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Do unemployment benefits increase unemployment? : new evidence on an old question

Fredriksson, Peter (contributor); … - 2008

We examine the relationship between unemployment benefits and unemployment using Swedish regional data. To estimate the effect of an increase in unemployment insurance (UI) on unemployment we exploit the ceiling on UI benefits. The benefit ceiling, coupled with the fact that there are regional...

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Peers, neighborhoods and immigrant student achievement : evidence from a placement policy

Åslund, Olof; Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; … - 2009

refugee placement policy which provides exogenous variation in the initial place of residence in Sweden. The main result is …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003906254

Top incomes in Sweden during three-quarters of a century : a micro data approach

Gustafsson, Björn (contributor); … - 2007

"This paper aims to throw light on the development of top incomes in Sweden as well as the causes for change. Using …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003479625

If Seebohm Rowntree had studied Sweden : how poverty changed in the city of Göteborg from 1925 to 2003

Gustafsson, Björn; Jansson, Birgitta - 2010

This paper investigates the development of poverty in Sweden using micro data derived from tax files for the city of … of present-day Sweden: the dual earner system. -- Poverty ; Sweden ; Seebohm Rowntree ; Gothenburg ; earnings …

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Neighbourhood child poverty in Sweden

Gustafsson, Björn; Österberg, Torun - 2010

This paper takes a fresh look at child poverty at the neighbourhood level in the three metropolitan regions of Sweden … education. -- Child poverty ; neighbourhood ; Sweden …

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Economic and ethnic polarisation among children in Sweden's three metropolitan areas

Biterman, Danuta (contributor); … - 2007

metropolitan regions of Sweden by using a relative new operationalization of the neighbourhood concept. Neighbourhoods are … contributed to larger economic polarisation among children in Swedish metropolitan regions. -- Segregation ; children ; Sweden …

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Sickness absence and local benefit cultures

Lindbeck, Assar; Palme, Mårten; Persson, Mats - 2011

In many countries, sickness absence financed by generous insurance benefits has become an important concern in the policy debate. It turns out that there are strong variations in absence behavior between local geographical areas, and it has been difficult to explain these variations by...

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Long-term effects of class size

Fredriksson, Peter; Öckert, Björn; Oosterbeek, Hessel - 2011

This paper evaluates the long-term effects of class size in primary school. We use rich administrative data from Sweden …

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Intergenerational influences on the receipt of unemployment insurance in Canada and Sweden

Corak, Miles; Gustafsson, Björn; Österberg, Torun - 2000

Sweden. Subsequent participation in the Canadian program is influenced by parental UI history. In Sweden individual learning …

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Residential segregation from generation to generation : intergenerational association in socio-spatial context among visible minorities and the majority population in metropolitan ...

Gustafsson, Björn; Katz, Katarina; Österberg, Torun - 2016

individuals who were born in 1974 and lived in metropolitan Sweden in both 1990 and 2006. During this period, the distribution of … income in Sweden became far more unequal, unemployment rose dramatically, earlier housing policies were dismantled, the share … adults. Several measures indicate that intergenerational persistency in context is lower in metropolitan Sweden than was …

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