Magne Mogstad

Contact information:

Address: Department of Economics, University of Chicago

1126, East 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637

Email: magne.mogstad@gmail.com

Assistant: Jamie Temmer


Personal information:

Date of birth: 12/14/1980

Citizenship: Norwegian

Permanent Resident of the U.S. (Green Card Holder)

Current positions:

The Gary S. Becker Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago (at Chicago since 2014)

Senior Research Fellow, Research Department of Statistics Norway

Research Associate , National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)


Research center:

Faculty Director, Ronzetti Initative for the Study of Labor Markets at the Becker Friedman Institute


Research fields:

Public Economics, Labor Economics, Policy Evaluation


Education:

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Oslo, 2005-2008


Current editorial position:

Lead editor of the Journal of Political Economy


Current research grants:

Oct 2019 – June 2023 : Principle investigator of grant (295901), "Globalization, Labor Market Restructuring, and Economic Policy", from the Norwegian Research Council (approx. $1 million)

Oct 2021 – June 2026 : Principle investigator of grant (314283), "Causes and Consequences of Labor Market Inequality", from the Norwegian Research Council (approx. $1.3 million)