The functioning of the labour market

Vårdbehovet i Sverige liksom i många andra länder förutspås öka kraftigt i framtiden på grund av olika faktorer, såsom en åldrande befolkning. ...

In this project we evaluate the earnings effects of the phase-out of the Swedish Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). The EITC (jobbskatteavdraget) was first introduced in 2007, and it has been expa...

The Swedish banking crisis in the early 1990s, among the five most severe financial crises historically, provides an insightful yet previously unexplored episode to improve our understanding of ...

A large literature has studied social mobility between generations. Many of these studies estimate correlations between siblings, which provide a measure of how important family background and s...

Despite the convergence in labour force participation, educational level, and the choice of professions observed in the last few decades, significant gender wage gaps still persist in all indust...

När en anställd blir 67 år har arbetsgivaren rätt att säga upp personen på godtyckliga grunder. Vi studerar effekter av en reform som i praktiken höjde avg&a...

Losing the job can have a number of direct negative consequences for your economic and social situation. But unemployment can also affect your health through increased stress or the adoption o...