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IFN Researcher
Mass Migration and Technological Change
This paper studies the effect of emigration on technological change in sending lo- cations after one of the largest migration events in human history, the mass migration from Europe to the United Stat…
Journal Article
Publish date 1/12/2022
Graduate Student
Social Networks and Immigrant Integration: Experimental Evidence from Sweden
Immigrant integration is key to realizing the potential of international migration in economic development. However, integration is often thought to be hampered by immigrants' limited social networks…
Journal Article
Publish date 5/30/2022
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
Low-Skilled Jobs, Language Proficiency and Refugee Integration: An Experimental Study
We study the causal effects of previous experience and language skills when newly arrived refugees in Sweden apply for job openings by means of a field experiment. Applications were sent from randomly…
Working Paper
Publish date 8/11/2021
International Trade and Labor Market Integration of Immigrants
We examine if international trade improves labor market integration of immigrants in Sweden. Immigrants participate substantially less than natives in the labor market. However, trading with a foreign…
Journal Article
Publish date 6/17/2022
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
IFN Researcher
IFN Researcher
Does Precise Case Disclosure Limit Precautionary Behavior? Evidence from COVID-19 in Singapore
Limiting the spread of contagious diseases can involve both government-managed and voluntary efforts. Governments have a number of policy options beyond direct intervention that can shape individuals…
Journal Article
Publish date 12/8/2021
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 that calls for a structural economic transformation. Political pressures related to this stru…
Book Chapter
Publish date 12/13/2021
The Impact of Stay-at-Home Policies on Individual Welfare
This paper reports the results of a choice experiment designed to estimate the private welfare costs of stay-at-home policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study is conducted on a large and repres…
Journal Article
Publish date 6/16/2022
IFN Researcher
New book on Bitcoin
Bitcoin is neither money, a financial asset nor digital gold. Instead, it should be seen as an open Ponzi scheme, argue Roger Svensson, IFN , and Bob Seeman, the authors of the new book Bitcoin: Unlic…
News
Publish date 7/7/2021
Collaborative Innovation Blocs and Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy: An Ecosystem Perspective
Among contemporary economists, Mariana Mazzucato stands out for her emphasis on the importance of innovation to solve pressing challenges and achieve a greater quality of life. However, the type of mi…
Working Paper
Publish date 9/22/2021