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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 …

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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 …

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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...

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The measurement of labour content: A general approach

Yoshihara, Naoki; Veneziani, Roberto - 2017

This paper analyses the theoretical issues related to the measurement of labour content for general technologies with heterogeneous labour. A novel axiomatic framework is used in order to formulate the key properties of the notion of labour content and analyse its theoretical foundations. The...

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The measurement of labour content: A general approach

Yoshihara, Naoki; Veneziani, Roberto - 2013

This paper analyses the theoretical issues related to the measurement of labour content in the context of general technologies with heterogeneous labour. A novel axiomatic framework is used in order to formulate the key properties of the notion of labour content and analyse its theoretical...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010368166

The Measurement of Labour Content: A General Approach

Yoshihara, Naoki; Veneziani, Roberto - 2013

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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...

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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

Is the persistent gender gap in income and wages due to unequal family responsibilities?

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

born, the male-female gender gaps in income and wages have increased with 35 and 10 percentage points, respectively. In … line with a collective labor supply model, the magnitude of these effects depends on relative incomes or wages within the …

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Can sickness absence be affected by information meetings? Evidence from a social experiment

Johansson, Per; Lindahl, Erica - 2010

During the last decade several empirical studies have stressed the importance of norms and social interactions for explaining sickness absence behavior. In this context public discussions about the intentions of the insurance, and of the rights and duties of the receivers, may be important for...

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