Peter Fredriksson

Research Fellow

Uppsala University

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Peter Fredriksson is Professor at the Department of Economics, Uppsala University. He is the director of the Uppsala Center for Labor Studies, and a research fellow of IZA and CESifo. Peter has been the Director-General of the Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU) and a Professor at the Department of Economics, Stockholm University. His main area of research is labor economics and he has, inter alia, worked on issues concerning immigration, education, labor mobility, and the design of unemployment insurance. He has published in journals like Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Review, Economic Journal, Journal of Business & Economics Statistics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Public Economics, and Journal of Human Resources.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in December 2003.

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IZA Publications

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. 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. 9585
Mismatch of Talent: Evidence on Match Quality, Entry Wages, and Job Mobility
Peter Fredriksson, Lena Hensvik, Oskar Nordström Skans
published in: American Economic Review, 2018, 108 (11), 3303-3338.
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. 4521
Peers, Neighborhoods and Immigrant Student Achievement: Evidence from a Placement Policy
Olof Aslund, Per-Anders Edin, Peter Fredriksson, Hans Grönqvist
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011, 3 (2), 67-95
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3570
Do Unemployment Benefits Increase Unemployment? New Evidence on an Old Question
Peter Fredriksson, Martin Söderström
published as 'The Equilibrium Impact of Unemployment Insurance on Unemployment: Evidence from a Non-linear Policy Rule' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 187, 104199
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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1536
Ethnic Enclaves and Welfare Cultures: Quasi-Experimental Evidence
Olof Aslund, Peter Fredriksson
published as: 'Peer Effects in Welfare Dependence: Quasi-experimental Evidence" in: Journal of Human Resources, 2009, 44(3), 799–825
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