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Does competition from for-profit firms raise wages for preschool workers?

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  • Edmark, Karin

    (Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden ; CESifo, Munich, Germany ; IFAU, Uppsala, Sweden)

  • Persson, Lovisa

    (Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden ; Uppsala Center for Fiscal Studies (UCFS), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden ; Research Institute of Industrial Research (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden)

Abstract

"We study the wage effects of an expansion of for-profit preschools in Sweden, which followed after a reform in 2006 removed municipalities’ right to veto private entry. The expansion decreased preschool employers’ monopsony power by increasing the number of alternative employers. We use a differences-in-differences event study design to evaluate the impact on preschool workers’ wages, and find no evidence that wages were affected. In the context that we study, the absence of an upward wage effect may be explained by the entering for-profit firms’ propensity to hire less qualified,lower-paid staff, and workers from other sectors of the economy than the preschool sector. H44, I2, J31, J42" (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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  • Edmark, Karin & Persson, Lovisa, 2026. "Does competition from for-profit firms raise wages for preschool workers?," Journal for Labour Market Research, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany], vol. 60, pages 1-006.
    • Handle: RePEc:iab:iabjlr:v:60:i::p:a006
    DOI: 10.1186/s12651-026-00427-3
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    JEL classification:

    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • H44 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Publicly Provided Goods: Mixed Markets

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