Dan-Olof Rooth

University of Kalmar

Sweden

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

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1.

Implicit Discrimination in Hiring: Real World Evidence

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2764
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 May 2007
Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar
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implicit attitudes and stereotypes, discrimination, situation testing, exit from unemployment

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Is it Your Foreign Name or Foreign Qualifications? An Experimental Study of Ethnic Discrimination in Hiring

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3810
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 11 Nov 2008
Magnus Carlsson and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar and University of Kalmar
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statistical discrimination, ethnic discrimination, hiring, job search, preference-based discrimination, correspondence testing

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The Height Premium in Earnings: The Role of Physical Capacity and Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4266
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 21 Jul 2009
Petter Lundborg, Paul Nystedt and Dan-Olof Rooth
Lund University School of Economics and Management, Linkoping University and University of Kalmar
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earnings, height premium, cognitive and non-cognitive skills, physical capacity

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Evidence of Unequal Treatment in Hiring Against Obese Applicants: A Field Experiment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2775
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 16 May 2007
Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar
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obesity, discrimination, correspondence testing

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No Country for Fat Men? Obesity, Earnings, Skills, and Health Among 450,000 Swedish Men

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4775
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 22 Feb 2010
Petter Lundborg, Paul Nystedt and Dan-Olof Rooth
Lund University School of Economics and Management, Linkoping University and University of Kalmar
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obesity, overweight, earnings, cognitive ability, non-cognitive ability, health, physical fitness

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Do Employers Use Unemployment as a Sorting Criterion When Hiring? Evidence from a Field Experiment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6235
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 31 Dec 2011
Stefan Eriksson and Dan-Olof Rooth
Uppsala University - Department of Economics and University of Kalmar
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scarring, unemployment, field experiment

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Long-Term Effects of Childhood Nutrition: Evidence from a School Lunch Reform

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11234
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 08 Jan 2018
Jesper Alex-Petersen, Petter Lundborg and Dan-Olof Rooth
Lund University, Lund University School of Economics and Management and University of Kalmar
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nutrition, early life, childhood, long-term, income, causal

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Evidence of Ethnic Discrimination in the Swedish Labor Market Using Experimental Data

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2281
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 17 Sep 2006
Magnus Carlsson and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar and University of Kalmar
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ethnic discrimination, exit from unemployment

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Income Gap between Natives and Second Generation Immigrants in Sweden: Is Skill the Explanation?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2759
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 04 May 2007
Martin Nordin and Dan-Olof Rooth
Lund University and University of Kalmar
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productive skills, discrimination, incomes, wages

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Critical Periods During Childhood and Adolescence: A Study of Adult Height Among Immigrant Siblings

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4140
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 28 Apr 2009
Gerard J. van den Berg, Petter Lundborg, Paul Nystedt and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Groningen, Lund University School of Economics and Management, Linkoping University and University of Kalmar
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developmental origins, fetal programming, age, height retardation, adult health, parental education, migration, early-life conditions

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Automatically Activated Stereotypes and Differential Treatment Against the Obese in Hiring

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3799
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 Nov 2008
Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar
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implicit stereotypes, obese job applicants, differential treatment

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Education-Occupation Mismatch: Is There an Income Penalty?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3806
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 11 Nov 2008
Martin Nordin, Inga Persson and Dan-Olof Rooth
Lund University, Lund University - School of Economics and Management and University of Kalmar
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salary wage differentials, rate of return, human capital, educational economics

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An Experimental Study of Sex Segregation in the Swedish Labour Market: Is Discrimination the Explanation?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3811
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 Nov 2008
Magnus Carlsson and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar and University of Kalmar
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sex discrimination, segregation, exit from unemployment

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Work Out or Out of Work: The Labor Market Return to Physical Fitness and Leisure Sport Activities

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4684
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Feb 2010
Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar
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leisure sports, physical fitness, cardiovascular fitness, correspondence testing, earnings

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Parental Education and Offspring Outcomes: Evidence from the Swedish Compulsory Schooling Reform

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6570
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 26 May 2012
Petter Lundborg, Anton Nilsson and Dan-Olof Rooth
Lund University School of Economics and Management, Aarhus University and University of Kalmar
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education, cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, health, causality, schooling reforms

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Implicit Prejudice and Ethnic Minorities: Arab-Muslims in Sweden

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3873
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 15 Dec 2008
Jens Agerstroem and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar and University of Kalmar
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implicit, attitudes, stereotypes, discrimination, ethnicity

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Artifactual Evidence of Discrimination in Correspondence Studies? A Replication of the Neumark Method

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7619
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 Sep 2013
Magnus Carlsson, Luca Fumarco and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar, Linnaeus University and University of Kalmar
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correspondence studies, discrimination

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Scientific (Wo)Manpower? Gender and the Composition and Earnings of PhDs in Sweden

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3878
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 Dec 2008
Anna Amilon, Inga Persson and Dan-Olof Rooth
Danish National Institute of Social Research (SFI), Lund University - School of Economics and Management and University of Kalmar
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gender, earnings, scientific human capital

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The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Exploring the Role of Skills and Health Using Data on Adoptees and Twins

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6099
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Nov 2011
Petter Lundborg, Martin Nordin and Dan-Olof Rooth
Lund University School of Economics and Management, Lund University and University of Kalmar
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intergenerational transmission, human capital, education, health, cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, adoptees, twins

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Does Labor Market Tightness Affect Ethnic Discrimination in Hiring?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11285
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 29 Jan 2018
Magnus Carlsson, Luca Fumarco and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar, Linnaeus University and University of Kalmar
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hiring discrimination, ethnic discrimination, labor market tightness, the business cycle, correspondence studies, field experiments, ranking models, screening models

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The Impact of Being Monitored on Discriminatory Behavior Among Employers: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3972
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 02 Feb 2009
Magnus Carlsson and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar and University of Kalmar
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ethnic discrimination, correspondence testing, situation testing, field experiments

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Employer Attitudes, the Marginal Employer and the Ethnic Wage Gap

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6227
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 31 Dec 2011
Magnus Carlsson and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar and University of Kalmar
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attitudes, prejudice, marginal employer, ethnic wage gap

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Does Integration Change Gender Attitudes? The Effect of Randomly Assigning Women to Traditionally Male Teams

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Does Integration Change Gender Attitudes? The Effect of Randomly Assigning Women to Traditionally Male Teams

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11323
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 25 Feb 2018
Gordon B. Dahl, Andreas Kotsadam and Dan-Olof Rooth
UC San Diego - Department of Economics, University of Oslo - Department of Economics and University of Kalmar
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gender attitudes, occupational segregation, contact theory

Does Integration Change Gender Attitudes? The Effect of Randomly Assigning Women to Traditionally Male Teams

NBER Working Paper No. w24351
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 28 Feb 2018
Gordon B. Dahl, Andreas Kotsadam and Dan-Olof Rooth
UC San Diego - Department of Economics, University of Oslo - Department of Economics and University of Kalmar
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The Effect of Schooling on Cognitive Skills

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The Effect of Schooling on Cognitive Skills

NBER Working Paper No. w18484
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 20 Oct 2012
Magnus Carlsson, Gordon B. Dahl and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar, UC San Diego - Department of Economics and University of Kalmar
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The Effect of Schooling on Cognitive Skills

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6913
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Oct 2012
Magnus Carlsson, Gordon B. Dahl and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar, UC San Diego - Department of Economics and University of Kalmar
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cognitive skill formation, human capital

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Early Life Health and Adult Earnings: Evidence from a Large Sample of Siblings and Twins

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5804
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 04 Jul 2011
Petter Lundborg, Anton Nilsson and Dan-Olof Rooth
Lund University School of Economics and Management, Aarhus University and University of Kalmar
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earnings, health, specific conditions, siblings, twins

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Revealing Taste-Based Discrimination in Hiring: A Correspondence Testing Experiment with Geographic Variation

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6153
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 04 Dec 2011
Magnus Carlsson and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar and University of Kalmar
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field experiments on hiring, employer discrimination, negative attitudes, regional variation

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Do Politicians Change Public Attitudes?

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Do Politicians Change Public Attitudes?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10349
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 14 Nov 2016
Magnus Carlsson, Gordon B. Dahl and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar, UC San Diego - Department of Economics and University of Kalmar
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voter preferences, incumbency effects, media influence

Backlash in Policy Attitudes after the Election of Extreme Political Parties

NBER Working Paper No. w21062
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 06 Apr 2015
Magnus Carlsson, Gordon B. Dahl and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar, UC San Diego - Department of Economics and University of Kalmar
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Backlash in Attitudes after the Election of Extreme Political Parties

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Backlash in Attitudes after the Election of Extreme Political Parties

CESifo Working Paper No. 7210
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 31 Oct 2018
Magnus Carlsson, Gordon B. Dahl and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar, UC San Diego - Department of Economics and University of Kalmar
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political backlash, far-right and far-left parties, public attitudes

Backlash in Attitudes after the Election of Extreme Political Parties

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11759
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Sep 2018
Magnus Carlsson, Gordon B. Dahl and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar, UC San Diego - Department of Economics and University of Kalmar
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political backlash, far-right and far-left parties, public attitudes

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The Shape of the Income Distribution and Economic Growth: Evidence from Swedish Labor Market Regions

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5486
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 21 Feb 2011
Dan-Olof Rooth and Anders Stenberg
University of Kalmar and Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)
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growth, income distribution, inequality, gini

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Mothers Do Matter: New Evidence on the Effect of Parents' Schooling on Children's Schooling Using Swedish Twin Data

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5946
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 04 Sep 2011
Vikesh Amin, Petter Lundborg and Dan-Olof Rooth
Central Michigan University, Lund University School of Economics and Management and University of Kalmar
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twins, twin-fixed effects, schooling, intergenerational mobility

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Birth Weight in the Long-Run

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Birth Weight in the Long-Run

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9175
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 04 Sep 2015
Prashant Bharadwaj, Petter Lundborg and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics, Lund University School of Economics and Management and University of Kalmar
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birth weight, early life, permanent income, unemployment sickness absence, life-cycle, mortality

Birth Weight in the Long Run

NBER Working Paper No. w21354
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 13 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 08 May 2021
Prashant Bharadwaj, Petter Lundborg and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics, Lund University School of Economics and Management and University of Kalmar
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Following in Your Father's Footsteps: A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of Income between Twin Fathers and Their Sons

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5990
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 25 Sep 2011
Vikesh Amin, Petter Lundborg and Dan-Olof Rooth
Central Michigan University, Lund University School of Economics and Management and University of Kalmar
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twins, income, intergenerational transmission, intergenerational mobility

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Does Early Life Health Predict Schooling within Twin Pairs?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5803
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 04 Jul 2011
Petter Lundborg, Anton Nilsson and Dan-Olof Rooth
Lund University School of Economics and Management, Aarhus University and University of Kalmar
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twins, twin-fixed effects, schooling, returns to schooling, ability bias, health

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Health and Unemployment During Macroeconomic Crises

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Health and Unemployment During Macroeconomic Crises

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9174
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 04 Sep 2015
Prashant Bharadwaj, Petter Lundborg and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics, Lund University School of Economics and Management and University of Kalmar
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early life, birth weight, economic crises, shocks, unemployment

Health and Unemployment During Macroeconomic Crises

NBER Working Paper No. w21353
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 13 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 07 May 2021
Prashant Bharadwaj, Petter Lundborg and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics, Lund University School of Economics and Management and University of Kalmar
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Neighborhood Signaling Effects, Commuting Time, and Employment: Evidence from a Field Experiment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11284
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Jan 2018
Magnus Carlsson, Abdulaziz Reshid and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar, Linnaeus University and University of Kalmar
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neighborhood signaling effects, neighborhood stigma, commuting time, discrimination, field experiment, correspondence study

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Long-Run Returns to Field of Study in Secondary School

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Long-Run Returns to Field of Study in Secondary School

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13508
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 29 Jul 2020
Gordon B. Dahl, Dan-Olof Rooth and Anders Stenberg
UC San Diego - Department of Economics, University of Kalmar and Stockholm University
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field of study, secondary education, comparative advantage

High School Majors, Comparative (Dis)Advantage, and Future Earnings

NBER Working Paper No. w27524
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 14 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2021
Gordon B. Dahl, Dan-Olof Rooth and Anders Stenberg
UC San Diego - Department of Economics, University of Kalmar and Stockholm University
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Long-Run Returns to Field Study in Secondary School

CESifo Working Paper No. 8462
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 13 Aug 2020
Gordon B. Dahl, Dan-Olof Rooth and Anders Stenberg
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Kalmar and Stockholm University
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field of study, secondary education, comparative advantage

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Intergenerational and Sibling Peer Effects in High School Majors

NBER Working Paper No. w27618
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 04 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2021
Gordon B. Dahl, Dan-Olof Rooth and Anders Stenberg
UC San Diego - Department of Economics, University of Kalmar and Stockholm University
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The Ethnic Employment and Income Gap in Sweden: Is Skill or Labor Market Discrimination the Explanation?

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 111, Issue 3, pp. 487-510, September 2009
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 Oct 2009
Martin Nordin and Dan-Olof Rooth
Lund University and University of Kalmar
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Modeling Female Fertility Using Inflated Count Data Models

Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 13, Issue 2, 2000
Posted: 06 Feb 2001
Maria Melkersson and Dan-Olof Rooth
Stockholm University and University of Kalmar

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