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Martin Olsson

Martin Olsson received his Ph.D. from Stockholm University in 2012. The title of his thesis was Essays on Employment Protection, Private Equity and Spousal Behavior.

IFN Researcher

Contact

Martin Olsson

+46 (0)8 665 4558

martin.olsson@ifn.se

Research interests: Employment protection legislation, Labor economics, Privatization

Among the questions that Martin Olsson tries to answer with his research:

How important are economic incentives and gender identity norms for the division of family chores?
What are the labor market effects of different firm ownership?

Current writings

16 May 2023

Working Paper No. 1461

Family Firms: In All Shapes and Sizes

Working Paper

by Emma Gunnarsson, Anders Kärnä, Martin Olsson, Lars Persson

19 December 2022

Working Paper No. 1451

Long-Run Effects of Technological Change: The Impact of Automation and Robots on Intergenerational Mobility

Working Paper

by Fredrik Heyman, Martin Olsson

28 October 2022

Ekonomisk Debatt

Familjeföretagens betydelse för motståndskraften och omställningskraften i näringslivet

Article in Swedish

by Anders Kärnä, Dagmar Müller, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Martin Olsson, Lars Persson

Published at IFN

Journal Articles

05 February 2021 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Martin Olsson and Lars Persson (2021). “Talent Development and Labour Market Integration in European Football”. World Economy 44(2), 367–408. doi.org/10.1111/twec.13071

01 November 2018 Olsson, Martin and Joacim Tåg (2018). “Are Foreign Private Equity Buyouts Bad for Workers?”. Economics Letters 172, 1–4. doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.08.002

01 October 2017 Olsson, Martin (2017). “Direct and Cross Effects of Employment Protection: The Case of Parental Childcare”. Scandinavian Journal of Economics 119(4), 1105–1128. doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12193

01 July 2017 Olsson, Martin and Joacim Tåg (2017). “Private Equity, Layoffs, and Job Polarization”. Journal of Labor Economics 35(3), 697–754. doi.org/10.1086/690712

01 January 2015 Olsson, Martin (2015). “Sickness Insurance and Spousal Labour Supply”. Labour Economics 33, 41–54. doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2015.02.005

01 April 2009 Olsson, Martin (2009). “Employment Protection and Sickness Absence”. Labour Economics 16(2), 208–214. doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2008.08.003

Working Papers

16 May 2023 Gunnarsson, Emma, Anders Kärnä, Martin Olsson and Lars Persson (2023). “Family Firms: In All Shapes and Sizes”. IFN Working Paper No. 1461. 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).

27 October 2022 Adermon, Adrian et al. (2022). “Earnings Losses and the Role of the Welfare State During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Sweden”. IFN Working Paper No. 1443. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

04 June 2019 Ichino, Andrea, Martin Olsson, Barbara Petrongolo and Peter Skogman Thoursie (2019). “Economic Incentives, Childcare and Gender Identity Norms ”. IFN Working Paper No. 1283. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

13 September 2018 Olsson, Martin and Joacim Tåg (2018). “Are Foreign Private Equity Buyouts Bad for Workers?”. IFN Working Paper No. 1230. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

05 March 2018 Olsson, Martin and Joacim Tåg (2018). “What is the Cost of Privatization for Workers?”. IFN Working Paper No. 1201. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

31 May 2016 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Martin Olsson and Lars Persson (2016). “Talent Development and Labour Market Integration: The Case of EU Football”. IFN Working Paper No. 1126. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

17 April 2015 Olsson, Martin and Joacim Tåg (2015). “Private Equity, Layoffs, and Job Polarization”. IFN Working Paper No. 1068. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

06 February 2013 Olsson, Martin (2013). “Employment Protection and Parental Child Care”. IFN Working Paper No. 952. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

26 March 2012 Olsson, Martin and Joacim Tåg (2012). “Private Equity, Layoffs, and Job Polarization”. IFN Working Paper No. 906. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

11 June 2011 Olsson, Martin and Peter Skogman Thoursie (2011). “Are Married Spouses Insured by their Partners’ Social Insurance?”. IFN Working Paper No. 875. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

19 September 2007 Olsson, Martin (2007). “Employment Protection and Sickness Absence”. IFN Working Paper No. 717. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Articles in Swedish

28 October 2022 Kärnä, Anders, Dagmar Müller, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Martin Olsson and Lars Persson (2022). “Familjeföretagens betydelse för motståndskraften och omställningskraften i näringslivet”. Ekonomisk Debatt 50(7), 14–26.

01 January 2018 Bjuggren, Carl Magnus, Martin Olsson och Per Skedinger (2018). ”Turordningsregler – lagstiftning med konsekvenser eller spel för gallerierna?”. Ekonomisk Debatt 46(3), 5–16.

01 January 2017 Olsson, Martin and Joacim Tåg (2017). “Påverkar riskkapitalinvesteringar anställda och samhällsekonomin?”. Ekonomisk Debatt 45(8), 26–36.

01 January 2007 Olsson, Martin (2007). ”Ökar anställningsskyddet sjukfrånvaron?”. Ekonomisk Debatt 35(2), 31–41.

Op-Eds

02 May 2021 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Martin Olsson and Lars Persson (2021). “Dålig konkurrens på den europeiska fotbollsmarknaden”. Dagens Industri, May 2.

Reports

21 March 2022 Adermon, Adrian et al. (2022). “Coronapandemin, arbetsinkomsterna och välfärdssystemets skyddsgrad. Befolkningens inkomstutveckling under 2020”.

Dissertations

01 September 2012 Olsson, Martin (2012). Essays on Employment Protection, Private Equity and Spousal Behavior. Doctoral Dissertation. Department of Economics, Stockholm University.

Policy Papers (discontinued)

25 April 2018 Bjuggren, Carl Magnus, Martin Olsson and Per Skedinger (2018). “Turordningsregler – lagstiftning med konsekvenser eller spel för gallerierna?”. IFN Policy Paper No. 82. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

IFN Newsletter

01 January 2015 Olsson, Martin and Joacim Tåg (2015). “Private Equity: Transformation or Tax Evasion?”. IFN Newsletter (1), 1–4.