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Per-Anders Edin

Per-Anders Edin

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
39
Citations
7657
World Ranking
2407
National Ranking
27

Overview

Per-Anders Edin is a researcher affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden. Their work primarily spans the social sciences, with a focus on modeling and simulation, sociology and political science, transportation, economics and econometrics, and general health professions.

Their research topics include COVID-19 epidemiological studies, urban, neighborhood, and segregation studies, human mobility and location-based analysis, labor market dynamics and wage inequality, firm innovation and growth, employment and welfare studies, and urban transport and accessibility.

Recent publications by Per-Anders Edin include the following papers:

  • Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Population Mobility under Mild Policies: Causal Evidence from Sweden, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Rising Return to Noncognitive Skill, 2022, American Economic Journal Applied Economics
  • Parental Leave: Economic Incentives and Cultural Change, 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Financial Risk-Taking and the Gender Wage Gap, 2022, Labour Economics

Several frequent co-authors have collaborated with Per-Anders Edin across publications. These include:

  • Erik Grönqvist
  • Johan Lyhagen
  • John Östh
  • Marina Toger
  • James Albrecht

Their work has appeared repeatedly in specific venues, notably:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • American Economic Journal Applied Economics
  • Labour Economics

Their research contributions have addressed various aspects of population mobility in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes causal evidence related to mild policy interventions in Sweden and investigations into human behavior and performance in labor markets. Additionally, topics such as economic incentives in parental leave and gender wage gaps linked to financial risk-taking have been studied.

Best Publications

  • Ethnic Enclaves and the Economic Success of Immigrants—Evidence from a Natural Experiment

    Per-Anders Edin;Peter Fredriksson;Olof Åslund

  • Career Interruptions and Subsequent Earnings: A Reexamination Using Swedish Data.

    James W. Albrecht;Per-Anders Edin;Marianne Sundström;Susan B. Vroman

  • Political determinants of budget deficits: Coalition effects versus minority effects☆

    Per-Anders Edin;Henry Ohlsson

  • Unemployment duration, unemployment benefits, and labor market programs in Sweden

    Kenneth Carling;Per-Anders Edin;Anders Harkman;Bertil Holmlund

  • Time Out of Work and Skill Depreciation

    Per-Anders Edin;Magnus Gustavsson

  • Emigration of Immigrants and Measures of Immigrant Assimilation: Evidence from Sweden

    Per-Anders Edin;Robert J. LaLonde;Olof Åslund

  • LINDA - Longitudinal INdividual DAta for Sweden.

    Per-Anders Edin;Peter Fredriksson

  • The Swedish Wage Structure: The Rise and Fall of Solidarity Wage Policy?

    Per-Anders Edin;Bertil Holmlund

  • The Market Comes to Education in Sweden: An Evaluation of Sweden's Surprising School Reforms

    Anders Bjorklund;Melissa A. Clark;Per-Anders Edin;Peter Fredricksson

  • The Swedish Wage Stucture: The Rise and Fall of Solidarity Wage Policy?

    Per-Anders Edin;Per-Anders Edin;Bertil Holmlund;Bertil Holmlund;Bertil Holmlund

  • Settlement policies and the economic success of immigrants

    Per-Anders Edin;Peter Fredriksson;Olof Åslund

  • Peers, Neighborhoods and Immigrant Student Achievement - Evidence from a Placement Policy

    Olof Åslund;Per-Anders Edin;Peter Fredriksson;Hans Grönqvist

  • Inter-Industry Wage Differentials: Evidence from Sweden and a Comparison with the United States

    Per-Anders Edin;Johnny Zetterberg

  • Wage Policy and Restructuring: The Swedish Labor Market since 1960

    Per-Anders Edin;Robert Topel

  • Devaluation Risk in Target Zones: Evidence from the Nordic Countries

    Per-Anders Edin;Anders Vredin

  • Education, equality, and efficiency - An analysis of Swedish school reforms during the 1990s

    Anders Björklund;Per-Anders Edin;Peter Fredriksson;Alan Krueger

  • Swimming with the Tide: Solidary Wage Policy and the Gender Earnings Gap

    Per-Anders Edin;Katarina Richardson

  • Wage dispersion between and within plants: Sweden 1985-2000

    Oskar Nordström Skans;Per-Anders Edin;Bertil Holmlund

  • Time aggregation and the distributional shape of unemployment duration

    R. Bergström;P.-A. Edin

  • Ethnic Enclaves and the Economic Success of Immigrants - Evidence from a Natural Experiment

    Per-Anders Edin;Per-Anders Edin;Peter Fredriksson;Peter Fredriksson;Peter Fredriksson

  • Career Interruptions and Subsequent Earnings: A Reexamination Using

    James W. Albrecht;Per-Anders Edin;Marianne Sundstrom;Susan B. Vroman

Frequent Co-Authors

Bertil Holmlund
Bertil Holmlund Uppsala University
Anders Björklund
Anders Björklund Lund University
Alan B. Krueger
Alan B. Krueger Princeton University
Melissa A. Clark
Melissa A. Clark Brown University
Robert H. Topel
Robert H. Topel University of Chicago
Janet Currie
Janet Currie Princeton University
Leif A. Eriksson
Leif A. Eriksson University of Gothenburg

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