Per Skedinger
Biographic Data
| ID | 5071344 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Per Skedinger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Per |
| FAMILY NAME | Skedinger |
| SIGNATURE | SKEDINGER P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Research Institute of Industrial Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4945-1577 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Conditions for doing business in rural areas: Survey evidence from in-movers and stayers
This paper examines the conditions for business success in rural Sweden, with a particular focus on differences between business owners who have grown up in rural areas (“stayers”) and those who have migrated there as adults (“in-movers”). We draw on a unique, large-scale survey, linked to administrative register data, covering business owners aged 25–55 with firms of up to ten employees. This combined dataset provides detailed insights into both…
Immigrant self-employment in turbulent times
We examine immigrant self-employment in Sweden during the turbulent decade 2011–2021. This is done for different cohorts of immigrants from Africa and Asia and for unincorporated and incorporated firms. Immigrants have lower business earnings and higher exit rates from self-employment than natives, which is in line with previous research. The period in which the immigrants arrived in Sweden and the type of business they are engaged in have import…
Employment protection and FDI revisited: New evidence from micro data
We use micro data on affiliates to Swedish multinational firms (MNEs) to explore the impact of more stringent employment protection legislation (EPL) on foreign direct investment (FDI). We add to the previous literature by exploring the impact of EPL on the extensive as well as intensive margin, and by distinguishing the impact on different types of affiliates. We find that employment and exports in exporting affiliates decline with EPL, and MNEs…
Transaction Taxes in a Search Model of the Housing Market
Transaction Taxes in a Search Model of the Housing Market
Employment protection and FDI revisited: New evidence from micro data
We use micro data on affiliates to Swedish multinational firms (MNEs) to explore the impact of more stringent employment protection legislation (EPL) on foreign direct investment (FDI). We add to the previous literature by exploring the impact of EPL on the extensive as well as intensive margin, and by distinguishing the impact on different types of affiliates. We find that employment and exports in exporting affiliates decline with EPL, and MNEs…
Immigrant self-employment in turbulent times
We examine immigrant self-employment in Sweden during the turbulent decade 2011–2021. This is done for different cohorts of immigrants from Africa and Asia and for unincorporated and incorporated firms. Immigrants have lower business earnings and higher exit rates from self-employment than natives, which is in line with previous research. The period in which the immigrants arrived in Sweden and the type of business they are engaged in have import…
Conditions for doing business in rural areas: Survey evidence from in-movers and stayers
This paper examines the conditions for business success in rural Sweden, with a particular focus on differences between business owners who have grown up in rural areas (“stayers”) and those who have migrated there as adults (“in-movers”). We draw on a unique, large-scale survey, linked to administrative register data, covering business owners aged 25–55 with firms of up to ten employees. This combined dataset provides detailed insights into both…
Economics (3 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Art (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Business model (1 works) · Classics (1 works) · Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing (1 works) · Database transaction (1 works) · Demographic economics (1 works)