UHILL Working Papers and Publications
Names in bold denote members of the lab
Working Papers
Costa Ribeiro, L., Andersson, J., Skoglund, W., Molinder, J., Önnerfors, M. (2026). Automated historical census digitization using
image augmentation and transformer-based
methods (EHES Working Paper No. 298). European Historical Economics Society.
Molinder, J., & Önnerfors, M. (2026). The early evolution of segregation and neighborhood disadvantage: Evidence from Stockholm during industrialization, 1878–1950 (EHES Working Paper No. 294). European Historical Economics Society.
Skoglund, W., & Molinder, J. (2025). Unions and the great leveling: Evidence from across the Atlantic (EHES Working Paper No. 292). European Historical Economics Society.
Ericsson, J. (2024). Worst in Europe? Swedish Housing Conditions in the First Half of the 20th Century, Uppsala Papers in Economic History.
Castañeda Garza, D., Skoglund, W., & Andersson, J. (2023) The Sonoran Land Grab: Development of Wealth in 19th Century Sonora. Uppsala Papers in Economic History.
Molinder, J. (2022). Historical roots of the dual-earner model: Women’s labour force participation in Sweden, 1870–1960. Lund Papers in Economic History.
Published Articles
Dalman, E. (2026). The impact of mothers: intergenerational mobility in Sweden 1865–2015. European Sociological Review.
Dalman, E., Dribe, M. and Eriksson, B. (2026). A Schumpeter hotel? Surname status inequality and persistence in Sweden, 1880–2015. Social Science Research.
Skoglund, W., Castañeda Garza, D., & Andersson, J. (2026). The Sonoran land grab: Native displacement and elite wealth extraction in the nineteenth century Mexico Economic History of Developing Regions, 1-19.
Heikkuri, S. (2026). Technological change and structural shifts in Sweden's labor market, 1870 - 1930: skill upgrading or deskilling? Scandinavian Economic History Review.
Heikkuri, S., Prado, S. and Sato, Y. (2026). Women and children in factories: Did mechanization increase the demand for low-cost labor in Sweden? Investigaciones De Historia Económica - Economic History Review, 22(1), 119-146.
Andersson, J. (2025). Moving from opportunity: Intergenerational mobility of rural–urban return migrants in Sweden, 1890s–1940s. The Economic History Review.
Bengtsson, E., & Molinder, J. (2025). What Happened to the Rich during the Great Levelling? Evidence from Swedish Individual-level Data, 1909–1950. The Journal of Economic History.
Jayes, J., Molinder, J., & Enflo, K. (2025). Power for progress: The impact of electricity on individual labor market outcomes. Explorations in Economic History.
Ericsson, J. & Molinder, J. (2025). How Deep Are the Roots of Swedish Egalitarianism? A Multidimensional Approach. European Review of Economic History.
Andersson, J. (2025). Ascending from the bottom rung: The labor market assimilation of rural-urban migrants in Sweden, 1880–1910. Explorations in Economic History, 97, 101690.
Andersson, J., & Molinder, J. (2025). Did Cities Increase Skills During Industrialization? Evidence from Rural-Urban Migration. Journal of Urban Economics, 148, 103772.
Skoglund, W. (2025). Union Wage Effects in Sweden: Evidence from the Interwar Period. Explorations in Economic History.
Andersson, M. & Molinder, J. (2024) Swedish income inequality in 1613, Economic History Review, 77(4), 1123-1551.
Bengtsson, E., & Molinder, J. (2024). Incomes and Income Inequality in Stockholm, 1870–1970: Evidence from Micro Data. Explorations in Economic History.
Castañeda Garza, D. (2024) Moderate Opulence: the Evolution of Wealth Inequality in Mexico in its first Century of Independence. Explorations in Economic History
Berger, T., Engzell, P,. Eriksson, B., & Molinder, J. (2023). Intergenerational Mobility in Sweden Before the Welfare State. The Journal of Economic History.
Ericsson, J. & Molinder, J., (2020). Economic Growth and the Developmen of Real Wages: Swedish Construction Worker's Wages in Comparative Perspective. The Journal of Economic History.
Dissertations
Skoglund, W. (2025). Power Matters: Essays on Labor Market Power. Uppsala Studies in Economic History.
Andersson, J. (2024). Migrants and Towns. Self-Selection and Occupational Attainment of Rural-Urban Migrants in Swedish History. Uppsala Studies in Economic History.