Tobias Karlsson

Arbetsmarknadens omvandling – yrken som kommit, gått och bestått

Tobias Karlsson
(2026) Arbete i förändring: Globalisering, digitalisering, hållbarhet och arbetets organisering , p.33-44
Book chapter

Yrken för äldre : En historisk översikt

Tobias Karlsson
(2026) , p.41
Abstract

Occupational Titles and Retirement in Historical Censuses: Sweden 1880-1910

Tobias Karlsson, Helene Castenbrandt, Luciana Quaranta
(2026) Lund Papers in Economic History
Working paper

The Job Ads Database (JADB) Prototype: Building a New Resource for Historical Labour Market Research

Mathias Johansson, Peter Gladoić Håkansson, Tobias Karlsson, Matti La Mela
(2026) Lund Papers in Economic History
Working paper

From boom to bust : Kockums, Malmö (Sweden), 1950-1986

Tobias Karlsson
(2025) Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Workers around the World: Case Studies 1950-2010 , p.143-164
Book chapter

Recension: Åter till metallarbetarna och taylorismen : Arvand Mirsafian, Arbetarna och tekniken: Svensk fackföreningsrörelse, rationalisering och arbetsmarknadspolitik 1920–1950

Tobias Karlsson
(2025) Historisk Tidskrift, 145 p.847-853
Review (Book/Film/Exhibition/etc.)

Between voluntarism and compulsion: Membership in mutual health insurance societies in Swedish manufacturing, c. 1900

Maria Stanfors, Tobias Karlsson, Lars-Fredrik Andersson, Liselotte Eriksson
(2024) Economic History Review, 77 p.244-267
Article

Försörjningens utmarker. En introduktion

Ida de Wit Sandström, Magnus Olofsson, Mikael Ottosson, Tobias Karlsson
(2024) Arbetets och försörjningens utmarker , p.11-33
Book chapter

Arbetets och försörjningens utmarker

(2024)
Anthology (editor)

Personalen i företagets årsredovisningar

Tobias Karlsson
(2024) Skrifter utgivna av Universitetsbiblioteket i Lund
Book chapter

Varvens grågubbar: En anomali i rekordårens Sverige

Tobias Karlsson
(2024) Arbetets och försörjningens utmarker , p.175-191
Book chapter

Everywhere but in the Strike Statistics? : Wage Systems and Work Stoppages in Sweden, 1863-1927

Tobias Karlsson
(2023) The Value of Work since the 18th Century : Custom, Conflict, Measurement and Theory , p.163-181
Book chapter

Vilken dag tog det svenska slaveriet slut?

Tobias Karlsson
(2023) Svenska Dagbladet, - Under strecket
Newspaper article

The Historical Gender Gap Index: A Longitudinal and Spatial Assessment of Sweden, 1870-1990

Faustine Perrin, Tobias Karlsson, Joris Kok
(2023) Journal of Economic History, 83 p.943-980
Article

Running out of time : Using job ads to analyse the demand for messengers in the twentieth century

Peter Gladoić Håkansson, Tobias Karlsson, Matti La Mela
(2023) Scandinavian Economic History Review, 71 p.299-318
Article

Appendix : Göteborgs befolkningspanel

Tobias Karlsson, Christer Lundh
(2022) Liv i rörelse: Göteborgs befolkning och arbetsmarknad 1900-1950 , p.251-258
Foreword/postscript

Membership in Mutual Health Insurance Societies: The Case of Swedish Manufacturing, circa 1900

Maria Stanfors, Tobias Karlsson, Lars-Fredrik Andersson, Liselotte Eriksson
(2022) Lund Papers in Economic History
Working paper

Levnadsbanor och rörlighet i den mogna industristaden : Mot ett helhetsperspektiv

Tobias Karlsson, Christer Lundh
(2022) Liv i rörelse: Göteborgs befolkning och arbetsmarknad 1900-1950 , p.241-250
Book chapter

Arbetsmarknadens delar : Yrkesväxlingar och arbetsgivarbyten

Tobias Karlsson
(2022) Liv i rörelse: Göteborgs befolkning och arbetsmarknad 1900-1950 , p.95-113
Book chapter

Inkomster över livs-och familjecykeln

Tobias Karlsson, Christer Lundh
(2022) Liv i rörelse: Göteborgs befolkning och arbetsmarknad 1900-1950 , p.73-94
Book chapter

Befolkning, bostäder och arbete i den mogna industristaden

Tobias Karlsson, Christer Lundh
(2022) Liv i rörelse: Göteborgs befolkning och arbetsmarknad 1900-1950 , p.37-72 and 260
Book chapter

Levnadsbanor och rörlighetsmönster : En introduktion

Tobias Karlsson, Christer Lundh
(2022) Liv i rörelse: Göteborgs befolkning och arbetsmarknad 1900-1950 , p.11-36
Book chapter

Mäns yrkesliv från medelålder till pensionering

Tobias Karlsson
(2022) Liv i rörelse: Göteborgs befolkning och arbetsmarknad 1900-1950 , p.217-240
Book chapter

Liv i rörelse : Göteborgs befolkning och arbetsmarknad 1900-1950

(2022)
Anthology (editor)

Kvinnor i avlönat husligt arbete

Tobias Karlsson, Malin Nilsson
(2022) Liv i rörelse: Göteborgs befolkning och arbetsmarknad 1900–1950 , p.173-192
Book chapter

Social democracy and the decline of strikes

Jakob Molinder, Tobias Karlsson, Kerstin Enflo
(2022) Explorations in Economic History, 83
Article

Förord

Christer Lundh, Tobias Karlsson
(2022) Coresource 4 , p.7-9
Foreword/postscript

Sweden’s first labour movement didn’t fear technological change – they embraced it to demand higher wages

Kerstin Enflo, Jakob Molinder, Tobias Karlsson
(2021) The Conversation
Specialist publication article

Regional Gender Wage Gaps in Sweden

Kathryn Gary, Tobias Karlsson, Faustine Perrin
(2021)
Abstract

A decision for the individual or the collective? Membership in mutual health insurance societies: The case of Swedish manufacturing, circa 1900

Maria Stanfors, Tobias Karlsson, Liselotte Eriksson, Lars-Fredrik Andersson
(2021)
Other

Mobility and earnings in an urban labor market: Gothenburg 1915-1943

Tobias Karlsson, Christer Lundh
(2021)
Abstract

Social Democracy and the Decline of Strikes

Jakob Molinder, Tobias Karlsson, Kerstin Enflo
(2021) Lund papers in Economic history
Working paper

The Historical Gender Gap Index: A Longitudinal and Spatial Assessment of Sweden, 1870-1990

Tobias Karlsson, Joris Kok, Faustine Perrin
(2021) Lund Papers in Economic History
Working paper

More Power to the People: Electriciy Adoption, Technological Change and Labour Conflict

Jakob Molinder, Tobias Karlsson, Kerstin Enflo
(2021) Journal of Economic History, 81 p.481 - 512
Article

Lönearbete och samhällsutveckling - om arbetsmarknaden förr och nu

Tobias Karlsson, Maria Stanfors
(2020) Vad är ekonomisk historia? , p.207-235
Book chapter

Vad vet vi egentligen om spanska sjukans ekonomiska konsekvenser?

Tobias Karlsson
(2020)
Web publication/Blog post

More power to the people : Electricity adoption, technological change and social conflict

Kerstin Enflo, Jakob Molinder, Tobias Karlsson
(2019)
Web publication/Blog post

Från Sundsvall till Saltsjöbaden – ett regionalt perspektiv på den svenska arbetsmarknaden

Kerstin Enflo, Tobias Karlsson, Jakob Molinder
(2019) Ekonomisk Debatt, 47
Article

The Power Resource Theory Revisited : What Explains the Decline in Industrial Conflicts in Sweden?

Jakob Molinder, Tobias Karlsson, Kerstin Enflo
(2019) Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues
Working paper

To be or not to be? The role of group size and homogeneity for union membership

Maria Stanfors, Tobias Karlsson
(2019)
Other

More Power to the People: Electricity Adoption, Technological Change and Social Conflict

Jakob Molinder, Tobias Karlsson, Kerstin Enflo
(2019) Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues
Working paper

More Power to the People: : Electricity Adoption, Technological Change and Social Conflict

Kerstin Enflo, Tobias Karlsson, Jakob Molinder
(2019) CEPR Discussion paper , p.1-36
Working paper

Databasen Svenska Dagstidningar : Mycket text, mindre kontext

Tobias Karlsson
(2019) Historisk Tidskrift, 139 p.408-416
Debate/Note/Editorial

Let's make the 'digital turn' a 'narrative turn' : On the gap between two history disciplines and how to bridge it

Tobias Karlsson
(2019) DigHist – Perspectives on Digital History
Web publication/Blog post

Strikes and Lockouts in Sweden : Reconsidering Raphael’s List of Work Stoppages 1859-1902

Tobias Karlsson
(2019) Lund Papers in Economic History. Education and the Labour Market
Working paper

From conflict to compromise: The importance of mediation in Swedish work stoppages 1907-1927

Kerstin Enflo, Tobias Karlsson
(2019) European Review of Economic History, 23 p.268-298
Article

Strikes and local politics

Jakob Molinder, Kerstin Enflo, Tobias Karlsson
(2018)
Web publication/Blog post

To be or not to be? Membership in unions and sickness funds among turn-of-the-century Swedish manufacturing workers.

Maria Stanfors, Tobias Karlsson
(2018)
Paper, not in proceeding

The Power Resource Theory Revisited: What Explains the Decline in Industrial Conflicts in Sweden?

Kerstin Enflo, Tobias Karlsson, Jakob Molinder
(2018) Discussion Paper series, DP13130 p.1-27
Working paper

Herta Svenson

Tobias Karlsson
(2018) Svenskt Kvinnobiografiskt Lexikon
Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

Alina Jägerstedt

Tobias Karlsson
(2018) Svenskt Kvinnobiografiskt Lexikon
Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

Vocational Education and Industrial Relations : Sweden 1910-1975

Tobias Karlsson, Fay Lundh Nilsson, Anders Nilsson
(2018) Nordic Journal of Educational History, 5 p.27-50
Article

From Conflict to Compromise : The importance of mediation in Swedish work stoppages 1907-1927

Kerstin Enflo, Tobias Karlsson
(2018) CEPR working paper series
Working paper

På spaning efter springpojken : Ungdomsjobb och sociala nätverk vid sekelskiftet 1900

Peter Håkansson, Tobias Karlsson
(2018) Historisk Tidskrift, 138 p.33-62
Article

Risk Preferences and Gender Differences in Union Membership in Late Nineteenth-Century Swedish Manufacturing

Tobias Karlsson, Maria Stanfors
(2018) Feminist Economics, 24 p.114-141
Article

From boom to bust : Kockums 1950-1986

Tobias Karlsson
(2017) Work around the Globe: Historical Comparisons , p.143-164
Book chapter

What we know and what we don't know about Swedish labor market history : Reflections on Spelets Regler

Erik Bengtsson, Tobias Karlsson
(2017) Essays in Economic & Business History, 35 p.15-36
Article

Gender differences in absence from work : Lessons from two world wars

Tobias Karlsson
(2016) Working Papers
Working paper

Könsskillnader i sjukfrånvaro : en aktuell fråga i historisk belysning

Tobias Karlsson
(2016) Rapport
Report

Modern Apprenticeship and Teknikcollege : Historical Roots of Two Current Features of Swedish Vocational Education

Tobias Karlsson, Fay Lundh Nilsson, Anders Nilsson
(2016) Studies in Vocational and Continuing Education, 14
Book chapter

To be or not to be? Risk attitudes and gender differences in union membership

Tobias Karlsson, Maria Stanfors
(2016) Lund Papers in Economic History. Education and the Labour Market
Working paper

Dimensions of Precarity. A Contradictory Case of Non-Standard Employment.

Tobias Karlsson
(2015) Lund Papers in Economic History. Education and the Labour Market
Working paper

Pushed into Unemployment, Pulled into Retirement: Facing Old Age in Gothenburg, 1923-1943

Tobias Karlsson
(2015) Göteborg Papers in Economic History
Working paper

The Gothenburg Population Panel 1915-1943: GOPP Version 6.0

Tobias Karlsson, Christer Lundh
(2015) Göteborg Papers in Economic History
Working paper

Ekonomisk historia i kortformat

Tobias Karlsson
(2014) Ekonomisk Debatt, 42 p.85-88
Review (Book/Film/Exhibition/etc.)

The Origins of the Cashless Society: Cash Dispensers, Direct to Account Payments and the Development of On-Line Real-Time Networks, C. 1965-1985

Bernardo Bátiz-Lazo, Tobias Karlsson, Björn Thodenius
(2014) Essays in Economic & Business History, 32
Article

Kvinnorna i kampen för föreningsrätten: 1896 års kraftmätning i tobaksindustrin

Tobias Karlsson
(2014) Arbetarhistoria: Meddelanden från arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek, 2 p.5-11
Article

Gender, productivity and the nature of work and pay: evidence from the late nineteenth-century tobacco industry

Maria Stanfors, Tim Leunig, Björn Eriksson, Tobias Karlsson
(2014) Economic History Review, 67 p.48-65
Article

The Dynamics of Downsizing: The Swedish Tobacco Monopoly in the 1920s

Tobias Karlsson
(2013) Enterprise & Society, 14 p.829-853
Article

Past his prime: Labour mobility and retirement among elderly men in Gothenburg, 1915-1943

Tobias Karlsson
(2013)
Paper, not in proceeding

Annette Thörnquist & Åsa-Karin Engstrand (red.), Precarious employment in perspective

Tobias Karlsson
(2013) Historisk Tidskrift, 133 p.757-758
Review (Book/Film/Exhibition/etc.)

Work attendance, gender and marital status: Absenteeism among Swedish tobacco workers, 1919-1950

Tobias Karlsson
(2013)
Paper, not in proceeding

From boom to bust: Kockums 1950-1986

Tobias Karlsson
(2013)
Paper, not in proceeding

Labour dynamics during the second industrial revolution: labour mobility in Gothenburg, 1915-1943

Tobias Karlsson, Christer Lundh
(2012)
Paper, not in proceeding

In Homes and Factories: Employment Patterns among Women during the Second Industrial Revolution

Nilsson Malin, Tobias Karlsson
(2012)
Paper, not in proceeding

Building Bankomat: Cash dispensers and the development of on-line, real-time networks in Britain and Sweden, c.1965-1985

Bernardo Batiz-Lazo, Björn Thodenius, Tobias Karlsson
(2012)
Paper, not in proceeding

Workforce Reductions in Theory and Practice: The Swedish Tobacco Monopoly in the 1920s

Tobias Karlsson
(2012)
Working paper

Nytt ljus på gamla könsgap

Maria Stanfors, Tobias Karlsson
(2012)
Miscellaneous

Inte bara bolaget: industri och näringsliv

Tobias Karlsson
(2011) Höganäs historia
Book chapter

Gender, productivity and the nature of work and pay: evidence from the late nineteenth-century tobacco industry.

Maria Stanfors, Tim Leunig, Björn Eriksson, Tobias Karlsson
(2011)
Working paper

The History of the Swedish ATM: Sparfrämjandet and Metior

Björn Thodenius, Bernardo Batiz-Lazo, Tobias Karlsson
(2011) History of Nordic Computing 3
Book chapter

När jobben hotades: Tobaksindustriarbetareförbundet, männen och kvinnorna

Tobias Karlsson
(2011) Konflikt och samförstånd: rapport från arbetarhistorikermötet i Landskrona i maj 2009
Book chapter

Gender, occupation, or workplace: what mattered for the gender gap in the Swedish tobacco industry?

Maria Stanfors, Tobias Karlsson
(2011) Scandinavian Economic History Review, 59 p.214-231
Article

In the footsteps of fathers: Occupational following among Swedish tobacco workers.

Tobias Karlsson, Maria Stanfors
(2011) Continuity and Change, 26 p.45-68
Article

Piece rates and the gender wage gap.

Maria Stanfors, Björn Eriksson, Tobias Karlsson
(2010)
Paper, not in proceeding

The history of the Swedish ATM: Sparfrämjandet and Metior

Björn Thodenius, Bernardo Bátiz-Lazo, Tobias Karlsson
(2010)
Working paper

Allocating job losses: The mass-layoffs at the Swedish Tobacco Monopoly in 1921

Tobias Karlsson
(2010) Scandinavian Economic History Review, 58
Article

Profit-sharing (also gains-sharing)

Tobias Karlsson
(2009) Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World, 3
Book chapter

From cash machine to ATM: The development of on-line, real-time systems in British and Swedish savings banks, c. 1967-1985

Tobias Karlsson
(2009)
Paper, not in proceeding

Tidiga svenska vinstdelningssystem. Med särskilt avseende på Höganäs stenkolsbolag 1889-1902 och Kropps aktiebolag 1889-1894

Tobias Karlsson
(2003) Lund papers in Economic History
Working paper

Bortom kapitalism och socialism

Tobias Karlsson
(2003) Gefle Dagblad
Newspaper article

Tobias Karlsson

Publications