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Bottom-up vs. top-down policies towards the commercialization of university intellectual property
Goldfarb, Brent; Henrekson, Magnus - 2001
What national policies are most efficient in promoting the commercialization of university-generated knowledge? We address this question by characterizing and evaluating the policy pursued in Sweden and the US, two countries that put a great deal of resources into university R&D, but follow very...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281236
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Designing efficient institutions for science-based entrepreneurship: Lessons from the US and Sweden
Henrekson, Magnus; Rosenberg, Nathan - 2000
The recent 'scientification' of commercial technology has brought the interface between universities and industry into sharp focus. In particular, academic entrepreneurship, i.e., the variety of ways in which academics take direct part in the commercialization of research, is widely discussed....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281352
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Old‐age employment and hours of work trends : empirical analysis for four European countries
Aliaj, Arjeta; Flawinne, Xavier; Jousten, Alain; … - 2016
For the last two decades, the increase of employment among cohorts of individuals aged 50+ has been a policy objective … on the European employment agenda. The present paper takes stock of the situation as observed in Belgium over the time … period 1997-2011. First, we provide analysis on the evolution of older workers' employment in Belgium and its neighboring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455515
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The importance of education for the reallocation of labor: Evidence from Swedish linked employer-employee data 1986 - 2002
Gartell, Marie; Jans, Ann-Christin; Persson, Helena - 2007
Using employer-employee data covering the whole Swedish economy over a uniquely long time period from 1986 to 2002, we examine how job flows and worker flows have been distributed both on an aggregate level and across educational levels. We find that job and worker flows vary by educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317963
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Income support systems, labour supply incentives and employment: Some cross-country evidence
Forslund, Anders; Fredriksson, Peter - 2009
objective is to identify policy tools that help generate sustained increases in employment in the long run. Therefore, we focus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273947
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The unaccompanied refugee minors and the Swedish labour market
Çelikaksoy, Aycan; Wadensjö, Eskil - 2015
other countries. In this paper we study the labour market situation in terms of employment and income for those who have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317633
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COVID-19 and the Swedish labor market : a register perspective
Andersson, Fredrik; Wadensjö, Eskil - 2022
The pandemic has mainly affected the state of health and mortality, but has also had effects on the economy and the labor market. This article reports what happened to the total number of employees, their distribution by sectors and regions and changes in the number of employees for different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170495
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The response of firms to maternity leave and sickness absence
Schmutte, Ian M.; Skira, Meghan M. - 2022
leave spell starting on firms' employment, hiring, and separations. Firms respond immediately by increasing hiring, but the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013260005
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Leaving the labor market early in Sweden : learning from international experience
Bengtsson, Mats G.; König, Stefanie; Schönbeck, Simon; … - 2022
It is a challenge for politics that an aging population leads to demands that the retirement age is increasing while not everyone is able to work to such a higher age. Sweden, like other countries, has several options for early exit from the labour market. However, the regulations have become...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013209886
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COVID-19 and the Swedish labor market in 2021, the second COVID-19 year
Andersson, Fredrik; Wadensjö, Eskil - 2022
The pandemic has mainly affected the state of health and mortality, but has also had effects on the economy and the labor market. This article reports the development of the total number of employees, their distribution by sectors and regions and the changes in the number of employees for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013412782