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Corona
Covid-19
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From Epidemic to Pandemic: Did the COVID-19 Outbreak Affect High School Program Choices in Sweden?
We study whether the onset of the COVID-19 crisis affected the program choices of high school applicants in Sweden. Our analysis exploits the fact that the admission process consists of two stages: a…
Working Paper
Publish date 11/29/2021
The Global Logistic Chain Under Siege in a Post-Covid Era
Based on historical analogies, we emphasize a connection between financial crises and technological shifts where the shift calls for a structural economic transformation. We discuss how political pres…
Working Paper
Publish date 9/15/2021
Coronapandemin, arbetsinkomsterna och välfärdssystemets skyddsgrad. Befolkningens inkomstutveckling under 2020
Coronapandemin har fått stora konsekvenser för samhället i stort och för enskilda personer och företag. Det är både ett resultat av smittspridningen i sig och av de åtgärder som vidtagits för att han[…
Report
Publish date 3/21/2022
Attityder och beteenden under covid-19-pandemin
Sverige valde en annan väg under pandemin. Men vad tyckte egentligen svenskarna om strategin och hur utvecklades synen på strategin över tiden? Vad kännetecknar de som fann de svenska åtgärderna tillr…
Article in Swedish
Publish date 9/22/2021
Coronastrategin har varit bra för svensk ekonomi
Lars Persson, IFN och Fredrik Sjöholm, IFN, skriver på Dagens Nyheters debattsida om att den svenska coronastrategin har varit bra för ekonomin och att utökade restriktioner kräver nya stöd till föret…
Op-Ed
Publish date 3/9/2021
Vaccination – mer än bara egna hälsovinster
Kostnaden för samhället och för de personer som inte kunnat vaccinera sig kan vara betydande av att människor som har möjlighet att vaccinera sig avstår från att göra det, skriver Mats Hammarstedt.
Op-Ed
Publish date 9/30/2021
Hur har Covid-19-pandemin påverkat skatteintäkter och arbetsinkomster?
I denna rapport studeras Coronapandemins inverkan på den svenska ekonomin genom dess effekter på skatteinbetalningar från företag och individer samt på inkomsternas fördelning i den yrkesaktiva befolk…
Report
Publish date 7/2/2021
The Compensation Hypothesis Revisited and Reversed
This note describes how research on the link between economic openness and government size has changed over time. Early interpretations suggested that countries develop welfare states to compensate fo…
Journal Article
Publish date 6/14/2021
Anticipation of COVID-19 Vaccines Reduces Willingness to Socially Distance
We show that the anticipation of COVID-19 vaccines reduces voluntary social distancing. In a large-scale preregistered survey experiment with a representative sample, we study whether providing inform…
Journal Article
Publish date 9/27/2021
Globalization, Recruitments, and Job Mobility
Previous research indicates that firms pay a premium to poach workers from exporting firms if experience working for an internationally engaged firm reduces trade costs. Since international experience…
Working Paper
Publish date 9/14/2020
Globalization, Recruitments, and Job Mobility
Previous research indicates that firms pay a premium to poach workers from exporting firms if experience working for an internationally engaged firm reduces trade costs. Since international experience…
Journal Article
Publish date 6/14/2022
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Sweden's Successful Financin of a Strong Welfare System: A Model for Other Countries?
Mårten Blix, IFN, presents his and Henrik Jordahl's book Privatizing Welfare Services –Lessons from the Swedish Experiment at the Independent Evaluation Office of the IMF.
Event
Publish date 12/14/2021
Fairness, Flexibility and the Far Right: Understanding the Relationship between Populism, Social Spending and Labor Markets
The large increase in economic inequality and the dismantling of the welfare state in Western democracies has been connected to the rise of populist parties. If populist voting is explained by fear an…
Working Paper
Publish date 9/1/2021