I am a phd candidate at LMU Munich and the ifo Institute, and affiliated with SOFI at Stockholm University. I am of Swedish nationality and received my master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Uppsala University.

My research focuses on Labor Economics, including topics in Education, Family and Migration Economics. My current work investigates parental investments and gender gaps, the integration of migrant children and families, and issues related to family structure and child custody.

In the spring of 2024 I visited the economics department at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

I am on the 2024/2025 academic job market.

References: Helmut Rainer, Ines Helm, Gordon B. Dahl

Feel free to contact me at hasselqvist@ifo.de.

Job market paper

In the Shadow of Brothers: Unintended Impacts of a School Entry Policy on Migrant Girls (latest version)

When parents prioritize investments in sons over daughters, this gender bias can render otherwise beneficial educational policies ineffective for girls or even lead to unintended negative consequences. This study examines how Sweden’s school entry policy interacts with family structure to shape the educational outcomes of second-generation migrant girls. Using a regression discontinuity design on high-quality administrative data, I first assess the direct effects of late school entry, showing that it benefits migrant girls with younger sisters but not those with younger brothers. Furthermore, by investigating sibling spillover effects from an older sibling’s late school entry, I demonstrate that spending more time at home with an older brother who enters school late has a strong negative effect on the educational outcomes of younger sisters. I propose a simple theory to explain these results, highlighting gender bias in parental preferences as a key factor. Supporting this interpretation, I present evidence showing that these negative impacts are specific to migrant girls, with neither migrant boys nor native children experiencing similar effects. Moreover, the effects are more pronounced in migrant families with traditional backgrounds and are also reflected in mothers’ labor supply decisions when sons, rather than daughters, enter school late.

Contact information

Email: hasselqvist@ifo.de

ifo Institute, Poschingerstr. 5, 81679 München Germany

My ifo webpage

On another note, I post book reviews and take care of my plants on my instagram @howshouldonereadabook