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- Aronsson, Mattias, et al.
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Cost-effectiveness of mass screening for untreated atrial fibrillation using intermittent ECG recording
- 2015
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Ingår i: Europace. - : Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy B - Oxford Open Option B - CC-BY. - 1099-5129 .- 1532-2092. ; 17:7, s. 1023-1029
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aims The aim of this study was to estimate the cost-effectiveness of 2 weeks of intermittent screening for asymptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF) in 75/76-year-old individuals. Methods and results The cost-effectiveness analysis of screening in 75-year-old individuals was based on a lifelong decision analytic Markov model. In this model, 1000 hypothetical individuals, who matched the population of the STROKESTOP study, were simulated. The population was analysed for different parameters such as prevalence, AF status, treatment with oral anticoagulation, stroke risk, utility, and costs. In the base-case scenario, screening of 1000 individuals resulted in 263 fewer patient-years with undetected AF. This implies eight fewer strokes, 11 more life-years, and 12 more quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) per 1000 screened individuals. The screening implies an incremental cost of (sic)50 012, resulting in a cost of (sic)4313 per gained QALY and (sic)6583 per avoided stroke. Conclusions With the use of a decision analytic simulation model, it has been shown that screening for asymptomatic AF in 75/76-year-old individuals is cost-effective.
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- Aronsson, Mattias, 1989-, et al.
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Designing an optimal screening program for unknown atrial fibrillation : a cost-effectiveness analysis.
- 2017
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Ingår i: Europace. - Oxford : Oxford University Press. - 1099-5129 .- 1532-2092. ; 19:10, s. 1650-1656
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aims: The primary objective of this study was to use computer simulations to suggest an optimal age for initiation of screening for unknown atrial fibrillation and to evaluate if repeated screening will add value.Methods and results: In the absence of relevant clinical studies, this analysis was based on a simulation model. More than two billion different designs of screening programs for unknown atrial fibrillation were simulated and analysed. Data from the published scientific literature and registries were used to construct the model and estimate lifelong effects and costs. Costs and effects generated by 2 147 483 648 different screening designs were calculated and compared. Program designs that implied worse clinical outcome and were less cost-effective compared to other programs were excluded from the analysis. Seven program designs were identified, and considered to be cost effective depending on what the health-care decision makers are ready to pay for gaining a quality-adjusted life-year (QALY). Screening at the age of 75 implied the lowest cost per gained QALY (€4 800/QALY).Conclusion: In conclusion, examining the results of more than two billion simulated screening program designs for unknown atrial fibrillation, seven designs were deemed cost-effective depending on how much we are prepared to pay for gaining QALYs. Our results showed that repeated screening for atrial fibrillation implied additional health benefits to a reasonable cost compared to one-off screening.
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- Bratu, Cristina, 1988-, et al.
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Spillover effects of stricter immigration policies
- 2020
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Ingår i: Journal of Public Economics. - : Elsevier BV. - 0047-2727 .- 1879-2316. ; 190
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We provide evidence for the existence of spillover effects of national immigration policies by estimating the effect of stricter family reunification rules in Denmark on migration behavior. We reach three main conclusions. Using Danish register data, we first show that stricter rules for reunification led to a clear and significant increase in emigration of Danish citizens with immigrant background. Most of the emigrants left Denmark for Sweden, a neighboring country in which reunification was possible. Next, using Swedish register data, we find that affected individuals emigrating to Sweden actually came for family formation purposes. Finally, we demonstrate that not all individuals that came to Sweden to reunite with a partner stayed in the country; of those leaving, return migration to Denmark was most common. Our results indicate that potential spillover effects from national migration policies should be taken into account when forming migration policy. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Engdahl, Göran, et al.
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An approach to optimization the coil and magnetic circuit of magnetostrictive actuators
- 2006
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Ingår i: 2nd IC-SCCE.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- When designing a magnetostrictive actuator with bias permanent magnets one important problem is the dimensioning of the ingoing parts in order to achieve the required power output while keeping the losses as low as possible i.e. to maximize the electromechanical efficiency. It is also of interest to use the permanent magnets efficiently. This paper presents a technique which includes FE-methods of estimating the fringing fields in the vicinity of magnetostrictive actuators. A reasonable accurately estimation of the fringing field is an important issue when dimensioning the permanent magnets and the magnetic flux path of a magnetostrictive actuator. Furthermore, we desccribe a technique to determine the coil geometry, taking into account the leakage flux in the coil, for minimum resistive losses and sufficient magnetization of the active material.
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- Engdahl, Göran, et al.
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Key numbers in design of magnetostrictive actuators and generators
- 2006
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Ingår i: Actuator 2006. ; , s. 774-777
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In order to compare and judge magnetostrictive actuator designs with different design parameters a number of novel figures-of-merit are presented. The use of the suggested key numbers is demonstrated regarding the assessment of three different bias magnetization approaches. The features of a magnetostrictive power harvesting device, a so called VIBEL (VIBrational ELectric energy), are studied by means of the suggested key numbers. A VIBEL is built up like a magnetostrictive actuator, but converts a mechanical force excitation into electrical power.
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- Engdahl, Mattias, et al.
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Early Labor Market Prospects and Family Formation
- 2022
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Ingår i: The Journal of human resources. - : University of Wisconsin Press. - 0022-166X .- 1548-8004. ; 58:4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Using quasi-random variation in graduation years of Swedish vocational high-school females at the sudden onset of a deep national recession, we study how deteriorated early labor-market prospects affected economic and family outcomes during the following decades. Labor-market consequences were severe but not permanent. In contrast, family outcomes were permanently altered, in particular for low-GPA women. These women married and had children earlier, and they partnered with lower-performing spouses. Divorce and single-motherhood rates rose, and welfare-claims remained elevated for decades. This suggests that temporary shocks to female labor market prospects can propagate into long-run poverty through endogenous adjustments of marriage-quality thresholds.
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- Engdahl, Mattias, et al.
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Förlorad tid eller förberedelser för integration?
- 2022
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Vi studerar om handläggningstiden för asylärenden påverkar integration och hälsa. Den empiriska analysen bygger på registerdata och utnyttjar en snabb ökning av handläggningstider för asylsökande till Sverige under 2014. Vi finner att längre väntan innan uppehållstillstånd bromsar integrationsprocessen. Arbetsinkomsterna under de första fyra åren efter ansökan är 2,3 procent lägre per extra handläggningsmånad. Effekten tycks bero på förseningar snarare än negativa effekter av väntan i sig. De som väntar längre kommer igång senare med centrala etableringsinsatser och har kommit kortare i integrationsprocessen. Vi hittar inga tecken på att handläggningstiden påverkar asylsökandes hälsa negativt. Bland personer som haft uppehållstillstånd lika länge vid mättidpunkten presterar de som väntat längre bättre på arbetsmarknaden och tar del av mer avancerad språkutbildning och arbetsnära insatser som subventionerade anställningar. Detta pekar på att delar av integrationsprocessen inleds redan innan uppehållstillstånd beviljas.
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- Engdahl, Mattias, 1982-
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International Mobility and the Labor Market
- 2013
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay 1 (with Olof Åslund): We study the labor market impact of opening borders to low-wage countries. The analysis exploits time and regional variation provided by the 2004 EU enlargement in combination with transport links to Sweden from the new member states. The results suggest an adverse impact on earnings of present workers in the order of 1 percent in areas close to pre-existing ferry lines. The effects are present in most segments of the labor market but tend to be greater in groups with weaker positions. The impact is also clearer in industries which have received more workers from the new member states, and for which across-the-border work is likely to be more common. There is no robust evidence on an impact on employment or wages. At least part of the effects is likely due to channels other than the ones typically considered in the literature. Essay 2: I study demand shifting effects of real exchange rate movements in border regions. Detailed geographic information on border crossings, the location of retail outlets, and where the population resides, allows me to explore the labor market effects of cross-border shopping. The impact is identified by comparing areas located close to the border with more remote areas. The relative effects are large; a ten percent decline in the value of the Swedish krona is followed by an increase in the number of employees in the retail industry by 3 percent. Similarly, the share of the population employed in retail increases by 0.3 percentage points and annual earnings by 2.7 percent.Essay 3 (with Olof Åslund): We study the effects of performance bonuses in immigrant language training for adults. A Swedish policy pilot conducted in 2009–2010 gave a randomly assigned group of municipalities the right to grant substantial cash bonuses to recently arrived migrants. The results suggest substantial effects on average student achievement. But these were fully driven by metropolitan areas; in other parts of Sweden average performance was more or less unaffected. In line with theory, effects tend to be clearer where institutional features make the bonus more feasible, or where student characteristics suggest that the costs should be lower.Essay 4: I study the association between naturalizations, labor market outcomes and family formation. The results show that the economic outcomes of immigrants from outside the OECD, on average, improve following naturalization. A strict causal interpretation of the results is not possible as the outcomes start to improve already before the acquisition of citizenship. The study also shows that for migrants from some country groups there is a positive correlation between naturalizations and the likelihood of getting married and having children. This is suggestive of immigrants naturalizing for family reasons. Further, my findings illustrate that modeling assumptions are of great importance. Models that are not flexible enough could lead to false claims regarding causality.
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- Engdahl, Mattias, et al.
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Inträdet på arbetsmarknaden och familjebildningen
- 2018
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Vi studerar hur unga kvinnors kort- och långsiktiga utfall påverkas av konjunkturläget när de lämnar gymnasieskolan. En försöksverksamhet, som påverkade längden på yrkesprogrammen inom gymnasieskolan under det sena 1980-talet och tidiga 1990-talet, ger oss möjlighet att jämföra kvinnor som tog examen under högkonjunkturen som föregick 1990-talskrisen med kvinnor som tog examen i samband med krisens utbrott. Vi finner negativa effekter på sysselsättning och arbetsinkomster från att träda in på arbetsmarknaden under lågkonjunkturen, framförallt för de som hade låga betyg från grundskolan. Effekterna är påtagliga de första två-tre åren på arbetsmarknaden, men klingar därefter av relativt snabbt. Konjunkturläget påverkar dock familjebildningsprocessen på ett sätt som har långvariga konsekvenser. Kvinnor med låga betyg går in i varaktiga förhållanden och skaffar barn tidigare när arbetslösheten är hög. De bildar par med partners med lägre betyg och lägre arbetsinkomster. På sikt splittras paren i högre utsträckning vilket genererar fler ensamstående mödrar och ett ökat beroende av ekonomiskt bistånd, en effekt som kvarstår minst tjugo år efter examen.
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- Engdahl, Mattias
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Medborgarskap och arbetsmarknaden
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Ingår i: Mångfaldens dilemman. - Malmö : Gleerups Utbildning AB. - 9789140692122 ; , s. 65-79
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- Engdahl, Mattias, 1982-
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Migrant remittances : an overview of global and Swedish flows
- 2009
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Migrant remittances – money and gifts sent to relatives back home – have attracted increasing international attention. The flow of remittances has become a major source of revenue for developing countries, exceeding the volume of aid. Three recent studies at Uppsala University bring this issue to light in the context of Sweden’s Policy for Global Development.Very little has so far been known about the flow of remittances from Sweden; official data indicate an amount exceeding 4 billion kronor in 2006. The real flows are most likely higher; Swedish and international studies estimate that real remittances are 30-50 per cent above the officially recorded amounts. Statistics Sweden (SCB) is recommended to enhance its records of remittances in terms of desirable scope and reliability, for instance regarding specification of the amounts remitted to different countries.Remittance flows from Sweden are linked to the remitters’ incomes and, hence, vary with the business cycle. Experience suggests that the ongoing world economic crisis will have a negative impact on remittance flows also from Sweden.It is suggested that enhanced knowledge in Sweden about available remittance services and their costs and measures to promote a better functioning remittance market could increase the net value of these money.
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- Engdahl, Mattias, et al.
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The Role of Local Voting Rights for Non-Naturalized Immigrants : A Catalyst for Integration?
- 2020
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Ingår i: The international migration review. - : SAGE Publications. - 0197-9183 .- 1747-7379. ; 54:4, s. 1134-1157
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Recent decades have seen a strong trend among democratic countries to extend voting rights at subnational levels to non-naturalized immigrants, creating substantial variation across countries in terms of voting eligibility rules for non-naturalized immigrants. Our knowledge of the consequences of these different systems for immigrant political integration is, however, limited. This article seeks to shed new light on this important issue by using Swedish data to study whether immigrants who face shorter residency requirements for voting eligibility in local elections are more likely to integrate politically. We find little compelling evidence that such is the case. The results suggest that immigrants who became eligible to vote after six to seven years were as likely to naturalize and vote in future elections in both the short and long run as those who received the right to vote after only three years of residency. Thus, although expanded franchise can be of symbolic, as well as practical, value, it is unlikely to be a panacea for immigrant political inclusion. The argument that early voting rights for non-naturalized immigrants is desirable since it helps speed up immigrant political integration should, therefore, be used with some care by those advocating for such reforms.
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- Lundin, Andreas, et al.
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Drug therapy in cardiac arrest : a review of the literature
- 2016
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Ingår i: European heart journal. Cardiovascular pharmacotherapy. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 2055-6845 .- 2055-6837. ; 2:1, s. 54-75
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this study was to review the literature on human studies of drug therapy in cardiac arrest during the last 25 years. In May 2015, a systematic literature search was performed in PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and CRD databases. Prospective interventional and observational studies evaluating a specified drug therapy in human cardiac arrest reporting a clinical endpoint [i.e. return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) or survival] and published in English 1990 or later were included, whereas animal studies, case series and reports, studies of drug administration, drug pharmacology, non-specified drug therapies, preventive drug therapy, drug administration after ROSC, studies with primarily physiological endpoints, and studies of traumatic cardiac arrest were excluded. The literature search identified a total of 8936 articles. Eighty-eight articles met our inclusion criteria and were included in the review. We identified no human study in which drug therapy, compared with placebo, improved long-term survival. Regarding adrenaline and amiodarone, the drugs currently recommended in cardiac arrest, two prospective randomized placebo-controlled trials, were identified for adrenaline, and one for amiodarone, but they were all underpowered to detect differences in survival to hospital discharge. Of all reviewed studies, only one recent prospective study demonstrated improved neurological outcome with one therapy over another using a combination of vasopressin, steroids, and adrenaline as the intervention compared with standard adrenaline administration. The evidence base for drug therapy in cardiac arrest is scarce. However, many human studies on drug therapy in cardiac arrest have not been powered to identify differences in important clinical outcomes such as survival to hospital discharge and favourable neurological outcome. Efforts are needed to initiate large multicentre prospective randomized clinical trials to evaluate both currently recommended and future drug therapies.
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- Lyth, Johan, 1980-, et al.
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Cost-effectiveness of population screening for atrial fibrillation : the STROKESTOP study
- 2023
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Ingår i: European Heart Journal. - : Oxford University Press. - 0195-668X .- 1522-9645. ; 3:3, s. 196-204
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aims Previous studies on the cost-effectiveness of screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) are based on assumptions of long-term clinical effects. The STROKESTOP study, which randomised 27 975 persons aged 75/76 years into a screening invitation group and a control group, has a median follow-up time of 6.9 years. The aim of this study was to estimate the cost-effectiveness of population-based screening for AF using clinical outcomes. Methods and results The analysis is based on a Markov cohort model. The prevalence of AF, the use of oral anticoagulation, clinical event data, and all-cause mortality were taken from the STROKESTOP study. The cost for clinical events, age-specific utilities, utility decrement due to stroke, and stroke death was taken from the literature. Uncertainty in the model was considered in a probabilistic sensitivity analysis. Per 1000 individuals invited to the screening, there were 77 gained life years and 65 gained quality-adjusted life years. The incremental cost was euro1.77 million lower in the screening invitation group. Gained quality-adjusted life years to a lower cost means that the screening strategy was dominant. The result from 10 000 Monte Carlo simulations showed that the AF screening strategy was cost-effective in 99.2% and cost-saving in 92.7% of the simulations. In the base-case scenario, screening of 1000 individuals resulted in 10.6 [95% confidence interval (CI): -22.5 to 1.4] fewer strokes (8.4 ischaemic and 2.2 haemorrhagic strokes), 1.0 (95% CI: -1.9 to 4.1) more cases of systemic embolism, and 2.9 (95% CI: -18.2 to 13.1) fewer bleedings associated with hospitalization. Conclusion Based on the STROKESTOP study, this analysis shows that a broad AF screening strategy in an elderly population is cost-effective. Efforts should be made to increase screening participation.
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- Oscarsson, Mattias, 1974-
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Modelling and design approaches of magnetostrictive actuators
- 2007
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- A magnetostrictive material elongates when it is subjected to a magnetic field. This effect can then be used to design powerful actuators. The department of electromagnetic engineering has been working with magnetostricitve material and their applications since the 1980s and is presently engaged in a project focusing on magnetostrictive transducer utilisation for the aeronautic field. The focus of the presented work has been to develop and improve methods and tools supporting the development of magnetostrictive actuators. The axial-radial model was previously developed at the department and is well suited for circular cross sections of magnetostrictive rods. It is, however, common to laminate the magnetostrictive rods resulting in rectangular cross sections. The use of Cauer circuits allows modelling of the shielding effect. This shielding effect results in non-homogenous magnetisation and stress in both rectangular and circular cross sections of the rod. A model based on Cauer circuits, including a hysteresis model based on experimental data, was developed during the project. Furthermore, it is demonstrated how figures of merit and the use of finite element methods can be used to find optimised designs in a systematic and computational efficient way. The modified generalised Fabry factor and the magnetisation inhomogeneity coefficient are two proposed new figures of merit. A Magnetostricitve material is characterised through an experimental procedure. Usually, magnetostrictive material exhibit large hysteresis. An important part of the material characterisation is the post-processing of the measurement data, including a de-hysterisation procedure. In the thesis, a de-hysterisation method which ensures energy consistent data is presented. Energy consistent material data is essential to achieve energy consistent simulations of magnetostrictive systems. It is also demonstrated how the knowledge at the department can be utilised in international projects. In an ongoing project, the department is engaged in two sub tasks. In one of these sub tasks a high torque actuator is to be developed for the helicopter industry. The developed magnetostrictive models are used to perform system simulations of such actuator systems. In the other sub task a device for power harvesting from vibrations is analysed. It has now been shown how to adapt the load impedance in order to extract maximal electric power from the device.
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- Sandström, Alfred, et al.
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Förvaltning av signalkräfta i sjöar : en litteraturstudie
- 2013
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Fisket efter signalkräfta har fått allt större ekonomisk och social betydelse i Sverige. Trots detta saknas väl underbyggda råd för hur ett hållbart fiske ska bedrivas. Projektet ”Utveckling av fisket efter signalkräfta – hur ska man optimera fiske och förutsäga risken för populationskollapser?” är ett projekt som delfinansieras av Europeiska fiskerifonden 2009-2013. Som en inledande del i detta projekt gjordes en litteratursammanställning, och baserat på denna har planeringen av det framtida arbetet kunnat konkretiseras. Målsättningen med litteraturgenomgången var att identifiera vilken information om signalkräftans biologi och ekologi som behövdes för att kunna ta fram bra fiskerimodeller för hur ett hållbart fiske bör bedrivas. Dessutom var det viktigt att förstå varför vissa bestånd av signalkräfta har kollapsat. Fångsterna av signalkräfta varierar mellan sjöar. Denna variation kan, i sjöar som inte är försurade, till stor del förklaras med hur stor andel av sjöns botten som är täckt med sten. Finns det mycket sten i en sjö finns det också mycket signalkräftor. Det finns några få studier i Sverige på signalkräftan där populationer har följts under en längre tid (minst 15 år). Dessa visar att fångst per mjärde och uttag av konsumtionskräftor varierar mellan olika år inom en sjö. Dessa variationer kan till viss del förklaras med temperaturen under föregående år, men mekanismen bakom detta är inte känd. Studier av andra arter sötvattenskräftor och en del marina skaldjur (t.ex. hummer) tyder på att rekryteringen (reproduktionsframgången) till viss del kan förklara variationerna i fångstnivåer mellan olika år. Denna litteraturgenomgång visar att det saknas väsentlig information om signalkräftans ekologi och biologi för att kunna ta fram teoretiska modeller som ska ligga till grund för rekommendationer om hur ett hållbart fiske ska bedrivas. De beståndsanalyser som bedömts vara intressanta för signalkräfta kräver vissa dataunderlag för att ge tillförlitliga resultat. De enskilt viktigaste faktorerna är rekryteringsframgång, tillväxt, naturlig dödlighet, och detaljerad fiskeristatistik (ansträngning, selektivitet, fångster etc.). Med anledning av resultaten från denna litteraturgenomgång bedömdes följande insatser som prioriterade: • undersöka betydelsen av honans storlek för rekryteringsframgång • utveckla tekniken för märkning av kräftor i olika typer av bestånd för att sedan kunna använda återfångstdata för att bestämma individuell tillväxt, naturlig dödlighet och fiskeridödlighet • uppskatta ytan tillgängligt kräfthabitat för olika kräftbestånd och bedöma i vilken mån det påverkar potentiellt fiskeuttag • analysera ett flertal sjöar med och utan populationskollapser och undersöka vilka miljöfaktorer som kan förklara uppkomsten av kollapser • analysera såväl pestfrekvens som infektionsgrad i enskilda kräftor och utvärdera om det finns en koppling mellan populationskollapser och ökade pestangrepp i sjöar
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- Åslund, Olof, et al.
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Open borders, transport links and local labor markets
- 2013
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- We study the labor market impact of opening borders to low-wage countries. The analysis exploits time and regional variation provided by the 2004 EU enlargement in combination with transport links to Sweden from the new member states. The results suggest an adverse impact on earnings of present workers in the order of 1 percent in areas close to pre-existing ferry lines. The effects are present in most segments of the labor market but tend to be greater in groups with weaker positions. The impact is also clearer in industries which have received more workers from the new member states, and for which across-the-border work is likely to be more common. There is no robust evidence on an impact on employment or wages. At least part of the effects is likely due to channels other than the ones typically considered in the literature.
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- Åslund, Olof, et al.
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Open Borders, Transport Links, and Local Labor Markets
- 2019
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Ingår i: The international migration review. - : SAGE Publications. - 0197-9183 .- 1747-7379. ; 53:3, s. 706-735
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article examines the labor-market impact of opening borders to low-wage countries, exploiting time and regional variation provided by the 2004 EU enlargement in combination with transport links to Sweden from new member states. Results suggest an adverse impact on earnings of present workers in the order of 1 percent in areas close to pre-existing ferry lines. Effects are present in most segments of the labor market but tend to be greater in groups with weaker positions. The impact is also clearer in industries that have received more workers from new member states and for which cross-border work is likely to be more common. There is no robust evidence for an impact on employment or wages. We discuss the potential mechanisms driving these results.
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- Åslund, Olof, et al.
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The value of earning for learning : Performance bonuses in immigrant language training
- 2013
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- We study the effects of performance bonuses in immigrant language training for adults. A Swedish policy pilot conducted in 2009–2010 gave a randomly assigned group of municipalities the right to grant substantial cash bonuses to recently arrived migrants. The results suggest substantial effects on average student achievement. But these were fully driven by metropolitan areas; in other parts of Sweden performance was unaffected. The relative effects were larger for younger students but similar for men and women, and present for migrants from different parts of the world. The bonus had a less clear impact on enrollment, but there are indications that it may have increased the probability of progressing to bonus-awarding courses in metropolitan areas.
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- Åslund, Olof, et al.
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The value of earning for learning : Performance bonuses in immigrant language training
- 2018
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Ingår i: Economics of Education Review. - : PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. - 0272-7757 .- 1873-7382. ; 62, s. 192-204
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We study the effects of performance bonuses in immigrant language training for adults. A Swedish policy pilot conducted in 2009-2010 gave a small randomly assigned group of municipalities the right to grant substantial cash bonuses to recently arrived migrants. A conservative interpretation of our results, building on a difference in-differences approach, suggests that the bonus did not improve student achievement on average. However, we find substantial positive effects where institutional features and participant characteristics made it ex ante more likely for the bonus to have an impact.
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