Martin Olsson

Martin Olsson received his Ph.D. from Stockholm University in 2012. The title of his thesis was Essays on Employment Protection, Private Equity and Spousal Behavior.

IFN Researcher

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Martin Olsson

+46 (0)8 665 4558

martin.olsson@ifn.se

Research interests: Employment protection legislation, Labor economics, Privatization

Among the questions that Martin Olsson tries to answer with his research:

What are the labor market effects of different firm ownership?
How well did the Swedish welfare system function during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Do technology changes affect intergenerational mobility?

Current writings

14 November 2024

Review of Income and Wealth

Earnings Losses and the Role of the Welfare State During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Sweden

Journal Article

by Adrian Adermon, Lisa Laun, Patrik Lind, Martin Olsson, Jan Sauermann, Anna Sjögren

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11 October 2024

Journal of Finance

What is the Cost of Privatization for Workers?

Journal Article

by Martin Olsson, Joacim Tåg

25 September 2024

Ekonomisk Debatt

Exponering mot generativ AI i Sverige – en kartläggning

Article in Swedish

by Malin Gardberg, Fredrik Heyman, Martin Olsson, Joacim Tåg

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Published at IFN

Journal Articles

14 November 2024 Adermon, Adrian et al. (2024). “Earnings Losses and the Role of the Welfare State During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Sweden”. Review of Income and Wealth 70(4), 981–1010. doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12670

11 October 2024 Olsson, Martin and Joacim Tåg (forthcoming). “What is the Cost of Privatization for Workers?”. Journal of Finance.

12 June 2024 Ichino, Andrea, Martin Olsson, Barbara Petrongolo and Peter Skogman Thoursie (forthcoming). “Taxes, Childcare and Gender Identity Norms”. Journal of Labor Economics. doi.org/10.1086/732773

05 February 2021 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Martin Olsson and Lars Persson (2021). “Talent Development and Labour Market Integration in European Football”. World Economy 44(2), 367–408. doi.org/10.1111/twec.13071

01 November 2018 Olsson, Martin and Joacim Tåg (2018). “Are Foreign Private Equity Buyouts Bad for Workers?”. Economics Letters 172, 1–4. doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.08.002

01 October 2017 Olsson, Martin (2017). “Direct and Cross Effects of Employment Protection: The Case of Parental Childcare”. Scandinavian Journal of Economics 119(4), 1105–1128. doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12193

01 July 2017 Olsson, Martin and Joacim Tåg (2017). “Private Equity, Layoffs, and Job Polarization”. Journal of Labor Economics 35(3), 697–754. doi.org/10.1086/690712

01 January 2015 Olsson, Martin (2015). “Sickness Insurance and Spousal Labour Supply”. Labour Economics 33, 41–54. doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2015.02.005

01 April 2009 Olsson, Martin (2009). “Employment Protection and Sickness Absence”. Labour Economics 16(2), 208–214. doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2008.08.003

Book Chapters

09 September 2024 Olsson, Martin and Joacim Tåg (forthcoming). “From Wall Street to Work Floor: How Private Equity Buyouts Affect Workers”. In Brian Broughman and Elisabeth de Fontenay (Eds.), Research Handbook on the Structure of Private Equity and Venture Capital. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Working Papers

11 October 2023 Olsson, Martin and Joacim Tåg (2023). “From Wall Street to Work Floor: How Private Equity Buyouts Affect Workers”. IFN Working Paper No. 1475. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

16 May 2023 Gunnarsson, Emma, Anders Kärnä, Martin Olsson and Lars Persson (2023). “Family Firms: In All Shapes and Sizes”. IFN Working Paper No. 1461. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

19 December 2022 Heyman, Fredrik and Martin Olsson (2022). “Long-Run Effects of Technological Change: The Impact of Automation and Robots on Intergenerational Mobility”. IFN Working Paper No. 1451. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

27 October 2022 Adermon, Adrian et al. (2022). “Earnings Losses and the Role of the Welfare State During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Sweden”. IFN Working Paper No. 1443. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

04 June 2019 Ichino, Andrea, Martin Olsson, Barbara Petrongolo and Peter Skogman Thoursie (2019). “Economic Incentives, Childcare and Gender Identity Norms ”. IFN Working Paper No. 1283. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

13 September 2018 Olsson, Martin and Joacim Tåg (2018). “Are Foreign Private Equity Buyouts Bad for Workers?”. IFN Working Paper No. 1230. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

05 March 2018 Olsson, Martin and Joacim Tåg (2018). “What is the Cost of Privatization for Workers?”. IFN Working Paper No. 1201. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

31 May 2016 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Martin Olsson and Lars Persson (2016). “Talent Development and Labour Market Integration: The Case of EU Football”. IFN Working Paper No. 1126. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

17 April 2015 Olsson, Martin and Joacim Tåg (2015). “Private Equity, Layoffs, and Job Polarization”. IFN Working Paper No. 1068. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

06 February 2013 Olsson, Martin (2013). “Employment Protection and Parental Child Care”. IFN Working Paper No. 952. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

26 March 2012 Olsson, Martin and Joacim Tåg (2012). “Private Equity, Layoffs, and Job Polarization”. IFN Working Paper No. 906. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

11 June 2011 Olsson, Martin and Peter Skogman Thoursie (2011). “Are Married Spouses Insured by their Partners’ Social Insurance?”. IFN Working Paper No. 875. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

19 September 2007 Olsson, Martin (2007). “Employment Protection and Sickness Absence”. IFN Working Paper No. 717. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Articles in Swedish

25 September 2024 Gardberg, Malin , Fredrik Heyman, Martin Olsson and Joacim Tåg (2024). “Exponering mot generativ AI i Sverige – en kartläggning”. Ekonomisk Debatt 52(6), 17–32.

28 October 2022 Kärnä, Anders, Dagmar Müller, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Martin Olsson and Lars Persson (2022). “Familjeföretagens betydelse för motståndskraften och omställningskraften i näringslivet”. Ekonomisk Debatt 50(7), 14–26.

01 January 2018 Bjuggren, Carl Magnus, Martin Olsson och Per Skedinger (2018). ”Turordningsregler – lagstiftning med konsekvenser eller spel för gallerierna?”. Ekonomisk Debatt 46(3), 5–16.

01 January 2017 Olsson, Martin and Joacim Tåg (2017). “Påverkar riskkapitalinvesteringar anställda och samhällsekonomin?”. Ekonomisk Debatt 45(8), 26–36.

01 January 2007 Olsson, Martin (2007). ”Ökar anställningsskyddet sjukfrånvaron?”. Ekonomisk Debatt 35(2), 31–41.

Op-Eds

06 September 2024 Gardberg, Malin, Fredrik Heyman, Martin Olsson and Joacim Tåg (2024). “Så riskerar AI att öka klyftorna i samhället”. Dagens Industri, September 6.

02 May 2021 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Martin Olsson and Lars Persson (2021). “Dålig konkurrens på den europeiska fotbollsmarknaden”. Dagens Industri, May 2.

29 November 2019 Ichino, Andrea, Martin Olsson, Barbara Petrongola and Peter Skogman Thoursie (2019). “Can Economic Incentives Promote a More Equal Gender Division of House chores?”. LSE, November 29.

11 September 2019 Skogman Thoursie, Peter, Martin Olsson, Barbara Petrongolo and Andrea Ichino (2019). “Economic Incentives, Home Production, and Gender Identity Norms”. VoxEU, CEPR, September 11.

Reports

21 March 2022 Adermon, Adrian et al. (2022). “Coronapandemin, arbetsinkomsterna och välfärdssystemets skyddsgrad. Befolkningens inkomstutveckling under 2020”.

Other Publications

24 May 2024 Gardberg, Malin, Fredrik Heyman, Martin Olsson and Joacim Tåg (2024). “Exponering mot generativ AI i Sverige – en kartläggning”.

Dissertations

01 September 2012 Olsson, Martin (2012). Essays on Employment Protection, Private Equity and Spousal Behavior. Doctoral Dissertation. Department of Economics, Stockholm University.

Policy Papers (discontinued)

25 April 2018 Bjuggren, Carl Magnus, Martin Olsson and Per Skedinger (2018). “Turordningsregler – lagstiftning med konsekvenser eller spel för gallerierna?”. IFN Policy Paper No. 82. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

IFN Newsletter

01 January 2015 Olsson, Martin and Joacim Tåg (2015). “Private Equity: Transformation or Tax Evasion?”. IFN Newsletter (1), 1–4.