Expertise: Economics of Education, Family Economics
Biography:Dr. Helena Holmlund is an associate at the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE and a research fellow at the Swedish Institute for Social Research at Stockholm University. Helena’s research focuses on areas such as the formation of cognitive and non-cognitive skills, school resources and educational attainment, the intergenerational transmission of human capital, intergenerational income mobility and the long-term consequences of teenage childbearing.
Education:
- PhD in Economics, Stockholm University
Selected Publications:
- “The Causal Effect of Parents' Schooling on Children's Schooling: A Comparison of Estimation Methods” (with Mikael Lindahl and Erik Plug), Journal of Economic Literature, forthcoming.
- “Does Money Matter for Schools?” (with Sandra McNally and Martina Viarengo), Economics of Education Review, forthcoming.
- "Long-Term Consequences of Teenage Childbearing: An Examination of the Siblings Approach", Journal of Human Resources 40(3), summer 2005, pp. 716-743.
CEP Publications:
- In brief: A Swedish model for UK schools?
Helena Holmlund,
Sandra McNally,
February 2010
Paper No' CEPCP306:
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- Does Money Matter for Schools?
Helena Holmlund,
Sandra McNally,
Martina Viarengo,
January 2009
Paper No' CEEDP0105:
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- Intergenerational Mobility and Assortative Mating: Effects of an Educational Reform
Helena Holmlund,
November 2008
Paper No' CEEDP0091:
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- A Researcher's Guide to the Swedish Compulsory School Reform
Helena Holmlund,
February 2008
Paper No' CEEDP0087:
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