Mårten Palme Professor

I am a professor of economics at the Department of Economics, Stockholm University. I am also the head of the department. My research is mostly in labor economics and empirical public finance. I am currently working on papers on intergenerational mobility, health inequality, private health care insurance and redistribution in pension systems.

Five recently published or forthcoming papers

Decomposing the Parental Education Gradient in Health Lessons from a Large Sample of Adoptees, with Evelina Björkegren, Mikael Lindahl, Mårten Palme and Emilia Simeonova, fourthcoming in Journal of Labor Economics.

Components of the evolution of income inequality in Sweden, 1990–2021, with Charlotte Lucke and Aizo Karimi, in Fiscal Studies, 2024.

Identity in Court Decision-Making, with Ulrika Ahrsjö and Susan Niknami, in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024.

Pre- and Post-Birth Components of Intergenerational Persistence in Health and Longevity, with Evelina Björkegren, Mikael Lindahl and Emilia Simeonov, in Journal of Human Resources, 2022.

Dynastic human capital, inequality and intergenerational mobility,  with Adrian Adermon and Mikael Lindahl, in The American Economic Review, 2021.

Social Security Reforms and the Changing Retirement Behavior in Sweden, with Lisa Laun, in Coile and Börsch-Supan (eds.), Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Reforms and Retirement Incentives. University of Chicago Press.

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