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The Causal Eff ect of Parent’s Schooling on Children’s Schooling
Holmlund, Helena; Lindahl, Mikael; Plug, Erik - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2010
We review the empirical literature that estimates the causal effect of parent’s schooling on child’s schooling, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752519
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Trade, Earnings, and Mobility - Swedish Evidence.
Edin, P.-A.; Fredriksson, P.; Lundborg, P. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2000
Using a large longitudinal data set, we study the effects of increased trade on earnings and mobility in the Swedish labor market in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Earnings respond significantly to changes in industry sales, whether generated by domestic market forces or international trade:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005669598
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Taxes and Job Mobility in the Swedish Labor Market.
Lundborg, P. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005669602
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Trade, Earnings, and Mobility - Swedish Evidence.
Edin, P.-A.; Fredriksson, P.; Lundborg, P. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2000
Using a large longitudinal data set, we study the effects of increased trade on earnings and mobility in the Swedish labor market in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Earnings respond significantly to changes in industry sales, whether generated by domestic market forces or international trade:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005634561
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When strong ties are strong Networks and youth labor market entry
Kramarz, Francis; Nordström Skans, Oskar - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011
period covering high as well as low unemployment years. We find that strong social ties (parents) are an important … confounding factors related to time, location, education, occupation, and the interaction of these. The effect is larger if the … the role of weak ties (neighbors or friends as measured using classmates and their parents). On the hiring side, by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009645245
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Paths to higher office: evidence from the Swedish Civil Service
Brösamle, Klaus J; Nordström Skans, Oskar - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011
The paper analyzes the relationship between career path characteristics of civil servants and their career success. Following a description of the institutional setting and some qualitative evidence on typical paths to the top, we use data that follows the careers of all Swedish civil servants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009645250
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Job Polarization and Task-Biased Technological Change: Sweden, 1975–2005
Adermon, Adrian; Gustavsson, Magnus - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011
This paper investigates the connection between the Swedish wage profile of net job creation and Autor, Levy, and Murnane’s (2003) proposed substitutability between routine tasks and technology. We first show that between 1975 and 2005, Sweden exhibited a pattern of job polarization with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322948
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Job Polarization and Task-Biased Technological Change: Sweden, 1975–2005
Adermon, Adrian; Gustavsson, Magnus - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011
This paper investigates the connection between the Swedish wage profile of net job creation and Autor, Levy, and Murnane’s (2003) proposed substitutability between routine tasks and technology. We first show that between 1975 and 2005, Sweden exhibited a pattern of job polarization with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322954
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Accounting for Cross-Country Differences in Intergenerational Earnings Persistence: The Impact of Taxation and Public Education Expenditure
Holter, Hans A - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011
I document a strong negative cross-country correlation between intergenerational earnings persistence and tax progressivity, and between intergenerational earnings persistence and public expenditure on tertiary education. To explain these correlations I then develop an intergenerational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391771
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Accounting for Cross-Country Differences in Intergenerational Earnings Persistence: The Impact of Taxation and Public Education Expenditure
Holter, Hans A - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011
I document a strong negative cross-country correlation between intergenerational earnings persistence and tax progressivity, and between intergenerational earnings persistence and public expenditure on tertiary education. To explain these correlations I then develop an intergenerational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391774