Publications

“The impact of the Covid-19 school closure on adolescents’ use of mental healthcare services in Sweden” (with Evelina Björkegren and Helena Svaleryd), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 16:4, November 2024, 491–517. Final draft and appendix.

“Covid-19 and School Closures” (with Helena Svaleryd), in Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, 2022. Also available as GLO discussion paper 1008 

“The effects of school closures on SARS-CoV-2 among parents and teachers” (with Edvin Hertegård and Helena Svaleryd), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 2021, 118:9, e2020834118.

“Firm and Skills. The Evolution of Worker Sorting” (with Christina Håkanson and Erik Lindqvist”, Journal of Human Resources, 2021, 56(2), 512-538.

“Trust-based evaluation in a market-oriented school system”, in Neoliberalism and Market Forces in Education, edited by Magnus Dahlstedt and Andreas Fejes, Routledge, 2019. Working paper version. 

“Education and criminal behavior: insights from an expansion of upper secondary school” (with Hans Grönqvist, Caroline Hall and Olof Åslund). Labour Economics, 2018, 52, 178-192.

 “The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Noncognitive Abilities” (with Erik Grönqvist and Björn Öckert), Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52:4, 887-918.

"The Impact of Upper-Secondary Voucher School Attendance on Student Achievement. Swedish Evidence using External and Internal Evaluations” (with Björn Tyrefors Hinnerich), Labour Economics, 2017, 47, 1-14.   

“The Headmaster Ritual: The importance of management for school outcomes” (with Erik Grönqvist and Anders Böhlmark). Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2016, 118:4, 912-940.

"One Size Fits All? The Effects of Teachers’ Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Abilities on Student Achievement" (with Erik Grönqvist). Labour Economics, 2016, 42, 138-150.

“Competition, Takeovers, and Gender Discrimination” (with Fredrik Heyman and Helena Svaleryd). Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2013, 66:2, 409-432.

“Trade Finance in a Liquidity Crisis” (with Tore Ellingsen), in Trade Finance and Trade During the Great Trade Collapse eds Jean-Pierre Chauffor and Mariem Malouche, World Bank Publications, 2011. Abbreviated version of World Bank Policy Research Paper 5136.

“The long-run determinants of inequality: What can we learn from top income data?” (with Jesper Roine and Daniel Waldenström), Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93:7-8, 974-988.

“Cross-Border Acquisitions and Corporate Taxes: Efficiency and Tax Revenues” (with Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson), Canadian Journal of Economics, 2009, 42:4, 1473-1500.

“Political Rents in a Non-Corrupt Democracy” (with Helena Svaleryd). Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93:3-4, 355-372.

“Do Entrenched Managers Pay their Workers More?” (with Henrik Cronqvist, Fredrik Heyman, Mattias Nilsson, Helena Svaleryd), Journal of Finance, 2009, 64:1, 309-339

“International financial liberalization and industry growth” (with Daniel Waldenström). International Journal of Finance and Economics, 2005, 10:3, 263-284.

”Financial markets, the pattern of specialization, and comparative advantage: Evidence form OECD-countries” (with Helena Svaleryd). European Economic Review, 2005, 49:1, 113-144.

“Who Wants Political Integration? Evidence from the Swedish EU-Membership Referendum”, Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88:7-8, 1589-1604.

“Markets for Risk and Openness to Trade: How are they Related?” (with Helena Svaleryd). Journal of International Economics, 2002, 57:2, 369-395.