The aim of this article is to investigate the impact of advanced vocational education and training (AVET) on earnings. We use a multiple longitudinal panel data set for the period 1996 to 2008. Moreover, we have a panel for eight different labour markets in Sweden. By estimating an income...

During the past 15 years, Swedish higher education policy has emphasized the spatial decentralization of post-secondary education. We investigate the economic effects of this decentralization policy on productivity and output per worker. We rely upon a 14-year panel of output and employment for...

In Sweden, quite large differences in the risk‐of‐foreclosure for single‐family housing exist between regions. The aim of this paper is to explain such differences, using data on foreclosures for all Swedish regions. In an option‐based model, the risk‐of‐foreclosure is a function of...