Björn Öckert

Research Fellow

IFAU

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Björn Öckert is a Professor at the Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU) in Uppsala, Sweden. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Stockholm University. His research focuses on economics of education and labor economics, with a particular emphasis on the economic returns to education and skills, effects of school resources, and the transmission of skills within and between families.

His research has been published in journals such as Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Economic Journal, and Journal of Human Resources.

Björn Öckert joined IZA as a Research Fellow in June 2023.

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IZA-Publikationen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16901
Parental and School Responses to Student Performance: Evidence from School Entry Rules
Peter Fredriksson, Björn Öckert, Lucas Tilley
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14056
School Starting Age, Maternal Age at Birth, and Child Outcomes
Peter Fredriksson, Kristiina Huttunen, Björn Öckert
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2022, 84, 102637
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13343
Family Background and the Responses to Higher SAT Scores
Georg Graetz, Björn Öckert, Oskar Nordström Skans
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10914
The Rising Return to Non-Cognitive Skill
Per-Anders Edin, Peter Fredriksson, Martin Nybom, Björn Öckert
published in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2022, 14 (2), 78-100
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10560
Born to Lead? The Effect of Birth Order on Non-Cognitive Abilities
Sandra E. Black, Erik Grönqvist, Björn Öckert
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 100 (2), 274 - 286
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8019
Inside the Black Box of Class Size: Mechanisms, Behavioral Responses, and Social Background
Peter Fredriksson, Björn Öckert, Hessel Oosterbeek
published as 'Parental Responses to Public Investments in Children: Evidence from a Maximum Class Size Rule' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2016, 51(4), 832-868.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5879
Long-Term Effects of Class Size
Peter Fredriksson, Björn Öckert, Hessel Oosterbeek
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2013, 128 (1), 249-285
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1659
Is Early Learning Really More Productive? The Effect of School Starting Age on School and Labor Market Performance
Peter Fredriksson, Björn Öckert
published as: 'Life-cycle Effects of Age at School Start' in: Economic Journal, 2014, 124, 977-1004
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