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Wages of childhood immigrants in Sweden – education, returns to education and overeducation

Katz, Katarina; Österberg, Torun - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2013

We analyse full-time monthly wages of employees with parents born in Sweden and of childhood immigrants who arrived before the end of compulsory school-age. We use a detailed disaggregation of background countries, which shows considerable hetero-geneity, in overeducation, in returns to...

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Selection bias, comparative advantage and heterogeneous returns to education: Evidence from China in 2000

Heckman, James; Li, Xuesong - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2003

China when allowing for heterogeneous returns among individuals selecting into schooling based on these differences. We use … % annually) in 2000 for young people in urban areas of six provinces of China. The effect of college on those who go is 13 %. Our … return to education has increased substantially in China, compared to the returns measured in the 1980’s and the early 1990’s. …

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Long-term effects of class size

Fredriksson, Peter; Öckert, Björn; OOsterbeek, Hessel - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2012

This paper evaluates the long-term effects of class size in primary school. We use rich administrative data from Sweden and exploit variation in class size created by a maximum class size rule. Smaller classes in the last three years of primary school (age 10 to 13) are not only beneficial for...

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Naturalizations and the economic and social integration of immigrants

Engdahl, Mattias - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2014

I study the effects of naturalizations on labor market outcomes and family formation. The results show that naturalizations are associated with improving economic outcomes for immigrants from outside the OECD. The strength of the correlation varies depending on the country group and gender. A...

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Now and forever? Initial and subsequent location choices of immigrants

Åslund, Olof - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2001

This paper exploits a natural experiment to study the influence of regional factors on initial and subsequent location choices among immigrants. The results suggest that immigrants to Sweden are attracted to regions with high representation from the individual’s birth country and large overall...

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Do when and where matter? Initial labor market conditions and immigrant earnings

Åslund, Olof; Rooth, Dan-Olof - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2003

This paper investigates the long-term effects on immigrant earnings and employment from labor market conditions encountered upon arrival. We find substantial effects both of the state of the national labor market and of local unemployment rates. Comparing refugees entering Sweden in a severe and...

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Immigrants' return to schooling in Sweden

Nordin, Martin - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2007

The aim of this paper is to examine if the returns to immigrants’ schooling are lower than the returns to natives’ schooling. In addition the paper tries to establish whether immigrants who invest in different amounts of Swedish education also differ in their returns to schooling. The...

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Open borders, transport links and local labor markets

Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2013

We study the labor market impact of opening borders to low-wage countries. The analysis exploits time and regional variation provided by the 2004 EU enlargement in combination with transport links to Sweden from the new member states. The results suggest an adverse impact on earnings of present...

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The relation between fluid intelligence and the general factor as a function of cultural background: a test of Cattell's investment theory

Valentin Kvist, Ann; Gustafsson, Jan-Eric - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2007

According to Cattell’s (1987) Investment theory individual differences in acquisition of knowledge and skills are partly the result of investment of Fluid Intelligence (Gf) in learning situations demanding insights in complex relations. If this theory holds true Gf will be a factor of General...

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Manager impartiality? Worker-firm matching and the gender wage gap

Hensvik, Lena - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2011

This paper examines whether women benefit from working under female management using Swedish matched employer-employee panel data. I account for unobserved heterogeneity among both workers and firms potentially correlated with manager gender. The results show a substantial negative and...

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