Dan-Olof Rooth

University of Kalmar

Sweden

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Schaumburg-Lippe-Str. 7 / 9

Bonn, D-53072

Germany

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Scholarly Papers (44)

1.

Implicit Discrimination in Hiring: Real World Evidence

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2764
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 May 2007 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar
Downloads 1,568 (25,804)
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implicit attitudes and stereotypes, exit from unemployment, discrimination, situation testing

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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 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Magnus Carlsson and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar and University of Kalmar
Downloads 1,213 (37,558)

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ethnic discrimination, hiring, job search, correspondence testing, preference-based discrimination, statistical discrimination

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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 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Tinbergen InstituteLund University School of Economics and Management, Linkoping University and University of Kalmar
Downloads 496 (123,909)
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height premium, cognitive and non-cognitive skills, physical capacity, earnings

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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 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Lund University, Tinbergen InstituteLund University School of Economics and Management and University of Kalmar
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income, long-term, childhood, early life, nutrition, 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 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Magnus Carlsson and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar and University of Kalmar
Downloads 316 (206,722)
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exit from unemployment, ethnic discrimination

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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 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar
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obesity, correspondence testing, discrimination

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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 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Tinbergen InstituteLund University School of Economics and Management, Linkoping University and University of Kalmar
Downloads 210 (312,200)
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health, earnings, physical fitness, obesity, cognitive ability, non-cognitive ability, overweight

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Language Proficiency and Hiring of Immigrants: Evidence from a New Field Experimental Approach

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15950
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 17 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2023
Magnus Carlsson, Stefan Eriksson and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar, Uppsala University - Department of Economics and University of Kalmar
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labor migrants, language proficiency, language skills, human capital, field experiment

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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 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Stefan Eriksson and Dan-Olof Rooth
Uppsala University - Department of Economics and University of Kalmar
Downloads 195 (334,678)
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unemployment, field experiment, scarring

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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 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Magnus Carlsson and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar and University of Kalmar
Downloads 191 (341,114)
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sex discrimination, exit from unemployment, segregation

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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 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Martin Nordin, Inga Persson and Dan-Olof Rooth
Lund University, Lund University - School of Economics and Management and University of Kalmar
Downloads 184 (353,086)
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human capital, rate of return, salary wage differentials, educational economics

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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 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
University of Groningen, Tinbergen InstituteLund University School of Economics and Management, Linkoping University and University of Kalmar
Downloads 168 (382,584)
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early-life conditions, parental education, adult health, height retardation, fetal programming, age, developmental origins, migration

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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
Downloads 158 (403,421)

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productive skills, discrimination, incomes, wages

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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 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Jens Agerstroem and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar and University of Kalmar
Downloads 154 (412,285)
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ethnicity, discrimination, attitudes, stereotypes, implicit

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Disability, Gender and Hiring Discrimination: A Field Experiment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16217
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 09 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2023
Norwegian Social Research, University of Kalmar and Norwegian Social Research
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field experiment, gender, hiring discrimination, correspondence study, disability

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Do Politicians Change Public Attitudes?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10349
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 14 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Magnus Carlsson, Gordon B. Dahl and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and University of Kalmar
Downloads 99 (585,693)
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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 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2023
Magnus Carlsson, Gordon B. Dahl and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and University of Kalmar
Downloads 34 (1,017,994)

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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 Last Revised: 19 May 2022
Magnus Carlsson, Luca Fumarco and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar, Linnaeus University and University of Kalmar
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correspondence studies, the business cycle, labor market tightness, ethnic discrimination, hiring discrimination, field experiments, ranking models, screening models

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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 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
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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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 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Tinbergen InstituteLund University School of Economics and Management, Aarhus University and University of Kalmar
Downloads 124 (490,804)
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health, non-cognitive skills, cognitive skills, education, schooling reforms, causality

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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 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar
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implicit stereotypes, obese job applicants, differential treatment

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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 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar
Downloads 116 (516,533)
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leisure sports, physical fitness, cardiovascular fitness, correspondence testing, earnings

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, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) 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 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Magnus Carlsson, Gordon B. Dahl and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and University of Kalmar
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political backlash, far-right and far-left parties, public attitudes

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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 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Tinbergen InstituteLund University School of Economics and Management, Lund University and University of Kalmar
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cognitive skills, health, education, human capital, intergenerational transmission, non-cognitive skills, adoptees, twins

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 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Gordon B. Dahl, Andreas Kotsadam and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), 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 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2023
Gordon B. Dahl, Andreas Kotsadam and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of Oslo - Department of Economics and University of Kalmar
Downloads 30 (1,063,440)
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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 Last Revised: 19 May 2022
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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The Effect of Schooling on Cognitive Skills

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6913
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Magnus Carlsson, Gordon B. Dahl and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and University of Kalmar
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cognitive skill formation, human capital

The Effect of Schooling on Cognitive Skills

NBER Working Paper No. w18484
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 20 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 05 Jul 2023
Magnus Carlsson, Gordon B. Dahl and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and University of Kalmar
Downloads 41 (945,133)
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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 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Magnus Carlsson and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar and University of Kalmar
Downloads 80 (661,620)
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ethnic wage gap, attitudes, prejudice, marginal employer

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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 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Magnus Carlsson and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar and University of Kalmar
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situation testing, correspondence testing, ethnic discrimination, field experiments

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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 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Tinbergen InstituteLund University School of Economics and Management, Aarhus University and University of Kalmar
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health, earnings, 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 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Magnus Carlsson and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar and University of Kalmar
Downloads 68 (724,627)
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field experiments on hiring, negative attitudes, employer discrimination, regional variation

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Weight, Attractiveness, and Gender When Hiring: A Field Experiment in Spain

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16119
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 May 2023 Last Revised: 23 May 2023
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), University of Granada - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Granada - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and University of Kalmar
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attractiveness, gender, overweight, obesity, hiring, correspondence testing

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

NBER Working Paper No. w27524
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 14 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2023
Gordon B. Dahl, Dan-Olof Rooth and Anders Stenberg
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of Kalmar and Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)
Downloads 39 (965,029)
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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 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2022
Gordon B. Dahl, Dan-Olof Rooth and Anders Stenberg
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of Kalmar and Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)
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secondary education, comparative advantage, field of study

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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 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Central Michigan University, Tinbergen InstituteLund University School of Economics and Management and University of Kalmar
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twins, income, intergenerational transmission, intergenerational mobility

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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 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Dan-Olof Rooth and Anders Stenberg
University of Kalmar and Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)
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gini, income distribution, growth, inequality

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Intergenerational and Sibling Spillovers in High School Majors

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15945
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 16 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2023
Gordon B. Dahl, Dan-Olof Rooth and Anders Stenberg
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of Kalmar and Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)
Downloads 57 (793,413)

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gender composition of majors, high school majors, sibling spillovers, intergenerational spillovers

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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 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Central Michigan University, Tinbergen InstituteLund University School of Economics and Management and University of Kalmar
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twin-fixed effects, intergenerational mobility, schooling, twins

Health and Unemployment During Macroeconomic Crises

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9174
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 04 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics, Tinbergen InstituteLund 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 2023
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics, Tinbergen InstituteLund University School of Economics and Management and University of Kalmar
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Birth Weight in the Long-Run

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9175
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 04 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics, Tinbergen InstituteLund University School of Economics and Management and University of Kalmar
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unemployment sickness absence, permanent income, early life, birth weight, 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 2022
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics, Tinbergen InstituteLund University School of Economics and Management and University of Kalmar
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Citation 11

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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
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of Kalmar and Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)
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field of study, secondary education, comparative advantage

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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 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Magnus Carlsson, Abdulaziz Reshid and Dan-Olof Rooth
University of Kalmar, Linnaeus University and University of Kalmar
Downloads 49 (853,288)
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neighborhood signaling effects, neighborhood stigma, commuting time, discrimination, field experiment, correspondence study

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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 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Tinbergen InstituteLund University School of Economics and Management, Aarhus University and University of Kalmar
Downloads 43 (904,312)
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twins, twin-fixed effects, ability bias, schooling, returns to schooling, health

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Intergenerational and Sibling Spillovers in High School Majors

NBER Working Paper No. w27618
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 04 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2023
Gordon B. Dahl, Dan-Olof Rooth and Anders Stenberg
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of Kalmar and Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)
Downloads 31 (1,023,903)
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Work from Home and Disability Employment

NBER Working Paper No. w32943
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 Sep 2024 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2024
Nicholas Bloom, Gordon B. Dahl and Dan-Olof Rooth
Stanford University - Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and University of Kalmar
Downloads 10 (1,271,087)
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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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