Paper [I]- Household Migration and the Local Public Sector: Evidence from Sweden, 1981-1984 (co-authored with Michael L. Wyzan), contains an empirical explo­ration of the nexus between variables related to the local public sector budget and migration. Micro-data is employed in binomial and multinomial-logit regressions esti­mating the probability to migrate. We report results separately for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, because the per capita levels of the tax base and intergovernmen­tal grants are theoretically important migration determinants where population is sparse, while the tax rate may be more important where population is dense. Empirical results support our fiscal hypotheses and are consistent with previous findings on household characteristics. Paper [II]- Internal Gross Migration in Sweden: The effects of Variation in Mobility Grants and Regional Labour Market Conditions, focuses on the effects of labor market conditions and migratory stimuli on over county-border migration. Aggregate data on the flows of all migrants and on the flows of migrants receiving extra mobility stimuli are used in estimations of a single-equation migration model based on the hiring function. The results indicate that regional migration flows respond to changes in labor market conditions in accordance with predictions from economic theory. This result seems mainly to stem from the migratory behavior of the unemployed. In addition, nonmatching migration subsidies at the levels employed are not found to be migration enhancing. Paper [IH]- Employment Opportunities, Wages and Interregional Migration in Sweden 1970-1989, deals with the impact of aggregate labor turnover and regional labor market conditions on gross in- and outmigration. Annual panel data is used in estima­tion of separate in- and outmigration functions, where regional labor market conditions are assumed to be endogenous with migration under two different assumptions concer­ning the working of the labor market. An increase in the regional excess supply of labor is found to increase outmigration and decrease inmigration. Moreover, cyclical variation in labor turnover is positively correlated with gross migration. The hypothesized effects of real wages on migration are not confirmed. The results are not sensitive to the various assumptions concerning regional wage formation considered in this study. Paper [IV]- A Panel Study of Migration, Household Real Earnings and Self-Selec- tion (co-authored with Roger Axelsson). The effects of migration on household real earnings are examined. Data pertain to a sample of stable household constellations in Sweden, 1978-1991. A treatment-effect model is employed, whereby the potential effects of nonrandom sampling of data on earnings for migrants and nonmigrants are taken into account. We find that stable multi-adult household constellations did not gain in income from migration during the 1980s. In addition, we find no strong indications of selection bias in the income equation. / digitalisering@umu

Le cadre juridique du recours des collectivités territoriales et de leurs groupements au crédit a subi d’importantes modifications lors des nombreuses réformes dont a fait l’objet le secteur public local.En dépit de ces évolutions, l’emprunt des collectivités territoriales continue d’être au coeur d’un paradoxe entre autonomie et contrainte. Il constitue d’abord un facteur d’autonomie pour les décideurs locaux comme cela s’est accentué avec la libéralisation du crédit qui s’est produite au cours de la seconde moitié du XXème siècle. Les collectivités territoriales doivent ainsi désormais user de cette autonomie pour répondre aux enjeux induits par la banalisation de cet instrument qui intègre dans une large mesure le champ du droit privé et dont les pratiques ne cessent de se complexifier. La liberté acquise n’est toutefois pas totale. D’une part, l’autonomie offerte au secteur public local dans son recours à l’emprunt ne reste que relative dès lors que l’État continue d’imposer un encadrement multiple et ce, tant à travers l’existence de règles que par la mise en place de procédures de contrôle.D’autre part, cette autonomie a fait émerger de nouveaux enjeux pour les décideurs locaux qui ont vula notion de risque financer s’inscrire au coeur de leurs politiques d’endettement. L’actualité la plus récente de l’emprunt local demeure du reste une parfaite illustration de ce paradoxe entre autonomie et contrainte avec des collectivités territoriales qui ont connu d’importantes difficultés liées à leur recours au crédit. / Regarding the recourse of local authorities and their consortiums to credit, the applicable legalframework went through a number of significant modifications. These modifications took place duringthe numerous reforms of the local public sector. In spite of these evolutions, the indebtness capacity of local authorities continues to be at the heart of an autonomy and constraint paradox. Theliberalisation of credit that took place during the second half of the XXth century accentuated theautonomy factor for local deciders. Local authorities must use this autonomy to find solutions to thechallenges induced by the trivialization of this tool - a tool that for a large part incorporates privatelaw - and the practices of which never cease to increase in complexity. The acquired liberty ishowever not absolute. On one hand the autonomy given to the local public sector in its recourse to debt remains relative as long as the State continues to impose a multi-layered framework - this takingplace not only through the existence of rules but also through the implementation of contro lprocedures. On the other hand, this same autonomy enabled the rise of new challenges for localdeciders : the notion of financial risk found itself at the very heart of their debt policies. The mostrecent event with regards to local debt is a perfect illustration of this autonomy and constraintparadox, and local authorities faced great difficulties regarding their resort to credit

The thesis is called Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Financial Links in Local Public Sector. Main goal of the thesis is the appreciation of the expense effectiveness of organization established by municipal corporation. First theoretic part explains and summarizes essential characteristics of local and regional public sector, principles of municipal authorities and deals with essential document of municipal authorities {--} the budget. In the next part the thesis deals with individual kinds of public estates and forms of assurance in municipal territory. In the practical part the thesis is focused on public estate securing in social sphere by establishing a contributory organization. The analysis of particular contributory organization´s economy is performed and the steps which increase efficiency and economy of the organization´s expenses are introduced. At the end there is short summarization of practical knowledge about the way how to ensure public estates through the establishing of organizational component, its advantages, disadvantages and reasons why this form of assuring public estates is not used too much nowadays.