Publications

Forthcoming

Ryen, L. Jakobsson, N. and Svensson, M. What should guide priority setting in health care? A study of public preferences in Sweden, Forthcoming in Nordic Journal of Health Economics.

Johansson, N. Jakobsson, N. and Svensson, M. Effects of primary care cost-sharing among young adults: varying impact across income groups and gender, Forthcoming in European Journal of Health Economics.

2019

Sund, B. Bonander, C. Jakobsson, N. and Jaldell, H. Do home fire and safety checks by on-duty firefighters decrease the number of fires? Quasi-experimental evidence from Southern Sweden, Journal of Safety Research, 70: 39-47.

Drange, I. and Jakobsson, N. Incentive effects of cash benefits among young people. A natural experiment from Norway.  Journal of Social Policy, 48(1): 107-125.

Sund B., Jaldell H., Jakobsson N., Bonander C. (2019). Do home fire and safety checks by on-duty firefighters decrease the number of fires? Quasi-experimental evidence from Southern Sweden. Journal of Safety Research, Vol.70, Sep 2019, 39-47.

2018

Øien, H. Jakobsson, N. and Bonander, C. The impact of community-based interventions for the elderly population: a quasi-experimental study of a hip-fracture prevention program in Norway. BMC Geriatrics, 18(311): 1-9.

Johansson, N. Jakobsson, N. and Svensson, M. Regional variation in health care utilization in Sweden – The importance of demand-side factors. BMC Health Services Research, 18(403): 1-9.

Bonander, C. Jakobsson, N. and Nilsson, F. Are fire safe cigarettes actually fire safe? Evidence from changes in US state laws. Injury Prevention, 24(3): 193-198.

Jakobsson, N. Muttarak, R. and Skøyen, M. Dividing the pie en the eco-social state: Exploring the relationship between public support for environmental and welfare policies. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 36(2): 313-339.

Brouwer, P. and Staal, K. The Democracy of the Future: Do Voters Want It? Homo Oeconomicus 35(1-2), 133-141.

Sund B., Jaldell H. Security officers responding to residential fire alarms: Estimating the effect on survival and property damage. Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 97, 1-11.

2017

Crivelli, E. and Staal, K. Nationalizations, bailouts and efficiency. Forthcoming in Journal of Policy Reform.

Staal, K. State-level Federal Stimulus Funds and Economic Growth: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Forthcoming in International Advances in Economic Research.

Brouwer, P. and Staal, K. The Future Viability of the Dutch Democracy: A Model Case. Forthcoming in Munich Social Science Review.

Bonander, C. Jakobsson, N. and Nilsson, F. Are fire safe cigarettes actually fire safe? Evidence from changes in US state laws. Forthcoming in Injury Prevention.

Jakobsson, N. Muttarak, R. and Skøyen, M. Dividing the pie in the eco-social state: Exploring the relationship between public support for environmental and welfare policies. Forthcoming in Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space.

Sund, B. Mortality-risk valuation, age and cause of death: out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Forthcoming in Nordic Journal of Health Economics.

Sund, B. Svensson, M. and Andersson, H. Demographic determinants of incident experience and risk perception: do high-risk groups accurately perceive themselves as high-risk? Journal of Risk Research; 20(1): 99-117.

Fantini, M. and Staal, K. Influence in the EU: Measuring Mutual Support. Forthcoming in Journal of Common Market Studies.

Jonsson, S. and Jakobsson, N. Is buying sex morally wrong? Comparing attitudes toward prostitution using individual-level data across eight Western European countries. Forthcoming in Women’s Studies International Forum.

Klein, B. and Staal, K. Was the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act an Economic Stimulus? International Advances in Economic Research 23(4), 395-404.

De Poli, S., Jakobsson, N. and Schüller, S. The drowning-refugee effect: media salience and xenophobic attitudes. Forthcoming in Applied Economics Letters.

2016

Bonander, C. Jakobsson, N. Podestà, F. and Svensson, M. Universities as engines for regional growth? Using the synthetic control method to analyze the effects of research universities. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 60: 198-207.

Jakobsson, N. and Svensson, M. Copayments and physicians visits: A panel data study of Swedish regions 2003-2012. Forthcoming in Health Policy.

Gustafsson, B. Katz, K. and Österberg, T. Why do some young adults not graduate from upper secondary school? On the importance of signals of labour market failure. Forthcoming in Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research.

Gustafsson, B. Katz, K. and Österberg, T. Residental segregation from generation to generation: Intergenerational association in socio-spatial context among visible minorities and the majority population in metropolitan Sweden. Forthcoming in Population, Place and Space.

Kalamov, Z. and Staal, K. Public Debt, Bailouts, and Common Bonds. Forthcoming in International Tax and Public Finance.

Jakobsson, N. and Svensson, M. The effect of copayments on primary care utilization: Results from a quasi-experiment. Forthcoming in Applied Economics.

Jakobsson, N., Kotsadam, A., Syse, A. and  Øien, H. Gender bias in public long-term care? A survey experiment among care managers. Forthcoming in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.

Jakobsson, N. and Kumlin, S. Election campaign agendas, government partisanship, and the welfare state. Forthcoming in European Political Science Review.

Jakobsson, N. Book Review: Prostitution policy in the Nordic region: Ambigous sympathies, by May-Len Skilbrei and Charlotta Holmstrom. Gender & Society, forthcoming. DOI: 10.1177/0891243214558871.

Finseraas, H., Jakobsson, N. and Svensson, M. Do knowledge gains from public information campaigns persist over time? results from a survey experiment on the Norwegian pension reform. Forthcoming in Journal of Pension Economics and Finance.  

Jakobsson Niklas and Blom S, "Did the 2011 terror attacks in Norway change citizens’ attitudes towards immigrants?", International Journal of Public Opinion Research, forthcoming.

Jakobsson Niklas and Kotsadam A, "Does marriage affect men's labor market outcomes? A European perspective", Review of Economics of the Household, forthcoming.

Jakobsson Niklas and Kotsadam A, "The economics of trafficking for sexual exploitation", Handbook on the Economics of Prostitution, Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

2015

Jakobsson, N. and Kotsadam, A. 2015. Derecho y economía de las esclavitud sexual internacional: leyes sobre prostitución sexual y de sus víctimas, in Hurtado, M. and A. Iranzo. Miradas críticas sobre la trata de seres humanos. Dialogos en construcción, p. 227 – 252. Bogotá: Universidad de los Andes y Universidad de La Sabana.

Nilsson, H. and Andersson, M. (2015). Ärade statsminister 2,0! Breven till statsministern om den ekonomiska
politiken. Forthcoming in Ekonomisk Debatt, 43(6): 6-14.

Jaldell, Henrik., Ryen, Linda, Sund, Björn, Andersson, R, "Are national injury prevention and research efforts matching the distribution of injuries across sectors?" Injury Prevention (2015); 21: e113-e115.

Næss, S., Blekesaune, M. and Jakobsson, Niklas, "Marital transitions and life satisfaction: Evidence from longitudinal data from Norway", Acta Sociologica, 58(1): 63-78.

Syse, A., Öien, H., Bugge Solheim, M., and Jakobsson, Niklas. Variasjoner i tildelingsvurderinger av helse- og omsorgstjenster til eldre. Tidsskrift for Velferdsforskning, 17(3): 212-234.

2014

Jaldell, Henrik., Lebnak, P and Amornpetchsathaporn, A, (2014), "Time is money, but how much? The monetary value of response time for Thai ambulance emergency services", Value in Health, 17: 555–560.

Hernæs Ø, Jakobsson, Niklas. and Kotsadam, A, (2014), "Demand and supply of prostitution", Forthcoming in Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, Springer.

Finseraas H. and Jakobsson Niklas, (2014), "Does information about the pension system affect knowledge and retirement plans? Evidence from a survey experiment", Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 13: 250-271.

Finseraas, H. and Jakobsson, Niklas, (2014), "Does a simple information intervention change the perception of a reform?", Applied Economics Letters, 21(18): 1266-1268.

Hernæs Ø, Jakobsson, Niklas. and Kotsadam, A, (2014), "Demand and supply of prostitution", Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, Springer, p. 1-6.

Jakobsson Niklas and Kotsadam A, (2014), “Shame on you John! Laws, stigmatization, and the demand for sex”, European Journal of Law and Economics, 37: 393-404.

Jakobsson Niklas and Lindholm H, (2014), "Ethnic preferences in internet dating: A field experiment", Marriage & Family Review, 50: 307-317.

Jaldell, Henrik., Lebnak, P and Amornpetchsathaporn, A, (2014), "Time is money, but how much? The monetary value of response time for Thai ambulance emergency services", Value in Health, 17: 555–560.

2013

Persson Mattias and Svensson Mikael, (2013), “The Willingness to Pay to Reduce School Bullying”, Economics of Education Review, 35: 1-11.

Jakobsson Niklas, (2013), "Attitudes toward municipal income tax rates in Sweden: Do people vote with their feet?" eJournal of Tax Research, 11: 157-175

Krüger Niclas and Haglund A, (2013), “Consumer Value of Fuel Choice Flexibility – A Case Study of the Flex-Fuel Car in Sweden”, European Transport Research Review, forthcoming.

Krüger Niclas, (2013),"Fatal Connections – Socioeconomic Determinants of Road Accident Risk and Drunk Driving in Sweden”, Journal of Safety Research, forthcoming.

Jakobsson Niklas, Persson M, and Svensson Mikael, (2013), “Class-size effects on adolescent mental health and well-being in Swedish schools”, Education Economics, 21: 248-263.

Jakobsson Niklas, Kotsadam A., and Levin M, (2013), “Gender and overconfidence: Effects of context, gendered stereotypes, and peer group”, Advances in Applied Sociology, 3: 137-141.

Jakobsson Niklas, Kotsadam A., and Støre S, (2013), “Attitudes toward same-sex marriage: the case of Scandinavia”, Journal of Homosexuality, 60: 1369-1380.

Jakobsson Niklas, Kotsadam A., and Szebehely M, (2013), ”Informal eldercare and care for disabled children in the Nordic countries: prevalence and relation to employment”, Nordic Journal of Social Research, 4: 1-30.

Jakobsson Niklas, and Kotsadam A, (2013), ”The law and economics of international sex slavery: Prostitution laws and trafficking for sexual exploitation”, European Journal of Law and Economics, 35: 87-107.

Jaldell Henrik, (2013), “Cost-benefit analysis of sprinklers in nursing homes for elderly”, Journal of Benefit Cost Analysis, 4: 209-235.

Sund Björn, (2013), “Developing an analytical tool for evaluating EMS system design changes and their impact on cardiac arrest outcomes: combining geographic information systems with register data on survival rates”, Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 21:8.

2012

Sund Björn, Svensson L., Rosenqvist M., Hollenberg J, (2012), ”Favourable cost-benefit in an early defibrillation programme using dual dispatch of ambulance and fire services in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest”, European Journal of Health Economics, 13: 811-818.

Hultkrantz Lars and Svensson Mikael, (2012), “The Value of a Statistical Life in Sweden: A review of the empirical literature”, Health Policy, 108: 302-310.

Andrén Daniela and Svensson Mikael, (2012), “Part-time sick leave as a treatment method for individuals with muskuloskeletal disorders”, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 22: 418-426.

Krüger Niclas and Svensson Mikael, (2012), “Mortality and Economic Fluctuations: Evidence from Wavelet Analysis for Sweden 1800-2000”, Journal of Population Economics, 25: 1215-1235.

Olesen Jes, Gustavsson Anders, Svensson Mikael, Wittchen H-U and Jönsson Bengt, (2012), “The economic cost of brain disorders in Europe”, European Journal of Neurology, 19: 155-162.

Krüger Niclas, (2012), “To Kill a Real Option – PPP, Incomplete Contracts and Real Options”, Transportation Research Part A, 46: 1359–1371.

Krüger Niclas, (2012), “Estimating Traffic Demand Risk – A Multiscale Analysis”, Transportation Research Part A, 46: 1741–1751.

Finseraas H. and Jakobsson Niklas, (2012), “Trust and ethnic fractionalization: the importance of religion as a cross-cutting dimension”, Kyklos, 65: 327-339.

Finseraas H., Jakobsson Niklas, and Kotsadam A., (2012), ”The gender gap in political preferences: An empirical test of a political economy explanation”, Social Politics, 19: 219-242.

Andersson L., Jakobsson Niklas, and Kotsadam A., (2012), ”Discrimination in the Norwegian housing market – class, sex, and ethnicity”, Land Economics, 88: 233-240.

Jakobsson Niklas, (2012), “Gender and confidence: are women underconfident?” Applied Economics Letters, 19: 1057-1059.

Jakobsson Niklas., Hansen T., and Kotsadam A., (2012), “Er det en sammenheng mellom formell og uformell omsorg i Norge? ”, Tidsskrift for Velferdsforskning, 15: 168-175.

Kotsadam A. and Jakobsson Niklas, (2012), ”Uformell eldreomsorg - et hinder for kvinner på arbeidsmarkedet?”, Søkelys på Arbeidslivet, 29: 97-110.

Carlsson F., Daruvala Dinky and Jaldell Henrik, (2012), “Do administrators have the same priorities for risk reduction as the general public?” Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 45(1): 79-95.

2011

Krüger Niclas, (2011), “The Impact of Economic Fluctuations on Crime – A Multiscale Analysis”, Applied Economics Letters, 18: 179–182.

Gustavsson Anders, Svensson Mikael, Jacobi Frank, Allgulander Christer, Alosno Jordi, Beghi Ettore et al., (2011), "Cost of disorders of the brain in Europe 2010", European Neuropsychopharmacology, 21: 718-779.

Wittchen H.U., Jacobi F., Rehm J., Gustavsson A., Svensson Mikael and Jönsson B. et al., (2011), "The size and burden of mental disorders and other disorders of the brain in Europe 2010", European Neuropsychopharmacology, 21: 655-679. 

Finseraas H., Jakobsson Niklas, and Kotsadam A., (2011), “Did the murder of Theo van Gogh change Europeans' immigration policy preferences?”, Kyklos, 64: 396-409.

Kotsadam A., and Jakobsson Niklas, (2011), “Do laws affect attitudes? An assessment of the Norwegian prostitution law using longitudinal data”, International Review of Law and Economics, 31: 103-115.

Dahlbom L., Jakobsson A., Jakobsson Niklas, and Kotsadam A., (2011), ”Gender and overconfidence: are girls really overconfident?”, Applied Economics Letters, 18(4): 325-327.

Jakobsson Niklas, and Kotsadam A., (2011), ”Gender equity and prostitution: An investigation of attitudes in Norway and Sweden”, Feminist Economics, 17: 31-58.

2010

Carlsson F., Daruvala Dinky and Jaldell Henrik, (2010), “Value of statistical life: A choice experiment”, Risk Analysis, 30: 975-986.

Carlsson F., Daruvala Dinky and Jaldell Henrik, (2010), “Do you do what you say or do you do what you say others do?”, Journal of Choice Modeling, 3(2): 113-133.

Carlsson F., Daruvala Dinky and Jaldell Henrik, (2010), “Preferences for lives, injuries and age: A stated preference approach”, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 42: 1814-1821.

Svensson Mikael and Hagquist Curt, (2010), “Adolescent Alcohol-use and Economic Conditions: findings from a multilevel study during a period of big economic changes”, European Journal of Health Economics, 11: 533-541.

Svensson Mikael and Vredin-Johansson Maria, (2010), “Willingness to Pay for Private and Public Safety: Why the Difference?”, Accident Analysis & Prevention, 42: 1205-1212. 

Svensson Mikael, (2010), “Alcohol Use and Social Interactions among Adolescents: Do peer effects exist within and/or between the majority population and immigrants?”, Social Science & Medicine, 70: 1858-1864.

Svensson Mikael and Hagquist Curt, (2010), “Adolescent Alcohol- and Illicit Drug-Use in First and Second Generation Immigrants in Sweden”, Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 38: 184-191.

Svensson Mikael, (2010), “Economic Upturns are Good for Your Heart but Watch out for Accidents”, Applied Economics, 42(5): 615-625.

Krüger Niclas, (2010), “The Impact of a Novel Preventive Care Service on the Incidence of Hip Fractures Among the Elderly”, Journal of Public Health, 18: 467–471.

Krüger Niclas, and Svensson Mikael, (2010), “Good Times are Drinking Times: Empirical Evidence on Business Cycles and Alcohol Sales in Sweden 1861-2000”, Applied Economics Letters, 17: 543–546.

Jakobsson Niklas, and Kotsadam A., (2010), ”Do attitudes toward gender equality really differ between Norway and Sweden?” Journal of European Social Policy, 20: 142-159.

2009

Krüger Niclas, and Svensson Mikael, (2009), “The Impact of Real Options on Willingness to Pay for Mortality Risk Reductions”, Journal of Health Economics, 28: 563–569.

Svensson Mikael, (2009), “Precautionary Behavior and Willingness to Pay for a Mortality Risk Reduction: Searching for the Expected Relationship”, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 39: 65-85.

Svensson Mikael, (2009), “The Value of a Statistical Life in Sweden: Estimates from Two Studies using the ‘Certainty Approach’ Calibration”, Accident Analysis & Prevention, 41: 430-437.