Tomas Korpi
Professor of Sociology
Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)
Stockholm University
SE-10691 Stockholm
SWEDEN

Phone: +46 8 163149
Fax: +46 8 154670
E-mail: tomas.korpi@sofi.su.se

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Research interests focus on processes related to mobility and inequality on the labor market. This spans both macro level events such as industrial restructuring and micro level processes such as the psychology of unemployment. It also includes the relationship between mobility and public policy, specifically the impact of education and labor market programs.

Teaching currently involve courses in labour economics. Previous teaching include undergraduate and graduate level courses in comparative industrial relations, comparative public policy and comparative social stratification as well as in quantitative methods.

Work in progress
A Tale of Two Distinctions: The Significance of Job Requirements and Informal Workplace Training for the Training Gap (with Michael Tåhlin)

Changing Inequality in Sweden: Globalization and Other Causes (with Michael Tåhlin)

Good Jobs for All? Educational policy, technical change, and job quality.

Selected publications
Globalization and Uncertainty. Earnings and Employment Volatility in Sweden, 1985-2003 (with Martin Hällsten and Michael Tåhlin). Forthcoming in Industrial Relations

Educational Mismatch, Wages, and Wage Growth: Overeducation in Sweden 1974 - 2000. 2009. Labour Economics, 16: 183-193 (with Michael Tåhlin).

The Accumulation of Social Problems: Multiple Deprivation in Sweden 1974 - 2000. 2007. International Journal of Social Welfare, 16:S91-S104 (with Kenneth Nelson and Sten-Åke Stenberg). [A Swedish version, Välfärdsproblem i befolkningen, appeared in Social rapport 2006, Socialstyrelsen]

Women’s Employment in Sweden: Globalization, Deindustrialization, and the Labor Market Experiences of Swedish Women 1950 – 2000 (with Lotta Stern). In Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Heather Hofmeister (eds.), 2006, Globalization, Uncertainty and Women's Careers: An International Comparison. London: Elgar

The Impact of Globalization on Mens' Job Mobility in Sweden (with Michael Tåhlin). In Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Melinda Mills, and Fabrizio Bernardi (eds.), 2006, Globalization, Uncertainty and Men's Careers: An International Comparison. London: Elgar

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