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Fredrik Heyman

Associate Professor/Senior Research Fellow

Fredrik Heyman is an IFN Senior Research Fellow. He received his Ph.D. in Economics in 2002 at the Stockholm School of Economics, where he became an Associate Professor 2009. The title of his thesis was "Empirical Studies on Wages, Firm Performance and Job Turnover." Following his doctorate, he worked at the Research Institute FIEF and since 2006 at IFN. Fredrik Heyman is also affiliated to Lund University.

IFN Researcher

Contact

Fredrik Heyman

+46 (0)8 665 4537

fredrik.heyman@ifn.se

Research interests: Digitalization, Globalization, International investments, International trade, Labor economics, Technological change

Among the questions that Fredrik Heyman tries to answer with his research:

How are firms and works affected by globalization?
How do mergers and acquisitions influence employees and firms?
What are the effects of foreign direct investments and multinational companies’ presence in Sweden on the Swedish labor market?
How does digitalization affect the industrial restructuring process?
How do technical changes influence job and productivity dynamics?

Current writings

14 November 2023

Dagens Nyheter

Nästa ekonomiska kris kräver mer än stödpolitik

Op-Ed

by Fredrik Heyman, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson

14 November 2023

Strukturomvandling under ekonomiska kriser - var covidkrisen annorlunda?

Report

by Fredrik Heyman, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson

15 May 2023

Canadian Journal of Economics

Globalization, Recruitments, and Job Mobility

Journal Article

by Carl Davidson, Fredrik Heyman, Steven Matusz, Fredrik Sjöholm, Susan Chun Zhu

Published at IFN

Journal Articles

15 May 2023 Davidson, Carl, Fredrik Heyman, Steven Matusz, Fredrik Sjöholm and Susan Chun Zhu (2023). “Globalization, Recruitments, and Job Mobility”. Canadian Journal of Economics 56(2), 357–386. doi.org/10.1111/caje.12655

01 August 2020 Davidson, Carl, Fredrik Heyman, Steven Matusz, Fredrik Sjöholm and Susan Chun Zhu (2020). “Globalization, the Jobs Ladder and Economic Mobility”. European Economic Review 127, 103444. doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103444

01 April 2020 Gardberg, Malin, Fredrik Heyman, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2020). “Digitization–Based Automation and Occupational Dynamics”. Economics Letters 189, 109032. doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109032

01 September 2019 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson and Fredrik Andersson (2019). “Has the Swedish Business Sector Become More Entrepreneurial than the U.S. Business Sector?”. Research Policy 48(7), 1809–1822. doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.04.007

01 August 2019 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2019). “The Turnaround of the Swedish Economy: Lessons from Large Business Sector Reforms”. World Bank Research Observer 34(2), 274–308. doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lky007

01 April 2019 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Rickard Hammarberg (2019). “Foreign Direct Investment, Source Country Heterogeneity and Management Practices”. Economica 86(342), 362–395. doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12294

01 January 2019 Heyman, Fredrik and Fredrik Sjöholm (2019). “Globalization, Job Tasks and the Demand for Different Occupations”. Travail et emploi (157), 67–92. doi.org/10.4000/travailemploi.8962

01 March 2018 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2018). “Who Creates Jobs and Who Creates Productivity? Small Versus Large Versus Young Versus Old”. Economics Letters 164, 50–57. doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.12.034

01 November 2017 Davidson, Carl, Fredrik Heyman, Steven Matusz, Fredrik Sjöholm and Susan Chun Zhu (2017). “Global Engagement and the Occupational Structure of Firms”. European Economic Review 100, 273–292. doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.08.009

01 October 2016 Heyman, Fredrik and Per Skedinger (2016). “Employment Protection Reform, Enforcement in Collective Agreements and Worker Flows”. Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 55(4), 662–704. doi.org/10.1111/irel.12155

01 September 2016 Davidson, Carl, Fredrik Heyman, Steven Matusz, Fredrik Sjöholm and Susan Chun Zhu (2016). “Global Engagement, Complex Tasks and the Distribution of Occupational Employment”. Review of International Economics 24(4), 717–736. doi.org/10.1111/roie.12235

01 August 2016 Heyman, Fredrik (2016). “Job Polarization, Job Tasks and the Role of Firms”. Economics Letters 145, 246–251. doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2016.06.032

01 October 2015 Heyman, Fredrik and Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall (2015). “The Dynamics of Offshoring and Institutions”. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 15(4), 1975–2016. doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2014-0073

01 November 2014 Davidson, Carl, Fredrik Heyman, Steven Matusz, Fredrik Sjöholm and Susan Chun Zhu (2014). “Globalization and Imperfect Labor Market Sorting”. Journal of International Economics 94(2), 177–194. doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2014.08.001

01 February 2014 Nilsson Hakkala, Katariina, Fredrik Heyman and Fredrik Sjöholm (2014). “Multinational Firms, Acquisitions and Job Tasks”. European Economic Review 66, 248–265. doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2013.12.003

01 January 2013 Heyman, Fredrik, Helena Svaleryd and Jonas Vlachos (2013). “Competition, Takeovers, and Gender Discrimination”. Industrial and Labor Relations Review 66(2), 409–432.

01 May 2012 Davidson, Carl, Fredrik Heyman, Steven Matusz, Fredrik Sjöholm and Susan Chun Zhu (2012). “Liberalized Trade and Worker–Firm Matching”. American Economic Review 102(3), 429–434. doi.org/10.1257/aer.102.3.429

01 May 2011 Heyman, Fredrik, Fredrik Sjöholm and Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall (2011). “Multinationals, Cross–Border Acquisitions and Wage Dispersion”. Canadian Journal of Economics 44(2), 627–650. doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5982.2011.01647.x

01 June 2010 Nilsson Hakkala, Katariina, Fredrik Heyman and Fredrik Sjöholm (2010). “Multinationals, Skills, and Wage Elasticities”. Review of World Economics 146(2), 263–280. doi.org/10.1007/s10290-009-0047-9

01 October 2009 Arai, Mahmood and Fredrik Heyman (2009). “Microdata Evidence on Rent–Sharing”. Applied Economics 41(23), 2965–2976. doi.org/10.1080/00036840701721620

01 February 2009 Cronqvist, Henrik, Fredrik Heyman, Mattias Nilsson, Helena Svaleryd and Jonas Vlachos (2009). “Do Entrenched Managers Pay Their Workers More?”. Journal of Finance 64(1), 309–339. doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6261.2008.01435.x

01 March 2008 Heyman, Fredrik (2008). “How Wage Compression Affects Job Turnover”. Journal of Labor Research 29(1), 11–26. doi.org/10.1007/s12122-007-9030-1

01 November 2007 Heyman, Fredrik, Fredrik Sjöholm and Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall (2007). “Is there Really a Foreign Ownership Wage Premium? Evidence from Matched Employer–Employee Data”. Journal of International Economics 73(2), 355–376. doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2007.04.003

01 June 2007 Heyman, Fredrik (2007). “Firm Size or Firm Age? The Effect on Wages Using Matched Employer – Employee Data”. LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations 21(2), 237–263. doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9914.2007.00377.x

Books

01 January 2018 Heyman, Fredrik and Fredrik Sjöholm (2018). Globalisering och svensk arbetsmarknad. Stockholm: SNS Förlag.

01 January 2016 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2016). “Digitaliseringens dynamik – en ESO–rapport om strukturomvandlingen i svenskt näringsliv”. Stockholm: Finansdepartementet.

01 January 2013 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2013). Var skapas jobben? En ESO–rapport om dynamiken i svenskt näringsliv 1990 till 2009. Stockholm: Finansdepartementet.

Book Chapters

31 March 2021 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2021). “Digitalisation, Productivity and Jobs: A European Perspective”. In Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Karin Leijon, Anna Michalski and Lars Oxelheim (Eds.), The European Union and the Technology Shift (135–159). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.

01 January 2020 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2020). “Digitalieringen, produktiviteten och jobben – ett europeiskt perspektiv”. In Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Michalski, Anna and Lars Oxelheim (Eds.), EU och teknologiskiftet. Europaperspektiv 2020 (149–175). Stockholm: Santérus Förlag.

Working Papers

05 April 2023 Gardberg, Malin, Fredrik Heyman and Joacim Tåg (2023). “Importing Automation and Wage Inequality through Foreign Acquisitions ”. IFN Working Paper No. 1457. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

22 December 2022 Davidson, Carl , Fredrik Heyman, Steven Matusz, Fredrik Sjöholm and Susan Chun Zhu (2022). “How International Experience Helps Shape Labor Market Outcomes”. IFN Working Paper No. 1453. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

19 December 2022 Heyman, Fredrik and Martin Olsson (2022). “Long-Run Effects of Technological Change: The Impact of Automation and Robots on Intergenerational Mobility”. IFN Working Paper No. 1451. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

11 February 2021 Heyman, Fredrik , Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2021). “Automation, Work and Productivity: The Role of Firm Heterogeneity”. IFN Working Paper No. 1382. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

14 September 2020 Davidson, Carl, Fredrik Heyman, Steven Matusz, Fredrik Sjöholm and Susan Chun Zhu (2020). “Globalization, Recruitments, and Job Mobility”. IFN Working Paper No. 1354. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

12 September 2019 Gardberg, Malin, Fredrik Heyman, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2019). “Digitization-Based Automation and Occupational Dynamics”. IFN Working Paper No. 1299. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

25 March 2019 Heyman, Fredrik and Fredrik Sjöholm (2019). “Globalization, Job Tasks and the Demand for Different Occupations”. IFN Working Paper No. 1268. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

19 November 2018 Davidson, Carl, Fredrik Heyman, Steven Matusz, Fredrik Sjöholm and Susan Chun Zhu (2018). “Globalization, the Jobs Ladder and Economic Mobility”. IFN Working Paper No. 1249. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

20 November 2017 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2017). “Who Creates Jobs and Who Creates Productivity? Small versus Large versus Young versus Old”. IFN Working Paper No. 1189. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

15 May 2017 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2017). “Talent, Career Choice and Competition: The Gender Wage Gap at the Top”. IFN Working Paper No. 1169. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

21 December 2016 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson and Fredrik Andersson (2016). “Has the Swedish Business Sector Become More Entrepreneurial than the U.S. Business Sector?”. IFN Working Paper No. 1147. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

16 May 2016 Heyman, Fredrik (2016). “Job Polarization, Job Tasks and the Role of Firms”. IFN Working Paper No. 1123. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

13 October 2015 Davidson, Carl, Fredrik Heyman, Steven Matusz, Fredrik Sjöholm and Susan Chun Zhu (2015). “Global Engagement, Complex Tasks, and the Distribution of Occupational Employment”. IFN Working Paper No. 1089. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

01 September 2015 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2015). “The Turnaround of Swedish Industry: Reforms, Firm Diversity and Job and Productivity Dynamics”. IFN Working Paper No. 1079. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

25 September 2014 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Rickard Hammarberg (2014). “Foreign Direct Investment, Source Country Heterogeneity and Management Practices”. IFN Working Paper No. 1041. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

27 May 2014 Davidson, Carl, Fredrik Heyman, Steven Matusz, Fredrik Sjöholm and Susan Chun Zhu (2014). “Global Engagement and the Occupational Structure of Firms”. IFN Working Paper No. 1026. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

24 April 2012 Heyman, Fredrik and Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall (2012). “The Dynamics of Offshoring and Institutions”. IFN Working Paper No. 919. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

03 April 2012 Davidson, Carl, Fredrik Heyman, Steven Matusz, Fredrik Sjöholm and Susan Chun Zhu (2012). “Liberalized Trade and Worker-Firm Matching”. IFN Working Paper No. 912. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

23 June 2011 Heyman, Fredrik and Per Skedinger (2011). “Employment Protection Reform, Enforcement in Collective Agreements and Worker Flows”. IFN Working Paper No. 876. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

30 December 2010 Davidson, Carl, Fredrik Heyman, Steven Matusz, Fredrik Sjöholm and Susan Chun Zhu (2010). “Globalization and Imperfect Labor Market Sorting ”. IFN Working Paper No. 856. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

22 December 2008 Nilsson Hakkala, Katariina, Fredrik Heyman and Fredrik Sjöholm (2008). “Multinational Firms and Job Tasks”. IFN Working Paper No. 781. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

21 February 2008 Heyman, Fredrik, Helena Svaleryd and Jonas Vlachos (2008). “Competition, Takeovers and Gender Discrimination”. IFN Working Paper No. 734. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

28 January 2008 Heyman, Fredrik (2008). “How Wage Compression Affects Job Turnover”. IFN Working Paper No. 729. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

29 June 2007 Hakkala, Katariina, Fredrik Heyman and Fredrik Sjöholm (2007). “Cross-Border Acquisitions, Multinationals and Wage Elasticities”. IFN Working Paper No. 709. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

21 November 2006 Heyman, Fredrik, Fredrik Sjöholm and Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall (2006). “Acquisitions, Multinationals and Wage Dispersion”. IFN Working Paper No. 675. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

14 November 2006 Heyman, Fredrik, Fredrik Sjöholm and Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall (2006). “Is There Really a Foreign Ownership Wage Premium? Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data”. IFN Working Paper No. 674. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

02 December 2005 Cronqvist, Henrik, Fredrik Heyman, Mattias Nilsson, Helena Svaleryd and Jonas Vlachos (2005). “Do Entrenched Managers Pay Their Workers More?”. IFN Working Paper No. 655. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Articles in Swedish

25 November 2022 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Henning Ottmer and Lars Persson (2022). “Företagsomställning och strukturomvandling i samband med ekonomiska kriser”. Ekonomisk Debatt 50(8), 16–30.

01 January 2018 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2018). “Produktmarknadskonkurrens och skillnader i löner mellan kvinnliga och manliga chefer”. Ekonomisk Debatt 46(4), 43–53.

01 January 2012 Heyman, Fredrik (2012). “Lönespridning inom företag och produktivitet – en internationell forskningsöversikt”. Ekonomiska Samfundets Tidskrift 65(1), 18–38.

01 January 2012 Heyman, Fredrik and Fredrik Sjöholm (2012). “Globalisering och matchning på arbetsmarknaden”. Ekonomisk Debatt 40(1), 6–10.

01 January 2006 Heyman, Fredrik, Fredrik Sjöholm and Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall (2006). “Utlandsägande och löner i Sverige”. Ekonomisk Debatt 34(4), 22–33.

Op-Eds

14 November 2023 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2023). “Nästa ekonomiska kris kräver mer än stödpolitik”. Dagens Nyheter, November 14.

14 January 2022 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2022). “Artificiell intelligens skapar ny utflyttningsvåg av jobb”. Dagens Nyheter, January 14.

27 October 2019 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2019). “Konkurrenslagstiftning nyckeln till svenska entreprenörers framgång”. Dagens Industri, October 27.

10 May 2019 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2019). “Är Sveriges tid som stormakt i entreprenörskap över?”. Dagens Nyheter, May 10.

04 June 2018 Heyman, Fredrik and Fredrik Sjöholm (2018). “Förstklassig utbildning vapen i globaliseringen”. Svenska Dagbladet, June 4.

16 June 2016 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2016). “Digitalisering har gynnat Sverige”. Svenska Dagbladet, June 16.

04 June 2013 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2013). “Stöd till småföretag skapar inte fler jobb”. Svenska Dagbladet, June 4.

04 July 2008 Nilsson Hakkala, Katariina, Fredrik Heyman and Fredrik Sjöholm (2008). “Multinationell ekonomi kräver nya trygghetssystem”. Göteborgs-Posten, July 4.

Popular Science

27 April 2023 Heyman, Fredrik and Martin Olsson (2023). “Children of Workers Impacted by Automation Are More Likely To Experience Lower Income Mobility”. Chicago Booth, April 27.

12 August 2019 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2019). “How Sweden Became More Entrepreneurial Than the US”. VoxEU.org, CEPR Policy Portal and World Economic Forum, August 12.

06 September 2018 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2018). “How the Market Can Help Break the Glass Ceiling for Women in Management”. ProMarket Blog, September 6.

Reports

14 November 2023 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2023). “Strukturomvandling under ekonomiska kriser - var covidkrisen annorlunda?”. Stockholm: Fores.

29 November 2021 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2021). “Ekonomiska krisers dynamik – en ESO-rapport om företagsomställning och strukturomvandling”.

01 January 2019 Heyman, Fredrik and Lars Persson (2019). “En regional analys av digitalisering och jobbdynamik i det svenska näringslivet”. Stockholm: Finansdepartementet.

01 January 2014 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2014). “Produktmarknadskonkurrens och diskriminering – Teori och empiri”.

01 January 2012 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2012). “Konkurrens– och effektivitetseffekter av privatiseringar. Teori och empiri”.

01 January 2008 Nilsson Hakkala, Katariina, Fredrik Heyman and Fredrik Sjöholm (2008). “Arbetsmarknadseffekter av utländska direktinvesteringar”.

Other Publications

01 May 2013 Hammarberg, Rickard, Fredrik Heyman, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2013). “Kompletterande tabell- och figurdokument till Jobbdynamiken i svenskt näringsliv 1990 till 2009”. Stockholm: IFN.

Policy Papers (discontinued)

02 May 2018 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2018). “Digitalisering och produktivitet – en forskningsöversikt”. IFN Policy Paper No. 83. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

01 November 2015 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2015). “The Turnaround of the Swedish Economy: Lessons from Large Business Sector Reforms”. IFN Policy Paper No. 73. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

16 June 2014 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2014). “Produktivitet och företagsdynamik i svenskt näringsliv 1996 till 2009”. IFN Policy Paper No. 65. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

04 June 2013 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2013). “Jobbdynamiken i svenskt näringsliv 1990 till 2009 – teori och empiri”. IFN Policy Paper No. 60. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

22 February 2013 Heyman, Fredrik and Pehr-Johan Norbäck (2013). “Utlandsägande och utländska uppköp: Vilken betydelse har huvudägarens hemvist?”. IFN Policy Paper No. 61. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

26 January 2012 Heyman, Fredrik (2012). “Sambandet mellan lönespridning inom företag och produktivitet: vad säger forskningen?”. IFN Policy Paper No. 52. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).