Fredrik Heyman
Senior Research Fellow (IFN) · Associate Professor (Economics)
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About

I am a Senior Research Fellow at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) in Stockholm and an Associate Professor in Economics. My research examines how globalization and technological change reshape labor markets and firm dynamics, with a particular interest in how firms and workers adapt to automation, trade, and foreign ownership. Beyond academic journals, I conduct policy-oriented research and regularly contribute to Swedish policy debates through evidence-based analysis.

Publications

  1. Globalization, Recruitments, and Job Mobility
    with Carl Davidson, Steven Matusz, Fredrik Sjöholm and Susan Chun Zhu
    Canadian Journal of Economics 56(2), 357–386 · 2023
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  2. Globalization, the Jobs Ladder and Economic Mobility
    with Carl Davidson, Steven Matusz, Fredrik Sjöholm and Susan Chun Zhu
    European Economic Review 127, 103444 · 2020
    DOI
  3. Digitization–Based Automation and Occupational Dynamics
    with Malin Gardberg, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson
    Economics Letters 189, 109032 · 2020
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  4. The Turnaround of the Swedish Economy: Lessons from Large Business Sector Reforms
    with Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson
    World Bank Research Observer 34(2), 274–308 · 2019
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  5. Has the Swedish Business Sector Become More Entrepreneurial than the U.S. Business Sector?
    with Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson and Fredrik Andersson
    Research Policy 48(7), 1809–1822 · 2019
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  6. Globalization, Job Tasks and the Demand for Different Occupations
    with Fredrik Sjöholm
    Travail et emploi (157), 67–92 · 2019
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  7. Foreign Direct Investment, Source Country Heterogeneity and Management Practices
    with Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Rickard Hammarberg and Lars Persson
    Economica 86(342), 362–395 · 2019
    DOI
  8. Who Creates Jobs and Who Creates Productivity? Small Versus Large Versus Young Versus Old
    with Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson
    Economics Letters 164, 50–57 · 2018
    DOI
  9. Global Engagement and the Occupational Structure of Firms
    with Carl Davidson, Steven Matusz, Fredrik Sjöholm and Susan Chun Zhu
    European Economic Review 100, 273–292 · 2017
    DOI
  10. Job Polarization, Job Tasks and the Role of Firms
    Economics Letters 145, 246–251 · 2016
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  11. Global Engagement, Complex Tasks and the Distribution of Occupational Employment
    with Carl Davidson, Steven Matusz, Fredrik Sjöholm and Susan Chun Zhu
    Review of International Economics 24(4), 717–736 · 2016
    DOI
  12. Employment Protection Reform, Enforcement in Collective Agreements and Worker Flows
    with Per Skedinger
    Industrial Relations 55(4), 662–704 · 2016
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  13. The Dynamics of Offshoring and Institutions
    with Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall
    B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 15(4), 1975–2016 · 2015
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  14. Multinational Firms, Acquisitions and Job Tasks
    with Katariina Nilsson Hakkala and Fredrik Sjöholm
    European Economic Review 66, 248–265 · 2014
    DOI
  15. Globalization and Imperfect Labor Market Sorting
    with Carl Davidson, Steven Matusz, Fredrik Sjöholm and Susan Chun Zhu
    Journal of International Economics 94(2), 177–194 · 2014
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  16. Competition, Takeovers, and Gender Discrimination
    with Helena Svaleryd and Jonas Vlachos
    ILR Review 66(2), 409–432 · 2013
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  17. Liberalized Trade and Worker–Firm Matching
    Carl Davidson, Steven Matusz, Fredrik Sjöholm and Susan Chun Zhu
    American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings 102(3), 429–434 · 2012
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  18. Multinationals, Cross–Border Acquisitions and Wage Dispersion
    with Fredrik Sjöholm and Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall
    Canadian Journal of Economics 44(2), 627–650 · 2011
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  19. Multinationals, Skills, and Wage Elasticities
    with Katariina Nilsson Hakkala and Fredrik Sjöholm
    Review of World Economics 146(2), 263–280 · 2010
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  20. Microdata Evidence on Rent–Sharing
    with Mahmood Arai
    Applied Economics 41(23), 2965–2976 · 2009
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  21. Do Entrenched Managers Pay Their Workers More?
    with Henrik Cronqvist, Mattias Nilsson, Helena Svaleryd and Jonas Vlachos
    Journal of Finance 64(1), 309–339 · 2009
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  22. How Wage Compression Affects Job Turnover
    Journal of Labor Research 29(1), 11–26 · 2008
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  23. Is there Really a Foreign Ownership Wage Premium? Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
    with Katariina Nilsson Hakkala and Fredrik Sjöholm
    Journal of International Economics 73(2), 355–376 · 2007
    DOI
  24. Firm Size or Firm Age? The Effect on Wages Using Matched Employer-Employee Data
    LABOUR 21(2), 237–263 · 2007
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  25. Temporary Contracts and the Dynamics of Job Turnover
    Economics Bulletin · 2002
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    26. In process

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    Teaching

    • Lund University
      2014–2026
      International economics
    • Stockholm School of Economics
      2009–2010
      Master econometrics
    • Karolinska Institutet
      2004–2005
      Econometrics
    • Stockholm University
      1993–1996
      Microeconomics (theory); Microeconomics (applied); Macroeconomics (theory); Macroeconomics (applied)
    • Stockholm University
      1997–2000
      Mathematics for Economists

    CV

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    Contact

    Email: fredrik.heyman@ifn.se

    Phone: +46 (0)8 665 4537

    Location: Stockholm, Sweden

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