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Sweden is by many people considered as a leading country when it comes to giving people the possibilities of combining family and work: the frequency of gainful employment among women is high while the birth rates are still at a relatively high level in a European comparison.
Behind this, there is a family policy which aims at making it possible for parents with small children to work. An importance factor is the parental insurance which makes it possible for parents to stay at home during the first year in their child's life or longer. Another important component in Swedish family policy is extensive publicly subsidised child-care which makes it possible for parents with small children to work. Family policy reforms in recent years include, for example, daddy months, maximum charges for pre-school and the possibility for municipalities to implement a child care allowance.
The research that is being carried out within this area studies what have been the effects of the implemented family policy on for example:
--the degree of employment for women and their career opportunities
--the wage gap between women and men
--the number of births
--children’s development and future success on the labour market
--the equal possibilities for children independent of family background.
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Hur påverkas barns utveckling av mer egentid med en förälder
Anna Sjögren Malin Tallås Ahlzén
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Etniskt blandad skola och framtida sociala interaktioner mellan personer med olika etnisk bakgrund
Helena Holmlund Erica Lindahl Sara Roman
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Kvinnors hälsa, sjukfrånvaro och inkomster efter barnafödande
Emma Fransson Erik Grönqvist Stavros Iliadis Erica Lindahl
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Arbetsmarknadseffekter av konjunkturnedgångar
Mattias Engdahl Martin Nybom
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Barn och unga under coronapandemin
Mattias Engdahl Caroline Hall Helena Holmlund Martin Lundin Hanna Mühlrad Anna Sjögren Björn Öckert
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Trender i absolut inkomströrlighet i Europa och Nordamerika
Adrian Adermon Martin Nybom
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No activation without reconciliation? The interplay between ALMP and ECEC in relation to women employment unemployment and inactivity in 30 OECD countries 1985-2018
Rense Nieuwenhuis
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Human capital effects of one-on-one time with parents. Evidence from a Swedish childcare access reform
Anna Sjögren Malin Tallås Ahlzén
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Immigrant peers in the class: responses among natives and the effects on long-run revealed preferences
Helena Holmlund Erica Lindahl Sara Roman
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Intergenerational mobility in a recession: Evidence from Sweden
Martin Nybom Jan Stuhler
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Swedish children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic
Mattias Engdahl Caroline Hall Helena Holmlund Martin Lundin Hanna Mühlrad Anna Sjögren Björn Öckert
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Trends in absolute income mobility in North America and Europe
Adrian Adermon Martin Nybom
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How did the home care allowance affect parent's labour supply, children's participation in preschool and later school results?
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Social assistance and family welfare
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The effects of higher flat rate parental leave benefits
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Skills, Parental sorting, and child inequality
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Parental inputs and child outcomes: The role of more time with dad
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The role of mothers and fathers in providing skills - Evidence from parental deaths