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  1. The creative class: do jobs follow people or do people follow jobs?

    Article • Regional Studies, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  2. Flexibility at a cost – Should governments stimulate tertiary education for adults?

    Article • The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, April 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  3. Marital status and risk of dementia: a nationwide population-based prospective study from Sweden

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2016, BMJ

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  4. Commuting and timing of retirement

    Article • The Annals of Regional Science, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  5. The long-term earnings consequences of general vs. specific training of the unemployed

    Article • IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  6. Regional Sorting of Human Capital: The Choice of Location among Young Adults in Sweden

    Article • Regional Studies, August 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  7. Does Education of Older Workers Increase Earnings?

    Article • Labour, March 2014, Wiley

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  8. The relationship between marital and parental status and the risk of dementia

    Article • International Psychogeriatrics, January 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  9. Is Your Commute Killing You? On the Mortality Risks of Long-Distance Commuting

    Article • Environment and Planning A Economy and Space, January 2014, SAGE Publications

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  10. Education and retirement: does University education at mid-age extend working life?

    Article • IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  11. Twice chosen: Spouse matching and earnings among women in first and second unions

    Article • The Social Science Journal, September 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  12. P3–204: Relationship between marital and parental status and risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease

    Article • Alzheimer s & Dementia, July 2013, Wiley

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  13. All in the family: Self-selection and migration by couples

    Article • Papers of the Regional Science Association, February 2013, Wiley

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  14. See the future by looking at the past: predicting divorce with premarital earnings

    Article • Applied Economics Letters, July 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  15. ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS AND REGIONAL MOBILITY OF LABOR: EVIDENCE FROM THE SWEDISH RECESSION, 1994-1995

    Article • Contemporary Economic Policy, June 2011, Wiley

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  16. Industrial structure, regional productivity and convergence: The case of Norway and Sweden

    Article • European Urban and Regional Studies, January 2011, SAGE Publications

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  17. Can adult education delay retirement from the labour market?

    Article • Journal of Population Economics, December 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  18. Geographical Mobility in Sweden

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  19. MIGRATION AND SELF-SELECTION: MEASURED EARNINGS AND LATENT CHARACTERISTICS*

    Article • Journal of Regional Science, October 2008, Wiley

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  20. Does comprehensive education work for the long-term unemployed?

    Article • Labour Economics, February 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  21. Is Migration Important for Regional Convergence? Comparative Evidence for Norwegian and Swedish Counties, 1980–2000

    Article • Regional Studies, October 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  22. Health-related disabilities and matching of spouses: Analysis of Swedish population data

    Article • Journal of Population Economics, September 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  23. The effects of regional migration on gross income of labour in Sweden

    Article • Papers of the Regional Science Association, July 2004, Wiley

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  24. The effects of regional migration on gross income of labour in Sweden*

    Article • Papers of the Regional Science Association, July 2004, Wiley

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  25. Marital Matching and Earnings: Evidence from the Unmarried Population in Sweden

    Article • Journal of Human Resources, January 2004, JSTOR

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  26. Marital Matching and Earnings

    Article • Journal of Human Resources, January 2004, University of Wisconsin Press

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  27. Geographical Labour Mobility: Migration or Commuting?

    Article • Regional Studies, November 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  28. Internal Migration in Sweden: The Effects of Mobility Grants and Regional Labour Market Conditions

    Article • Labour, July 1998, Wiley

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  29. A panel study of migration, self-selection and household real income

    Article • Journal of Population Economics, March 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  30. Employment Opportunities, Wages and International Migration in Sweden 1970-1989

    Article • Journal of Regional Science, February 1997, Wiley

    Professor Olle Westerlund

  31. Household Migration and the Local Public Sector: Evidence from Sweden, 1981–1984

    Article • Regional Studies, April 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Olle Westerlund