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Born: 1945

Education:
Fil.pol.mag., Lund University, 1968
Special graduate student, Economics, MIT 1974/75
Ph.D., Lund University, 1980
Docent, Lund University, 1987

Dissertation:
Studies in labor markets and information, Lund Economic Studies no. 19, 1980.

Professional organizations:
American Economic Association (AEA)
European Economic Association (EEA)
Swedish Economic Association (Nationalekonomiska föreningen)
European Association of Labour Economists (member of EALE executive committee 1990-1996)
European Society for Population Economics (ESPE)
International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE)

Employment:
1968-1975 Instructor, Department of Economics, Lund University
1975-1980 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University
1981-1983 Researcher, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University
1984-1992 Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Lund University
1993- Professor, Department of Economics, Lund University (Special Chair in The Economics of Gender)

Other professional appointments:
1976-1985 Secretary, Delegation for Labor Market Policy Research (EFA), Swedish Ministry of Labor
1986-1987 Senior research position on Women and Economic Equality, Swedish Council for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSFR)
1985-1991 One of the four members of the Steering Group of the Study of Power and Democracy in Sweden (Maktutredningen), appointed by the Swedish government
1990-1996 Member, Executive Committee, European Association of Labour Economists
1991-1993 Member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Swedish Federation of Municipalities
1994-1995 Member of the Council for Studies of Higher Education
1994-1995 Member of the Nordic Economic Research Council
1995-1998 Member of the Swedish Council for Social Research (vice chairman of SFR 1997-98)
1995-1997 Scientific Expert, Government Commission for the Study of the Distribution of Economic Power and Economic Resources between Women and Men (Kvinnomaktutredningen) (responsible, together with Professor Eskil Wadensjö, Stockholm University, for the "economic" parts of that study)
1997-2000 Board member, The Swedish National Debt Office (Riksgäldskontoret)
2000 - Board member, Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (Fjärde AP-fonden)
2000-02 - 2000-06 Visiting Research Fellow, Radcliffe Public Policy Center, Harvard University
2000-2002 Member of the Scientific Council of the Swedish Labour Market Board (AMS)
2000–2002 Member of the STEMU Committee (Stabilisation Policy for Full Employment if Sweden Joins the Monetary Union), Swedish Ministry of Finance
2001 - 2005-06 Vice Dean, Lund School of Economics and Management (Ekonomihögskolan, Lunds universitet)
2004 - Member of the Sida Development Research Council  (SAREC); vice chairman 2007 -
2004 - Member of area group for "Research on Public Economics, Governance and Leadership", The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation
2005-2007 Member of Expert Group on "Policies to Increase  Future Labour Supply", Swedish Ministry of Finance
2007 - Member of the Scientific Council of the Swedish National Audit Office (SNAO)

Research interests: The Economic Position of Women; Unemployment; Labor Market Policy; Youth Labor Markets; Welfare State Regimes