Research

Peer-reviewed journal articles

• Third places, the connective fibre of cities and high-tech entrepreneurship

with Kevin Credit, Charlotta Mellander, and Richard Florida

Regional Studies, 58(12), 2225–2240 (2024) 

• Upward job mobility in local economies
  with Martin Henning
  Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 16(3), 431–444 (2023)

• In the eye of the storm: Entrepreneurs and well-being during the COVID-19 crisis
  with Mikaela Backman, Johannes Hagen, Lucia Naldi, and  Tina Wallin
  Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 47(3), 751–787 (2023)

• The role of interregional and inter-sectoral knowledge spillovers on regional knowledge creation across US metropolitan counties
  with Sandy Dall’Erba and Dongwoo Kang
  Spatial Economic Analysis, 17(3), 291–310 (2022)

• Returns to migration after job loss—The importance of job match
  with Ron Boschma
  Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 53(6), 1565–1587 (2021)

• Diversity of experience and labor productivity in creative industries
  Journal for Labour Market Research, 55, Article 18 (2021)

• Agglomeration and innovation of knowledge intensive business services
  with Johan Klaesson
  Industry and Innovation, 27(5), 538–561 (2020)

• Geography and consumption of local media
  with Charlotta Mellander
  Journal of Media Economics, 31(3–4), 96–116 (2018)

• Towards a multivariate innovation index
  with Thomas Holgersson
  Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 27(3), 254–272 (2018)

• The efficiency of the Scandinavian banking sector—a wavelet quantile regression analysis
  with Pär Sjölander, Ghazi Shukur, and Kristofer Månsson
  Applied Economics, 47(50), 5378–5389 (2015)

Selected work in progress 

• Local Economic Shocks and Entrepreneurship Dynamics
  with Gabriel Rodriguez-Puello

• Job Displacement and the Immigrant-Native Earnings Gap
  with Johan Klaesson and Sofia Wixe

• Labor Market Pooling and Job Outcomes of Displaced Workers

• Agglomeration Economies, Firm Switches, and Better Jobs
  with Martin Henning

• Plant relocations and returns to commuting
  with Mikaela Backman

• The Effect of Urban Rail Transit Access on the Social Integration of Ethnic Minorities: The Case of Exogamy
  with Andreas Diemer, Carina Mood, and Jan Jonsson

• Declining Occupations and Voting: Evidence from Sweden
  with Sofia Bougt-Hernnäs, Moa Frödin Gruneau, Johannes Lindvall, and Maria Solevid.

• Temporary migration during childhood and future labor market outcomes
  with Rodrigo Perez-Silva

• Declining occupations and voting at the dawn of democracy
  with Johannes Lindvall and Jakob Molinder  

Edited Books and Book Chapters 

• Mötesplatser och social interaktion (book chapter)

with Andreas Diemer 

In Levnadsnivå, arbete och samhörighet: Myter och sanningar om vår tid, edited by Katarina Boye and Johan Westerman (2026)

• Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Aging.

with Mikaela Backman and Charlie Karlsson 

Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing (2019)

PhD Thesis

• Labor Mobility across Jobs and Space.
  JIBS Dissertation Series, ISSN 1403-0470 ; 138