Department of Economics and Statistics, Linnaeus University

Department of Economics and Statistics, Linnaeus University

@linnaeus-econ.bsky.social

A modern Economics and Statistics department located in beautiful Växjö, Småland, southern Sweden. https://lnu.se/en/meet-linnaeus-university/Organisation/school-of-business-and-economics/meet-the-school-of-business-and-economics/economics/

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Kommer vi att se en ny flyktingvåg? - Godmorgon världen Kommer kriget i Iran innebära att stora mängder flyktingar söker sig till Europa, precis som under kriget i Syrien 2015?Än så länge syns inga tydlig tecken, ...

Jag kommenterar potentiell migration från Iran i Godmorgon världen i P1 👇

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Skiljelinjer och vägval i integrationspolitiken - SNS Integrationspolitiken står högt på den politiska dagordningen inför valet 2026. SNS bjuder in Johan Forssell, Lawen Redar och Linda Lindberg till ett...

On March 26, @ollehammar.bsky.social and Mats Hammarstedt will discuss integration policy together with the Minister for Migration Johan Forssell (M), Lawen Redar (S) and Linda Lindberg (SD) at a seminar organized by the Center for Business and Policy Studies (SNS)!

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New working paper! "Who employ senior workers? Firm characteristics, working conditions, and employers' main motivations" by Dominique Anxo, Thomas Ericson, Chizheng Miao & Glenn Sjöstrand: ekonomihogskolan.lnu.se/vxesta/26-02...

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This week we're happy to have Riccardo Sabbatucci from Swedish House of Finance @sthlmschoolofecon.bsky.social visiting us! On Thursday, Riccardo will present his paper "Shifting From Active to Passive: How Retirement Plans Impact Equity Prices". Welcome! sites.google.com/site/riccard...

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🚨 Closing Tomorrow 🚨

Call for Papers: 24th Nordic Conference in Development Economics (NCDE) 2026 Linnaeus University @linnaeus-econ.bsky.social

Keynote Speakers:

Jonas Hjort

Rohini Somanathan

Paper Submission Deadline: 28 February 2026

Read more here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/06/n...

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Linnaeus Inequality Summit 2026 at Linnaeus University | The Economic Misfit June 2–3, 2026 · Växjö, SwedenThe Linnaeus Inequality Summit is a new annual conference organized by the recently established Linnaeus University Centre of Excellence “Equality of Opportunity and Big ...

📢 Call for Papers: Linnaeus Inequality Summit 2026

The Linnaeus Inequality Summit 2026 will take place on 2–3 June 2026 in Växjö, hosted by Linnaeus University @linnaeus-econ.bsky.social

Submission Deadline: March 6, 2026

Read more here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/17/l...

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⏰ Only a few days left to apply to this year's NCDE. Submit your papers and come join us at Linnaeus University in Växjö!

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Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is Olle Hammar @linneuni @handels_sse who works on topics including migration, inequality + replication
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⏰ Only one week left to apply! Submit your papers and join us for a great conference in Växjö in June! 😎

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New working paper alert! "How Parenting Styles Shape Children's Lifetime Outcomes" by Thomas Dohmen @unibonn.bsky.social, Bart Golsteyn @maastrichtu.bsky.social, @hansgronqvist.bsky.social, Edvin Hertegård @sofi.su.se & Gerard Pfann @uva.nl: ekonomihogskolan.lnu.se/vxesta/26-01...

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With reference to research on age discrimination by our associate professor Magnus Carlsson, the government is instructing the Equality Ombudsman (DO) to combat age discrimination in working life: www.regeringen.se/pressmeddela...

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Nordic Conference in Development Economics 2026 | The Economic Misfit Welcome to the 24th Nordic Conference in Development Economics (NCDE) which will be held in Växjö, Sweden, on June 16–17, 2026. This yearly conference serves as a meeting point for development economi...

📢 Call for Papers: Nordic Conference in Development Economics 2026 (NCDE)

Keynote Speakers:

Jonas Hjort

Rohini Somanathan

Read more here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/06/n...

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👋 Don't forget to submit your papers to the Linnaeus Inequality Summit! 👉 New deadline: March 6.

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This week, we're excited to have @tckwok.bsky.social from @uu.se visiting us! On Thursday, Chris will present his Job Market Paper on "Family Fertility Norms". Welcome! www.tckwok.com

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New book! Our professor Mats Hammarstedt has contributed with a chapter on "Financing of foreign-born new businesses" to the @eskapsforum.bsky.social anthology "From idea to capital: Entrepreneurs' financing opportunities in Sweden". Read it here 👉 entreprenorskapsforum.se/wp-content/u...

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New working paper! "Beta regression: Shrinkage-Liu type Estimator with Application" by Stanislas Muhinyuza, Peter Karlsson & Maziar Sahamkhadam: ekonomihogskolan.lnu.se/vxesta/25-06...

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Ny rapport: Skilda normer delar Sverige Vilka beteenden som är socialt accepterade skiljer sig mellan utsatta områden och övriga Sverige. Det kan handla om exempelvis att visa sin religiösa ...

📺✨ Earlier this week @ollehammar.bsky.social was interviewed in TV4 Nyheterna 👇

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New Discussion Paper from RFBerlin! Mikael Elinder, Oscar Erixson, and @ollehammar.bsky.social examine how the invasion of Ukraine affected sentiments in Russia. How do major geopolitical events shape public attitudes?
🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...

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🎉 Congratulations to our professor Andreas Stephan who has been awarded a grant of 8 million SEK from the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation for the project "Domestic Forest Governance and Global Timber Markets: A Policy Impact Assessment”! mmw.wallenberg.org/en/project/i...

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Imorse gästade jag TV4 Nyhetsmorgon för att prata integration och värderingar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH_5...

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Ronja Helénsdotter Ronja Helénsdotter

👋 This week we're very happy to have @rhelensdotter.bsky.social from MIT and @gothenburg-econ.bsky.social visiting us! Tomorrow, Ronja will present her research in our weekly seminar series. We're looking forward to it! www.ronjahelensdotter.com

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Förhoppningar om framtiden inkluderar gärna fred i Ukraina. Bortsett från återkommande möten mellan toppledare närs en förhoppning i väst om att det inhemska stödet för styret i Kreml ska… | Institute... Förhoppningar om framtiden inkluderar gärna fred i Ukraina. Bortsett från återkommande möten mellan toppledare närs en förhoppning i väst om att det inhemska stödet för styret i Kreml ska undermineras...

"Putin’s support increased despite the war" — @futures-studies.bsky.social reports about a study by @ollehammar.bsky.social and co-authors 👇

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Today we're very happy to have @striaukas.bsky.social from Copenhagen Business School visiting us! Jonas will present a paper on "High-dimensional censored MIDAS logistic regression for corporate survival forecasting". Welcome! jstriaukas.github.io

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Mounir Karadja och Erik Prawitz Långsiktiga satsningar på framtidens främsta forskare

🎉 Congratulations to @erikprawitz.bsky.social and Mounir Karadja, who have received 5.58 million SEK from Ragnar Söderberg's foundation to study "The Swedish Model"! ragnar.soderbergs.se/forskare/mou...

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👏 @hansgronqvist.bsky.social has been appointed member of the reference group for the Inquiry into Parallel Societal Structures. The inquiry has been appointed by the Ministry of Employment and is based on the Government’s directive 2025:68. www.ifn.se/nyheter/2026...

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"Det blir som en ny slags klasskillnad, mellan bostadsägare och de som hyr sina bostäder", säger @ollehammar.bsky.social, nationalekonom som forskar på förmögenhet och ojämlikhet i Sverige.

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More new working papers! "Parenting Skills and Selection into Fatherhood" by Lina Aldén & Anne Boschini @sofi.su.se: ekonomihogskolan.lnu.se/vxesta/25-05...

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Conditions for doing business in rural areas: Survey evidence from in-movers and stayers This paper examines the conditions for business success in rural Sweden, with a particular focus on differences between business owners who have grown…

🎉 New publication! "Conditions for doing business in rural areas: Survey evidence from in-movers and stayers" by Lina Aldén, Mats Hammarstedt & Per Skedinger is now out in Journal of Rural Studies! doi.org/10.1016/j.jr...

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New Working Paper! "Overconfidence and Gender Gaps in Career Outcomes: Insights from a Promotion-Signaling Model" by Spencer Bastani @ifau.bsky.social, Thomas Giebe & Oliver Gürtler @unicologne.bsky.social: ekonomihogskolan.lnu.se/vxesta/25-04...

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Jesper Böjeryd – Jesper Böjeryd I am a postdoc at Stockholm University, Department of Economics, doing research in applied macroeconomics, using administrative household data, methods from applied microeconomics, and structural mode...

This week we're happy to have @jesper-bojeryd.bsky.social from @stockholm-uni.bsky.social visiting us! On Thursday, Jesper will present the paper "What do 12 billion card transactions say about house prices and consumption?". Welcome! www.jesperbojeryd.se

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