We study the impact of job proximity on individual employment and earnings. The analysis exploits a Swedish refugee … residences and workplaces in Sweden, we find that having been placed in a location with poor job access in 1990-91 adversely … affected employment in 1999. Doubling the number of jobs in the initial location in 1990-91 is associ­ated with 2.9 percentage …

, as they suggest that in order to increase local employment levels, municipalities should target high tech employers with …

necessarily monotonic. Second, when income inequality is low, an increase in income inequality might induce the poor to identify …

, as they suggest that in order to increase local employment levels, municipalities should target high tech employers with …

employment rate of the respective immigrant group in the vicinity (as a measure of enclave quality) facilitates labour market … integration of new immigrants. The influence of the overall employment rate and the share of co-nationals in the neighbourhood …

tendency for immigrants to leave non-employment forself-employment if many co-ethnic peers in the enclave are business owners …

. Our first main result is that the more the heir inherits, the lower her labor income becomes. This labor supply effect … transfer. Our second main result is that the more the heir inherits, the higher her capital income becomes. This savings effect …

We study the extent to which people are misinformed about their relative position in the income distribution and the … effects on preferences for redistribution of correcting faulty beliefs. We implement a tailor-made survey in Sweden and … income position. Respondents who learn that they are richer than they thought demand less redistribution and increase their …

We study the impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic on economic performance in Sweden. The pandemic was one of the …-quality administrative data from Sweden, we estimate the eff ects on earnings, capital returns and poverty. We find that the pandemic led to …

This study shows that in Sweden, contrary to other European countries, refugees have been disproportionately placed in …