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1“...In Sweden, children typically start school the year they turn seven. We combine this school entry cut-off with individuals' birthdates to estimate effects of...”
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2by Frederiksson, Peter Öckert, Björn Oosterbeek, Hessel Published in The Quarterly journal of economics (2013)“...This article evaluates the long-term effects of class size in primary school. We use rich data from Sweden and exploit variation in class size created by a...”
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4by Black, Sandra E Grönqvist, Erik Öckert, Björn Published in The review of economics and statistics (01.05.2018)“...We study the effect of birth order on personality using Swedish population data. Earlier-born men are more emotionally stable, persistent, socially outgoing,...”
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5by Carlsson, Magnus Dahl, Gordon Boyack Öckert, Björn Rooth, Dan-Olof Published in The review of economics and statistics (2015)“...To identify the causal effect of schooling on cognitive skills, we exploit conditionally random variation in the date Swedish males take a battery of cognitive...”
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6by Öckert, Björn Published in Economics of education review (2010)“...This paper exploits discontinuities and randomness in the college admissions in Sweden in 1982, to estimate the economic return to college in the 1990s. At the...”
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7by Fredriksson, Peter Öckert, Björn Oosterbeek, Hessel Published in The Journal of human resources (2016)“...We study differential parental responses to variation in class size induced by a maximum class size rule in Swedish schools. In response to an increase in...”
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8by Bennmarker, Helge Grönqvist, Erik Öckert, Björn Published in Journal of public economics (01.02.2013)“...In many countries welfare services that traditionally have been provided by the public sector are being contracted out to private providers. But are private...”
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9“...This paper analyses the effects of maternal school starting age and maternal age-at-birth on children's short and long-term outcomes using Finnish register...”
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10“...Exploiting exogenous variation in childcare prices stemming from a childcare price reform, this paper estimates effects of reductions in childcare costs on...”
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11“...Using discontinuities within the Swedish SAT system, we show that additional admission opportunities causally affect college choices. Students with...”
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12“...Using a Difference-in-Differences approach, we evaluate the effects of a 10 percentage point reduction in the payroll tax introduced in 2002 in northern...”
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13“...A policy change is used to estimate the effect of teacher density on student performance. We find that an increase in teacher density has a positive effect on...”
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14by Öckert, Björn“...Study I Using Admission Selection Rules to Estimate the University Earnings Premium - A Regression-Discontinuity Design This study estimates the earnings...”
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15“...We study the effect of birth order on personality traits among men using population data on enlistment records and occupations for Sweden. We find that earlier...”
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16“...This paper analyzes the drivers of wage differences among college graduates who hold a degree in a different field of study. We focus on Turkey, an emerging...”
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17“...We examine the changes in the relative rewards to cognitive and non-cognitive skill during the time period 1992-2013. Using unique administrative data for...”
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20“..."We study the effect of birth order on personality traits among men using population data on enlistment records and occupations for Sweden. We find that...”