Research

Journal publications (selection)

• Mandatory Notice of Layoff, Job Search, and Efficiency (online Appendix). Quarterly Journal of Economics 140(1): 585-633. (with Jonas Cederlöf, Arash Nekoei, and David Seim)

• The Rising Return to Non-cognitive Skill (online Appendix). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 14(2): 78-100, 2022. (with Per-Anders Edin, Martin Nybom, and Björn Öckert)

• School Starting Age, Maternal Age at Birth, and Child Outcomes. Journal of Health Economics 84, 2022 (with Kristiina Huttunen and Björn Öckert)

• The Equilibrium Impact of Unemployment Insurance on Unemployment: Evidence from a Non-linear Policy Rule. Journal of Public Economics 187, 2020. (with Martin Söderström)

• Mismatch of Talent: Evidence on Match Quality, Entry Wages, and Job Mobility. American Economic Review 108(11), 3303-3338, 2018. (with Lena Hensvik and Oskar Nordström Skans)

• Parental Responses to Public Investments in Children: Evidence from a Maximum Class Size Rule. Journal of Human Resources 51(4), 832-868, 2016. (with Björn Öckert and Hessel Oosterbeek)

• Life-cycle Effects of Age at School Start, Economic Journal 124, 977-1004, 2014. (with Björn Öckert)

• Long-term Effects of Class Size. Quarterly Journal of Economics 128:1, 249-285, 2013. (Selected as “Editor’s choice” in this issue) (with Björn Öckert and Hessel Oosterbeek)

• Peers, Neighborhoods, and Immigrant Student Achievement – Evidence from a Placement Policy, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 3(2), 67-95, 2011. (with Olof Aslund, Per-Anders Edin and Hans Grönqvist)

• What Active Labor Market Policy Works in a Recession? Nordic Economic Policy Review, number 1/2011, 171–201, 2011. (with Anders Forslund and Johan Vikström)    

• Peer Effects in Welfare Dependence – Quasi-experimental Evidence, Journal of Human Resources, 44(3), 799–825, 2009. (with Olof Åslund)

• Resources and Student Achievement – Evidence from a Swedish Policy Reform, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 110, 277–296, 2008. (with Björn Öckert)

• Dynamic Treatment Assignment – The Consequences for Evaluations using Observational Data, Journal of Business & Economics Statistics, 26(4), 435–445, 2008. (with Per Johansson)

• Optimal Unemployment Insurance with Monitoring and Sanctions, Economic Journal, 399–421, 2007. (with Jan Boone, Bertil Holmlund, and Jan van Ours)

• Optimal Unemployment Insurance Design: Time limits, Monitoring, or Workfare?, International Tax and Public Finance, 13(5), 565–585, 2006. (with Bertil Holmlund)

• Improving Incentives in Unemployment Insurance: A Review of Recent Research, Journal of Economic Surveys, 20, 375–386, 2006. (with Bertil Holmlund)

• The Effect of Trade on Earnings - Evidence from Swedish Micro Data, Oxford Economic Papers 56, 231–241, 2004. (with Per-Anders Edin and Per Lundborg)

• Settlement Policies and the Economic Success of Immigrants, Journal of Population Economics 17, 133–155, 2004. (with Per-Anders Edin and Olof Åslund)        

• Ethnic Enclaves and the Economic Success of Immigrants: Evidence from a Natural Experiment, Quarterly Journal of Economics 118, 329–357, 2003. (with Per-Anders Edin and Olof Åslund)

• Optimal Unemployment Insurance in Search Equilibrium, Journal of Labor Economics 19(2), 370–399, 2001. (with Bertil Holmlund)

• The Dynamics of Regional Labor Markets and Active Labor Market Policy: Swedish Evidence, Oxford Economic Papers 51, 623–648, 1999.

• The Political Economy of Public Employment Programs, Journal of Public Economics 72, 487–504, 1999.

Books (selection)

• The Market comes to Education – An Evaluation of Sweden’s Surprising School Reforms, Russell Sage Foundation, 2006. (with Anders Björklund, Melissa Clark, Per-Anders Edin, and Alan Krueger)

• Arbetsmarknaden, 4th edition. Lund: Studentlitteratur. (with Anders Björklund, Per-Anders Edin, Bertil Holmlund, Eskil Wadensjö)       

Working Papers (selection) 

• Outside Options and the Sharing of Match-specific Rent. (with Simon Ek, Lena Hensvik, and Oskar Nordström Skans) (New version)

• Parental and School Responses to Student Performance: Evidence from School Entry Rules, IZA Discussion Paper 16901. (with Björn Öckert and Lucas Tilley) (New version)

Policy reports (selection)

• SNS Economic Policy Report 2023 on Structural Change in the Labor Market (with Georg Graetz, Lena Hensvik, and David Seim)

Work in progress (selection)

• Outside Job Opportunities and the Gender Gap in Pay (with Dogan Gulumser and Lena Hensvik)