Erik Prawitz awarded grant for new research project
Erik Prawitz, Associate Professor at the School of Business and Economics, has been granted a grant of SEK 5,580,000 from the Ragnar Söderberg Foundation for the research project "The Swedish model: new data and methods to understand the impact of collective bargaining on workers, firms, and innovation."
The research project examines how the collapse of the Swedish model, which is characterized by strong trade unions and collective agreements, during the 20th century led to changed structures for wage formation, business and innovation. The researchers will collect and use microdata from digitized archives of collective agreements, statistics on wages and union membership, and information on patents taken out by individuals and companies.
