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- Heckley, Gawain, et al.
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The Health Returns of University Eligibility
- 2020
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper exploits an arbitrary university eligibility rule in Sweden combined with regression discontinuity to estimate the impact of university education on health derived demand for medical care. We find a clear jump in university attendance due to university eligibility of between 10 and 14 percentage points. For females this implies a 30-40% drop in self-harm. For males it coincides with reduced use of prescribed pain killers, implying reduced risky behaviour. Males also observe a 30% increase in mental disorders, almost exclusively related to alcohol. The spillovers of university education on to health for the marginal student are therefore significant.
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- Dackehag, Margareta, et al.
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Productivity or discrimination? An economic analysis of excess-weight penalty in the Swedish labor market
- 2011
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Using longitudinal data, this paper investigates the penalty for excess weight in the Swedish labor market, distinguishing between the productivity and the discrimination hypotheses. We analyze employment, income, and sickness absence , using the latter as a direct measure of productivity. We find that excess weight women, but not men, experience a significant employment penalty. Both genders experience a significant income penalty for obesity. We conclude that the penalties are associated with lower productivity, primarily in terms of health. We find no evidence of discrimination.
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- Grenestam, Erik, et al.
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High-Speed Broadband and Academic Achievement in Teenagers: Evidence from Sweden
- 2017
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This study examines the effects of super-fast internet connections on the academic achievement of students in upper secondary school. We link detailed register data on around 250,000 students to local levels of access to optic fiber broadband, in order to estimate a causal effect of broadband on student GPA. We show that reaching full coverage in the student’s parish of residence causes a GPA reduction ranging from 3 to 6 percent of a standard deviation. Estimates are consistently more negative for boys and students with low ability and/or low-educated parents. Using PISA survey data, we provide evidence that students living in areas with the greatest high-speed broadband expansion also spend more time online during weekdays, suggesting student time use as a potential mechanism.
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- Heckley, Gawain, et al.
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Could Easier Access to University Improve Health and Reduce Health Inequalities?
- 2018
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper estimates the impact of university education on medical care use and its income related inequality. We do this by exploiting an arbitrary university eligibility rule in Sweden combined with regression discontinuity design for the years 2003-2013 for students who graduated 2003-2005. We find a clear jump in university attendance due to university eligibility. This jump coincides with a positive jump in prescriptions for contraceptives for females but also a positive jump in mental health related hospital admissions for males. Analysis of the inequality impact of tertiary eligibility finds no clear impact on medical care use by socioeconomic status of the parents. The results imply that easing access to university for the lower ability student will lead to an increase in contraceptive use without increasing its socioeconomic related inequality. At the same time, the results highlight that universities may need to do more to take care of the mental health of their least able students.
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- Lovén, Ida, et al.
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Vem stannar kvar? - närhet till högskola och val av bostadsort
- 2016
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- När de regionala högskolorna i Sverige expanderade förbättrades möjligheterna att utbilda sig i olika delar av landet avsevärt. Men frågan är om ökad tillgänglighet till högre utbildning får fler att stanna kvar på landsbygden. I den här rapporten undersöker vi hur avståndet till högskolan påverkar utflyttning från landsbygden.Vi finner att högutbildade lämnar landsbygden i högre utsträckning än andra men att utflyttningen inte är fullt så stor för de som valt att studera på en högskola i närheten. Dessutom lämnar högutbildade kvinnor landsbygden i mindre utsträckning än högutbildade män.I vissa specifika fall ökar sannolikheten att högutbildade stannar kvar på landsbygden. Kvinnor som läser på distans och kvinnor som läser en utbildning inom hälsa eller pedagogik har större sannolikhet att stanna kvar i sin hemkommun än kvinnor som inte läser på högskolenivå. Om kvinnorna, å andra sidan, läser en utbildning inom teknik eller tillverkning (exempelvis en civilingenjörsutbildning) är utflyttningen från landsbygden större. För män är valet av studieinriktning också betydelsefullt, men högre utbildning ökar sannolikheten för män att flytta från landsbygden oavsett inriktning.
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- Nordin, Martin, et al.
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Do the CAP Subsidies Increase Employment in Sweden? Estimating the Open Economy Relative Multiplier Using an Exogenous Change in the CAP
- 2014
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This study evaluates the impact of agricultural subsidies (CAP) on unemployment and employment outside the agricultural sector. For the CAP subsidies to have an effect outside the agricultural sector, the subsidies must have a second-order effect. Thus, the Open Economy Relative Multiplier for Sweden is estimated with aggregate municipality data for the years 2001 to 2009. A side-effect of the decupling reform in 2005 was that Sweden was forced to introduce a grassland support which redistributed the payments among the regions. This exogenous redistribution of the CAP is the identifying assumption in this study. The subsidy creates private jobs at a cost of about $20,000 per job, which is consistent with earlier estimates based on US data.
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