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Gender differences in sickness absence and the gender division of family responsibilities

Angelov, Nikolay; Johansson, Per-Olov; Lindahl, Erica - 2013

This study investigates possible reasons for the gender difference in sickness absence. We estimate both short- and long-term effects of parenthood in a within-couple analysis based on the timing of parenthood. We find that after entering parenthood, women increase their sickness absence by...

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Immigration history, entry jobs, and the labor market integration of immigrants

Ansala, Laura; Åslund, Olof; Sarvimäki, Matti - 2020

enter the labor market. We focus on two countries - Finland and Sweden - that have similar formal institutions but starkly …

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Age at migration and social integration

Åslund, Olof; Böhlmark, Anders; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2009

The paper studies childhood migrants and examines how age at migration affects their ensuing integration at the residential market, the labor market, and the marriage market. We use population-wide Swedish data and compare outcomes as adults among siblings arriving at different ages in order to...

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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 …

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How important is access to jobs? : Old question - improved answer

Åslund, Olof (contributor); Östh, John (contributor); … - 2006

residences and workplaces in Sweden, we find that having been placed in a location with poor job access in 1990-91 adversely …

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Åslund, Olof; Hensvik, Lena; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2009

We show that immigrant managers are substantially more likely to hire immigrants than are native managers. The finding holds when comparing establishments in the same 5-digit industry and location, when comparing different establishments within the same firm, when analyzing establishments that...

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Testing for nonparametric identification of causal effects in the presence of a quasi-instrument

DeLuna, Xavier; Johansson, Per-Olov - 2012

The identification of average causal effects of a treatment in observational studies is typically based either on the unconfoundedness assumption or on the availability of an instrument. When available, instruments may also be used to test for the unconfoundedness assumption (exogeneity of the...

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What is the right profile for getting a job? : a stated choice experiment of the recruitment process

Eriksson, Stefan; Johansson, Per-Olov; Langenskiöld, Sophie - 2012

We study the recruitment behavior of Swedish employers using data from a stated choice experiment. In the experiment, the employers are first asked to describe an employee who recently and voluntarily left the firm, and then to choose between two hypothetical applicants to invite to a job...

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Cross-border health and productivity effects of alcohol policies

Johansson, Per-Olov; Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Verho, Jouko - 2012

cut in the Finnish alcohol tax on mortality, alcohol related illnesses and work absenteeism in Sweden. This tax cut led to … the Finnish border are compared to changes in other parts of northern Sweden. We use register data where micro level data … outcomes. Our results on the effect of the Finnish tax cut on mortality and alcohol-related hospitalisations in Sweden are very …

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Education and criminal behavior : insights from an expansion of upper secondary school

Åslund, Olof; Grönqvist, Hans; Hall, Caroline King Barnard - 2015

We study the impact on criminal activity from a large scale Swedish reform of vocational upper secondary education, extending programs from two to three years and adding more general theoretical content. The reform directly concerns age groups where criminal activity is high and students who are...

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