@soderqvist.bsky.social
Economist Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO-SE), PhD.
In case anyone at the DOJ reads my feed, I want to offer a little patriotic help to you in your search for the headquarters of Antifa.
It's in Arlington National Cemetery.
Om man lyfter blicken lite och istället jämför november månads prisnivå med övriga månader på året, sticker 2025 ut med mycket lägre prisökningar än andra år. När man gör jämförelser på längre sikt bör man också väga in konjunktur om man ska dra några slutsatser.
11.12.2025 07:53 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0The lesson of the past 40 years is that inclusive growth isn’t automatic.
The encouraging lesson of the past 10 is that we’re not stuck with the status quo.
Broadly shared prosperity can - and should - be a normal part of economic progress.
Why did that happen, what does it tell us, and what can we do next?
That’s what my forthcoming book, The Wage Standard, is about: how rules, norms, and power in the labor market shape who shares in growth. Coming out March 31. Pre-order here:
www.thewagestandard.com
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Trade union leaders from across the globe brought workers' priorities to the highest political level of the OECD at this year's Liaison Committee Meeting.
In Sweden, corporate acquisitions lead to persistent earnings losses for workers.
Wages fall, some workers are displaced, and the gains largely go to acquiring CEOs and shareholders.
Employment and revenue stay flat. Profit rises because value is extracted from workers.
A beige quote graphic reading: “These incidents might look small, like little pin pricks. But you have to see this in the whole picture. These are all individual components of a very concerted, hybrid campaign to divide society.” — Konstantin von Notz, German MP.
Russia’s tactics make its campaign challenging to combat. Agents are typically recruited online, have no links to Russia and are run by intermediaries. They are mobile, motivated by money and entirely dispensable. Analysts have dubbed this set-up the “gig economy” of Russian spycraft.
09.12.2025 12:25 — 👍 62 🔁 20 💬 2 📌 1Det är fucked up. Känner flera sjuksköterskor som fått omställningsstudiestöd för att läsa specialistutbildningar där det dessutom råder brist. Kontentan är väl att arbetsgivare kommer att köra springnota om de inte tvingas betala för sig.
09.12.2025 09:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Läkarna är ju i princip industridoktotander och disputationen är ett viktigt steg till överläkartiteln. Att anställda forskar efter flera års erfarenhet i yrkeslivet tror jag är positivt för forskningen. Men ingen kommer vilja göra det om man går ner för mycket i lön.
09.12.2025 08:05 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0I've now updated this with a few updates:
1. I've added the JFE, JF, and RFS
2. I've added QJE and (most of) JPE
3. I've fixed some bugs
4. I added a way to adjust for length of papers over time
5. I've added citation counts (per OpenAlex)
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
🔴 I’m on the #EconJobMarket this year‼️
🔍 My job market paper asks whether paternity leave affects intimate partner violence #IPV
🧵Thread below:
On Monday the FIFA Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel will be awarded to Larry Summers
06.12.2025 14:24 — 👍 115 🔁 23 💬 3 📌 1
En studie i demografi på Søstrene Grene, Liljeholmen.
Notera efterfrågan på siffror.
Ta dagen datum minus mest efterfrågade siffran minus 9-10 månader ≈ första covid lockdown-perioden!! 🥳
Vi knep sista femman.
Och nu detta: ”Sverige har skurit ner mest i OECD på arbetsmarknadsåtgärder enligt The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD, TUAC. Från att tidigare ha legat i toppskicket globalt ligger Sverige nu i botten.” www.arbetsvarlden.se/ny-rapport-s...
04.12.2025 11:17 — 👍 19 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 2Jätteintressant inlägg! Har ni fått någon indikation på hur gruvbranschen reagerat på förslagen?
03.12.2025 20:19 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Great article on a new book.
01.12.2025 19:58 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Opinion: The EU must make itself minimally vulnerable to inevitable US pressure, writes Martin Sandbu on.ft.com/4itV7fz
30.11.2025 18:31 — 👍 114 🔁 26 💬 4 📌 7
How does human capital theory survive the existence of this paper?
29.11.2025 02:23 — 👍 17 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
On the numbers, this was a “fiscally conservative budget”
@ruthcurtice.bsky.social of
@resolutionfoundation.org briskly punctures this week’s myths
www.ft.com/content/f658...
"12 500 kronor – tillsammans.
Hyran är på 8 000 kronor. Sedan ska elen betalas, bredband och försäkringar likaså.
Och mediciner.
Och läkarbesök.
Och tandvård.
Och mat.
...
Om 100 dagar sänks makarnas aktivitetsstöd igen. 100 dagar efter det sänks det ännu mer."
This is a fascinating paper. It's the first (afaik) to actually document food&drink&retail scheduling unpredictability using actual firm data.
It illustrates v clearly why unpredictable scheduling makes these jobs so difficult:
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📖Book launch next week📖
In his latest book, @alanmanning4.bsky.social makes the case that while immigration policy will never satisfy everyone, that doesn’t mean it can’t be done much better.
Join Alan, @ruthcurtice.bsky.social and @stephenkb.bsky.social to discuss.
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New TUAC policy brief warns governments are failing workers as spending on active labour market policies hits a 20-year low.
OECD data: just 0.41% of GDP in 2023 and training down 30% since 2010.
Time to activate labour market policies 👇
tuac.org/news/governm...
This figure presents estimates of the effect of a fatal health shock on adult children, by the homeownership status and income loss of the surviving parent. Panels A–D correspond to children of renters or homeowners, further distinguished by whether the deceased parent was the primary earner (smaller income loss) or the secondary earner (larger income loss). Effects on debt collection, social benefits, and labour income are estimated with 95% confidence intervals using the Callaway–Sant’Anna (2021) difference-in-differences method, controlling for 10-year age bins of the children. The reported coefficients are expressed as percentage impacts relative to the mean outcome one year prior to the event. Standard errors are clustered at the parent level. While many advanced economies shield their citizens from the most severe direct medical costs of illness, less is known about how households cope with income losses from a serious health event. This column shows that the financial consequences of a spouse’s illness or death can be severe, even in a comprehensive welfare state like Sweden. Defaults on unpaid debts, bills, and other financial commitments rise sharply after such shocks, with renters and low-wealth households hit the hardest. Both income and wealth access need to be considered to strengthen households’ financial resilience.
Households can face serious financial consequences from a spouse's illness or death even in a comprehensive welfare state like Sweden. Renters and low-wealth households are hit the hardest.
@kmajlesi.bsky.social @elinmolin.bsky.social @pauroth.bsky.social
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
I Sverige är de s.k. oförklarade löneskillnaderna mellan män och kvinnor störst i tjänstemannayrken i privat sektor, där individuell lönesättning nästan alltid gäller. I Tyskland finner Caldwell mfl att
”Firms that set pay via individual bargaining have a 3 percentage point higher gender wage gap”
I Sverige är de s.k. oförklarade löneskillnaderna mellan män och kvinnor störst i tjänstemannayrken i privat sektor, där individuell lönesättning nästan alltid gäller. I Tyskland finner Caldwell mfl att
”Firms that set pay via individual bargaining have a 3 percentage point higher gender wage gap”
Såg den där dokumentären om Romina Pourmokhtari igår.
Och jag hajade till över det här.
”Liberalismen brukar göra comeback efter auktoritära tider, som vi lever i nu.”
Det är ju ni som är det auktoritära. Det är ju ni som vill låsa in barn, ha visitationszoner och angiverilagar.
Produktivitetsökningar är ingen garant för ökade löner när konkurrensen på arbetsmarknaden är imperfekt.
Helt uppenbar slutsats för oss fackliga, men numera nationalekonomisk mainstream. Iaf bland arbetsmarknadsekonomer (i SE är typ alla som syns i media makroekonomer, därav brist på insikt).
🚨New Working Paper!🚨
@ihsaanbassier.bsky.social & I start with simple stylised fact: lower productivity firms pay ~minimum wage, even as productivity increases.
What does this mean for rent sharing/passthrough? Employment? Profits?
Monopsony model + 🇿🇦 admin data = striking conclusions!
