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Mellander, CharlottaORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0002-4560-1905
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Wixe, S., Lobo, J., Mellander, C. & Bettencourt, L. M. (2024). Evidence of COVID-19 fatalities in Swedish neighborhoods from a full population study. Scientific Reports, 14(1)
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Evidence of COVID-19 fatalities in Swedish neighborhoods from a full population study
2024 (English)In: Scientific Reports, E-ISSN 2045-2322, Vol. 14, no 1Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a debate about whether marginalized communities suffered the disproportionate brunt of the pandemic's mortality. Empirical studies addressing this question typically suffer from statistical uncertainties and potential biases associated with uneven and incomplete reporting. We use geo-coded micro-level data for the entire population of Sweden to analyze how local neighborhood characteristics affect the likelihood of dying with COVID-19 at individual level, given the individual's overall risk of death. We control for several individual and regional characteristics to compare the results in specific communities to overall death patterns in Sweden during 2020. When accounting for the probability to die of any cause, we find that individuals residing in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods were not more likely to die with COVID-19 than individuals residing elsewhere. Importantly, we do find that individuals show a generally higher probability of death in these neighborhoods. Nevertheless, ethnicity is an important explanatory factor for COVID-19 deaths for foreign-born individuals, especially from East Africa, who are more likely to pass away regardless of residential neighborhood.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer, 2024
Keywords
Africa, Eastern, COVID-19, Humans, Pandemics, Research Design, Residence Characteristics, Sweden, Africa, coronavirus disease 2019, human, methodology, pandemic
National Category
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology Economics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-63612 (URN)10.1038/s41598-024-52988-3 (DOI)001158938000004 ()38316904 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-85184403192 (Scopus ID)HOA;intsam;938147 (Local ID)HOA;intsam;938147 (Archive number)HOA;intsam;938147 (OAI)
Available from: 2024-02-19 Created: 2024-02-19 Last updated: 2024-02-26Bibliographically approved
Credit, K., Kekezi, O., Mellander, C. & Florida, R. (2024). Third places, the connective fibre of cities and high-tech entrepreneurship. Regional studies
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Third places, the connective fibre of cities and high-tech entrepreneurship
2024 (English)In: Regional studies, ISSN 0034-3404, E-ISSN 1360-0591Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

Urban 'third places' foster informal interactions and face-to-face contact that is critical to the development of new innovations and start-up businesses. Our research utilises extensive microdata in combination with telephone interviews with over 200 start-up companies in Stockholm, Sweden. Our findings indicate that access to third places has a significant impact on the number of new high-tech start-ups (both by entrepreneur place of residence and work) in their vicinity. This suggests that third places play a demonstrable role in innovation and economic growth.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2024
Keywords
third places, entrepreneurship, innovation, high-tech start-ups, start-up ecosystems, L26, R12, R23
National Category
Economics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-63438 (URN)10.1080/00343404.2023.2297083 (DOI)001142380100001 ()2-s2.0-85182480516 (Scopus ID)HOA;intsam;933509 (Local ID)HOA;intsam;933509 (Archive number)HOA;intsam;933509 (OAI)
Available from: 2024-01-29 Created: 2024-01-29 Last updated: 2024-01-29
Mellander, C., Klaesson, J., Lobo, J. & Wixe, S. (2023). COVID-19 vaccination rates and neighbourhoods: evidence from Sweden. Regional studies
Open this publication in new window or tab >>COVID-19 vaccination rates and neighbourhoods: evidence from Sweden
2023 (English)In: Regional studies, ISSN 0034-3404, E-ISSN 1360-0591Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

This paper investigates neighbourhood characteristics related to an individual’s likelihood of getting the first COVID-19 vaccination and implementing official recommendations for the three-shot vaccination regime. We use full population-geocoded microdata for Sweden to measure important individual-level attributes and the marginalisation of their residential communities in terms of ethnicity, education and income. The findings show that the likelihood of getting vaccinated and obtaining all three recommended vaccine doses decrease for individuals residing in neighbourhoods with larger shares of marginalised residents. The effects also appear to be more pronounced if the individual themself belongs to a marginalised group.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2023
Keywords
COVID-19, education, ethnicity, neighbourhoods, poverty, vaccination
National Category
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology Economics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-63036 (URN)10.1080/00343404.2023.2276334 (DOI)2-s2.0-85178456662 (Scopus ID)HOA;intsam;920218 (Local ID)HOA;intsam;920218 (Archive number)HOA;intsam;920218 (OAI)
Available from: 2023-12-11 Created: 2023-12-11 Last updated: 2023-12-11
Klaesson, J., Lobo, J. & Mellander, C. (2023). Social interactions and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: Evidence from a full population study in Sweden. PLOS ONE, 18(11), Article ID e0289309.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Social interactions and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: Evidence from a full population study in Sweden
2023 (English)In: PLOS ONE, E-ISSN 1932-6203, Vol. 18, no 11, article id e0289309Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

We investigate whether an individual's information milieu-an individual's residential neighborhood and co-workers-affects the decision to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The decision to accept or refuse a vaccine is intensely personal and involves the processing of information about phenomena likely to be unfamiliar to most individuals. One can thus expect an interplay between an individual's level of education and skills and the information processing of others whom with whom she can interact and whose decision she can probe and observe. Using individual-level data for adults in Sweden, we can identify the proportion of an individual's neighborhood and workplace who are unvaccinated as indicators of possible peer effects. We find that individuals with low levels of educational attainment and occupational skills are more likely to be unvaccinated when exposed to other unvaccinated individuals at work and in the residential neighborhood. The peer effects in each of these information milieus further increases the likelihood of not getting vaccinated-with the two acting as information channels that reinforce one another.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023
Keywords
Adult, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccines, Educational Status, Female, Humans, Social Interaction, Sweden, Vaccination, SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, Article, attitude, coronavirus disease 2019, coworker, decision making, household income, housing, human, immunization, income, neighborhood, occupation, vaccine hesitancy, workplace
National Category
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology Economics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-63030 (URN)10.1371/journal.pone.0289309 (DOI)37983227 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-85177764608 (Scopus ID)GOA;intsam;920074 (Local ID)GOA;intsam;920074 (Archive number)GOA;intsam;920074 (OAI)
Available from: 2023-12-11 Created: 2023-12-11 Last updated: 2023-12-12Bibliographically approved
Bjerke, L. & Mellander, C. (2022). Mover stayer winner loser: A study of income effects from rural migration. Cities, 130(November), Article ID 103850.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Mover stayer winner loser: A study of income effects from rural migration
2022 (English)In: Cities, ISSN 0264-2751, E-ISSN 1873-6084, Vol. 130, no November, article id 103850Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Rural-urban migration theory suggests that one gains economically by moving from a rural to an urban area. The popular juxtaposing notion is: "If you stay, you lose." But given the rapid increase in housing costs in bigger cities, are losses from staying in rural areas still necessarily the rule? If so, how big is the economic loss for those who stay in rural regions? Using Swedish micro data, we focus on the income effects of rural-urban migration among young individuals. We find that staying in a rural region is negatively related to an individual's income levels, but the loss is mostly insignificant. After controlling for housing costs, it is even beneficial for many people to stay in their rural areas, except for the most highly educated individuals who can benefit by moving to an urban area.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2022
Keywords
Rural-urban youth migration, Income, Mover, Stayer
National Category
Economics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-58141 (URN)10.1016/j.cities.2022.103850 (DOI)000830897900006 ()2-s2.0-85134805093 (Scopus ID)HOA;;824392 (Local ID)HOA;;824392 (Archive number)HOA;;824392 (OAI)
Available from: 2022-08-09 Created: 2022-08-09 Last updated: 2022-08-09Bibliographically approved
Florida, R., Mellander, C. & King, K. (2022). Power couples, cities, and wages. Environment and planning A, 54(6), 1236-1255
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Power couples, cities, and wages
2022 (English)In: Environment and planning A, ISSN 0308-518X, E-ISSN 1472-3409, Vol. 54, no 6, p. 1236-1255Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Power couples, defined as pairs of highly educated partners, tend to cluster in cities to take advantage of more developed labor markets, better jobs, and higher wages. This research examines to what extent being a partner in a power couple brings additional wage income benefits. We examine what the effects of power couple partnering is on wage income. Furthermore, we examine how the results are affected by gender and place of residence. To determine this, the research uses detailed Swedish micro data on power couples 23-39 years of age over the period 2007-2016. Our analysis finds positive and significant results from being in a power couple on wage income after controlling for individual, workplace, and geographical characteristics. This is the case for both men and women in power couple households without children, but for women only when children are present. For power couples in denser urban areas, we find a positive effect for men in power couples with or without children. We suggest this effect is due to a more equal "balance of power" between partners in highly educated power couples located in bigger cities, where norms and values may favor a relatively greater sharing of household duties between men and women, and where men face a different competitive situation in the labor market.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2022
Keywords
Power couples, cities, wages, income, gender
National Category
Economics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-56452 (URN)10.1177/0308518X221094025 (DOI)000788015300001 ()2-s2.0-85130024165 (Scopus ID)HOA;intsam;811665 (Local ID)HOA;intsam;811665 (Archive number)HOA;intsam;811665 (OAI)
Available from: 2022-05-12 Created: 2022-05-12 Last updated: 2022-12-12Bibliographically approved
Florida, R. & Mellander, C. (2022). The geography of COVID-19 in Sweden. The annals of regional science, 68, 125-150
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The geography of COVID-19 in Sweden
2022 (English)In: The annals of regional science, ISSN 0570-1864, E-ISSN 1432-0592, Vol. 68, p. 125-150Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This paper examines the geographic factors that are associated with the spread of COVID-19 during the first wave in Sweden. We focus particularly on the role of place-based factors versus factors associated with the spread or diffusion of COVID-19 across places. Sweden is a useful case study to examine the interplay of these factors because it did not impose mandatory lockdowns and because there were essentially no regional differences in the pandemic policies or strategies during the first wave of COVID-19. We examine the role of place-based factors like density, age structures and different socioeconomic factors on the geographic variation of COVID-19 cases and on deaths, across both municipalities and neighborhoods. Our findings show that factors associated with diffusion matter more than place-based factors in the geographic incidence of COVID-19 in Sweden. The most significant factor of all is proximity to places with higher levels of infections. COVID-19 is also higher in places that were hit earliest in the outbreak. Of place-based factors, the geographic variation in COVID-19 is most significantly related to the presence of high-risk nursing homes, and only modestly associated with factors like density, population size, income and other socioeconomic characteristics of places.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer, 2022
National Category
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology Economics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-54211 (URN)10.1007/s00168-021-01071-0 (DOI)000676072300001 ()34316091 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-85111143958 (Scopus ID)HOA;intsam;757171 (Local ID)HOA;intsam;757171 (Archive number)HOA;intsam;757171 (OAI)
Available from: 2021-08-12 Created: 2021-08-12 Last updated: 2022-04-08Bibliographically approved
Strumsky, D., Lobo, J. & Mellander, C. (2021). As different as night and day: Scaling analysis of Swedish urban areas and regional labor markets. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 48(2), 231-247
Open this publication in new window or tab >>As different as night and day: Scaling analysis of Swedish urban areas and regional labor markets
2021 (English)In: Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, ISSN 2399-8083, Vol. 48, no 2, p. 231-247Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The urban scaling framework views cities as integrated socioeconomic networks of interactions embedded in physical space. A crucial property of cities highlighted by this approach is that cities act to mix populations, a mixing both facilitated and constrained by physical infrastructure. Operationalizing a view of cities as settings for social interactions and population mixing—assembling a set of spatial units of analysis which contain the relevant social aspects of urban settlements—implies choices about the use of existing data, the assignation of data to locations, and the delineation of the boundaries of urban areas, all of which are far from trivial research decisions. Metropolitan areas have become the spatial unit of choice in urban economics and economic geography for investigating urban life as they are seen as encompassing the distinct phenomena of “urbanity” (proximity, density) and social interactions indirectly captured through a unified labor market. However, the population size and areal extent of metropolitan areas, as most often defined, render opaque the distinction between two salient types of urban population: those who work and those who reside within a metropolitan area. These two sets of individuals, among whom of course there is great overlap, putatively engage in different economic and social interactions which are in turn differently embedded in physical space. Availing ourselves of Swedish micro-level data for two distinct spatial units, tätorts (“dense localites”) and local labor markets, we can distinguish which types of populations and which types of spatial agglomerations are responsible for the observed scaling effects on productivity and physical infrastructure. We find that spatially contiguous labor markets are not enough to generate some of the most salient urban scaling phenomena. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2021
Keywords
labor markets, metropolitan areas, tätorts, Urban scaling
National Category
Economic Geography
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-46289 (URN)10.1177/2399808319861974 (DOI)000476295100001 ()2-s2.0-85069056378 (Scopus ID);intsam;1353168 (Local ID);intsam;1353168 (Archive number);intsam;1353168 (OAI)
Available from: 2019-09-20 Created: 2019-09-20 Last updated: 2023-02-20Bibliographically approved
Florida, R., Mellander, C. & King, K. (2021). Housing costs, self-employment, and fertility. Population, Space and Place, 27(3), Article ID e2413.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Housing costs, self-employment, and fertility
2021 (English)In: Population, Space and Place, ISSN 1544-8444, E-ISSN 1544-8452, Vol. 27, no 3, article id e2413Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The decline in fertility across advanced nations is a well-known fact. Becker famously argued that declining rates of childbirth were the by-product of higher levels of economic development and human capital. Recently, it has been suggested that two additional factors might lead to declining rates of childbirth—the higher housing costs of expensive cities and the change in the nature of work and employment from more regular and secure full-time work to less secure arrangements, like self-employment. Our research examines the effect of these two classes of factors—housing costs and self-employment—on fertility, in regard to both the rate of childbirth and the delay in the age at which people have children. We use detailed panel data covering all Swedish individuals in their prime childbearing years (20–45) for the 10-year period 2007–2016. Our findings indicate that the likelihood of having a child is affected negatively by increased housing costs and positively by self-employment. Both result in a delay in the parental age at which children are born. Of the two, self-employment has a relatively large effect.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2021
Keywords
expensive cities, fertility, housing, self-employment
National Category
Economics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-51421 (URN)10.1002/psp.2413 (DOI)000600537700001 ()2-s2.0-85097836326 (Scopus ID)HOA;intsam;1515389 (Local ID)HOA;intsam;1515389 (Archive number)HOA;intsam;1515389 (OAI)
Available from: 2021-01-08 Created: 2021-01-08 Last updated: 2021-12-19Bibliographically approved
Comunian, R., England, L., Faggian, A. & Mellander, C. (2021). The economics of talent: Human capital, precarity and the creative economy. Cham: Springer
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The economics of talent: Human capital, precarity and the creative economy
2021 (English)Book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

To date, research into urban economics, regional science and economic geography has predominantly focused on the firm and industry as the key units of analysis in order to understand economic development; however, the past few decades have seen a growing interest in the role played by talent in the knowledge economy. This book provides an essential overview of the skills revolution. It presents key milestones of the changes in economic development in the past few decades and explains the motivation behind the rise of talent, as well as its importance for cities and economies. It also offers advice on how to attract and manage talent – a major determinant of competitiveness for countries and regions around the world. In closing, the book explains the underlying theories and provides practical examples for students, researchers and practitioners alike.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cham: Springer, 2021. p. 122
Series
SpringerBriefs in Regional Science, ISSN 2192-0427, E-ISSN 2192-0435
Keywords
Creative Economy, Creativity, Human Capital, Talent, Knowledge Economy
National Category
Economics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-56038 (URN)10.1007/978-3-319-95124-9 (DOI)978-3-319-95122-5 (ISBN)978-3-319-95124-9 (ISBN)
Available from: 2022-03-15 Created: 2022-03-15 Last updated: 2022-03-15Bibliographically approved
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