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Is the persistent gender gap in income and wages due to unequal family responsibilities?

Angelov, Nikolay; Johansson, Per; Lindahl, Erica - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2013

We compare the income and wage trajectories of women in relation to their male partners before and after parenthood. Focusing on the within-couple gap allows us to control for both observed and unobserved attributes of the spouse and to estimate both short-and long-term effects of entering...

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Factors associated with occupational disability classification

Angelov, Nikoay; Eliason, Marcus - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2014

Sweden has a long tradition of labour market policies explicitly targeting job seekers with disabilities, ranging from in-work aids to subsidized employments, aiming at strengthening their position at the labour market. To ascertain that these programs are limited to the needy they are...

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Virtues of SIN - effects of an immigrant workplace introduction program

Åslund, Olof; Johansson, Per - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2006

estimate the effects of the program. The results suggest that the program increased transitions from unemployment to work …

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Does tax evasion affect unemployment and educational choice?

Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2004

To examine the macro economic effects of government tax and punishment policies, this paper develops a three-sector general quilibrium model featuring matching frictions, heterogenous abilities and an informal sector with tax evasion. The choice of education is determined endogenously. Job...

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Social interactions and unemployment

Hedström, Peter; Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Åberg, Yvonne - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2003

This paper is concerned with social interactions and their importance for unemployment. A theoretical model is … specified in which the psychological costs of unemployment depend upon the unemployment level. The analysis reveals social … multiplier effects, and shows that multiple unemployment equilibria may emerge. Data on all 20- to 24-year-olds living in …

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