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Open borders, transport links and local labor markets
Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2013
across-the-border work is likely to be more common. There is no robust evidence on an impact on employment or wages. At least …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321124
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Ethnic diversity and preferences for redistribution
Dahlberg, Matz; Edmark, Karin; Lundqvist, Heléne - 2011
immigration to Europe in recent decades will likely lead to reduced support for redistribution among natives. This paper exploits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321380
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Migrating natives and foreign immigration: Is there a preference for ethnic residential homogeneity?
Andersson, Henrik; Berg, Heléne; Dahlberg, Matz - 2018
In this paper we investigate the migration behavior of the native population following foreign (refugee) immigration … immigration as captured by refugee shocks. We find no evidence of neither native flight nor native avoidance when studying the … group, we find that all natives, irrespective of their parents' foreign background, react similarly to increased immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012039293
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The value of earning for learning: Performance bonuses in immigrant language training
Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2012
We study the effects of performance bonuses in immigrant language training for adults. A Swedish policy pilot conducted in 2009-2010 gave a randomly assigned group of municipalities the right to grant substantial cash bonuses to recently arrived migrants. The results suggest substantial effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321114
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Open borders, transport links and local labor markets
Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2013
across-the-border work is likely to be more common. There is no robust evidence on an impact on employment or wages. At least …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321372
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The value of earning for learning: Performance bonuses in immigrant language training
Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2013
We study the effects of performance bonuses in immigrant language training for adults. A Swedish policy pilot conducted in 2009 - 2010 gave a randomly assigned group of municipalities the right to grant substantial cash bonuses to recently arrived migrants. The results suggest substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321384
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Ethnic diversity and preferences for redistribution: Reply
Dahlberg, Matz; Edmark, Karin; Lundqvist, Heléne - 2013
In a comment to Dahlberg, Edmark and Lundqvist (2012), Nekby and Pettersson-Lidbom (2012) argue (i) that the refugee placement program should be measured with contracted rather than actually placed refugees, and claim that the correlation between the two measures is insignificant and close to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321467
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Is there an election cycle in public employment? Separating time effects from election year effects
Dahlberg, Matz; Mörk, Eva - 2008
Do governments increase public employment in election years? This paper investigates this question by using data from Sweden and Finland, two coun¬tries that are similar in many respects but in which local elections are held at different points in time. We can thereby separate an election...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321590
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Is there an election cycle in public employment? Separating time effects from election year effects
Dahlberg, Matz; Mörk, Eva - 2008
Do governments increase public employment in election years? This paper investigates this question by using data from Sweden and Finland, two countries that are similar in many respects but in which local elections are held at different points in time. We can thereby separate an election effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317944