Magnus Carlsson | lnu.se

Associate professor in Economics

Magnus Carlsson´s research interests include labor economics, applied microeconomics and political economy. A large part of his research aims at studying which factors are important in explaining observed differences in labor market outcomes, for example between women and men, and between individuals with different ethnic backgrounds.

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My completed research projects

Project: Equal health care The project studied equality within cardiac arrest care with consideration to ethnicity, age, gender, and socioeconomic background.

Publications

Selected publications

Carlsson, M., Reshid, A.A. (2022). Coworker Peer Effects on Parental Leave Take-up. Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
Status: Epub ahead of print
Carlsson, M., Eriksson, S. (2022). Do employers avoid hiring workers from poor neighborhoods? : Experimental evidence from the real labor market. Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
Status: Accepted
Carlsson, M., Dahl, G.B., Rooth, D. (2021). Backlash in policy attitudes after the election of an extreme political party. Journal of Public Economics. 204.
Status: Published
Agerström, J., Carlsson, M., Bremer, A., Herlitz, J., Israelsson, J., et al. (2021). Discriminatory cardiac arrest care? : Patients with low socioeconomic status receive delayed cardiopulmonary resuscitation and are less likely to survive an in-hospital cardiac arrest. European Heart Journal. 42 (8). 861-869.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M., Finseraas, H., Midtbøen, A.H., Rafnsdóttir, G.L. (2021). Gender Bias in Academic Recruitment? : Evidence from a Survey Experiment in the Nordic Region. European Sociological Review. 37 (3). 399-410.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M., Eriksson, S. (2019). Age Discrimination in Hiring Decisions : Evidence from a Field Experiment in the Labor Market. Labour Economics. 59. 173-183.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M., Dahl, G., Öckert, B., Rooth, D. (2015). The Effect of Schooling on Cognitive Skills. Review of Economics and Statistics. 97 (3). 533-547.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M., Rooth, D. (2007). Evidence of ethnic discrimination in the Swedish labor market using experimental data. Labour Economics. 14 (4). 716-729.
Status: Published

Article in journal (Refereed)

Israelsson, J., Carlsson, M., Agerström, J. (2023). A more conservative test of sex differences in the treatment and outcome of in-hospital cardiac arrest. Heart & Lung. 58. 191-197.
Status: Published
Agerström, J., Carlsson, M., Erenel, A. (2023). The effect of social gender norms on parental leave uptake intentions : Evidence from two survey experiments on prospective fathers and mothers. Applied Economics.
Status: Epub ahead of print
Strinic, A., Carlsson, M., Agerström, J. (2022). Occupational stereotypes : professionals' warmth and competence perceptions of occupations. Personnel review. 51 (2). 603-619.
Status: Published
Heath, A.J., Carlsson, M., Agerström, J. (2022). Is employer collection of diversity data attractive to potential job seekers? Ethnicity and sex differences and a UK-Sweden comparison. Personnel review.
Status: Epub ahead of print
Agerström, J., Carlsson, M., Bremer, A., Herlitz, J., Rawshani, A., et al. (2022). Treatment and survival following in-hospital cardiac arrest : does patient ethnicity matter?. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 21 (4). 341-347.
Status: Published
Agerström, J., Carlsson, M., Strinic, A. (2021). Intersected groups and discriminatory everyday behavior : Evidence from a lost email experiment. Social Psychology. 52 (6). 351-361.
Status: Published
Strinic, A., Carlsson, M., Agerström, J. (2021). Multiple group membership : warmth and competence perceptions in the workplace. Journal of business and psychology. 36. 903-920.
Status: Published
Fumarco, L., Carlsson, M., Gibbs, B.G. (2020). Erasmus exchange program : a matter of (relatively) older students. The B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis & Policy. 20 (4). 1-14.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M., Eriksson, S. (2019). In-group gender bias in hiring : real-world evidence. Economics Letters. 185. 1-3.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M., Reshid, A., Rooth, D. (2018). Neighborhood signaling effects, commuting time, and employment : evidence from a field experiment. International journal of manpower. 39 (4). 534-549.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M., Fumarco, L., Rooth, D. (2018). Ethnic discrimination in hiring, labour market tightness and the business cycle : evidence from field experiments. Applied Economics. 50 (24). 2652-2663.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M., Stefan, E., Rooth, D. (2018). Job search methods and wages : are natives and immigrants different?. Manchester School. 86 (2). 219-247.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M., Eriksson, S. (2017). Do attitudes expressed in surveys predict ethnic discrimination?. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 40 (10). 1739-1757.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M., Rooth, D. (2016). Employer Attitudes, the Marginal Employer, and the Ethnic Wage Gap. Industrial & labor relations review. 69 (1). 227-252.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M., Eriksson, S. (2015). Ethnic discrimination in the London market for shared housing. Journal of ethnic and migration studies. 41 (8). 1276-1301.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M., Eriksson, S. (2014). Discrimination in the rental market for apartments. Journal of Housing Economics. 23. 41-54.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M., Fumarco, L., Rooth, D. (2014). Does the design of correspondence studies influence the measurement of discrimination?. IZA Journal of Migration. 3 (11).
Status: Published
Carlsson, R., Agerström, J., Björklund, F., Carlsson, M., Rooth, D. (2014). Testing for Backlash in Hiring : A Field Experiment on Agency, Communion, and Gender. Journal of Personnel Psychology. 13 (4). 204-214.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M., Rooth, D. (2012). Revealing taste-based discrimination in hiring: a correspondence testing experiment with geographic variation. Applied Economics Letters. 19 (18). 1861-1864.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M., Rooth, D. (2012). The Power of Media and Changes in Discriminatory Behavior among Employers. Journal of Media Economics. 25 (2). 98-108.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M. (2012). Är förkunskaper verkligen viktiga för framgångsrika högre studier? : En analys av studieresultatet på en grundläggande högskolekurs i statistik. Högre Utbildning. 2 (1). 33-46.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M. (2011). Does Hiring Discrimination Cause Gender Segregation in the Swedish Labor Market?. Feminist Economics. 7 (3). 71-102.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M. (2010). Experimental Evidence of Discrimination in the Hiring of 1st and 2nd Generation Immigrants. Labour. 24 (3). 263-278.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M. (2009). Kan könsdiskriminering förklara yrkessegregeringen på den svenska arbetsmarknaden?. Ekonomisk Debatt. 37 (8). 38-48.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M., Rooth, D. (2007). Correspondence testing och etnisk diskriminering på svensk arbetsmarknad. Søkelys på arbeidslivet. (3). 375-382.
Status: Published
Carlsson, M., Rooth, D. (2007). Etnisk diskriminering på svensk arbetsmarknad – resultat från ett fältexperiment. Ekonomisk debatt. 35 (3). 55-68.
Status: Published

Conference paper (Refereed)

Carlsson, R., Agerström, J., Björklund, F., Carlsson, M., Rooth, D. (2015). Backlash and hiring : A field experiment on agency, communion, and gender. .
Carlsson, M., Eriksson, S., Rooth, D. (2014). Job search methods and wages : are natives and immigrants different?. .
Carlsson, M., Eriksson, S. (2013). Ethnic discrimination in the London market for shared housing. .
Carlsson, M., Eriksson, S. (2013). Ethnic discrimination in the London market for shared accommodation. 28th annual congress of the European Economic Association, Gothenburg, August 26-30, 2013.
Carlsson, M. (2011). Employer Attitudes, the Marginal Employer and the Ethnic Wage Gap.. .
Carlsson, M. (2009). The Impact of Being Monitored on Discriminatory Behavior among Employers : Evidence from a Natural Experiment. European Association of Labour Economists Conference, Tallin, Estland,2009.
Carlsson, M. (2008). Is it Your Foreign Name or Foreign Qualifications?. European Association of Labour Economists Conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Carlsson, M. (2007). Sex discrimination and segregation in the Swedish labour market : A field experiment. European Society of Population Economics Conference, Chicago, US.

Conference paper (Other academic)

Carlsson, M. (2010). Ethnic discrimination and attitudes towards immigrants : Conference on immigration and labor market integration, IFAU, Uppsala, Sweden.
Carlsson, M. (2005). Survey response and test performance using economic incentive schemes. Finish Association of Experimental Economics Conference on Applied Microeconomics, Joensuu, Finland.

Manuscript (preprint) (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))

Carlsson, M., Rooth, D. The Impact of Being Monitored on Discriminatory Behavior among Employers – Evidence from a Natural Experiment.

Report (Other academic)

Carlsson, M., Eriksson, S. (2019). In-group gender bias in hiring : real-world evidence. Linnaeus University Centre for Discrimination and Integration Studies. 11.
Carlsson, M., Dahl, G.B., Rooth, D. (2018). Backlash in attitudes after the election of extreme political parties. Linnaeus University Centre for Discrimination and Integration Studies. 27.
Carlsson, M., Eriksson, S. (2017). The effect of age and gender on labor demand : evidence from a field experiment. Linnéuniversitetet. 34.
Carlsson, M., Reshid, A., Rooth, D. (2017). Neighborhood signaling effects, commuting time, and employment : evidence from a field experiment. Linnéuniversitetet. 33.
Carlsson, M., Dahl, G.B., Rooth, D. (2015). Do politicians change public attitudes?. Linnaeus University Centre for Labour Market and Discrimination Studies. 57.
Carlsson, M., Reshid, A., Rooth, D. (2015). Explaining the gender wage gap among recent college graduates : pre-labour market factors or empolyer discrimination?. Linnaeus University. 35.
Carlsson, M., Rooth, D. (2015). What can we learn from correspondence testing studies?. Linnaeus University Centre for Labour Market and Discrimination Studies. 14.
Carlsson, M., Fumarco, L., Rooth, D. (2015). Does labor market tightness affect ethnic discrimination in hiring?. Linnaeus University Centre for Labour Market and Discrimination Studies. 26.
Carlsson, M., Eriksson, S., Rooth, D. (2014). Job search methods and wages : are natives and immigrants different?. Linnaeus University Centre for Labour Market and Discrimination Studies. 28.
Carlsson, M., Fumarco, L., Rooth, D. (2013). Artifactual evidence of discrimination in correspondence studies? : A replication of the Neumark method. Linnéuniversitetet. 41.
Carlsson, M., Eriksson, S. (2013). Discrimination in the rental housing market for apartments. Linnéuniversitetet. 36.
Carlsson, M., Eriksson, S. (2013). Ethnic Discrimination in the Market for Shared Housing. Linnéuniversitetet. 20.
Carlsson, M., Dahl, G., Öckert, B., Rooth, D. (2013). The Effect of Schooling on Cognitive Skills. Linnéuniversitetet. 41.
Carlsson, R., Agerström, J., Björklund, F., Carlsson, M., Rooth, D. (2013). Testing for backlash in hiring : A field experiment on agency, communion,and gender. Linnéuniversitetet. 14.
Carlsson, M., Rooth, D. (2012). Identifying preference-based employer discrimination : a field experiment. Linnéuniversitetet. 6.
Carlsson, M., Eriksson, S. (2012). Do reported attitudes towards immigrants predict ethnic discrimination?. Växjö, Linnéuniversitetet. 13.
Carlsson, M., Rooth, D. (2012). Can media attention about tests of ethnic discrimination change the employers’ behaviour?. Linnéuniversitetet. 10.
Carlsson, M., Rooth, D. (2012). Employer attitudes, the marginal employer and the ethnic wage gap. Linnéuniversitetet. 23.
Carlsson, M. (2010). The Measured Degree of Hiring Discrimination and the Level of Standardization of the Job Applicants´ Qualifications in Field Experiments.
Carlsson, M., Rooth, D. (2009). The Impact of Being Monitored on Discriminatory Behavior among Employers : evidence from a Natural Experiment. IZA. 12.
Carlsson, M., Rooth, D. (2008). Is It Your Foreign Name or Foreign Qualifications? An Experimental Study of Ethnic Discrimination in Hiring. IZA. 28.
Carlsson, M., Rooth, D. (2008). An Experimental Study of Sex Segregation in the Swedish Labour Market : Is Discrimination the Explanation?. IZA. 31.

Report (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))

Skedinger, P., Carlsson, M. (2011). Reglering eller diskriminering : vad hindrar etablering?. Stockholm, Fores. 97.