October 2012 Name Address Curriculum Vitae Anna Thoursie The Swedish Organisation for Local Enterprises, KFS Box 70362, SE-107 24 Stockholm, Sweden Telephone +46 (0)70 366 27 89 E-mail anna.thoursie@kfs.net Completed degrees PhD in Economics, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, 1998 Master of Social Science, major in Statistics, Stockholm University, 1997 Bachelor of Arts, major in Economics, Stockholm University, 1987 Present employment Chief Economist, The Swedish Organisation for Local Enterprises (KFS) Since June 1, 2010 Member of Statistics Sweden s Users Council for Statistics on Sweden s Economy, Since 8 December 2011 Member of CEEP General Assembly and CEEP Administration Council Since 30 November 2011 Member of CEEP Services of General Interest and Statistics Committee Since 3 October 2011 Member of CEEP Local Enterprises Committee Since 30 September 2011 Member of the Scientific Council at the Labour Movements Archives and Library Since November 4, 2006 Employment history Expert and employers representative in the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education s quality evaluation system on Economics (combined with work as Chief Economist at KFS) February 2, 2011 April 30, 2012 Chief Economist, The Municipal Workers Union February 18, 2008 May 31, 2010 Member of Styrelsekraft, a programme initiated by the Swedish government, with the aim to increase female entrepreneurship and gender balance in boards of enterprises. The programme was targeted towards women in executive positions. I was admitted to the programme the first year it started, More than 1 400 women applied, 200 were accepted. 24 June 2009 10 September 2010
2 Member of Board, AMF Fonder AB June 10, 2008 March 11, 2010 Director, the Think-Tank Agora March 1, 2006 February 17, 2008 Member of the Research Council of Gender Equality, Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova) 10 May, 2005 December 31, 2007 Member of Board, Statistics Sweden, May 5, 2004 December 31, 2006 Senior Economist, Swedish Trade Union Confederation May 21, 2001 February 28, 2006 Secretary and Expert, The Parental Insurance Government Committée September 13, 2004 September 16, 2005 Deputy member of Board, AMF Pension June 1, 2003 April 1, 2005 Head of Unit, National Institute of Economic Research February 21, 2000 May 20, 2001 Assistant Under-Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications December 9, 1999 February 20, 2000 Senior Advisor, Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications September 6, 1999 December 8, 1999 Researcher (post-doc), Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University January 1, 1999 September 5, 1999 Swedish correspondent for the network System of Documentation, Evaluation and Monitoring of Employment Policies (SYSDEM, one correspondent from the academic sphere for every member state), connected to the European Commission August 17, 1995 September 5, 1999 PhD-student, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University August 1, 1991 December 31, 1998 Principal Administrative Officer, Sveriges Riksbank March 19, 1990 February 20, 2000 (leave of absence July 31, 1991 February 20, 2000) Senior Analyst, Swedish National Pension Fund October 26, 1989 March 18, 1990 Senior Administrative Officer, Ministry of Finance January 1, 1987 October 25, 1989 Second Secretary, Ministry of Finance November 1, 1985 December 31, 1986 Analyst, Swedish Municipal Workers Union January 25, 1985 October 31, 1985
3 Selected publications 2012 Utvärdering av högskoleutbildningarna i nationalekonomi, 1 Ekonomisk Debatt, no 5, 2012. (Together with prof. Lars Hultkrantz, student David Collste, prof. Ing-Marie Gren, prof. Siv Gustafsson, prof. Thorvaldur Gylfason, prof. Charlie Karlsson, university lecturer Agneta Kruse, university lecturer Johan Lindén, prof. Michael Lundholm, prof. Robert Lundmark, economist Tobias Lundquist, associate prof. Paul Nystedt, student Elisabet Olme, prof. Peder Pedersen, prof. Christian Schultz, and associate prof. Ann Veiderpass.) 2010 I lead the work with producing the main report I alla människors vardag 2 and seven side reports to the 27 th Congress of the Municipal Workers Union, 2009 En åldrande befolkning och generationsskifte på arbetsmarknaden: Hur nyrekryterar vi till vård och omsorg? 3 Report to Framtidsperspektiv - Socialdemokraternas långtidsutredning. 4 (I was entrusted to lead the inquiry by Thomas Östros, the Social Democratis party s economic spokesperson.) 2008 Røed, K., Jensen, P. & Thoursie, A. (2008), Unemployment duration and unemployment insurance: a comparative analysis based on Scandinavian micro data, Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 254 274. The Think-Tank Agora s Yearbook 2007 Vems ordning och reda? Framtidens kollektivavtal och fackliga samarbete. 5 Editor. Agora Akademi, Stockholm. Arbetslöshetsförsäkringar - Är lägre och kortare alltid bättre? 6 Report to the Social Democratic Party s Deliberation Work. Agora, Stockholm. 2007 The Think-Tank Agora s Yearbook 2006 Ungas framtidsvägar: möjligheter och utmaningar. 7 Editor together with associate prof. Jonas Olofsson. Agora Akademi, Stockholm. 1 Tentative translation Evaluation of the quality of the higher educations in Economics. 2 Tentative translation In all people s everyday life. 3 Tentative translation An aging population and a shift of generations in the labour market: How do we recruit to the health care and elderly care sector? 4 Tentative translation Perspective on the future: The Social Democrat s medium term inquiry. 5 Tentative translation The collective agreements and the unions co-operation in the future. 6 Tentative translation Unemployment insurance schemes: Are lower and shorter always the better option? 7 Tentative translation The future ways of young people: possibilities and challenges.
4 2006 Blir det fler jobb om vi arbetar mindre?, 8 in Mats Ögren (ed.), Sanningen om Sverige: En antologi om jobben som försvann. 9 Bokförlaget DN, Stockholm. Måste alla heta som Svensson? En empirisk studie av namnbyten och inkomster. 10 Report to The Swedish Trade Union Confederation and The Swedish Integration Board. (Together with prof. Mahmood Arai, associate prof. Lena Schröder and dr. Peter Skogman Thoursie.) Norm för lönebildning. 11 Report to The Swedish Trade Union Confederation s conference for the negotiation secretaries 2006-01-18. (Together with Dan Andersson, The Swedish Trade Union Confederation; Rolf Andersson, The Swedish Municipal Workers Union; Anders Bäckström, Byggnads; Dan Nyberg, Transport; Erik Adolfsson, IF Metall; Stefan Carlén, The Commercial Employees Union; Göran Nilsson, IF Metall; Ulf Ohlin, Seko; Hans Ohlsson, SALAR; Lars Ernsäter, The Swedish Trade Union Confederation, and Mats Morin, The Swedish Trade Union Confederation.) 2005 Föräldraförsäkringens effekter på sysselsättning och löner olika för kvinnor och män? 12 Expert report to Föräldraförsäkringsutredningens betänkande: Reformerad föräldraförsäkring, 13 SOU 2005:73. Fritzes, Stockholm. 2004 Varför tjänar kvinnor mindre? 14 Bilda Förlag, Stockholm. Kan framtidens välfärd finansieras? 15 Report to The Swedish Trade Union Confederation. (Together with Dan Andersson, Rolf Andersson, Lars Ernsäter, Anna-Kirsti Löfgren and Erik Mohlin, The Swedish Trade Union Confederation.) 2003 Finanspolitik för full sysselsättning i EMU, 16 Report to The Swedish Trade Union Confederation. (Together with Dan Andersson, Lars Ernsäter, Anna-Kirsti Löfgren, Albin Kainelainen, Monika Arvidsson, Lena Westerlund and Jeanette Bergström, The Swedish Trade Union Confederation) Skattesystemet en dilemma beskrivning, 17 Report to The Swedish Trade Union Confederation. (Together with Dan Andersson, Lars Ernsäter, Anna-Kirsti Löfgren, Albin Kainelainen and Åsa Forsell, The Swedish Trade Union Confederation.) 8 Tentative translation Will there be more jobs if we work less? 9 Tentative translation The truth about Sweden: An anthology about the jobs that disappeared. 10 Tentative translation Does everybody have to have the name Svensson? An empirical study of name changes and incomes. 11 Tentative translation Norm for wage formation. 12 Tentative translation The effcts of parental insurance on employment and wages are they different for women and men, respectively? 13 Tentative translation The Report from the Government Commission on Parental Insurance: Reformed Parental Insurance. 14 Tentative translation Why do women earn less? 15 Tentative translation Can the welfare society be financed in the future? 16 Tentative translation Finance policy for full employment in the EMU. 17 Tentative translation The tax system a description of a dilemma.
5 2002 EMU i medvind och motvind. Om nationell stabilitet. 18 Report to The Swedish Trade Union Confederation. (Together with Dan Andersson, Monika Arvidsson, Lena Westerlund and Anna-Kirsti Löfgren, The Swedish Trade Union Confederation.) Lyfter floden alla båtar?, 19 Report to The Swedish Trade Union Confederation. (Together with Dan Andersson, Albin Kainelainen, Jeanette Reinbrand, Madeleine Bendetcedotter, Jeanette Bergström, Åsa Forsell, Anna-Kirsti Löfgren, Mats Morin and Lena Westerlund., The Swedish Trade Union Confederation.) 2000 Samhällsekonomiska förutsättningar för lönebildningen i Sverige. 20 (I lead the work with this report. Co-authors were head of department Hans Ohlsson, The National Insurance Administration; economist Per-Lennart Börjesson, The National Institute of Economic Research and economist Nils Hofvander, The National Institute of Economic Research.) KIdokument No 5/2000, The National Institute of Economic Research, Stockholm. Older Workers on the Labour Market Sweden, Employment Observatory Trends, No. 33, 2000, European Commission s DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Brussels and Institute for Applied Socio-Economics, Berlin. 1999 Ethnic Minority Groups and Recently Arrived Immigrants in the Labour Market - Sweden, Employment Observatory Trends, No. 32, 1999, European Commission s DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Brussels and Institute for Applied Socio- Economics, Berlin. Recent Trends of Self-Employment Sweden, Employment Observatory Trends, No. 31., European Commission s DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Brussels and Institute for Applied Socio-Economics, Berlin. 1998 Studies on Unemployment Duration and on the Gender Wage Gap. PhD-dissertation (Dissertation Series No. 35.) Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm. Recent Trends of Self-Employment Sweden Employment Observatory Trends, No. 31, 1998, European Commission's DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Brussels and Institute for Applied Socio-Economics, Berlin. Underemployment: Recent Trends Sweden, Employment Observatory Trends, No. 30. European Commission s DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Brussels and Institute for Applied Socio-Economics, Berlin. 18 Tentative translation The EMU in tailwind and headwind On national stability. 19 Tentative translation Does the flood lift all boats? 20 Tentative translation The national economical conditions för wage formation in Sweden.
6 1997 The Labour Market in Sweden. European Commission s DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Brussels and ECOTEC Research Consulting Ltd., Birmingham. (Together with prof. Eskil Wadensjö.) Kvinnors och mäns vägar ut ur arbetslöshet likheter och skillnader 21 in prof. Inga Persson & prof. Eskil Wadensjö (eds.), Glastak och glasväggar? Den könssegregerade arbetsmarknaden, 22 SOU 1997:137. Fritze, Stockholm. Individ- och yrkesskillnader mellan kvinnor och män: Hur påverkar de lönen? 23 in prof. Inga Persson & prof. Eskil Wadensjö (eds.), Kvinnors och mäns löner varför så olika? 24 SOU 1997:136. Fritze, Stockholm. (Together with associate prof. Mahmood Arai.) Forecasting Employment and Unemployment Sweden, Employment Observatory Trend, No. 29. European Commission s DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Brussels and Institute for Applied Socio-Economics, Berlin. Activation of Labour Market Policy Sweden, Employment Observatory Trends, No. 28. European Commission s DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Brussels and Institute for Applied Socio-Economics, Berlin. 1996 The Integration of Disadvantaged Groups into the Labour Market. Abstracts and Commentaries Sweden, Employment Observatory Trends, No. 27. European Commission s DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Brussels and ECOTEC Research Consulting Ltd., Birmingham. Review of Public and Private Employment Services Sweden, Employment Observatory, Trends No. 26. EU-kommissionen, European Commission s DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Brussels and ECOTEC Research Consulting Ltd., Birmingham. The Employment Implications of the Information Society. Abstracts and Commentaries - Sweden, Employment Observatory Trends, No. 25. EU-kommissionen, European Commission s DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Brussels and ECOTEC Research Consulting Ltd., Birmingham. 1995 Baseline Study Sweden. Employment Department, London and University of Warwick, UK. (Together with prof. Eskil Wadensjö.) 1993 Teorier om persistens i hög, total arbetslöshet och långtidsarbetslöshet, 25 Report 93:1. The Scientific Council of the National Labour Market Board, The National Labour Market Board, Stockholm. 21 Tentative translation Women s and men s ways out of unemployment similarities and differences. 22 Tentative translation Glass ceilings and glass walls: The gender segregated labour market. 23 Tentative translation Individual and occupational differences between women and men: How do they influence wages? 24 Tentative translation Women s and men s wages why so different? 25 Tentative translation Theories on persistency in high, total unemployment and long-term unemployment.
7 1991 Fewer Loans and Larger Mortgage Payments The Riksbank s Household Survey, January June 1990, Quarterly Review 1991:1, Sveriges Riksbank, Stockholm. 1989 Samhällsekonomiska effekter av en reformerad inkomstbeskattning. 26 Expert report to Reformerad inkomstbeskattning, 27 SOU 1989:33. Fritze, Stockholm. (Together with economist Stefan Ackerby.) 26 Tentative translation Effects on the economy of a reformed income taxation. 27 Tentative translation Reformed income taxation.