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  • 1.
    Alexius, Annika
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Monetary Policy and Swedish Unemployment Fluctuations2007Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    A widely spread belief among economists is that monetary policy has relatively short-lived effects on real variables such as unemployment. Previous studies indicate that monetary policy affects the output gap only at business cycle frequencies, but the effects on unemployment may well be more persistent in countries with highly regulated labor markets. We study the Swedish experience of unemployment and monetary policy. Using a structural VAR we find that around 30 percent of the fluctuations in unemployment are caused by shocks to monetary policy. The effects are also quite persistent. In the preferred model, almost 30 percent of the maximum effect of a shock still remains after ten years.

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  • 2.
    Bengtsson, Niklas
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Edin, Per-Anders
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Löner, sysselsättning och inkomster – ökar klyftorna i Sverige?2014Report (Other academic)
  • 3.
    Bengtsson, Niklas
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Waldenström, Daniel
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Lifetime versus Annual Tax Progressivity: Sweden, 1968–20092012Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper analyzes the evolution of tax progressivity in Sweden from both annual and lifetime perspectives. Using a rich micro panel with administrative records of incomes, taxes and benefits over the period 1968–2009, we calculate tax rates across the income distribution accounting for different tax bases as well as the role of transfers. The uniquely long time span also allows us to compute tax progressivity as realized over a cohort’s entire life cycle. Our main finding is that taxes are considerably less progressive over the lifetime than in any single year. In fact, life cycle taxes are close to proportional, bearing a redistributive effect of only a few percent. Intragenerational income mobility seems to be driving this result, although the Swedish economic crisis of the 1990s and the tax reforms of 1971 and 1991 are also important. Labor income taxes contribute less to progressivity in recent years, whereas transfers to unemployed and old-age pensioners have become increasingly important. These findings are robust to the use of different tax rates, tax bases, sample populations, rates of discounting and controls for reranking.

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  • 4.
    Bengtsson, Niklas
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Waldesntröm, Jesper
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Lifetime versus Annual Tax-and-Transfer Progressivity: Sweden, 1968-20092016In: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, ISSN 0347-0520, E-ISSN 1467-9442, Vol. 118, no 4, p. 619-645Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In this paper, we analyze the evolution of tax-and-transfer progressivity in Sweden over both annual and lifetime horizons. Using a rich micro panel covering the period 1968-2009, we calculate tax rates over a cohort's entire working life cycle. Our main finding is that taxes are considerably less progressive over the lifetime than in any single year. Social insurance transfers to transitory low-income earners account for most of this result. We offer a number of robustness checks of the measurement of lifetime incomes and progressivity, but none of them changes our overall findings.

  • 5.
    Bennmarker, Helge
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Units outside the University, Office of Labour Market Policy Evaluation.
    Carling, Kenneth
    Uppsala University, Units outside the University, Office of Labour Market Policy Evaluation.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Do Benefit Hikes Damage Job Finding? Evidence from Swedish Unemployment Insurance Reforms2005Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    In 2001 and 2002, Sweden introduced several unemployment insurance reforms. A major innovation in the first reform was the introduction of a two-tiered benefit structure for some unemployed individuals. This system involved supplementary compensation during the first 20 weeks of unemployment. The 2002 reform retained the two-tiered benefit structure but involved also substantial benefit hikes for spells exceeding 20 weeks. This paper examines how these reforms affected transitions from unemployment to employment. We take advantage of the fact that the reforms had quasi-experimental features where the “treatments” differed considerably among unemployed individuals. We find that the reforms had strikingly different effects on job finding among men and women. The two reforms in conjunction are estimated to have increased the expected duration of unemployment among men but to have decreased the duration of unemployment among women. The overall effect on the duration of unemployment is not statistically different from zero. However, the reforms reduced job finding among males who remained unemployed for more than 20 weeks.

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  • 6.
    Björklund, Anders
    et al.
    SOFI Stockholms universitet.
    Edin, Per-Anders
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Fredriksson, Peter
    Natonalekonomiska institutionen Stockholms universitet.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Wadensjö, Eskil
    SOFI Stockholms unversitet.
    Arbetsmarknaden2014Book (Other academic)
  • 7.
    Edin, Per-Anders
    et al.
    Uppsala University.
    Fredriksson, Peter
    Uppsala University.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University.
    Utbildningsnivå och utbildningsavkastning i Sverige1994Chapter in book (Other scientific)
  • 8.
    Ek, Susanne
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala Center for Labor Studies (UCLS).
    Part-time unemployment and optimal unemployment insurance2015In: International Tax and Public Finance, ISSN 0927-5940, E-ISSN 1573-6970, Vol. 22, no 2, p. 201-223Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    A significant fraction of the labor force consists of employed workers who are part-time unemployed (underemployed) in the sense that they are unable to work as much as they prefer. This paper studies the design of optimal unemployment insurance in an economy with unemployment as well as part-time unemployment. Part-time work provides income insurance and serves as a stepping stone to full-time jobs. Unemployment benefits for part-timers reduce the outflow from part-time work to full-time employment. However, such benefits also increase the outflow from unemployment to part-time work, thereby reducing unemployment. We examine the optimal structure of benefits for unemployed and underemployed workers. The results indicate that there are welfare gains from part-time benefits. Moreover, there are welfare gains associated with time limits for unemployment benefits as well as for part-time benefits. The welfare gains from optimal insurance are larger when wages are fixed than when they are flexible.

  • 9.
    Engström, Per
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Hesselius, Patrik
    Uppsala University, Units outside the University, The Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU).
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Vacancy Referrals, Job Search, and the Duration of Unemployment: A Randomized Experiment2012In: Labour, ISSN 1121-7081, E-ISSN 1467-9914, Vol. 26, no 4, p. 419-435Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    One goal of the Public Employment Service is to facilitate matching between unemployed job-seekers and job vacancies; another goal is to monitor job search so as to bring search efforts among the unemployed in line with search requirements. The referral of job-seekers to vacancies is one instrument used for these purposes. We report results from a randomized Swedish experiment where the outcome of referrals is examined. To what extent do unemployed individuals actually apply for the jobs they are referred to? Does information to job-seekers about increased monitoring affect the probability of applying and the probability of leaving unemployment? The experiment indicates that a relatively large fraction (one-third) of the referrals do not result in job applications. Information about intensified monitoring causes an increase in the probability of job application, especially among young people. However, we find no significant impact on the duration of unemployment.

  • 10.
    Engström, Per
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Tax Evasion and Self-Employment in a High-Tax Country: Evidence from Sweden2006Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Self-employed individuals have arguably greater opportunities than wage earners to underreport their incomes. The incentives for underreporting should be especially strong in an economy with generally high taxes. This paper uses recent income and expenditure data to examine the extent of underreporting of income among self-employed individuals in Sweden. A key hypothesis is that underreporting of incomes among the self-employed would be visible in the data as “excess food consumption”, for a given level of observed income. Our results confirm the underreporting hypothesis. In particular, we estimate that households with at least one self-employed member underreport their total incomes by around 30 percent. Under- reporting appears to be twice as prevalent among self-employed people with unincorporated businesses as among those with incorporated businesses.

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  • 11.
    Engström, Per
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Worker Absenteeism in Search Equilbrium2005Report (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 12.
    Engström, Per
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Worker Absenteeism in Search Equilibrium2005Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The paper presents a tractable general equilibrium model of search unemployment that incorporates absence from work as a distinct labor force state. Absenteeism is driven by random shocks to the value of leisure that are private information to the workers. Firms offer wages, and possibly sick pay, so as to maximize expected profits, recognizing that the compensation package affects the queue of job applicants and possibly the absence rate as well. Shocks to the value of leisure among nonemployed individuals interact with their search decisions and trigger movements into and out of the labor force. The analysis provides a number of results concerning the impact of social insurance benefits and other determinants of workers’ and firms’ behavior. For example, higher nonemployment benefits are shown to increase absenteeism among employed workers. The normative anlysis identifies externalities associated with firm-provided sick pay and examines the welfare implications of alternative policies. Conditions are given under which welfare equivalence holds between publicly provided and firm-provided sick pay. Benefit differentiation across states of non-work are found to be associated with non-trival welfare gains.

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  • 13.
    Engström, Per
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Kolm, Ann-Sofie
    Tax differentiation, search unemployment, and home production2005In: Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 57, p. 610-633Article in journal (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 14.
    Fredriksson, Peter
    et al.
    Uppsala University.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University.
    How Can Incentives in Unemployment Insurance be Improved? Theory and Evidence2005In: Indicators and Policies to Make Work Pay, 2005Chapter in book (Other scientific)
  • 15.
    Fredriksson, Peter
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Hur ser en optimal arbetslöshetsförsäkring ut?2004In: Ekonomisk Debatt, Vol. 32, no 4, p. 22-38Article in journal (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 16.
    Fredriksson, Peter
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Optimal Unemployment Insurance Design: Time Limits, Monitoring, or Workfare?2005Report (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 17.
    Fredriksson, Peter
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Svar till Sten Johansson om arbetslöshetsförsäkringen2004In: Ekonomisk Debatt, Vol. 32, no 6, p. 53-57Article in journal (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 18. Fredriksson, Peter
    et al.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Svensk arbetsmarknad2014In: Marknad och politik / [ed] Lars Hultkrantz och Hans Tson Söderström, Studentlitteratur AB, 2014Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 19.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Arbetslösheten behöver inte omdefinieras2005In: Ekonomisk Debatt, Vol. 33, no 8, p. 79-80Article in journal (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 20. Holmlund, Bertil
    Arbetsmarknadsanknytning och övergång till arbete2011In: Arbetskraftsundersökningarna (AKU) 50 år: Bakgrundsfakta till arbetsmarknads- och utbildningsstatistik, 2011, 3Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 21.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Comment on G. Bertola, “Social and Labor Market Policies in a Growing EU”2006In: Swedish Economic Policy Review, Vol. 13, no 1Article in journal (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 22.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Estimating matching functions when recruiting intensity matters2018In: Applied Economics Letters, ISSN 1350-4851, E-ISSN 1466-4291, Vol. 25, no 17, p. 1212-1217Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The article estimates matching functions - the relationships between new hires, job vacancies and unemployment - using monthly time series data for Sweden. The data contain rich information on types of job vacancies which provides information on firms' recruiting efforts. The analysis shows that the aggregate flow of new hires is well explained by an augmented version of a standard matching function that incorporates data on firms' recruiting intensity.

  • 23.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    How can Incentives in Unemployment Insurance be Improved? Theory and Evidence.2005In: European Economy, Eurpoean Commission, no Special Report no 2Article in journal (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 24.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Hur hög är egentligen arbetslösheten i Sverige?2005In: Ekonomisk Debatt, Vol. 33, no 6, p. 6-20Article in journal (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 25.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Nobel lectures in economic sciences (2006-2010)2014Collection (editor) (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
    Abstract [en]

    In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden’s central bank) established the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. The Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, according to the same principles as for the Nobel Prizes that have been awarded since 1901. This volume is a collection of the Nobel lectures delivered by the prizewinners, together with their biographies and the presentation speeches, for the period 2006-2010.

  • 26.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Sickness Absence: An Introduction2004In: Swedish Economic Policy Review, Vol. 11, p. 3-8Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 27.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Sickness Absence and Search Unemployment2004Report (Other scientific)
  • 28.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Svensk arbetsmarknad2004In: Marknad och politik, SNS förlag, Stockholm , 2004Chapter in book (Other scientific)
  • 29.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Svensk arbetsmarknad. (The Swedish Labor Market.)2007In: Marknad och politik. (Markets and Politics.), SNS Förlag , 2007Chapter in book (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 30.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Svensk arbetsmarknad under två kriser2011In: Talous & Yhteiskunta (Economy & Society), no 3Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 31.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Wage and Employment Determination in Volatile Times: Sweden 1913–19392012Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The paper studies wage and employment determination in the Swedish business sector from the mid-1910s to the late 1930s. This period includes the boom and bust cycle of the early 1920s as well as the Great Depression of the early 1930s. The events of the early 1920s are particularly intriguing, involving inflation running at an annual rate of 30 percent followed by a period of sharp deflation where nominal wages and prices fell by 30 percent and unemployment increased from 5 to 30 percent. We examine whether relatively standard wage and employment equations can account for the volatile economic development during the interwar years. By and large, the answer is a qualified yes. Industry wages were responsive to industry-specific firm performance, suggesting a significant role for “insider forces” in wage determination. Unemployment had a strong downward impact on wages. There is evidence that reductions in working time added to wage pressure; yet estimates of labor demand equations suggest that cuts in working time may have slightly increased employment as firms substituted workers for hours.

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  • 32.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Wage and employment determination in volatile times: Sweden 1913-19392013In: Cliometrica, ISSN 1863-2505, E-ISSN 1863-2513, Vol. 7, no 2, p. 131-159Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The paper studies wage and employment determination in the Swedish business sector from the mid-1910s to the late 1930s. This period includes the boom and bust cycle of the early 1920s as well as the Great Depression of the early 1930s. The events of the early 1920s are particularly intriguing, involving inflation running at an annual rate of 30 percent followed by a period of sharp deflation where nominal wages and prices fell by 30 percent and unemployment increased from 5 to 30 percent. We examine whether relatively standard wage and employment equations can account for the volatile economic development during the interwar years. By and large, the answer is a qualified yes. Industry wages were responsive to industry-specific firm performance, suggesting a significant role for "insider forces" in wage determination. Unemployment had a strong downward impact on wages. There is evidence that reductions in working time added to wage pressure; yet, estimates of labor demand equations suggest that cuts in working time may have slightly increased employment as firms substituted workers for hours per worker.

  • 33.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    What do labor market institutions do?2013Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The past couple of decades have seen a huge increase in research on various labor marketinstitutions. This paper offers a brief overview and discussion of research on the labor marketimpacts of minimum wages (MW), unemployment insurance (UI), and employmentprotection legislation (EPL). It is argued that research on UI is largely a success story,involving a fruitful interplay between search theory and empirical work. This research hasestablished that UI matters for labor market behavior, in particular the duration ofunemployment, although there remains substantial uncertainty about the magnitudes of theeffects. The research on MW should have shaken economists’ belief in the competitive labormarket model as a result of frequent failures to find noticeable employment effects despiteconsiderable effects on wages. EPL research has established that employment protectionreduces labor and job turnover but the jury is still out regarding the impact on overallemployment and productivity.

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  • 34.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    What do labor market institutions do?2014In: Labour Economics, ISSN 0927-5371, E-ISSN 1879-1034, Vol. 30, no SI, p. 62-69Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The past couple of decades have seen a huge increase in research on various labor market institutions. This paper offers a brief overview and discussion of research on the labor market impacts of minimum wages (MW), unemployment insurance (UI), and employment protection legislation (EPL). It is argued that research on UI is largely a success story, involving a fruitful interplay between search theory and empirical work. This research has established that UI matters for labor market behavior, in particular the duration of unemployment, although there remains substantial uncertainty about the magnitudes of the effects. The research on MW should have shaken economists' belief in the competitive labor market model as a result of frequent failures to find noticeable employment effects despite considerable effects on wages. EPL research has established that employment protection reduces labor and job turnover but the jury is still out regarding the impact on overall employment and productivity.

  • 35.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Bennmarker, Helge
    Carling, Kenneth
    Do Benefit Hikes Damage Job Finding? Evidence from Swedish Unemployment Insurance Reforms2007In: LABOUR, Vol. 21, p. 85-120Article in journal (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 36.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Bigsten, Arne
    Överdrivna farhågor om hotet från Kina2006In: Ekonomisk Debatt, Vol. 34, no 3Article in journal (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 37.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Björklund, Anders
    Edin, Per-Anders
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Wadensjö, Eskil
    Arbetsmarknaden2006Book (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 38.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Calmfors, Lars
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Löfgren, Karl-Gustaf
    2006 års ekonomipris till Edmund Phelps: Intertemporala avvägningar i makroekonomisk politik2006In: Ekonomisk Debatt, Vol. 34, no 8Article in journal (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 39.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Edin, Per-Anders
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Björklund, Anders
    Wadensjö, Eskil
    Arbetsmarknaden (The Labor Market.)2006Book (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 40.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Ek, Susanne
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Deltidsarbetslöshet och arbetslöshetsförsäkring i Sverige2011In: Report to the 2011 Long-termSurvey, Ministry of Finance, 2011, (SOU2011:2)Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 41.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Forslund, Anders
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Arbetslöshet och arbetsmarknadspolitik2005In: Tillämpad makroekonomi, SNS Förlag , 2005Chapter in book (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 42.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Forslund, Anders
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Arbetslöshet och arbetsmarknadspolitik2007In: Tillämpad makroekonomi (Applied Macroeconomics)., SNS Förlag , 2007Chapter in book (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 43.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Fredriksson, Peter
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Improving Incentives in Unemployment Insurance: A Review of Recent Research2006In: Journal of Economic Surveys, Vol. 20, no 3Article in journal (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 44.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Fredriksson, Peter
    Stockholms universitet.
    Svensk arbetsmarknad2011In: Marknad och politik / [ed] Lars Hultkrantz and Hans Tson Söderström, SNS förlag, 2011Chapter in book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 45.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Kolm, Ann-Sofie
    Environmental Tax Reform in a Small Open Economy with Structural Unemployment2000In: International Tax and Public Finance, Vol. 7, p. 315-333Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 46.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Liu, Qian
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Nordström Skans, Oskar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Mind the Gap? Estimating the Effects of Postponing Higher Education2006Report (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
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  • 47.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Ohlsson, Henry
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Wage linkages between private and public sectors in Sweden1992In: Labour, ISSN 1121-7081, E-ISSN 1467-9914, Vol. 6, no 2, p. 3-17Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The paper examines wage linkages between private and public sectors in Sweden by means of Granger causality tests and estimation of error correction models. Wage changes in central and local governments are Granger caused by private sector wage changes. Public sector wage increases involve error correction mechanisms; the lower the relative wage in the past, the higher the current wage increases. Increases in unemployment are associated with relative wage improvements for public sector employees.

  • 48.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Ohlsson, Henry
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Steigum, Erling
    Intergenerational transfers, taxes and the distribution of wealth: Editors' preface2001In: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, ISSN 0347-0520, E-ISSN 1467-9442, Vol. 103, no 3, p. 367-Article in journal (Other academic)
  • 49.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Söderström, Martin
    Estimating Dynamic Income Responses to Tax Reform2011In: The B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis & Policy, ISSN 1935-1682, E-ISSN 1935-1682, Vol. 11, no 1, p. 71-Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We study income responses to income tax changes by using a large panel of Swedish tax payers over the period 1991-2002. Changes in statutory tax rates as well as changes in tax bracket thresholds provide exogenous variations in tax rates that can be used to identify income responses. We estimate dynamic income models which allow us to distinguish between short-run and long-run effects in a straightforward fashion. For men, the estimates of the long-run elasticity of income with respect to the net-of-tax rate hover in a range between 0.10 and 0.30. The estimates for women are statistically insignificant. We simulate the fiscal consequences of a tax reform that reduces the top marginal tax rate by five percentage points. Such a reform may have negligible effects on tax revenues when the interactions between income taxes and other taxes are taken into account.

  • 50.
    Holmlund, Bertil
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
    Söderström, Martin
    Estimating Dynamic IncomeResponses to Tax Reform2011In: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (Contributions), Vol. 11, no 1Article in journal (Refereed)
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