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Bilden av Sverige – en förebild eller ett land i kris?
På senare tid har flera beskrivit Sverige som ett land i kris. Inte sällan kopplas krisen till svensk integrationspolitik. Samtidigt får vi rapporter om att mycket överlag har blivit bättre i dagens S

Almedalen 2018: Sverigedemokraternas väljare - vilka är de?
På några få år har Sverigedemokraterna vuxit till att bli ett av Sveriges största riksdagspartier men mycket är fortfarande okänt om deras väljare. Hur – och i vilken utsträckning – skiljer sig Sverig
Offentliga samtal: Bilden av Sverige - en förebild eller ett land i kris?
På senare tid har fler beskrivit Sverige som ett land i kris. Inte sällan kopplas krisen till svensk integrationspolitik. Samtidigt får vi rapporter om att mycket överlag har blivit bättre i dagens Sv
Offentliga samtal: Har vi blivit mer faktaresistenta?
Varför pratas det så mycket om faktaresistens idag? Produktionen och tillgängligheten av kunskap har aldrig varit större än idag. Vi har heller aldrig varit så välutbildade som idag. Trots detta menar
Does employer discrimination contribute to the subordinate labor market inclusion of individuals of a foreign background?
Social Science Research, vol. 98 Abstract Advanced labor markets are typically stratified by origin with a majority ethnic group occupying more desirable (high-skilled) positions and subordinated ethnic choices reinforce these patterns. This would be the case if employers were more reluctant to hire subordinate minority job applicants for high-skilled positions than for low-skilled occupations. We use experimental correspondence audit data derived from 6407 job applications sent to job openings in the Swedish labor market, where the ‘foreignness’ of the job applicants has been randomly assigned to otherwise equally merited job applications. We find that negative discrimination of job applicants with ‘foreign’ names is very similar in the high-skilled and low-skilled segments of the labor market. There is no significant relative ethnic difference in chances of callbacks by skill level. Because baseline callback rates are higher in high-skilled occupations, discrimination however translates into a significantly larger percentage unit callback difference between ‘natives’ and ‘foreigners’ in these occupations, in particular between male job applicants. That is, the
"Unique values among workers in tech"
In a new study of political values among workers in the American tech industry researchers found a ”unique” dominance of left-liberal values and anti-establishement thinking. We asked Niels Selling, p
Policy Professionals in Swedish Politics
For three years, three researchers and two research assistants have surveyed and interviewed a group of people who are remarkably invisible in research. it's remarkable since it is a category of peopl (in Swedish).
How Migration Can Benefit Development
Institutet för Framtidsstudiers skriftserie: Framtidens samhälle nr 5, 2006 Migration can make positive contributions to the economic development of poor countries, but needs to be incorporated into th
The future of automation
Depending on your perspective, technological development has been saving us from drudgery, or destroying our livelihoods, for centuries. From the very first domestication of animals we’ve been finding