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Effects of decentralization on school resources: Sweden 1989-2002

Mörk, Eva; Ahlin, Åsa - 2007

Sweden has undertaken major national reforms of its school sector which, consequently, has been classified as one of …

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Is there an election cycle in public employment? Separating time effects from election year effects

Dahlberg, Matz; Mörk, Eva - 2008

Sweden and Finland, two coun¬tries that are similar in many respects but in which local elections are held at different …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321590

Using a discontinuous grant rule to identify the effect of grants on local taxes and spending

Dahlberg, Matz; Mörk, Eva; Rattsø, Jørn; Ågren, Martin - 2006

flypaper effect for Sweden. …

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Cheaper children, more children

Mörk, Eva; Sjögren, Anna; Svaleryd, Helena - 2008

We study the effect of child care costs on the fertility behavior of Swedish women and find that reductions in child care charges influence fertility decisions, even when costs are initially highly subsidized. Exploiting the exogenous variation in child care costs caused by a Swedish child care...

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Intergovernmental grants and bureaucratic power

Dahlberg, Matz; Lundqvist, Heléne; Mörk, Eva - 2008

In their role as agenda setters and implementers of political decisions, bureaucrats potentially have the power to influence decisions in their own favor. It is however difficult to empirically test whether bureaucrats actually are involved in such actions. In this paper we suggest and apply a...

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On mandatory activation of welfare receivers

Dahlberg, Matz; Johansson, Kajsa; Mörk, Eva - 2008

This paper investigates whether mandatory activation programs for welfare receivers have effects on welfare participation, employment and disposable income. In contrast to earlier studies we are able to capture both entry and exit effects. The empirical analysis makes use of a Swedish welfare...

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Do reduced child care prices make parents work more?

Lundin, Daniela; Mörk, Eva; Öckert, Björn - 2007

This paper exploits exogenous variation in the price of child care stemming from a major child care price reform, to … estimate the effects of child care costs on parents’ labour supply. The reform introduced a cap on the price that local … governments could charge parents, and lead to considerable reductions in the price of child care depending on family type and …

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Is there an election cycle in public employment? Separating time effects from election year effects

Dahlberg, Matz; Mörk, Eva - 2008

Sweden and Finland, two countries that are similar in many respects but in which local elections are held at different points …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317944

Effects of decentralization on school resources

Ahlin, Åsa; Mörk, Eva - 2005

Sweden has undertaken major national reforms of its schooling sector which, consequently, has been classified as one of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317962

Evaluation of the Swedish earned income tax credit

Edmark, Karin; Liang, Che-Yuan; Mörk, Eva; Selin, Håkan - 2012

-income groups. In Sweden, a non-targeted earned income tax credit was introduced in 2007, and was reinforced in 2008, 2009 and 2010 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321136