Most common occupation was “assistant nurses, home care and homes for the elderly” in 2022. scb.se/en/finding-sta…

Great news, everyone! SOFI is now on LinkedIn. linkedin.com/company/swedis…

KOMMANDE UTLYSNING | I april öppnar vi en utlysning om inkomster och försörjningsmöjligheter för en jämlik hälsa. Utlysningen görs inom ramen för vår satsning på prevention och folkhälsa. Totalt avsätts 50 miljoner kronor för åren 2024–2027 👉 forte.se/nyhet/kommande…

We are pleased to announce that the 8th Swedish Conference in Economics will be held in Lund, Sweden, on 15-16 November, 2024. The event is arranged by the Swedish Economic Association together with the Department of Economics at Lund University. sites.google.com/view/8th-swedi…

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP18927 Cities and the Rise of Working #Women Thor Berger SwedishCollegium Uppsala University Lund University School of Economics and Management Lund University IFN, Mounir Karadja Department of Economics, Uppsala Uppsala University, Erik Prawitz Linnéuniversitetet Linnaeus University IFN ow.ly/uUZg50QVwCt #CEPR_EH

Folk high school, 2023 scb.se/en/finding-sta…

Study associations 2023 scb.se/en/finding-sta…

Social security in Sweden 1993–2022 scb.se/en/finding-sta…

``Data from high-stakes interview processes show that the quality of the previous candidate has a strong influence on hiring and admission decisions." Recently accepted to REStud, from Jonas Radbruch and Amelie Schiprowski: restud.com/interview-sequ…

Excited to share our new paper “The Class Ceiling in Politics” conditionally accepted at American Political Science Review! Co-authored with Johanna Rickne. Available at: drive.google.com/file/d/1rdrUwP… 1/9

Come work with us! Uppsala Immigration Lab is looking for qualified full-time RAs. uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo… Department of Economics, Uppsala

Terrific postdoc opportunity in Sweden on a project tracking occupational gender segregation nationally and internationally over the past 50 years web103.reachmee.com/ext/I018/1151/…

At very long last, my and Jan Stuhler’s long-running paper is forthcoming in JPE We illustrate the complexities when interpreting intergenerational mobility trends in relation to policy changes or other shocks. It’s been a love-and-hate relationship journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

Knowledge spillovers from universities: it is as if we do not really take them seriously if they aren't specifically patentable spillovers on industry. But a lot of knowledge is not patentable, and the major part of a modern economy isn't industry. (1/9)

📝 New Working Paper “Decoding Gender Bias: The Role of Personal Interaction” with Abdelrahman Amer & Ashley Craig 🇺🇦 \begin 🧵#EconTwitter ⤵️ 1/11 tinyurl.com/fap3m7s9

🇺🇸TIPSA MIG!🇺🇸I mitten av juli kliver jag på en månads sommarjobb som SRs USA-korre på västkusten, så får ⁦Roger Wilson⁩ vila lite! Vad får jag inte missa (bortsett från valrörelsen då! Jag får tydligen inte nog av val 2024…)?

New paper: We study how the Russian invasion of Ukraine affected the mental health of over 10,000 Ukrainians who were living in Sweden at the time. Headline result: Prescriptions for mental health drugs immediately increased by 30 percent relative to other migrants.

Studying 8,000 committee deliberations for new hires in a consulting company, women have much less influence than men in the final outcome (3 person committee; typically 1 woman 2 men; “influence” = likelihood of achieving desired hiring outcome when there is disagreement)

Alice Evans Anna Stansbury CEPR Thanks for your interest, Alice Evans! The current draft of the paper can be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/19OT1rn…

New paper on how the long-run decrease in the gender pay gap is related to: - workforce aging + worsening young workers' outcomes - cohort effects and generational replacement - young men's losses vs. young women's gains w/ Salvatore Lattanzio, N. B., and Matteo Paradisi 1/5 🧵