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- Ahmed, Ali, et al.
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Do schools discriminate against children with disabilities? A field experiment in Sweden
- 2021
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In: Education Economics. - : Taylor & Francis Group. - 0964-5292 .- 1469-5782. ; 29:1, s. 3-16
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article presents the results of a field experiment in which fictitious parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) sent inquiries to schools in Sweden about admission of their children to the mandatory preschool class. Results show that inquiries concerning a child with no medical condition were more likely to receive an invitation for a visit and more likely to receive a promising placement response than inquiries concerning a child with ADHD and T1DM. Discrimination was more prominent in the private sector and when the child was a boy or had ADHD.
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- Ahmed, Ali, 1977-, et al.
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Sexual orientation and full-time monthly earnings, by public and private sector : Evidence from Swedish register data
- 2013
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In: Review of Economics of the Household. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1569-5239 .- 1573-7152. ; 11:1, s. 83-108
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this paper we explore annual earnings as well as full-time monthlyearnings differentials resulting from sexual orientation. We observe that gay malesare at an earnings disadvantage compared to male heterosexuals regardless of whichearnings measure we use. This earnings disadvantage is found to be larger when wecompare gay and heterosexual males who are working full-time. In addition, thedisadvantage is larger in the private than in the public sector. Lesbians, however,earn more than heterosexual females. This earnings advantage is considerablysmaller when we study full-time monthly rather than annual earnings but an earningsadvantage for lesbians at the top of the earnings distribution is documentedregardless of which earnings measure we use. In addition, lesbians are doing betterthan female heterosexuals in the public sector. To sum up, the results indicate thatgay males face obstacles on the labor market that hinder them from reaching toplevelpositions and high earnings. The earnings advantage observed for lesbians islikely to stem from the fact that lesbians devote more time to market work thanheterosexual females.
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- Hammarstedt, Mats, 1965-, et al.
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Self-employed immigrants and their employees : evidence from Swedish employer-employee data
- 2020
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In: Review of Economics of the Household. - : Springer. - 1569-5239 .- 1573-7152. ; 18:1, s. 35-68
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We present a study of the employees of self-employed immigrants with unincorporated firms in Sweden using matched employer-employee data from 2014. Non-European immigrants are more likely than natives to have employees in their firms. Furthermore, immigrants, especially non-European immigrants, are more likely than natives to employ immigrants in their firms, and non-European immigrants are most likely to employ recently arrived non-European immigrants with low education in their firms. Males are more likely than females to have employees in their firms, but self-employed females are more likely than self-employed males to have female employees. This is the case for all immigrant groups as well as for natives. We conclude that self-employed immigrants play a role in the labour market integration process since they create employment opportunities for immigrant groups that have difficulty entering the labour market.
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- Ahmed, Ali, 1977-, et al.
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Are gay men and lesbians discriminated against in the hiring process?
- 2013
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In: Southern Economic Journal. - : Southern Economic Association (SEA). - 0038-4038 .- 2325-8012. ; 79:3, s. 565-585
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article presents the first field experiment on sexual orientation discrimination in the hiring process in the Swedish labor market. Job applications were sent to about 4000 employers in 10 different occupations in Sweden. Gender and sexual orientation were randomly assigned to applications. The results show that sexual orientation discrimination exists in the Swedish labor market. The discrimination against the gay male applicant and the lesbian applicant varied across different occupations and appears to be concentrated in the private sector. The results also show that the gay male applicant was discriminated against in typical male-dominated occupations, whereas the lesbian applicant was discriminated against in typical female-dominated occupations. Theoretical implications are discussed
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- Aldén, Lina, 1979-, et al.
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Early health and school outcomes for children with lesbian parents : evidence from Sweden
- 2017
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Sweden was early to legalize same-sex partnership (1995), to allow same-sex couples to adopt children (2003), and to offer same-sex couples fertility treatment through the national health system (2005). Using population data, we identify children of lesbian parents as those whose biological mother was a registered same-sex partner no later than six months after the child's birth. The number of such children increased markedly from 1995 to 2010 with a total of 750 children for the whole period. We find that boys and girls with lesbian parents had 2.4 percent lower birth weight than other children, a difference that is statistically significant from zero at the 5 percent level. Girls, but not boys, also have a higher probability of having a low birth weight. We follow these children until age ten and observe diseases of the respiratory system. Boys with lesbian parents have a significantly lower probability of such diseases (-3.4 percentage points), and girls with lesbian parents an insignificantly higher probability (+2.4 percentage points). Our analysis of school outcomes at age ten uses a small sample so precision is low. The point estimates show that boys with lesbian parents outperform other children by around 10 percentiles higher test scores in Math and Swedish. These differences are barely significant, while estimates for girls are lower and not significant. For all outcomes, we find that children with lesbian parents benefit from their mother's socio-economic status, whereas they suffer in terms of birth weight from having been exposed to fertility treatment.
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- Ahmed, Ali M., Professor, 1977-, et al.
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Are people fuzzy about who they work with? : An experimental test of Becker’s coworker discrimination hypothesis
- 2021
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In: The Social Science Journal. - Amsterdam : Taylor & Francis. - 0362-3319 .- 1873-5355. ; 58:4, s. 477-483
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We used an experiment to investigate whether people’s decisions over employment opportunities are affected by the ethnicity and sex of their potential future coworkers. University students (N = 1,406) were asked to state the lowest hourly wage rate at which they would be willing to accept a job on a campus food truck, where they would work alongside the food truck owner. The ethnicity and sex of the food truck owners were randomized across participants. Results showed no signs of coworker prejudice in terms of the probability of being interested in the job and reservation wage.
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- Aldén, Lina, 1979-, et al.
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Debatt: varför får afrikanska kvinnor inga jobb?
- 2014
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In: Dagens Industri. - 0346-640X.
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- En nyligen publicerad rapport visar på stora skillnader på arbetsmarknaden. Sannolikheten att stå utanför arbetskraften är 2,5 gånger högre för högutbildade kvinnor från Afrika eller Asien än för andra grupper, skriver Lina Aldén och Mats Hammarstedt vid Linnéuniversitetet.
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- Aldén, Lina, 1979-, et al.
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Self-employment among in-movers and stayers in rural areas : Insights from Swedish register and survey data
- 2024
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Our use of longitudinal register data combined with a unique survey allows us to offer a more comprehensive picture of rural self-employment than in previous studies. We find that self-employed in rural settings are more likely than those in metropolitan regions to employ others, but self-employment rates in rural areas are lower. There is substantial heterogeneity among the rural self-employed; in-movers are quite different from stayers in terms of their perceptions of the conditions necessary for business success and their employment practices. Policy initiatives aimed at fostering development in rural areas should consider these distinctions.
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- Hammarstedt, Mats, 1965-
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Snart lågkonjunktur, då blir integrationen svårare
- 2019
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In: Dagens Samhälle. - 1652-6511. ; :2019-03-11
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- Flyktingar som kom under flyktingkrisen 2015 kunde snabbare ta sig in på arbetsmarknaden än föregående års flyktingar. Framgången kan dock inte tillskrivas specifika satsningar, utan beror troligen på konjunkturen, skriver professor Mats Hammarstedt.
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