“...The stigma associated with long-term unemployment spells could create large inefficiencies in labor markets. While the existing literature points toward large...”

“...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...”

“...Whereas a large literature has shown the importance of early life health for adult socioeconomic outcomes, there is little evidence on the importance of...”

“...We use the Swedish compulsory school reform to estimate the causal effect of parental education on sons 1 outcomes. To this end, we use data from the Swedish...”

“...This article investigates the long-term effects on immigrant earnings and employment of labour market conditions encountered upon arrival. We find that early...”

“...This study uses US survey data and Swedish register data to estimate and compare the relationship between returns to schooling and ability. A significant and...”

“...In a field experiment, we sent out 5,636 job applications varying how Swedish (in-group) and Arab (out-group) applicants presented themselves in terms of two...”

“...This study presents evidence of differential treatment in the hiring of obese individuals in the Swedish labor market. Fictitious applications were sent to...”

“...Correspondence studies can identify the extent of discrimination in hiring as typically defined by the law, which includes discrimination against ethnic...”

“...We present evidence of ethnic discrimination in the recruitment process by sending fictitious applications to real job openings. Applications with identical...”