Olof Åslund
Professor
Olof Åslund is Professor of Economics at Uppsala University and Director of the Uppsala Immigration Lab. He holds a part-time position at IFAU and was previously Director General of the agency (2010-2019). He has also been a member of the Delegation for Migration Studies (Delmi) and research director at SNS.
His research interests include immigration and the labor market, the role of environment and networks in the labor market, and the labor market effects of policies. His research has been published in several international journals and he has also co-authored a large number of popular books, reports and articles.
Research areas
Projects and publications at IFAU
Report
2015
2002
Working papers
2025
2024
- Origin country institutions and immigrant retirement timing
- Professional networks and the labour market assimilation of immigrants
2023
- Joining late, leaving early? Immigrant-native disparities in labor market exit
- The long-term integration of European refugees
- The long-term integration of refugee children
2022
2021
2018
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Immigration history, entry jobs, and the labor market
Journal of Economic Geography (May 2022], vol 22, no 3, pp. 581–604
2017
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Labour market entry of non-labour migrants – Swedish evidence
Nordic Economic Policy Review, TemaNord 2017:520, pp. 115-158
2015
- Education and criminal behavior: insights from an expansion of upper secondary school
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All aboard? Commuter train access and labor market outcomes
Regional Science and Urban Economics, nov. 2017, vol. 67, pp. 90-107
2013
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Open borders, transport links and local labor markets
International Migration Review, September 2018, Doi: 10.1177/0197918318789067, online first
2012
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The value of earning for learning: performance bonuses in immigrant language training
Economics of Education Review, February 2018, vol. 62, pp. 192-204
2009
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Peers, neighborhoods and immigrant student achievement - evidence from a placement policy
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2011, vol.3, no. 2, pp. 67-95
- Age at migration and social integration
- Seeking similarity: how immigrants and natives manage at the labor market
2007
- Family size and child outcomes: Is there really no trade-off?
- Do anonymous job application procedures level the playing field?
2006
- How important is access to jobs? Old question - improved answer
- Virtues of Sin - effects of an immigrant workplace introduction program
2005
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Ethnic enclaves and welfare cultures - quasi-experimental evidence
Journal of Human Resources 2009, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 798-825
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Measuring conditional segregation: method
Journal of Population Economics 2009, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 971-981
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Will I see you at work? Ethnic workplace segregation in Sweden 1985-2002
Industrial and Labor Relations Review 2010, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 471-493
2004
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Shifting attitudes and the labor market of minorities: Swedish experiences after 9-11
Journal of Population Economics 2005, vol. 18, iss. 4, pp. 603-629
2003
2001
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Now and forever? Initial and subsequent location choices of immigrants
Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 35, iss. 2, pp. 141-165