A comparative perspective on Swedish social policy to develop inclusive programmes for an extended working life

This project aims to provide the first comprehensive economics evaluation of Higher Vocational Education (Yrkeshögskolan). Four separate studies test if HVE influences participant’s labor earnings, participant’s likelihood of employment, occupational or geographical mobility, and the marginal participant’s labor earnings.

We address three questions: (1) Does the RUT reform contribute to increase employment among immigrants? (2) Does the RUT industry provide a stepping stone into more advanced and better paid jobs or a trap for low skilled in low paid professions? (3) Does RUT stimulate immigrants to start their own firms or attain managerial positions?

This project aims at evaluating long term causal effects of educational contents on voter turnout and health outcomes, as well as to analyze the determinants of educational choices. Educational contents is an underdeveloped area of research although it is widely assumed to affect a number of outcomes.