Event Information
The last EEU Seminar of the semester will be held now on Monday the 11th of December at 12:10 – 13:00 in E44.
The seminar will be held by Jimmy Karlsson. Jimmy is one of our PhD students and will present on the topic of Climate Policy and the Returns to Skills. A project that is still in the very early stages.
When: Monday, December 11th at 12:10-13:00
Where: E44
Speaker: Jimmy Karlsson
Title: Climate Policy and the Returns to Skills
Abstract: This project aims to investigate the effects of climate policy on the returns to skills in the Swedish labor market. Using matched employer-employee data from the Swedish registers for the years 2004-2021, I estimate the effects of the carbon and energy tax paid by firms on wages of different skill groups. Individuals’ skills are collected from the educational register, and tax payments are calculated based on firms’ fuel statistics, where I use an IV approach to overcome the endogeneity of firms’ tax rates. The results can increase the understanding of how climate policy changes the composition of labor demand and its implications for labor market inequality.
Hope to see you there,
Viking Lindberg