Research

Working Papers and Submissions

Akerman A, K Ekholm, T. Persson and ON Skans (2022) "Sweden's COVID-19 Recession: How Foreign and Domestic Infections Struck against Firms and Workers" IZA Discussion Paper 15408

Eliason M, L Hensvik, F Kramarz and ON Skans (2018) "The Causal Impact of Social Connections on Firms' Outcomes"

Carlsson M, IH Skans and ON Skans (2019) "Wage Flexibility in a Unionized Economy with Stable Wage Dispersion", IZA Discussion Paper 12093

Eliasson T and ON Skans (2014) "Negotiated wage increases and the labor market outcomes of low-wage workers: Evidence from the Swedish public sector" IFAU Working Paper 2014:10

Skans O N "Scarring effects of the first labour market experience", IZA Discussion Paper 4263, 2011.

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Ongoing work 

Athey S,  LK Simon,  ON Skans, J Vikstrom  and Y Yakymovych (2022) ""The Heterogeneous Earnings Impact of Job Loss Across Workers, Establishments, and Markets" 

Ek S, P Fredriksson, L Hensvik and ON Skans (2022) "Outside options and the sharing of match-specific rents" (draft on available on demand)

Carlsson M, F Kramarz, A Gorshkov, ON Skans (2022) "Firm-to-Firm Connections and Workforce Reallocation"

Azampour A, M Carlsson , A Sepahsalari and ON Skans (2022) "Firm-Level Debt and Employment"

Akerman A, K Ekholm, T. Persson and ON Skans (2022) "Targeting Transfers to Firms in Turbulent Times"

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Published/forthcoming

• Graetz G, B Öckert and ON Skans (forthcoming) , "Parental Education and the Responses to Higher SAT Scores", Journal of Human Resources , older version, as IZA DP "Family Background and the Responses to Higher SAT Scores”.

• Engdahl M, M Godard and ON Skans (2024) "Early Labor Market Prospects and Family Formation" Journal of Human Resources  September 2024, 59 (5) 1564-1598.

• Skans ON, P Choné and F Kramarz (2023) "When Workers' Skills Become Unbundled: Some Empirical Consequences for Sorting and Wages" in Akcit U and J van Reenen (eds.) The Economics of Creative Destruction, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA -- Working paper version here.

• Eliason M, L Hensvik, F Kramarz and ON Skans (2023) "Social Connections and the Sorting of Workers to Firms" , Journal of Econometrics,  Volume 233, Issue 2, April 2023, Pages 468-506

• Hensvik L and ON Skans (2023) "The Skill-Specific Impact of Past and Projected Occupational Decline" Labour Economics Volume 81, April 2023, 102326 

• Kramarz F, O Rosenqvist and ON Skans (2023) "How Family Background Shapes the Relationship Between Human Capital and Fertility", Journal of Population Economics Volume 36, pages 235-262

• Graetz, G, P Restrepo and ON Skans (2022) "Technology and the Labour Market", Labour Economics, Volume 76, June 2022, 102177Hensvik L, D Müller and O N Skans (2021) "Connecting the young: high school graduates' matching to first jobs in booms and great recessions" Economic Journal Volume 133, Issue 652, May 2023, Pages 1466–1509 

• Carlsson M, J Messina and ON Skans (2021) "Firm-Level Shocks and Labor Flows", Economic Journal  vol. 131 issue 634, pp 598–623. 

• Lundin M, ON Skans and P Zetterberg (2021) "Leadership Experiences, Labor Market Entry, and Early Career Trajectories", Journal of Human Resources Volume 56, Number 2, Spring 2021, pp. 480-511 [Older version available as IZA DP No. 11434.]

• Björklund M, M Carlsson and ON Skans (2019) "Fixed Wage Contracts and Monetary Non-Neutrality", American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics vol. 11, No  2 (April),  pp. 171-92. [Working Paper Version here ] 

• Fredriksson P, L Hensvik and ON Skans (2018) "Mismatch of Talent - Evidence on Match Quality, Entry Wages and Job Mobility" American Economic Review Vol. 108, No. 11 (Nov), pp. 3303-38.

• Harju J, T Kosonen and ON Skans (2018) "Firm Types, Price-Setting Strategies, and Consumption-Tax Incidence",  Journal of Public Economics Volume 165, September 2018, Pages 48-72.

• Lombardi, S, ON Skans and J Vikström (2018) "Targeted Wage Subsidies and Firm Performance", Labour Economics, Volume 53, August 2018, Pages 33-45 (Open Access)

• Carlsson M, J Messina and ON Skans (2016) "Wage Adjustment and Productivity Shocks", Economic Journal, Volume 126, Issue 595, Pages 1739–1773

• Hensvik L and ON Skans (2016) “Social Networks, Employee Selection, and Labor Market Outcomes” Journal of Labor Economics, volume 34, no. 4, pp 825-867. [H. Gregg Lewis Prize for best paper in Journal of Labor Economics 2016-17]

• Lundin M, ON Skans and P Zetterberg (2016) “Leadership Experiences within Civil Organizations and Candidacy in Public Elections: Causal Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Approach" Political Behavior, Volume 38, Issue 2, pp 433–454

• Rosenqvist O and ON Skans (2015) "Confidence Enhanced Performance? The Causal Effects of Success on Future Performance in Professional Golf Tournaments" Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Volume 117, September 2015, pp 281–295

• Aslund O, A Bohlmark and O N Skans  (2015) ”Childhood and Family Experiences and the Social Integration of Young Migrants” Labour Economics, Volume 35, August 2015, pp 135-144 [Previously circulated as "Age of immigration and social integration"] 

• Kramarz F and O N Skans (2014) “When strong ties are strong: Family networks and youth labor market entry” Review of Economics Studies, 81(3), 1164–1200 [Previously circulated as "With a little help from my... parents?"]

• Aslund O, L Hensvik and O N Skans (2014) “Seeking similarity: How immigrants and natives manage in the labor market” Journal of Labor Economics July 2014, Vol. 32, No. 3: 405-441, Theory appendix

• Skans O N and L Liljeberg (2014) “The wage effects of subsidized career breaks” Empirical Economics, Volume 47, Issue 2 (2014), Page 593-617

• Carlsson M & O N Skans (2012) “Evaluating Micro Foundations for Aggregate Price Rigidities: Evidence from Matched Firm-Level Data on Product Prices and Unit Labor Cost” American Economic Review 104(4) pp. 1571-95.

• Hensvik L and Skans ON (2014) “Networks and youth labor market entry” Nordic Economic Policy Review, No 1/2014 pages 81-118.

• Bennmarker H, O N Skans and U Wikman (2013) “Workfare for the old and long-term unemployed” Labour Economics, vol 25, pages 25-34.

• Aslund O & O N Skans (2012) “Do anonymous job application procedures level the playing field? ”, Industrial & Labor Relations Review Vol. 65, No. 1, 2012

• Liu Q & O N Skans (2010) "The duration of paid parental leave and children's scholastic performance" The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (contributions), vol. 10, no. 1

• Aslund O & O N Skans (2010) "Will I see you at work? Ethnic workplace segregation in Sweden 1985-2002" Industrial & Labor Relations Review vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 471-493

• Hartman L, L Liljeberg & O N Skans (2010) “Stepping-stones, dead-ends or both? An analysis of Swedish replacement contracts”, Empirical Economics vol. 38, no. 3, pp.645-668

• Skans O N, P-A Edin & B Holmlund (2009) "Wage dispersion between and within plants: Sweden 1985-2000" in Lazear E & K Shaw (eds) The Structure of Wages: An International Comparison, pages 217-260, University of Chicago Press, NBER.

• Aslund O & O N Skans (2009) "How to measure segregation conditional on the distribution of  covariates", Journal of Population Economics vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 971-981.

• Holmlund B, Liu Q & O N Skans (2008) "Mind the gap? Estimating the effects of postponing higher education", Oxford Economic Papers, Vol 60, 683-710.

• Skans O N (2008) "How does the Age Structure Affect Regional Productivity?" Applied Economics Letters vol 15, 787-790

• Forslund A & O N Skans (2006) "Swedish youth labour market policies revisited", Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, (Quarterly Journal of Economic Research), vol 75, nr 3, 168-185

• Skans O N (2005) "Age Effects in Swedish local labour markets", Economics Letters, vol 86, issue 3, 419-426

• Skans O N (2004) "The Impact of Working-Time Reductions on Actual Hours and Wages – Evidence from Swedish Register-Data", Labour Economics, vol 11, 647-665

For book chapters, comments and publications in Swedish - see the CV.