Worker specialisation and the consequences of occupational decline
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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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