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mattias persson was born in and grew up in Hammenhög, Skåne, Sweden. In 2007, he received a Master of Science in economics from Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, and in 2008 a Master of Arts in economics from the University of Toledo in Ohio, USA. He was enrolled as a PhD-student in economics in 2008 at Örebro University and received his Ph.Lic. in economics in December 2010. After a few years away from Örebro University, he returned in 2015 to finalize his Ph.D. in economics
This thesis focuses on economic evaluation of programs and interventions regarding children and adolescents with mental health issues, bullying victimization, and intellectual disabilities. The first paper examines potential links between mental health issues among adolescents and the class-size in Swedish schools. Our results suggest that there is no link between larger classes and mental health issues. The second paper estimates the societal willingness to pay to reduce bullying in Swedish schools – this measure could be used in evaluation of anti-bullying programs. Next, the third paper estimates the cost-effectiveness of a recently introduced anti-bullying program in Sweden, the Finnish KiVa program. In the two last papers evaluate a program supporting adolescents with intellectual disability to make a smoother transition from education to regular employment. The program is evaluated both from a municipality’s (payer’s) and societal perspective. For the munici-pality it would take nine years before break-even is reached for the investment in the program, and for the society it would be cost-efficient 10 years after the implementation of the program.
issn 1651-8896 isbn 978-91-7529-169-7
