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1. 1. Quantifying the Costs of Restricting Local Housing Development - Housing Supply Elasticities and Aggregate Labor Misallocation in Sweden

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : David Lindquist; Niclas Hvalgren; [2020]
   Keywords : Housing Supply Elasticity; Spatial Labor Misallocation; Spatial Equilibrium; Sweden;

   Abstract : Housing prices have risen dramatically in Stockholm over the past two decades, while the housing stock has increased by a comparably minor amount. Seen through a spatial equilibrium framework, this indicates that Stockholm is contributing to increased labor misallocation, lowering aggregate Swedish output. READ MORE

3. 2. Dissecting the Comparatively Low Education Premium in Sweden - an Empirical Approach

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : David Lindquist; Tim Lundqvist; [2018]
   Keywords : Returns to Tertiary Education; Mincer Earnings Function; Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition; Sweden;

   Abstract : Previous studies show that Sweden has the lowest rate of return to tertiary education in the OECD, significantly lower than its Nordic neighbors. Common factors suggested by conventional theory in explaining differences in the education premium are related to relative supply and demand of skilled labor, productivity, labor market features and fiscal policy. READ MORE