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Differences in Wage Distributions between Natives, Non-Refugees, and Refugees
Wahlberg, Roger (2008-09-15)This study examines differences in wage distributions between natives, non-refugees, and refugees in Sweden. We find that the wage differentials between natives and non-refugee immigrants decrease across the distribution, ... -
Essays on discrimination, welfare and labor supply
Wahlberg, Roger (2002)This thesis consists of five papers in applied labor economics. The first two papers are related to wage discrimination between males and females, whereas the next two papers are related to labor supply and welfare ... -
From Welfare to Work: Evaluating a Proposed Tax and Benefit Reform Targeted at Single Mothers in Sweden
Wahlberg, Roger; Pylkkänena, Elina; Flood, Lennart (2003)In this paper we propose a tax and benefit reform to increase the working hours and to decrease the welfare participation of single mothers in Sweden. We have access to high-quality tax and income data, and use a ... -
The Gender Wage Gap across the Wage Distribution in the Private and Public Sectors
Wahlberg, Roger (2008-09-15)This study examines gender wage differentials across the wage distribution in the Swedish private and public sectors using quantile regression. Women have lower wages than men across the entire wage distribution. The gender ... -
Household Labor Supply and Welfare Participation in Sweden
Wahlberg, Roger; Hansen, Jörgen; Flood, Lennart (1999)Using a sample of Swedish households, we estimate a household labor supply model assuming that preferences for consumption and leisure can be described by a direct translog utility function. The labor supply and welfare ... -
Maximum fee vs child benefit: A welfare analysis of Swedish child-care fee reform
Brink, Anna; Nordblom, Katarina; Wahlberg, Roger (2007-04-03)The effects of a recent Swedish child-care fee reform are compared with those of an alternative reform, increased child benefits. The fee reform implied considerably decreased fees and was intended to increase both labor ... -
The Part-Time Penalty for Natives and Immigrants
Wahlberg, Roger (2008-09-15)This study examines the part-time penalty for natives and immigrants in Sweden. We estimate an endogenous switching regression model, and the results indicate that there is evidence of self-selection into part-time and ... -
Part-Time Penalty in Sweden: Evidence from Quantile Regression
Wahlberg, Roger (2008-09-15)This study analyzes the part-time penalty in Sweden using quantile regression. We find that the estimated part-time wage differential is negative across the whole wage distribution. OLS overestimates the part-time penalty ... -
SWEtaxben: A Swedish Tax/benefit Micro Simulation Model and an Evaluation of a Swedish Tax Reform.
Ericson, Peter; Flood, Lennart; Wahlberg, Roger (2009-02-24)The purpose of SWEtaxben is to evaluate the impact of changes in the tax/benefit systems on households as well as the central governmental budget. Relating to the micro simulation literature this model can be labeled a ... -
Wages and Immigrant Occupational Composition in Sweden
Hansen, Jorgen; Wahlberg, Roger; Faisal, Sharif (2010-03-17)This paper examines the relationship between immigrant occupational composition and wages in Sweden. Effects of changes in proportion of immigrant workers in different occupations on the wage levels of both natives and ...