Martin Karlsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3605319 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Karlsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Karlsson |
| SIGNATURE | KARLSSON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Duisburg-Essen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9354-096X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 117 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
German Long-Term Health Insurance: Theory Meets Evidence
Revisiting Sweden's comprehensive school reform: Effects on education and earnings
We revisit a Swedish comprehensive school reform first evaluated by Meghir and Palme (2005). This reform increased years of schooling and abolished tracking. We extend the original analysis to the full population and introduce an improved education measure. Our results confirm the original overall finding of small average earnings effects. However, we find considerably larger increases in educational attainment and no evidence of decreased labor …
Infant Health, Cognitive Performance, and Earnings: Evidence from Inception of the Welfare State in Sweden
We identify earnings impacts of exposure to an infant health intervention in Sweden, using individual-linked administrative data to trace potential mechanisms. Leveraging quasi-random variation in eligibility, we estimate that exposure was associated with higher test scores in primary school for boys and girls. However, only girls were more likely to score in the top quintile. Subsequent gains, in secondary schooling, employment, and earnings, ar…
The Long-Term Effects of Student Absence: Evidence from Sweden
Despite the relatively uncontested importance of promoting school attendance in the policy arena, little evidence exists on the causal effect of school absence on long-run outcomes. We address this question by combining historical and administrative records for cohorts of Swedish individuals born in the 1930s. We find that elementary school absence significantly reduces contemporaneous academic performance, final educational attainment and labour…
Disease and fertility: Evidence from the 1918–19 influenza pandemic in Sweden
What are the consequences of a severe health shock like an influenza pandemic on fertility? Using rich administrative data and a difference-in-differences approach, we evaluate fertility responses to the 1918-19 influenza pandemic in Sweden. We find evidence of a small baby boom following the end of the pandemic, but we show that this effect is second-order compared to a strong long-term negative fertility effect. Within this net fertility declin…
Licensing acceptance in a mineral-rich welfare state: Critical reflections on the social license to operate in Sweden
Relative impacts of fishing and eutrophication on coastal fish assessed by comparing a no-take area with an environmental gradient
Understanding the relative impacts of pressures on coastal ecosystems is central for implementing relevant measures to reach environmental management objectives. Here, survey data on the species and size composition of coastal fish are evaluated in relation to fishing and eutrophication, by comparing a long-standing no-take area to an environmental gradient in the Baltic Sea. The no-take area represents an intermediate eutrophication level, but t…
The feminine style, the male influence, and the paradox of gendered political blogspace
This article explores gender differences in political communication among blogging politicians. The article sets out to explore two baseline questions: (1) Are distinct gendered ‘blogstyles’ to be found among political representatives? and (2) How do gender and gendered blogstyles interplay and affect the impact of political blogs? The empirical study draws on a survey targeting blogging politicians in Sweden (N = 523). The analysis identifies su…
Ideologisk konvergens mellan öst och väst? De europeiska partifamiljerna 1990-2013
In this paper we compare ideological positions of political parties in Eastern and Western Europe. As the Communist regimes collapsed and new democracies began to emerge in Eastern Europe, it becam
Demographic consequences of HIV
The impact of the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic on economic performance in Sweden
The political blog space: A new arena for political representation
While the academic interest in the political blogosphere has grown exponentially in recent years, existing research is predominantly dedicated to political campaigning. In view of the “diminishing prestige of the electoral process” and the “rise of new forms of legitimacy” a broader political analysis of blogs is called for. This article investigates whether the political blogosphere is an arena for political representation by asking (1) how repr…
Representation as Interactive Communication: Theoretical considerations and empirical findings
Considering the recent interest in more interactive practices in political representation, this article argues that there is a need to understand the differentiated meanings and functions of this form of communication. The subject of political representation as interactive communication is addressed theoretically as well as empirically. A theoretical framework is presented identifying three strategic functions of interactive communication in poli…
Effects of Compulsory Schooling on Mortality: Evidence from Sweden
Theoretically, there are several reasons to expect education to have a positive effect on health. Empirical research suggests that education can be an important health determinant. However, it has not yet been established whether education and health are indeed causally related, and the effects found in previous studies may be partially attributable to methodological weaknesses. Moreover, existing evidence on the education-health relationship gen…
Blogging in the Shadow of Parties: Exploring Ideological Differences in Online Campaigning
Blogging is an increasingly important practice in election campaigns, showing interesting variations across contexts. Recent research has shown that the adoption and use of blogs is strongly shaped by national institutional settings, that is, the different roles given to parties within political systems. However, intra-national differences in the practice of political blogging are yet to be explained. This article investigates the variation in us…
Scandinavian Long-Term Care Financing
The Scandinavian countries — Denmark, Norway and Sweden — share a common history and common political traditions, which has led to very similar systems for social care being introduced in the three countries. This applies to the division of roles and responsibilities between different public bodies, as well as for the national policy objectives that have been laid down in various pieces of legislation. Thus, all three countries pursue the general…
Understanding Divergent Patterns of Political Discussion in Online Forums—Evidence from the European Citizens' Consultations
This study examines divergent patterns of political discussion through a comparative analysis of 28 online forums, initiated by the European Commission as part of the 2009 European Citizens' Consultations. These forums shared the same design (technological and process) and had the same connection to the policy process. Still, great divergences were apparent in the intensity of discussion between the forums. The aim of this article is to create an…
Participatory Initiatives and Political Representation: The Case of Local Councillors in Sweden
The health of political parties and the institutions of representative democracy have been extensively questioned during the last decade due to evidence of a widespread decline in voting turnout, political trust, and party membership as well as identification. An often-proposed, but also often-questioned, strategy to strengthen representative democracy is for political institutions to offer alternative forms of political participation through so-…
Understanding the rise of e-participation in non-democracies: Domestic and international factors
Government size and growth: Accounting for economic freedom and globalization
The Role of Private Finance in Paying for Long Term Care
An ageing population and increased longevity means that long term care will become progressively more expensive. In 2009 the Government published a Green Paper on future funding options and a White Paper in 2010. This article considers the role of private finance products under the 'Partnership' option. It finds that few households are able to pay for LTC based on income and savings but the number increases if housing assets are included. We show…
Income inequality and health: Importance of a cross-country perspective
Individualised Life Tables: Investigating Dynamics of Health, Work and Cohabitation in the UK
Long term care financing in four OECD countries: Fiscal burden and distributive effects
Population ageing and economic growth: Education policy and family policy in a model of endogenous growth
Understanding the rise of e-participation in non-democracies: Domestic and international factors
Income inequality and health: Importance of a cross-country perspective
Participatory Initiatives and Political Representation: The Case of Local Councillors in Sweden
The health of political parties and the institutions of representative democracy have been extensively questioned during the last decade due to evidence of a widespread decline in voting turnout, political trust, and party membership as well as identification. An often-proposed, but also often-questioned, strategy to strengthen representative democracy is for political institutions to offer alternative forms of political participation through so-…
Blogging in the Shadow of Parties: Exploring Ideological Differences in Online Campaigning
Blogging is an increasingly important practice in election campaigns, showing interesting variations across contexts. Recent research has shown that the adoption and use of blogs is strongly shaped by national institutional settings, that is, the different roles given to parties within political systems. However, intra-national differences in the practice of political blogging are yet to be explained. This article investigates the variation in us…
The Long-Term Effects of Student Absence: Evidence from Sweden
Despite the relatively uncontested importance of promoting school attendance in the policy arena, little evidence exists on the causal effect of school absence on long-run outcomes. We address this question by combining historical and administrative records for cohorts of Swedish individuals born in the 1930s. We find that elementary school absence significantly reduces contemporaneous academic performance, final educational attainment and labour…
Licensing acceptance in a mineral-rich welfare state: Critical reflections on the social license to operate in Sweden
The political blog space: A new arena for political representation
While the academic interest in the political blogosphere has grown exponentially in recent years, existing research is predominantly dedicated to political campaigning. In view of the “diminishing prestige of the electoral process” and the “rise of new forms of legitimacy” a broader political analysis of blogs is called for. This article investigates whether the political blogosphere is an arena for political representation by asking (1) how repr…
Government size and growth: Accounting for economic freedom and globalization
Relative impacts of fishing and eutrophication on coastal fish assessed by comparing a no-take area with an environmental gradient
Understanding the relative impacts of pressures on coastal ecosystems is central for implementing relevant measures to reach environmental management objectives. Here, survey data on the species and size composition of coastal fish are evaluated in relation to fishing and eutrophication, by comparing a long-standing no-take area to an environmental gradient in the Baltic Sea. The no-take area represents an intermediate eutrophication level, but t…
Demographic consequences of HIV
The Role of Private Finance in Paying for Long Term Care
An ageing population and increased longevity means that long term care will become progressively more expensive. In 2009 the Government published a Green Paper on future funding options and a White Paper in 2010. This article considers the role of private finance products under the 'Partnership' option. It finds that few households are able to pay for LTC based on income and savings but the number increases if housing assets are included. We show…
German Long-Term Health Insurance: Theory Meets Evidence
Understanding Divergent Patterns of Political Discussion in Online Forums—Evidence from the European Citizens' Consultations
This study examines divergent patterns of political discussion through a comparative analysis of 28 online forums, initiated by the European Commission as part of the 2009 European Citizens' Consultations. These forums shared the same design (technological and process) and had the same connection to the policy process. Still, great divergences were apparent in the intensity of discussion between the forums. The aim of this article is to create an…
Economic Policy, Institutions and Entrepreneurship
Long term care financing in four OECD countries: Fiscal burden and distributive effects
Population ageing and economic growth: Education policy and family policy in a model of endogenous growth
Individualised Life Tables: Investigating Dynamics of Health, Work and Cohabitation in the UK
Government size and growth: Accounting for economic freedom and globalization
The Role of Private Finance in Paying for Long Term Care
An ageing population and increased longevity means that long term care will become progressively more expensive. In 2009 the Government published a Green Paper on future funding options and a White Paper in 2010. This article considers the role of private finance products under the 'Partnership' option. It finds that few households are able to pay for LTC based on income and savings but the number increases if housing assets are included. We show…
Income inequality and health: Importance of a cross-country perspective
Scandinavian Long-Term Care Financing
The Scandinavian countries — Denmark, Norway and Sweden — share a common history and common political traditions, which has led to very similar systems for social care being introduced in the three countries. This applies to the division of roles and responsibilities between different public bodies, as well as for the national policy objectives that have been laid down in various pieces of legislation. Thus, all three countries pursue the general…
Understanding Divergent Patterns of Political Discussion in Online Forums—Evidence from the European Citizens' Consultations
This study examines divergent patterns of political discussion through a comparative analysis of 28 online forums, initiated by the European Commission as part of the 2009 European Citizens' Consultations. These forums shared the same design (technological and process) and had the same connection to the policy process. Still, great divergences were apparent in the intensity of discussion between the forums. The aim of this article is to create an…
Participatory Initiatives and Political Representation: The Case of Local Councillors in Sweden
The health of political parties and the institutions of representative democracy have been extensively questioned during the last decade due to evidence of a widespread decline in voting turnout, political trust, and party membership as well as identification. An often-proposed, but also often-questioned, strategy to strengthen representative democracy is for political institutions to offer alternative forms of political participation through so-…
Understanding the rise of e-participation in non-democracies: Domestic and international factors
Representation as Interactive Communication: Theoretical considerations and empirical findings
Considering the recent interest in more interactive practices in political representation, this article argues that there is a need to understand the differentiated meanings and functions of this form of communication. The subject of political representation as interactive communication is addressed theoretically as well as empirically. A theoretical framework is presented identifying three strategic functions of interactive communication in poli…
Effects of Compulsory Schooling on Mortality: Evidence from Sweden
Theoretically, there are several reasons to expect education to have a positive effect on health. Empirical research suggests that education can be an important health determinant. However, it has not yet been established whether education and health are indeed causally related, and the effects found in previous studies may be partially attributable to methodological weaknesses. Moreover, existing evidence on the education-health relationship gen…
Blogging in the Shadow of Parties: Exploring Ideological Differences in Online Campaigning
Blogging is an increasingly important practice in election campaigns, showing interesting variations across contexts. Recent research has shown that the adoption and use of blogs is strongly shaped by national institutional settings, that is, the different roles given to parties within political systems. However, intra-national differences in the practice of political blogging are yet to be explained. This article investigates the variation in us…
The impact of the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic on economic performance in Sweden
The political blog space: A new arena for political representation
While the academic interest in the political blogosphere has grown exponentially in recent years, existing research is predominantly dedicated to political campaigning. In view of the “diminishing prestige of the electoral process” and the “rise of new forms of legitimacy” a broader political analysis of blogs is called for. This article investigates whether the political blogosphere is an arena for political representation by asking (1) how repr…
Ideologisk konvergens mellan öst och väst? De europeiska partifamiljerna 1990-2013
In this paper we compare ideological positions of political parties in Eastern and Western Europe. As the Communist regimes collapsed and new democracies began to emerge in Eastern Europe, it becam
Demographic consequences of HIV
The feminine style, the male influence, and the paradox of gendered political blogspace
This article explores gender differences in political communication among blogging politicians. The article sets out to explore two baseline questions: (1) Are distinct gendered ‘blogstyles’ to be found among political representatives? and (2) How do gender and gendered blogstyles interplay and affect the impact of political blogs? The empirical study draws on a survey targeting blogging politicians in Sweden (N = 523). The analysis identifies su…
Relative impacts of fishing and eutrophication on coastal fish assessed by comparing a no-take area with an environmental gradient
Understanding the relative impacts of pressures on coastal ecosystems is central for implementing relevant measures to reach environmental management objectives. Here, survey data on the species and size composition of coastal fish are evaluated in relation to fishing and eutrophication, by comparing a long-standing no-take area to an environmental gradient in the Baltic Sea. The no-take area represents an intermediate eutrophication level, but t…
Licensing acceptance in a mineral-rich welfare state: Critical reflections on the social license to operate in Sweden
Disease and fertility: Evidence from the 1918–19 influenza pandemic in Sweden
What are the consequences of a severe health shock like an influenza pandemic on fertility? Using rich administrative data and a difference-in-differences approach, we evaluate fertility responses to the 1918-19 influenza pandemic in Sweden. We find evidence of a small baby boom following the end of the pandemic, but we show that this effect is second-order compared to a strong long-term negative fertility effect. Within this net fertility declin…
Revisiting Sweden's comprehensive school reform: Effects on education and earnings
We revisit a Swedish comprehensive school reform first evaluated by Meghir and Palme (2005). This reform increased years of schooling and abolished tracking. We extend the original analysis to the full population and introduce an improved education measure. Our results confirm the original overall finding of small average earnings effects. However, we find considerably larger increases in educational attainment and no evidence of decreased labor …
Infant Health, Cognitive Performance, and Earnings: Evidence from Inception of the Welfare State in Sweden
We identify earnings impacts of exposure to an infant health intervention in Sweden, using individual-linked administrative data to trace potential mechanisms. Leveraging quasi-random variation in eligibility, we estimate that exposure was associated with higher test scores in primary school for boys and girls. However, only girls were more likely to score in the top quintile. Subsequent gains, in secondary schooling, employment, and earnings, ar…
The Long-Term Effects of Student Absence: Evidence from Sweden
Despite the relatively uncontested importance of promoting school attendance in the policy arena, little evidence exists on the causal effect of school absence on long-run outcomes. We address this question by combining historical and administrative records for cohorts of Swedish individuals born in the 1930s. We find that elementary school absence significantly reduces contemporaneous academic performance, final educational attainment and labour…
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