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Björn Öckert
(Bjorn Ockert)

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(50%) Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk Utvärdering (IFAU)
Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet
Government of Sweden

Uppsala, Sweden
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(50%) Nationalekonomiska Institutionen
Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden
http://www.nek.uu.se/
RePEc:edi:nekuuse (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Sjögren, Anna & Mattias , Mattias & Hall, Caroline & Holmlund, Helena & Lundin, Martin & Mühlrad, Hanna & Öckert, Björn, 2021. "Swedish children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic," Working Paper Series 2021:3, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy.
  2. Dahlberg, Matz & Martén, Linna & Öckert, Björn, 2021. "Who recovers from a job loss? The importance of cognitive and non-cognitive skills," Working Paper Series 2021:2, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy.
  3. Fredriksson, Peter & Huttunen, Kristiina & Öckert, Björn, 2021. "School starting age, maternal age at birth, and child outcomes," Working Papers 139, VATT Institute for Economic Research.
  4. Georg Graetz & Oskar Nordström Skans & Björn Öckert, 2020. "Family background and the responses to higher SAT scores," CEP Discussion Papers dp1698, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
  5. Edin, Per-Anders & Fredriksson, Peter & Nybom, Martin & Öckert, Björn, 2017. "The Rising Return to Non-Cognitive Skill," IZA Discussion Papers 10914, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  6. Sandra E. Black & Erik Grönqvist & Björn Öckert, 2017. "Born to Lead? The Effect of Birth Order on Non-Cognitive Abilities," NBER Working Papers 23393, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  7. Fredriksson, Peter & Ockert, Bjorn & Oosterbeek, Hessel, 2015. "Parental responses to public investments in children: Evidence from a maximum class size rule," Research Papers in Economics 2015:9, Stockholm University, Department of Economics.
  8. Fredriksson, Peter & Öckert, Björn & Oosterbeek, Hessel, 2014. "Inside the Black Box of Class Size: Mechanisms, Behavioral Responses, and Social Background," IZA Discussion Papers 8019, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  9. Fredriksson, Peter & Öckert, Björn, 2013. "Life-cycle effects of age at school start," Research Papers in Economics 2013:7, Stockholm University, Department of Economics.
  10. Bennmarker, Helge & Grönqvist, Erik & Öckert, Björn, 2012. "Effects of contracting out employment services: Evidence from a randomized experiment," Working Paper Series 2012:19, Uppsala University, Department of Economics.
  11. Fredriksson, Peter & Öckert, Björn & Oosterbeek, Hessel, 2011. "Long-Term Effects of Class Size," IZA Discussion Papers 5879, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  12. Grönqvist, Erik & Öckert, Björn & Vlachos, Jonas, 2010. "The intergenerational transmission of cognitive and non-cognitive abilities," Working Paper Series 2010:12, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy.
  13. Bennmarker, Helge & Grönqvist, Erik & Öckert, Björn, 2009. "Effects of outsourcing employment services: evidence from a randomized experiment," Working Paper Series 2009:23, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy.
  14. Bennmarker, Helge & Mellander, Erik & Öckert, Björn, 2008. "Do regional payroll tax reductions boost employment?," Working Paper Series 2008:19, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy.
  15. Lundin, Daniela & Mörk, Eva & Öckert, Björn, 2007. "Do reduced child care prices make parents work more?," Working Paper Series 2007:2, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy.
  16. Fredriksson, Peter & Öckert, Björn, 2007. "Resources and student achievement – evidence from a Swedish policy reform," Working Paper Series 2007:26, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy.
  17. Fredriksson, Peter & Öckert, Björn, 2006. "Is early learning really more productive? The effect of school starting age on school and labor market performance," Working Paper Series 2006:12, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy.
  18. Öckert, Björn, 2002. "Do university enrollment constraints affect education and earnings?," Working Paper Series 2002:16, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy.

Articles

  1. Sandra E. Black & Erik Grönqvist & Björn Öckert, 2018. "Born to Lead? The Effect of Birth Order on Noncognitive Abilities," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 100(2), pages 274-286, May.
  2. Erik Grönqvist & Björn Öckert & Jonas Vlachos, 2017. "The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Noncognitive Abilities," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 52(4), pages 887-918.
  3. Peter Fredriksson & Björn Öckert & Hessel Oosterbeek, 2016. "Parental Responses to Public Investments in Children: Evidence from a Maximum Class Size Rule," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 51(4), pages 832-868.
  4. Magnus Carlsson & Gordon B. Dahl & Björn Öckert & Dan-Olof Rooth, 2015. "The Effect of Schooling on Cognitive Skills," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 97(3), pages 533-547, July.
  5. Peter Fredriksson & Björn Öckert, 2014. "Life‐cycle Effects of Age at School Start," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 124(579), pages 977-1004, September.
  6. Bennmarker, Helge & Grönqvist, Erik & Öckert, Björn, 2013. "Effects of contracting out employment services: Evidence from a randomized experiment," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 98(C), pages 68-84.
  7. Peter Fredriksson & Björn Öckert & Hessel Oosterbeek, 2013. "Long-Term Effects of Class Size," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 128(1), pages 249-285.
  8. Öckert, Björn, 2010. "What's the value of an acceptance letter? Using admissions data to estimate the return to college," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 29(4), pages 504-516, August.
  9. Bennmarker, Helge & Mellander, Erik & Öckert, Björn, 2009. "Do regional payroll tax reductions boost employment?," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 16(5), pages 480-489, October.
  10. Lundin, Daniela & Mörk, Eva & Öckert, Björn, 2008. "How far can reduced childcare prices push female labour supply?," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 15(4), pages 647-659, August.
  11. Peter Fredriksson & Björn Öckert, 2008. "Resources and Student Achievement—Evidence from a Swedish Policy Reform," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 110(2), pages 277-296, June.
  12. Björn Öckert, 2006. "Inequality in America. What role for human capital policies?, by James J. Heckman and Alan B. Krueger (eds.), MIT, 2003," The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer;Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, vol. 4(3), pages 385-389, December.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 30 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-EDU: Education (17) 2005-07-11 2006-12-09 2007-11-17 2011-08-09 2012-02-27 2012-07-14 2013-04-06 2014-03-22 2015-12-08 2015-12-28 2018-11-19 2020-06-08 2020-07-13 2020-08-31 2021-02-08 2021-02-15 2021-04-12. Author is listed
  2. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (13) 2006-12-09 2007-02-17 2007-11-17 2011-08-09 2012-02-27 2012-07-14 2013-04-06 2014-03-22 2015-12-08 2015-12-28 2017-05-28 2018-11-19 2021-03-01. Author is listed
  3. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (10) 2002-10-23 2008-09-29 2009-12-11 2011-08-09 2012-02-27 2012-07-14 2016-12-04 2017-03-12 2017-05-28 2021-04-12. Author is listed
  4. NEP-NEU: Neuroeconomics (7) 2010-12-04 2011-11-07 2016-12-04 2017-03-12 2017-05-28 2017-08-13 2019-02-11. Author is listed
  5. NEP-LTV: Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty (6) 2013-04-06 2015-12-08 2016-12-04 2017-05-28 2017-08-13 2019-02-11. Author is listed
  6. NEP-EUR: Microeconomic European Issues (4) 2013-04-06 2020-07-13 2021-02-15 2021-03-01
  7. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (3) 2013-04-06 2021-02-08 2021-03-01
  8. NEP-EVO: Evolutionary Economics (2) 2010-12-04 2011-11-07
  9. NEP-ORE: Operations Research (2) 2020-06-08 2020-07-13
  10. NEP-ENT: Entrepreneurship (1) 2008-09-29
  11. NEP-GEO: Economic Geography (1) 2008-09-29
  12. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (1) 2007-11-17
  13. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (1) 2017-08-13
  14. NEP-PUB: Public Finance (1) 2008-09-29

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