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Age effects in Swedish local labour markets
Nordström Skans, Oskar - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2002
The paper studies the effects of changes in the age structure on aggregate labour market performance using a panel of Swedish local labour markets. The methodology of Shimer (2001) is used for studying the effects of youth cohort size and is extended to include the full age distribution. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190979
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Does active labour market policy work? Lessons from the Swedish experiences
Calmfors, Lars; Forslund, Anders; Hemström, Maria - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2002
) have been used as a means to fight high unemployment. This paper discusses the mechanisms through which ALMPs affect (un)employment … open unemployment, but also reduced regular employment. The overall policy conclusion is that ALMPs of the scale used in …. There should be a greater emphasis on holding down long-term unemployment in general and a smaller emphasis on youth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651865
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The effects of working time reductions on wages, actual hours and equilibrium unemployment
Nordström Skans, Oskar - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2001
This paper extends a general equilibrium model of unemployment and working hours and evaluates the model on a 5 percent …. Furthermore, working time reductions may result in an increase in wage pressure, causing unemployment to rise. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651897
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Seeking similarity: how immigrants and natives manage at the labor market
Åslund, Olof; Hensvik, Lena; Nordström Skans, Oskar - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009
We show that immigrant managers are substantially more likely to hire immigrants than are native managers. The finding holds when comparing establishments in the same 5-digit industry and location, when comparing different establishments within the same firm, when analyzing establishments that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008556973
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Income support systems, labour supply incentives and employment – some cross-country evidence
Forslund, Anders; Fredriksson, Peter - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009
This paper summarizes a set of expert reports commissioned by the IFAU. The expert reports cover Estonia, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. These countries represent range of welfare states, both in terms of scope and design. And in each country there are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502566
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Labour supply incentives, income support systems and taxes in Sweden
Forslund, Anders - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009
Comparing Sweden to other EU countries, labour force participation rates of older individuals and females are high. These facts are consistent with the idea that institutional design matters: access to child care, paid parental leave, and a tax system with individual rather than household income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502572
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Decentralisation of bargaining and manufacturing employment: Sweden 1970-96
Forslund, Anders; Lindh, Thomas - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2004
Swedish unemployment was very low up to the early 1990s when it rose rapidly. At the same time manufacturing employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651890
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What active labor market policy works in a recession?
Forslund, Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; Vikström, Johan - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2011
This paper discusses the case for expanding active labor market policy in recession. We find that there is reasonable case for relying more heavily on certain kinds of programs. The argument is tied to the varying size of the lock-in effect in boom and recession. If programs with relatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008838419
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Stepping-stones or dead-ends? An analysis of Swedish replacement contracts
Larsson, Laura; Lindqvist, Linus; Nordström Skans, Oskar - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2005
unemployment among job-seekers. Using exact matching on labour market history and personal characteristics we find positive effects … effect of the length is found on unemployment, employment or wages. Overall, the results suggest that receiving a fixed term … contract reduces the risk of future unemployment, and that a longer contract increases the position within the workplace but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651825