a dynamic research environment
with several research seminars each week and a large flow of international guests
Research at the Department of Economics
The Department of Economics at Uppsala University is a modern economics department particularly strong in the areas of labour economics, macroeconomics, political economics and public economics. Other areas of research include development economics, econometrics, family economics, financial economics and health economics.
Top five publications
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Gerard J. van den Berg, Johan Vikström (forthcoming) "Long-Run Effects of Dynamically Assigned Treatments: A New Methodology and an Evaluation of Training Effects on Earnings”
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Ryan Chahrour, Kristoffer Nimark and Stefan Pitschner (2021) "Sectoral Media Focus and Aggregate Fluctuations"
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Blomquist, Sören; Newey, Whitney K.; Kumar, Anil; Liang, Che-Yuan (2021) -
Aggeborn, Linuz; Öhman, Mattias (2021) -
Adermon, Adrian; Lindahl, Mikael; Palme, Mårten (2021) -
Grönqvist, H., Nilsson, P. and Robling, P-O. (2020) "Understanding How Low Levels of Lead Exposure Affects Children's Life Trajectories"
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Hjort, J. and Poulsen, J. (2019) "The Arrival of Fast Internet and Employment in Africa"
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Broer, T., Harbo Hansen, N., Krusell and P., Öberg, E., (2019) "The New Keynesian Transmission Mechanism: A Heterogeneous-Agent Perspective"
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Karadja, M. and Prawitz, E. (2019) "Exit, Voice and Political Change: Evidence from Swedish Mass Migration to the United States."
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Hensvik, L., Fredriksson, P. and Nordström Skans, O. (2018) "Mismatch of Talent - Evidence on Match Quality, Entry Wages and Job Mobility."
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Harstad, B. and Mideksa, T. (2017) "Conservation Contracts and Political Regimes"
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Solis, A. (2017)
"Credit Access and College Enrollment." -
Eriksson, S. and Rooth, D. (2014) "Do Employers Use Unemployment as a Sorting Criterion When Hiring? Evidence from a Field Experiment."
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Kramarz, F. and Nordström Skans, O. (2014) "When strong ties are strong: Family networks and youth labour market entry."
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Lehmann, E., Trannoy, A. and Simula, L. (2014) "Tax Me if You Can! Optimal Nonlinear Income Tax Between Competing Governments."
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Fredriksson, P., Oosterbeek, H. and Öckert, B. (2013) "Long-term effects of class size."
Recent publications
Lindahl Lectures
The department hosts the Lindahl Lectures introducing distinguished international economists.
The 2022 Lindahl Lecture was held by Henrik Kleven of Princeton University.
Research centers
The Department of Economics hosts three research centers, the Uppsala Center for Labor Studies (UCLS), the Uppsala Center for Fiscal Studies (UCFS) and the Uppsala Immigration Lab (UIL). In addition, the Department is also an active member of the Health Economic Forum at Uppsala University (HEFUU) and the Urban Lab, hosted by Uppsala Clinical Research center and the Institute for Housing and Urban Research (IBF) respectively.
