spread of COVID-19 at the onset of the pandemic: While Denmark, Finland and Norway imposed strict measures (‘lockdowns …’), Sweden decided for much lighter restrictions. Empirically, we use novel administrative data on weekly new unemployment and … furlough spells from all 56 regions of the Nordic countries to compare the labor market outcomes of Sweden with the ones of its …

developments in the labor market and changes in the structure and preferences of the family. The former include changes in …-market contracts and tendencies toward an insider-outsider divide in the labor market. Changes in family structure include a rise in … female labor-force participation, a decline in family stability, more variation in individual life cycles and increased …

, arrest increases the probability an offender is charged with a crime. Our findings argue against recent calls for a …

Does internet use trigger sex crime? We use unique Norwegian data on crime and internet adoption to shed light on this … highlights three mechanisms for how internet use may affect reported sex crime, namely a reporting effect, a matching effect on … potential offenders and victims, and a direct effect on sex crime propensity. To investigate the importance of these mechanisms …

adult crime: outcomes that carry significant negative externalities. This paper uses particularly rich datasets from Denmark …