I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Economics Department at the BI Norwegian Business School. I am also affiliated with the Research Department at Statistics Norway and The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).
I received my Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Oslo in 2017.
My research focuses on topics in health care and labor economics.
Contact: ingrid.huitfeldt{at}gmail.com
Reconciling Estimates of the Long-Term Earnings Effect of Fertility with Simon Bensnes and Edwin Leuven
[pdf] [rfberlin 043/26]
The Distributional Effects of Cost-Sharing in a Universal Healthcare System with Simon Bensnes and Victoria Marone
[pdf] [nber wp34700] [cepr dp21077] [VoxEU column]
What Do Corporate Boards Do? Aggregate Effects of Board Gender Quotas with Christine Blandhol and Ragnhild Schreiner
[extended abstract]
Optimal Insurance for Healthcare Amenities with Victoria Marone
Breastfeeding, Health Outcomes and Maternal Labor Supply with Nina Drange and Monique De Haan
Huitfeldt, I., Marone, V., Waldinger, D. (2025). Designing Dynamic Reassignment Mechanisms: Evidence from GP Allocation. Conditionally accepted at the American Economic Review.
[NBER wp 32458] [newspaper write-up]
Dutz, D., Huitfeldt, I., Lacouture, S., Mogstad, M., Torgovitsky, A., and van Dijk, W. (2025). Selection in Surveys: Using Randomized Incentives to Detect and Account for Nonresponse Bias. Accepted for publication by the Review of Economic Studies.
[pdf] [NBER wp29549] [BFI wp] [non-technical (BFI)] [VoxEU column]
Godøy, A., Huitfeldt, I., Haaland VF., and Votruba, M. (2024). Hospital Queues, Patient Health and Labor Supply. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
[published version] [pdf] [newspaper write-up]
Huitfeldt, I., Kostøl, A. R., Nimczik, J., & Weber, A. (2022). Internal labor markets: A worker flow approach. Journal of Econometrics.
[Published version] [iza 14637]
Huitfeldt, I. (2021). Hospital Reimbursement and Capacity Constraints: Evidence from Orthopedic Surgeries. Health Policy.
[Published version] [ssb wp]
Bensen, S. & Huitfeldt, I. (2020) Rumor has it: How do patients respond to patient-generated physician ratings? Journal of Health Economics.
[Published version] [pdf]
Godøy, A. & Huitfeldt, I. (2020). Regional Variation in Health Care Utilization and Mortality. Journal of Health Economics.
[Published version] [pdf]
S.A.C. Kittelsen et al. (2015). Costs and quality at the hospital level in the Nordic countries. Health Economics.[Published version]
Media Coverage (Norwegian only)
Innlegg i Dagens Næringsliv: "Enkelt å forbedre fastlegeordningen – med en algoritme" (09.09.24)
(Op-ed: "Easily Improve the General Practitioner Scheme – with an Algorithm"
Innlegg i Dagens Næringsliv: "Vi vet ikke om privat helse truer velferdsstaten" (04.05.2024)
(Op-ed: "We don't know if private healthcare threatens the welfare state")
Innlegg i Dagens Næringsliv: "Helsekøene kan gi varig uførhet" (24.01.2024)
(Op-ed: "Long hospital queues may lead to permanent disability receipt")
Blogginnlegg: Hva vet vi om effekter av foreldrepermisjon?
(Op-ed: "What do we know about the effects of parental leave?")
Innlegg i Aftenposten: "Hva kan vi forvente av en tredelt foreldrepermisjon?" (12.02.2019)
(Op-ed: "What can we expect from the daddy quota?")
Podcasten Aftenposten Forklart: "Pappakvoten provoserer: Dette sier forskningen" (20.02.2019)
(Podcast: "The provoking daddy quota: what does research say?")
Innlegg i Aftenposten: "Det meste du blir fortalt om amming, kan være feil" (19.02.2019)
(Op-ed: "Myths and facts about breastfeeding")
Innlegg i Aftenposten: "Gi gjerne pupp, men ikke for helsegevinstene" (12.03.2019)
(Op-ed: "There are many reasons to breastfeed, health gains is probably not one of them"
NRK Ekko: "Kan amming være mindre viktig?" (07.03.2019)
(Podcast: "Is breastfeeding less important than one may think?
Innlegg i Aftenposten "'Ammeråd og foreldrepermisjon" (23.04.2019)
(Op-ed: "Governmental breastfeeding guidelines and parental leave"