Johan Vikström

Welcome!

I'm a research leader at IFAU and professor at Uppsala University (Department of Economics, UCLS).

My research interests include labor economics, program evaluation and health economics.

Publications here. Ongoing research here. CV here.

New working papers

Cockx B, Egebark J, Van Hoye G, Videnord E and Vikström J (2026), "Motivating Job Seekers. A Field Experiment", IFAU Working Paper 2026:7

Rambjer, L, A Uhlendorff and and J Vikström (2026), "Strictness in the Evaluation of Job Search Effort and Employment Outcomes", IFAU Mimeo

Recent papers

Khaliliaraghi S, Lundborg P and Vikström (2025), "Gender Gaps in Productivity, Wages, and Promotions: Evidence from a Random Task Allocation Policy" , IFAU Working Paper 2026:7

van Empel G, Avdic D, Khalil U, Kunz J, Lagerqvist B and Vikström J, (2025), ""Radiating influene? Spillover effects among physicians"", Papers 2025-01, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University.

Athey S, Simon L,, Nordström Skans O, Vikström J and Yakymovych Y (2024), "The Heterogeneous Earnings Impact of Job Loss Across Workers, Establishments, and Markets", RR American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.

Avdic D, Lagerqvist B, Gutacker N, van Empel G and Vikström J, (2024), "Provider responses to market entry under competing health technologies", mimeo Monash University

Recent publications

Vikström, J. (2026), "Evaluating Active Labour Market Policies Using Randomised Control Trials",  Nordic Economic Policy Review, accepted.

Cederlöf J, M Söderström and J Vikström (2026), "What makes a good caseworker?", Journal of European Economic Association, accepted.

Lombardi S, G van den Berg and J Vikström (2025), "Empirical Monte Carlo Evidence on Estimation of Timing-of-Events Models", Econometric Reviews, 44(1), 90.

Cheung M, J Egebark, A Forslund, L Laun, M Rödin and J Vikström (2025), "Does job search assistance reduce unemployment? Experimental evidence on displacement effects and mechanisms", Journal of Labor Economics, 43(1), 47--81.