<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
  <title>EconStor Collection:</title>
  <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/45699" />
  <subtitle />
  <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/45699</id>
  <updated>2026-04-28T14:09:23Z</updated>
  <dc:date>2026-04-28T14:09:23Z</dc:date>
  <entry>
    <title>Investigating the impact of integration agreements on labor market outcomes for welfare recipients: A randomized controlled trial</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339238" />
    <author>
      <name>van den Berg, Gerard J.</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Bernhard, Sarah</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Stephan, Gesine</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Uhlendorff, Arne</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339238</id>
    <updated>2026-04-04T02:12:27Z</updated>
    <published>2026-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Investigating the impact of integration agreements on labor market outcomes for welfare recipients: A randomized controlled trial
Authors: van den Berg, Gerard J.; Bernhard, Sarah; Stephan, Gesine; Uhlendorff, Arne
Abstract: Integration agreements (IA) outline the efforts the jobseeker should undertake to find employment and specify the services that the caseworker would provide to assist them in their job search. The agreements include a declaration of legal consequences, and punitive benefit sanctions could be imposed based on this declaration. Recent evidence has shown that these IAs are effective for re-cipients of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. Using a randomized controlled trial, this paper investigates whether IAs support the integration of welfare benefit recipients into the labor market. This integration is of utmost importance from a policy and societal point of view. Newly registered recipients of means-tested benefits were randomly assigned to one of three groups, receiving either a) a standard integration agreement with the accompanying declaration of legal consequences at the beginning of the welfare spell, or b) an integration agreement without such a declaration, or c) no integration agreement within the first six months of the benefit receipt. Findings indicate that, on average, group assignment has no effect on the transition out of welfare or entry into employment. Based on a Random Forest analysis to capture heterogeneity, we find no effect by the degree of labor market prospects either.</summary>
    <dc:date>2026-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Gender gaps under comparable tasks: Evidence from quasirandom assignment</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339319" />
    <author>
      <name>Khaliliaraghi, Negar</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Lundborg, Petter</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Vikström, Johan</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339319</id>
    <updated>2026-04-04T02:11:58Z</updated>
    <published>2026-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Gender gaps under comparable tasks: Evidence from quasirandom assignment
Authors: Khaliliaraghi, Negar; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan
Abstract: Gender gaps in earnings persist even among high-skilled workers, in part because men and women often perform different tasks within and across jobs. We study a rare setting in which high-skilled men and women perform the same tasks under comparable conditions, allowing us to assess gender differences in productivity and pay without confounding from task or client allocation. Using administrative data from the Swedish Public Employment Service between 2003 and 2014, we exploit a rotation scheme that quasirandomly assigns job seekers to employment caseworkers. We find that productivity differences are small: job seekers assigned to female and male caseworkers exit unemployment at similar rates, and hourly wages-conditional on productivity-are nearly identical across genders, leaving little scope for wage differences driven by discrimination or bargaining in this setting. Despite this, female caseworkers earn about 8 percent less per year, entirely due to differences in contracted and actual hours worked. We also find suggestive evidence that male caseworkers are more likely to be promoted than equally productive female colleagues. Taken together, the results show that when tasks are standardized and performance is measured objectively, gender differences in productivity and hourly pay are minimal, while gaps in annual earnings and career progression persist.</summary>
    <dc:date>2026-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Can workers switch it up? Organizational forms in the Swedish preschool sector</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339240" />
    <author>
      <name>Edmark, Karin</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Persson, Lovisa</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339240</id>
    <updated>2026-04-04T02:11:57Z</updated>
    <published>2026-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Can workers switch it up? Organizational forms in the Swedish preschool sector
Authors: Edmark, Karin; Persson, Lovisa
Abstract: The Swedish preschool sector, which is heavily dominated by a female workforce, is marked by low wages and poor health outcomes. Our study shows that preschools' organizational form is significantly associated with hiring practices, wage-setting, and worker health outcomes. For-profit preschools tend to hire younger, less qualified, and less experienced workers, and pay lower wages even after controlling for observable and unobservable worker characteristics. Non-profit providers hire fewer preschool teachers and younger workers, similarly to the for-profits, but on the other hand tend to hire workers with more experience and higher upper secondary school grades. Wages in non-profits are, on average, higher than in for-profit and municipal preschools. Worker health outcomes are better in non-profit and for-profit preschools compared to municipal preschools. Overall, the results suggest that worker composition, wages and health outcomes differ between employer types. Whether these differences matter for preschool quality is a relevant topic for future research.</summary>
    <dc:date>2026-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Supporting integration in schools: Evidence from a randomized targeted intervention</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339185" />
    <author>
      <name>Mühlrad, Hanna</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Sibbmark, Kristina</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Sjögren, Anna</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Ahlzén, Malin Tallås</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339185</id>
    <updated>2026-04-04T02:12:23Z</updated>
    <published>2026-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Supporting integration in schools: Evidence from a randomized targeted intervention
Authors: Mühlrad, Hanna; Sibbmark, Kristina; Sjögren, Anna; Ahlzén, Malin Tallås
Abstract: We evaluate a two year school development program aimed at enhancing the quality of education for recent migrant students and Swedish language learners through customized packages of professional development for teachers and support of school man-agement. We exploit the pairwise randomized roll out to 63 municipalities between 2016 and 2019 to examine effects on student achievement and explore underlying mechanisms. Over a 7 year follow-up period, core subject test scores improved by 0.021 sd, driven by a 0.032 sd improvement in mathematics performance. Test score gains in mathematics were present for students, regardless their background, during and post-implementation. Swedish test score gains generally materialized post-implementation, while second gen-eration immigrant students gained already during implementation. Test score gains are more pronounced for foreign background students, for boys and at the low end of the test score distribution. The support program passes a cost-benefit test.</summary>
    <dc:date>2026-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
</feed>

