Research

Publications

Bihagen, E., Halldén, K., Shahbazian, R., Syk, E., & Westerman, J. (2026). Anställningstider i Sverige från 1960-talet fram till i dag. In K. Boye & J. Westerman (Eds.), Välfärd och livsvillkor: Perspektiv på samtida samhällsbilder. Liber.
Halldén, K., Syk, E., & Westerman, J. (2026). Arbetskvalitet och psykisk ohälsa i arbetsmarknadens utkanter. In K. Boye & J. Westerman (Eds.), Välfärd och livsvillkor: Perspektiv på samtida samhällsbilder. Liber.
Bihagen, E., Härkönen, J., Shahbazian, R., & Syk, E. (2026). Kvinnors och mäns karriärer för generationer födda från 1930-talet till 90-talet. In K. Boye & J. Westerman (Eds.), Välfärd och livsvillkor: Perspektiv på samtida samhällsbilder. Liber.
Westerman, J., & Syk, E. (2023). Skills and structural change. In M. Tåhlin (Ed.), A Research Agenda for Skills and Inequality (pp. 51–63). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Syk, E. (2022). Development of job quality in Sweden 1968–2010. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 82, 100745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2022.100745

Syk, E., Westerman, J., & Halldén, K. (2025). Peripheral labor market status and job quality in the Swedish labor market 1968–2020. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/vs549_v1
Syk, E., Thaning, M., & Nieuwenhuis, R. (2025). Intergenerational inequalities in economic volatility. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/jvd4e_v1
Syk, E. (2026). Cumulative advantage in job quality: Career trajectories and inequality in Sweden, 1968–2022. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/ajpfh_v1
Shahbazian, R., Bihagen, E., & Syk, E. (2026). Moving targets? Life-course dynamics in intergenerational mobility. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/cj2by_v1

Syk, E. (2025). Quantifying (ine)quality: Job quality over half a century in Sweden and Europe (Doctoral dissertation, Stockholm University). https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1938827

Syk, E. Class inequality in non-monetary job quality: 20 years of evidence from Europe.
Syk, E., Thaning, M., & Molinder, J. Stratification and inequality: A century of social class and earnings disparities in Sweden.
Syk, E., & Shahbazian, R. Class or character: Big Five personality traits as predictors of social stratification and mobility outcomes.
Syk, E. On the measurement and conceptualization of job quality: The person-position distinction and the case against wages.
Bihagen, E., Härkönen, J., Shahbazian, R., & Syk, E. Do occupational scales tell the same story? Evidence from gendered career trajectories across cohorts in Sweden.

Westerman, J., Andersson, A. B., & Syk, E. Towards a refined measure of occupational skill requirements (upcoming, 2026). Edward Elgar.