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Svensk arbetsmarknad under två kriser (The Swedish labor market in two recessions)

Holmlund, Bertil - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011

”Svensk arbetsmarknad tycks trotsa tyngdlagen.” Så uttalade sig finansminister Anders Borg i början av juli 2010. Han pekade på att det dramatiska fallet i BNP i finanskrisens spår inte hade åtföljts av någon dramatisk minskning av sysselsättningen. I denna uppsats ges en...

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Employment, Mobility, and Active Labor Market Programs

Fredriksson, Peter; Johansson, Per - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2003

Using a unique micro panel data set we investigate whether active labor market programs improve employment prospects …

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Long term effects of public policy for displaced workers in Sweden – shipyard workers in the West and miners in the North

Ohlsson, Henry; Storrie, Donald - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2007

shipyard workers and miners. They have higher employment, not higher unemployment, and higher earnings than the comparison …

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On mandatory activation of welfare receivers

Dahlberg, Matz; Johansson, Kajsa; Mörk, Eva - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2008

participation, employment and disposable income. In contrast to earlier studies we are able to capture both entry and exit effects … mandatory activation of welfare receivers reduce overall welfare participation and increases employment. We also find that …

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The Rise and Fall of Swedish Unemployment

Holmlund, Bertil - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2003

By international standards, unemployment in Sweden remained remarkably low throughout the 1970s and the 1980s. In the early 1990s, however, the unemployment rate skyrocketed and hit double-digit levels. Unemployment remained high for several years but exhibited a marked fall from 1997 and...

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The Swedish Youth Labor Market in Boom and Depression

Edin, Per-Anders; Forslund, Anders; Holmlund, Bertil - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1998

of labor market programs on youth employment. We find that the slump in the 1990s has been associated with dramatic … and education has been roughly proportional, however. The evolution of employment and unemployment does not offer much … for labor by skill attributable to technological innovation. The employment crisis has been met by an unprecedented …

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