Lars Behrenz
Associate Professor, Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor
Department of Economics and Statistics
School of Business and Economics
Lars Behrenz's research focuses on labour market economics and to some extent on sports-related issues.
Among other things, he has studied the following: employers' recruitment behaviour; the effects of increased staffing levels at the public employment service; the effects of local collaboration on labour market policies; the suitability of the Rehn-Meidner model in today's society; the situation of second-generation immigrants; the effects of collaboration between temporary work agencies and the public employment service; the socio-economic significance of the social economy; and dynamic efficiency analyses of the public employment service.
In recent years, he has also started to research the economic effects of sports in a study about the socio-economic value of various forms of sports.
Publications
Article in journal (Refereed)
- Karlsson, P.S., Behrenz, L., Shukur, G. (2019). Performances of model selection criteria when variables are ill conditioned. Computational Economics. 54. 77-98.
- Behrenz, L., Delander, L., Månsson, J. (2016). Is starting a business a sustainable way out of unemployment? : treatment effects of the Swedish start-up subsidy. Journal of Labor Research. 37. 389-411.
- Althin, R., Behrenz, L., Färe, R., Grosskopf, S., Mellander, E. (2010). Swedish employment offices: A new model for evaluating effectiveness. European Journal of Operational Research. 207. 1535-1544.
- Behrenz, L., Hammarstedt, M., Månsson, J. (2007). Second-generation immigrants in the Swedish labour market. International Review of Applied Economics. 21. 157-174.
- Behrenz, L., Althin, R. (2005). Efficiency and productivity of employment offices: : evidence from Sweden. International journal of manpower. 26. 196-206.
- Behrenz, L., Althin, R. (2004). An Efficiency Analysis of Swedish Employment Offices. International review of applied economics. 18. 471-482.
- Behrenz, L., Delander, L., Månsson, J., Nyberg, E. (2002). Platsförmedling för arbetslösa invandrare : utvärdering av ett försök med samverkan mellan bemanningsföretag och arbetsförmedling. Arbetsmarknad och Arbetsliv. 8. 273-286.
- Behrenz, L. (2002). The Employment Service and Vacancy Durations. Evaluation review. 26. 602-617.
- Behrenz, L. (2001). Who Gets the Job and Why? : An Explorative Study of Employers´Recruitment Behaviour. Journal of Applied Economics. IV. 255-278.
Conference paper (Refereed)
- Behrenz, L. (2013). The Economic Value of Elite Sports : The Case of Sweden. Sports: Economic, Management, Marketing & Social Aspects AbstractsThirteenth Annual International Conference on Sports: Economic, Management, Marketing & Social Aspects8-11 July 2013, Athens, Greece Edited by Gregory T. Papanikos. 11-11.
Article in journal (Other academic)
- Behrenz, L. (2009). Ökar Kalmar FF den svenska välfärden : Elitidrottens ekonomiska värde. Ekonomisk Debatt. 37. 37-47.
- Behrenz, L., Hammarstedt, M. (2002). Arbetsinkomster bland andra generationens invandrare. Arbetsmarknad och Arbetsliv. 8. 81-93.
- Behrenz, L. (2000). Låt inte det bästa bli det godas fiende : -om att utvärdera svensk arbetsmarknadspolitik. Arbetsmarknad och Arbetsliv. 6. 271-274.
- Behrenz, L., Althin, R. (1997). Svar till Karl-Martin Sjöstarnds "Några kommentarer till Althin-Behrenz..." . Arbetsmarknad och Arbetsliv. 3. 49-52.
- Behrenz, L., Althin, R. (1996). Finns det skillnader i effektivitet mellan de svenska arbetsförmedlingskontoren?. Arbetsmarknad och Arbetsliv. 2. 183-194.
Chapter in book (Other academic)
- Behrenz, L. (2012). Idrottens ekonomiska samhällsnytta. Är idrott nyttigt? : En antologi om idrott och samhällsnytta. Stockholm, SISU Idrottsböcker. 226-257.
- Behrenz, L., Delander, L., Niklasson, H. (2002). Can Sweden´s Rhen-Meidner model be put back on its feet?. Labour Markets, Gender and Institutional Change. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar. 36-62.
- Behrenz, L., Delander, L., Niklasson, H. (2001). Towards an intensified local level cooperation in the design and implementation of labour market policies : The evaluation of Swedish reforms. Labour Market Policy and Unemployment : Impact and Process Evaluations in Selected European Countries. Edward Elgar. 256-292.
- Behrenz, L., Althin, R. (1998). A Technical Efficiency Analysis of Swedish Employment Offices. Benchmarking Employment Performance and Labour Market Policies . Berlin, I.A.S..
Report (Other academic)
- Behrenz, L., Delander, L., Frödin, O., Mathieu, C., Månsson, J., et al. (2015). Arbetsgivares perspektiv på subventionerade anställningar : en kartläggning. Linnaeus University. 92.
- Behrenz, L., Delander, L., Månsson, J. (2014). Utvärdering av Almis företagsrådgivning : Utvärdering av rådgivningsverksamhet till etablerade företag. Östersund, Tillväxtanalys. 58.
- Behrenz, L., Hammarstedt, M. (2014). Utvärdering av nystartsjobb i Växjö kommun : slutrapport. Linnaeus University Centre for Labour Market and Discrimination Studies. 32.
- Behrenz, L., Delander, L., Månsson, J. (2013). Making the business case for Public Employment Services : Cost-benefit analysis and productive efficiency analysis. European Commission. 36.
- Behrenz, L., Delander, L., Månsson, J. (2013). The Public Employment Service : A Survey of Cost-Benefit Analysis and Productive Efficiency Analysis Studies. Linnéuniversitetet. 23.
- Behrenz, L., Delander, L., Månsson, J. (2012). Start-up Subsidies in Sweden : Treatment, Deadweight and Direct Displacement Effects.. Linnéuniversitetet. 27.
- Behrenz, L. (2009). Att studera Arbetsförmedlingens kostnadseffektivitet : working paper 2009:2. 57.
- Norgren, C., Johnreden, A., Johansson, M., Lundin, C., Gustafsson, C., et al. (2008). Stöd till start av näringsverksamhet : ett framgångsrikt program. Stockholm, Riksrevisionen. 94.
Manuscript (preprint) (Other academic)
Book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
- Behrenz, L. (2007). Att byta land och landskap : En vänbok till Jan Ekberg. Växjö University Press.
Report (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
- Behrenz, L., Delander, L. (2011). Samordningsstöd till barn med funktionshinder : samhällsekonomiska och offentligfinansiella effekter. 49.
Collection (editor) (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
- Behrenz, L., Lundgren, S., Edquist, H., Flood, L. (2008). Vägar till full sysselsättning. SNS förlag. 109.