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Parental separation linked to poorer educational outcomes for children
40 per cent of all Swedish children experience a parental separation. A new study shows that parents without higher education separate at much higher rates and that socioeconomic differences have increased sharply over time. Furthermore, parental separation has a clear negative effect on children’s school grades.
Household debt hampers Swedish economic growth
The strong global financial expansion of recent decades has dramatically transformed the ways in which risks related to housing finance are managed. In Sweden, a financial system that favours investment in existing properties has driven up house prices and contributed to Swedish households being among the most highly indebted in the world.
Students with an immigrant background travel longer distances to attend attractive schools
Can free school choice help break segregation? In a recently published study, researchers have examined upper secondary school choice in the Stockholm region. The results show that while school choice does contribute to greater mixing of students across schools, access to attract...
In Memoriam: Mats Franzén 1948–2025
We are saddened to announce that our long-time colleague and dear friend Mats Franzén has passed away.
Urban Lab
The research programme Urban Lab gathers empirically oriented researchers from different disciplines. Urban Lab is a collaboration between IBF and the Department of Economics.
The Housing and Urban Justice Project
The Housing and Urban Justice Project is a research group that, based on critical theory, focuses on justice in housing and the city.
