Caroline Hall

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I am an Associate Professor (Docent) in Economics at the Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU), and a research fellow at Uppsala Center for Labour Studies (UCLS). I received my Ph.D. from Uppsala University. 

My research focuses primarily on questions related to labor economics and economics of education. 

Publications (peer reviewed)

1. Technology in the classroom: Personal computers and learning outcomes in primary school, Economics of Education Review, 2024, vol. 100 (June), article 102536, with Martin Lundin.

2. Policies for young adults with reduced work capacity: Labour market impact in Sweden and Norway, Journal of Population Economics, 2024, vol. 37, article 13, with Inés Hardoy and Kristine von Simson. 

3. Firm responses to a more generous insurance against high sick pay costs, Labour Economics, 2024, vol. 86 (January): 102477, with Erica Lindahl and Linus Liljeberg. 

4. Screening through activation: Differential effects of a youth activation programme, Journal of Human Resources, 2022, vol. 57(3), pp. 1033-1077,  with Kaisa Kotakorpi, Linus Liljeberg and Jukka Pirttilä. Earlier version: CESifo Working Paper No. 6305.

5. Schooling in the Nordic countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, Nordic Economic Policy Review, 2022, pp. 142-188, with Inés Hardoy and Martin Lundin. 

6. Strengthening teachers in disadvantaged schools: Evidence from an intervention in Sweden’s poorest city districts, Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2022, Vol. 66(2): pp. 208-224, with Martin Lundin and Kristina Sibbmark. 

7. A laptop for every child? The impact of technology on human capital formation, Labour Economics, 2021, vol. 69: 101957, with Martin Lundin and Kristina Sibbmark. Earlier version: IFAU Working Paper 2019:26. 

8. Education and Criminal Behavior: Insights from an Expansion of Upper Secondary School,  Labour Economics, 2018, vol. 52, pp. 178-192, with Olof Åslund, Hans Grönqvist and Jonas Vlachos. Accepted version. 

9. Illness-related absence among preschool children: Insights from a health intervention in Swedish preschools, Journal of Health Economics, 2017, vol. 56, pp. 191-200, with Erica Lindahl. 

10. Does more general education reduce the risk of future unemployment? Evidence from an expansion of vocational upper secondary education, Economics of Education Review, 2016, Vol. 52, pp. 251-271. Accepted version. 

11. Comment on Maibom, Rosholm and Svarer: Can active labor market policies combat youth unemployment? Nordic Economic Policy Review, 2014, No. 1, pp. 263-268. 

12. Education policy and early fertility: Lessons from an expansion of upper secondary schooling, Economics of Education Review, 2013, Vol. 37, pp. 13-33, with Hans Grönqvist. Accepted version. 

13. The Effects of Reducing Tracking in Upper Secondary School: Evidence from a Large-Scale Pilot Scheme, Journal of Human Resources, 2012, Vol. 47, pp. 237-269. 

14. Do Interactions between Unemployment Insurance and Sickness Insurance Affect Transitions to Employment?, LABOUR, 2011, Vol. 25, pp. 447-467. 

15. Moral hazard among the sick and unemployed: Evidence from a Swedish social insurance reform, Empirical Economics, 2009, Vol. 39, pp.27-50, with Laura Hartman. 

Working papers (unpublished)

1. Swedish children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic, IFAU Working Paper 2021:3, with Anna Sjögren (ed.), Mattias Engdahl, Helena Holmlund, Martin Lundin, Hanna Mühlrad and Björn Öckert. 

2.  Do pre-school interventions further the integration of immigrants? Evidence from Sweden, in Hall, C (2010), Empirical Essays on Education and Social Insurance Policies, Economics Studies 122, Department of Economics, Uppsala University, with Peter Fredriksson, Elly-Ann Johansson and Per Johansson.

Work-in-progress

1. Increased flexibility in childcare arrangements, parents' labor supply and children's cognitive skills, with Erica Lindahl and Sara Roman.

2. The impact of restricting access to paid parental leave on the integration of non-EU immigrant families, with Erica Lindahl and Anna Thoresson.

3. The health effects of a youth labor market activation policy, with Linus Liljeberg, Kaisa Kotakorpi and Jukka Pirttilä.