2007
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Do anonymous job application procedures level the playing field?
Oskar Nordström Skans Olof ÅslundAnonymous application procedures (AAP) are increasingly promoted as a way to com...
- 2007:30 An empirical assessment of assortative matching in the labor market
In labor markets with worker and firm heterogeneity, the matching between firms and workers may be assortative, meaning that the most productive workers and firms team up. We investigate this wi...
- 2007:29 Effects of work requirements on welfare migration
Karin EdmarkThis study tests for a migration response to the implementation
- 2007:28 The gender gap in workplace authority in Sweden 1968-2000 - a family affair?
Magnus Bygren Michael GählerWe assess whether the gender gap in authority in Sweden has changed during the p...
- 2007:27 Labour market programmes and labour market outcomes: a study of the Swedish active labour market interventions
Jérôme Adda Mónica Costa Dias Costas Meghir Barbara SianesiThis paper assesses the impact of Swedish welfare-to-work programmes on labour market performance including wages, labour market status, unemployment duration and future welfare-to-work particip...
- 2007:26 Resources and student achievement - evidence from a Swedish policy reform
Peter Fredriksson Björn ÖckertThis paper utilizes a policy change to estimate the effect of teacher density on...
- 2007:25 Gender and ethnic interactions among teachers and students - evidence from Sweden
This study investigates the importance of gender and ethnic interactions among t...
- 2007:24 Comparing teachers' assessments and national test results - evidence from Sweden
This study compares results on national tests with teachers’ assessment of stude...
- 2007:23 The relation between fluid intelligence and the general factor as a function of cultural background: a test of Cattell's investment theory
Ann Valentin Kvist Jan-Eric GustafssonAccording to Cattell’s (1987) Investment theory individual differences in acquis...
- 2007:22 Strategic competition in Swedish local spending on childcare, schooling and care for the elderly
Karin EdmarkThis study tests for strategic competition in public spending on - 2007:30 An empirical assessment of assortative matching in the labor market