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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.
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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Effekter av ekonomiska incitament för ett jämställt föräldrapenninguttag – erfarenheter från jämställdhetsbonusen
Olof Rosenqvist
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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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Reducing the gender gap in parental leave through economic incentives? – Evidence from the gender equality bonus in Sweden
Olof Rosenqvist
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A lifecycle estimator of intergenerational income mobility
Martin Nybom Jan Stuhler Ursula Mattioli Mello
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Mothers’ birth giving status and the division of parental leave. A comparison of adoptive and biological parents
Ylva Moberg Maaike van der Vleuten
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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
Referral response
Rätt och lätt – ett förbättrat regelverk för VAB (SOU 2022:31)
En gemensam angelägenhet SOU 2020:46
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Research in progress
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Inheritance of fields of study
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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