Oskar Nordstrom Skans

Uppsala University

Box 513

Uppsala, 751 20

Sweden

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

P.O. Box 7240

Bonn, D-53072

Germany

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Scholarly Papers (24)

1.

Age at Migration and Social Integration

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4263
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Jul 2009
Olof Aslund, Anders Bohlmark and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Stockholm University and Uppsala University
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immigration, integration, segregation, age at migration, siblings

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Scarring Effects of the First Labor Market Experience

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5565
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 21 Mar 2011
Oskar Nordstrom Skans
Uppsala University
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youth unemployment, scarring, state dependence, siblings

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Workforce Composition, Productivity and Pay: The Role of Firms in Wage Inequality

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13212
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 14 May 2020
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), affiliation not provided to SSRN, New Zealand Productivity Commission, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Maastricht University, Hitotsubashi University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Uppsala University, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - London School of Economics, Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), University of Nottingham - School of Economics and University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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firm wage premium, wage inequality, productivity

Mind the Gap? Estimating the Effects of Postponing Higher Education

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1792
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 26 Sep 2006
Bertil Holmlund, Qian Liu and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
Uppsala University - Department of Economics, Uppsala University and Uppsala University
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timing of education, schooling interruptions, returns to work experience

Mind the Gap? Estimating the Effects of Postponing Higher Education

Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 60, Issue 4, pp. 683-710, 2008
Posted: 02 Oct 2008
Bertil Holmlund, Qian Liu and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
Uppsala University - Department of Economics, Uppsala University and Uppsala University

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Mismatch of Talent: Evidence on Match Quality, Entry Wages, and Job Mobility

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9585
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 26 Dec 2015
Peter Fredriksson, Lena Hensvik and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
Uppsala University - Department of Economics, IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation and Uppsala University
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matching, job search, comparative advantage, employer learning

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Wage Adjustment and Productivity Shocks

Riksbank Research Paper Series No. 84, Sveriges Riksbank Working Paper Series No. 253
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 21 Feb 2012
Mikael Carlsson, Julian Messina and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
Sveriges Riksbank - Research Department, World Bank and Uppsala University
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Wage Adjustment and Productivity Shocks

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5719
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 31 May 2011
Mikael Carlsson, Julian Messina and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
Sveriges Riksbank - Research Department, World Bank and Uppsala University
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matched employer-employee data, sorting, wage, labor productivity, TFP

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Worker Skills or Firm Wage-Setting Practices? Decomposing Wage Inequality Across 20 OECD Countries

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 18 Jan 2023
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Institute for Social Research, Norway, University of Copenhagen, National Taipei University, New Zealand Productivity Commission, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Central Bank of Costa Rica, Uppsala University - Department of Economics, Maastricht University, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Hitotsubashi University, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Central Bank of Costa Rica, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), University of Liverpool, Uppsala University, Government of the Republic of Finland - Statistics Finland, Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - London School of Economics, Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Central Bank of Costa Rica, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), University of Nottingham - School of Economics and University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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Wage inequality, firm wage premium, productivity

Firm Types, Price-Setting Strategies, and Consumption-Tax Incidence

VATT Institute for Economic Research Working Papers No. 70
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 05 Jan 2016
Jarkko Harju, Tuomas Kosonen and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
Government of the Republic of Finland - VATT Institute for Economic Research, University of Helsinki - Department of Political and Economic Studies and Uppsala University
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firm types, VAT incidence, price setting, restaurants

Firm Types, Price-Setting Strategies, and Consumption-Tax Incidence

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5654
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 21 Jan 2016
Jarkko Harju, Tuomas Kosonen and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
Government of the Republic of Finland - VATT Institute for Economic Research, University of Helsinki - Department of Political and Economic Studies and Uppsala University
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firm heterogeneity, VAT, price incidence, price setting, restaurants

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The Duration of Paid Parental Leave and Children's Scholastic Performance

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4244
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 30 Jun 2009
Qian Liu and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
Uppsala University and Uppsala University
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maternal employment, education, human capital, cognitive skills

Evaluating Microfoundations for Aggregate Price Rigidities: Evidence from Matched Firm-Level Data on Product Prices and Unit Labor Cost

ECB Working Paper No. 1083
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 23 Aug 2009
Mikael Carlsson and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
Sveriges Riksbank - Research Department and Uppsala University
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Price Setting, Business Cycles, Information, Micro Data

Evaluating Microfoundations for Aggregate Price Rigidities: Evidence from Matched Firm - Level Data on Product Prices and Unit Labor Cost

Sveriges Riksbank Research Paper Series No. 62, Sveriges Riksbank Working Paper Series No. 231
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 12 Oct 2009
Mikael Carlsson and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
Sveriges Riksbank - Research Department and Uppsala University
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price setting, business cycles, information, micro data

Family Background and the Responses to Higher Sat Scores

CESifo Working Paper No. 8362
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 17 Jun 2020
Georg Graetz, Bjorn Ockert and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
Uppsala University, IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation and Uppsala University
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educational choice, intergenerational transmission of education, regression discontinuity design

Family Background and the Responses to Higher Sat Scores

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13343
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 15 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Georg Graetz, Bjorn Ockert and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
Uppsala University, IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation and Uppsala University
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educational choice, intergenerational transmission of education, regression discontinuity design

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Age Effects in Swedish Local Labour Markets

IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Working Paper No. 2002:11
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 01 Oct 2002
Oskar Nordstrom Skans
Uppsala University
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Unemployment, cohort crowding, age structure, matching

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Seeking Similarity: How Immigrants and Natives Manage at the Labor Market

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4640
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 Dec 2009
Olof Aslund, Lena Hensvik and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation and Uppsala University
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minority workers, labor mobility, workplace segregation

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The Skill-Specific Impact of Past and Projected Occupational Decline

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12931
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 10 Feb 2020
Lena Hensvik and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation and Uppsala University
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skills, polarization, future of work

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Early Labor Market Prospects and Family Formation

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12092
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 28 Jan 2019
Mattias Engdahl, Mathilde Godard and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
Uppsala University, GATE-LSE, Lyon and Uppsala University
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cost of recessions, female labor supply, family formation

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Wage Dispersion between and within Plants: Sweden 1985-2000

NBER Working Paper No. w13021
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 14 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2022
Oskar Nordstrom Skans, Per-Anders Edin and Bertil Holmlund
Uppsala University, Uppsala University - Department of Economics and Uppsala University - Department of Economics
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Wage Flexibility in a Unionized Economy with Stable Wage Dispersion

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12093
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 28 Jan 2019
Mikael Carlsson, Iida Häkkinen Skans and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
Sveriges Riksbank - Research Department, National Institute of Economic Research (NIER) and Uppsala University
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wages, unemployment, unions, wage flexibility

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Sweden's COVID-19 Recession: How Foreign and Domestic Infections Struck Against Firms and Workers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15408
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 Jul 2022
Anders Akerman, Karolina Ekholm, Torsten Persson and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
Stockholm University - Department of Economics, Stockholm University, Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) and Uppsala University
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COVID-19, virus transmission, inequality

Social Connections and the Sorting of Workers to Firms

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12323
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 21 May 2019
Marcus Eliason, Lena Hensvik, Francis Kramarz and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) - National School for Statistical and Economic Administration (ENSAE) and Uppsala University
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networks, job search, job displacement, hiring

Social Connections and the Sorting of Workers to Firms

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13672
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 16 Apr 2019
Marcus Eliason, Lena Hensvik, Francis Kramarz and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) - National School for Statistical and Economic Administration (ENSAE) and Uppsala University
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Hiring, Job Displacement, job search, networks

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Leadership Experiences, Labor Market Entry, and Early Career Trajectories

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11434
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 12 Apr 2018
Martin Lundin, Oskar Nordstrom Skans and Pär Zetterberg
Uppsala University, Uppsala University and Uppsala University
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extracurricular activities, earnings, higher education

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The Causal Impact of Social Connections on Firms' Outcomes

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12135
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 10 Jul 2017
Marcus Eliason, Lena Hensvik, Francis Kramarz and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) - National School for Statistical and Economic Administration (ENSAE) and Uppsala University
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job creation, Job Displacement, job search, networks

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When Strong Ties are Strong: Networks and Youth Labor Market Entry

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9620
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 03 Sep 2013
Francis Kramarz and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) - National School for Statistical and Economic Administration (ENSAE) and Uppsala University
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network, strong tie, youth employment

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Do Anonymous Job Application Procedures Level the Playing Field?

Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 65, No. 1, 2012
Posted: 20 Feb 2012
Olof Aslund and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation and Uppsala University

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Discrimination, employment, gender, ethnicity

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Will I See You at Work? Ethnic Workplace Segregation in Sweden, 1985-2002

Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 63, No. 3, 2010
Posted: 24 Jun 2010
Olof Aslund and Oskar Nordstrom Skans
IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation and Uppsala University

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Workplace Segregation, Immigrants, Labor Market Segmentation