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The turnaround of Swedish industry: Reforms, firm diversity and job and productivity dynamics

Heyman, Fredrik; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - 2015

and employment growth that followed the deep economic crisis in Sweden in the early 1990s. In the 1970s and 1980s, Sweden … had one of the most regulated business sectors in the developed world. In the 1990s, however, Sweden reformed its labour … the Swedish experience by examining factors that appear to be specific to Sweden and others that can be generalized to …

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The turnaround of the Swedish economy: lessons from large business sector reforms

Heyman, Fredrik; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - 2019

How can a country improve the productivity growth in its business sector and reach its growth potential? Sweden during … sector. In the 1990s, Sweden implemented a reform package that ignited a successful reorganization of a business sector that … of Sweden’s reforms. We also discuss how the reform experience from a developed country such as Sweden can be useful for …

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Globalization and Imperfect Labor Market Sorting

Davidson, Carl; Heyman, Fredrik; Matusz, Steven; … - 2010

industry and the role that globalization plays in that process. Using matched worker-firm data from Sweden, we find strong …

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The impact of temporary contracts on gross job and worker flows

Arai, Mahmood; Heyman, Fredrik - 2002

Based on direct information on hires and separations for 11.000 establishments during 11 years, we report new evidence that around half of job and worker flows stem from temporary contracts which account for only around 10 percent of employment. The share of temporary contracts is positively...

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Is There Really a Foreign Ownership Wage Premium? Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data

Heyman, Fredrik; Gustavsson Tingvall, Patrik; Sjöholm, … - 2006

Numerous studies on firm-level data have reported higher average wages in foreign-owned firms than in domestically-owned firms. This, however, does not necessarily imply that the individual worker's wage increase with foreign ownership. Using detailed matched employer-employee data on the entire...

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Acquisitions, Multinationals and Wage Dispersion

Heyman, Fredrik; Gustavsson Tingvall, Patrik; Sjöholm, … - 2006

-multinational firms. We examine the impact of acquisitions on wage dispersion in Sweden using a large matched employer-employee data set …

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How Wage Compression Affects Job Turnover

Heyman, Fredrik - 2008

I use Swedish establishment-level panel data to test Bertola and Rogerson's (1997) hypothesis of a positive relation between the degree of wage compression and job reallocation. Results indicate that the effect of wage compression on job turnover is positive and significant in the manufacturing...

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Competition, Takeovers and Gender Discrimination

Heyman, Fredrik; Svaleryd, Helena; Vlachos, Jonas - 2008

Theories of taste-based discrimination predict that competitive pressures will drive discriminatory behavior out of the market. Using detailed matched employer-employee data, we analyze how firm takeovers and product market competition are related to the gender composition of the firm's...

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Cross-Border Acquisitions, Multinationals and Wage Elasticities

Hakkala, Katariina; Heyman, Fredrik; Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2007

The growing number of cross-border acquisitions has in many countries raised concerns about labor demand consequences. In this study, we use detailed firm level data to examine how increased internationalization and multinational activity affect the volatility of employment, or rather, the wage...

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The Dynamics of Offshoring and Institutions

Heyman, Fredrik; Gustavsson Tingvall, Patrik - 2012

Previous research has recognized that weak institutions can hamper investments and alter patterns of trade. However, little is known about the impact of institutional quality on offshoring. This is surprising, given that offshoring has become an important part of many firms' internationalization...

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