Olle Westerlund

Research qualifications: Docent

Contact

olle.westerlund@umu.se

+46 90 786 61 48, +46 73 025 02 33

Works as

Professor at Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics (USBE) Section: Economics

Samhällsvetarhuset, Biblioteksgränd 6, A23401 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Effekter av företagsetableringar på lokal ekonomi: två exempel från norra Sverige

Tillväxtanalys Rapport, 2025:13

Eliasson, Kent; Westerlund, Olle

Housing markets and geographical labour mobility to high-productivity regions: the case of Stockholm

European Urban and Regional Studies, Sage Publications 2024, Vol. 31, (3) : 259-280

Eliasson, Kent; Westerlund, Olle

The urban wage premium and spatial sorting on observed and unobserved ability

Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press 2023, Vol. 23, (3) : 601-627

Eliasson, Kent; Westerlund, Olle

Regional differences in initial labour market conditions and dynamics in lifetime income trajectories

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, Bristol University Press 2022, Vol. 13, (3) : 352-379

Ecker, Kreske; de Luna, Xavier; Westerlund, Olle

Patterns of inter- and intra-regional differences in human capital and earnings: Evidence from Finland and Sweden 1987–2015

Applied Geography, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 135

Eliasson, Kent; Haapanen, Mika; Westerlund, Olle

Regional concentration of university graduates: The role of high school grades and parental background

European Urban and Regional Studies, Sage Publications 2020, Vol. 27, (4) : 398-414

Eliasson, Kent; Haapanen, Mika; Westerlund, Olle

Regional Concentration and Migration of Human Capital in Finland and Sweden

Aluetalouksia Tutkimassa: kehitys, työmarkkinat ja muuttoliike : Hannu Tervon juhlakirja, Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän Yliopiston Kauppakorkeakoulu 2019 : 105-120

Eliasson, Kent; Haapanen, Mika; Westerlund, Olle

Regional concentration of university graduates: the role of high school grades and parental background

Umeå economic studies, 966

Eliasson, Kent; Haapanen, Mika; Westerlund, Olle

Graduate migration, self-selection and urban wage premiums across the regional hierarchy

Umeå economic studies, 962

Eliasson, Kent; Westerlund, Olle

Regional agglomeration of skills and earnings: from convergence to divergence?

Tillväxtanalys PM, 2018:09

Eliasson, Kent; Westerlund, Olle

Youth-age characteristics as precursors of power couple formation and location choice

Labour Economics, Elsevier 2018, Vol. 52 : 98-111

Tano, Sofia; Nakosteen, Robert A.; Westerlund, Olle; et al.

The creative class: do jobs follow people or do people follow jobs?

Regional studies, Routledge 2018, Vol. 52, (6) : 745-755

Östbye, Stein; Moilanen, Mikko; Tervo, Hannu; et al.

Regional sorting of human capital: the choice of location among young adults in Sweden

Regional studies, Taylor & Francis 2016, Vol. 50, (5) : 757-770

Berck, Peter; Tano, Sofia; Westerlund, Olle

Commuting and timing of retirement

The annals of regional science, Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin/Heidelberg 2016, Vol. 56, (1) : 125-152

Bäckström, Peter; Sandow, Erika; Westerlund, Olle

Flexibility at a cost: Should governments stimulate tertiary education for adults?

The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Amsterdam: Elsevier 2016, Vol. 7 : 69-86

Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle

Marital status and risk of dementia: a nationwide population-based prospective study from Sweden

BMJ Open, Vol. 6, (1)

Sundström, Anna; Westerlund, Olle; Kotyrlo, Elena

The long-term earnings consequences of general vs. specific training of the unemployed

IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, Springer 2015, Vol. 4 : 1-26

Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle

Flexibility at a Cost: Should Governments Stimulate Tertiary Education for Adults?

IZA Discussion Papers, 9047

Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle

Kunskapslyft för arbetslösa genom generell utbildning istället för yrkesinriktade program?

Ekonomisk Debatt, Stockholm: Nationalekonomiska föreningen 2015, Vol. 43, (1) : 24-31

Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle

Marital status and risk of dementia: a nationwide population-based prospective study

Sundström, Anna; Westerlund, Olle

Regional sorting of human capital: the choice of location among young adults in Sweden

Umeå economic studies, 878

Berck, Peter; Tano, Sofia; Westerlund, Olle

All in the Family: self Selection and Migration by Couples

Papers in regional science (Print), John Wiley & Sons 2014, Vol. 93, (1) : 101-124

Eliasson, Kent; Nakosteen, Robert A.; Westerlund, Olle; et al.

Is your commute killing you?: On the mortality risks of long-distance commuting

Environment and planning A, Pion 2014, Vol. 46, (6) : 1496-1516

Sandow, Erika; Westerlund, Olle; Lindgren, Urban

Does formal education for older workers increase earnings?: evidence based on rich data and long-term follow up

Labour, John Wiley & Sons 2014, Vol. 28, (2) : 163-189

Stenberg, Anders; de Luna, Xavier; Westerlund, Olle

The Long-term Earnings Consequences of General vs. Specific Training of the Unemployed

IFAU Working Paper, 2014:3

Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle

The relationship between marital and parental status and the risk of dementia

International psychogeriatrics, Cambridge University Press 2014, Vol. 26, (5) : 749-757

Sundström, Anna; Westerlund, Olle; Mousavi-Nasab, Hossein; et al.

Back to the Future: Migration, Matching and the Power Couple Phenomenon in Sweden

Umeå economic studies, 881

Tano, Sofia; Westerlund, Olle; Nakosteen, Robert; et al.

Education and retirement: does University education at mid-age extend working life?

IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, Vol. 2, (16)

Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle

Relationship between marital and parental status and risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's & Dementia: Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, Elsevier 2013, Vol. 9, (4, Supplement) : P631-

Sundström, Anna; Westerlund, Olle; Mousavi-Nasab, SM Hossein; et al.

Twice chosen: Spouse matching and earnings among women in first and second unions

The Social Science Journal, Elsevier 2013, Vol. 50, (3) : 277-288

Åström, Johanna; Nakosteen, Robert A.; Westerlund, Olle; et al.

Active labor market programs and regional mobility of labor: evidence from the Swedish recession 1994 – 1995

Contemporary economic policy, Wiley-Blackwell 2012, Vol. 30, (2) : 178-194

Nakosteen, Robert A; Westerlund, Olle; Zimmer, Michael A

Can adult education delay retirement from the Labour Market?

Journal of Population Economics, Springer 2012, Vol. 25, (2) : 677-696

Stenberg, Anders; de Luna, Xavier; Westerlund, Olle

The determinants of the choice of location among young adults: evidence from Sweden

Umeå: 2011

Tano, Sofia; Berck, Peter; Westerlund, Olle

See the future by looking at the past: predicting divorce with pre-marital earnings

Applied Economics Letters, Routledge 2011, Vol. 18, (1) : 997-1000

Åström, Johanna; Westerlund, Olle; Nakosteen, Robert A.; et al.

Management, markets and politics: statistical screening for historical footprints in Arctic coal mining

Problems & Perspectives in Management, Sumy: Business Perspectives 2011, Vol. 9, (3) : 131-149

Östbye, Stein; Sand, Jan-Yngve; Westerlund, Olle

Industrial structure, regional productivity and convergence: the case of Norway and Sweden

European Urban and Regional Studies, Sage Publications 2011, Vol. 18, (1) : 47-61

Østbye, Stein; Westerlund, Olle

Can adult education delay retirement from the labour market?

IFAU Working Paper, 2010:2

de Luna, Xavier; Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle

Determinants of migration in Northern Sweden: exploring intraregional differences in migration processes

Migration in the Circumpolar North: Issues and Contexts, Edmonton: Canadian Circumpolar Institute Press 2009 : 175-

Westerlund, Olle

Omstilling og omstendigheter – et samfunnsøkonomisk tilbakeblikk på kulldriften på Svalbard

Det Store Kullrushet: Industriell omstilling i Arktis

Westerlund, Olle; Östbye, Stein; Sand, Jan-Yngve

Twice chosen.: Spouse matching and earnings among women in first and second marriages

Umeå economic studies, 795

Åström, Johanna; Nakosteen, Robert; Westerlund, Olle; et al.

Sex and migration: who is the tied mover?

Umeå economic studies, 787

Åström, Johanna; Westerlund, Olle

Can adult education delay retirement from the Labour Market?

Umeå economic studies, 756

de Luna, Xavier; Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle

Migration and Self-Selection: Measured Earnings and Latent Characteristics

Journal of regional science, Vol. 48, (4)

Nakosteen, Robert; Westerlund, Olle; Zimmer, Michael

Svenska folket flyttar mer än någonsin tidigare

Dagens Nyheter, Bonniers 2007, Vol. 05, (25) : 6-

Eliasson, Kent; Westerlund, Olle; Åström, Johanna

Flyttning och pendling i Sverige

SOU, 2007:37

Eliasson, Kent; Westerlund, Olle; Åström, Johanna

Does comprehensive education work for the long-term unemployed?

Labour Economics

Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle

Is Migration Important for Regional Convergence? Comparative Evidence for Norwegian and Swedish Counties, 1980-2000

Regional Studies, Vol. 41, (7) : 901-915

Östbye, Stein; Westerlund, Olle

Vuxenutbildningens betydelse för inkomster, mobilitet och övergång till högskolestudier

ITPS, Stockholm 2005

Axelsson, Roger; Bjelkeby, Åsa; Stenberg, Anders; et al.

Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 18, (3) : 491-507

Nakosteen, Robert; Westerlund, Olle; Zimmer, Michael

Geografisk rörlighet och tillväxt

Arbetsrätt, rörlighet och tillväxt, ITPS, Stockholm 2005 : -

Westerlund, Olle

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Research groups

Group member

The Economic Policy Network

Research projects

1 January 2017 until 31 December 2021

Statistical models and methods to study life trajectories in the labour market and health domains