Current Projects
The project aims at deepening our understanding of the financial decisions made by immigrants in Sweden. The goal is to understand why immigrants have lower lifetime savings and what can be done to im…
Municipalities play a central role in Sweden, both within the welfare state and when it comes to the development of local enterprise. In this project we analyze municipal institutions with tools both…
Basic elements of the Swedish welfare state appeared already during the 1920s and 1930s. Yet, our knowledge about the influence the appearance of these welfare reforms has had on people's lives is lim…
It is well-known that people's family background plays a role for socioeconomic outcomes for adults. The importance of family background for the socioeconomic outcomes of individuals has decreased sub…
The aim of this project is to examine the effects of minimum wages on employment and other outcomes. A study of the effects of employment protection – in Sweden and in other countries.
This project entails two interrelated core themes: Can institutions embodying economic freedom, contrary to the skepticism of some, contribute to fairness, trust, equality and responsibility; and can…
Tensions between urban and rural areas have been highlighted in Western democracies, one reason being that political opinions and voting patterns seem to differ between city and countryside in most co…
There have been many explanations for why Sweden went from being a poor developing country to one of the most developed countries in the world between 1860 and 1960. Few of these have pointed at polit…
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted shortcomings of standard epidemiological models in accurately predicting the spread of the virus. This, in turn, undermined the ability to conduct reliable policy ana…
In an era of significant immigration, integration is crucial. Society functions more effectively when individuals with foreign backgrounds participate in the economic, political, and social spheres al…
In the project, barriers and success factors for self-employment in rural areas in Sweden are examined. Both registry data and survey data are utilized in the study.
In recent years, discussions about stricter penalties and increased police resources to combat crime have intensified, leading to various reforms in Sweden's criminal policy and police. However, debat…
The Swedish police began in 2015 to publish reports identifying neighborhoods as "vulnerable".