Jakob Molinder

New working paper with @jakobmolinder.bsky.social, we examine the role of unions in the Great Leveling by comparing two contrasting countries: Sweden and the US. Unions in both countries raised wages and lowered inequality, however, unions were more aggressive in the US where they were much smaller.

super happy that @jakobmolinder.bsky.social and I have been awarded a grant from the Swedish Research Council! It's a three year project called "Top incomes, inequality and economic change: Sweden, 1911–1950" -- the abstract is in the image. I think that this can lead to some interesting research! 🤓

Got some new funding to work on the labor market effects of demolishing and rebuilding of parts of Stockholms inner city in the mid 1900s. Together with @johangericsson.bsky.social, @jakobmolinder.bsky.social and Jonatan Andersson.

Now live the #Gothenburg workshop in #EconomicHistory.

Keynotes by Markus Lampe and Jakob Molinder and a great variety of presentations, from #trade, to #humancapital, to #policy and #institutions.

Well done Juan Pablo Julià,
Giulia Martini and Raisa Rubio!

Trump announced 100% tariff on papers with one-word title.

Union wage effects in Sweden: Evidence from the interwar period In this paper, I use a new plant-level dataset to investigate the relationship between wages and the regional strength of unions. Using a shift-share …

I published my first paper, read it, cite it, love it!

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We are organizing the 3rd edition of our Workshop in Economic History organized in beautiful Uppsala on May 22-23, 2025 with a keynote by
Elias Papaioannou! Call for papers with submission link: tinyurl.com/49tah8zd

Collective Bargaining, Unions, and the Wage Structure: An International Perspective Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

Don't miss this enormous overview of collective bargaining literature and institutions + a model of how unions shape wages applied to 26 countries! My final pre-doc RA'ed project is finally out - including a little preview of something that I've been working on :)

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That’s what I’m worried about… :)

Do they think it’s a sandwich?

Uppsala History of Inequality and Labor Lab (UHILL) - Uppsala University At the Uppsala History of Inequality and Labor Lab (UHILL), we are focused on the study of economic inequality, migration, and labor markets, from the industrial period to the present.

Glad att vara en del av UHILL, ett nytt initiativ för forskning om historiska arbetsmarknader och ojämlikhet.

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Until 1963, Companhia de Diamantes de Angola relied on forced labour in its diamond mines, making it arguably the last major employer in colonial Africa to uphold such practices. My IHR blog examines the economic forces that sustained this system and what finally brought about its end. #Angola

Kvarn i Torshälla. Erik Dahlberg, Suecia antiqua et hodierna (sena 1600-talet).

Kom forska med mig och @agrarsvennis.bsky.social!

Vi söker nu doktorand till ett agrarhistoriskt projekt om kvarnar i det tidigmoderna Sverige.

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Hello @bsky.app!

Let me start off my activity on this website by fully endorsing the beautiful thread that @jordanclaridge.bsky.social has made on our joint work on (in-kind) wages in the Middle Ages, available at *Explorations in Economic History*!

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