 Ph.D. Email: oscar.erixson@nek.uu.se Assistant professor Phone: +46(0)704 676 110 Uppsala University CV Affiliations Uppsala Center for Fiscal Studies (UCFS), Department of Economics, Uppsala University Primary fields: Public Economics, Health Economics Secondary field: Behavioral economics I recieved my PhD in economics from Uppsala University in December 2013 and I am currently researher and teacher at the Department of Economics, Uppsala University. I am an empirical researcher with a special interest in intergenerational transfers. In my PhD thesis I exploited the repeal of the inheritance tax to estimate the causal effect of inheritance on health. I also investigated the relative importance of different bequest motives, the impact of inheritance on labor supply and savings, as well as the interplay between rationality and social norms under extreme stress. Since graduation my research has primarily focused on the interaction between bequest behavior and inheritance law, wealth inequality and tax avoidance. I have published in leading scientific journals, field economics journals and popular science journals and my research has been covered in many of the most notable international news media outlets. Peer reviewed publications "The impact of inheritances on heirs’ labor and capital income" (with Mikael Elinder and Henry Ohlsson), The B.E. Journal of Economic
Analysis & Policy (Contributions) 12(1): article 61 (2012) Media: Dagens Industri, Dagens Nyheter "Gender, social norms, and survival in maritime disasters" (with Mikael Elinder), Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109(33): 13220-13224 (2012) Media: New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Freakonomics, BBC, The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, CBS, Frankfurter Allgemeine, The Hindu, and many more. "Health responses to a wealth shock: Evidence from a Swedish tax reform" Journal of Population Economics, vol. 30, iss. 4, pp. 1281-1336. "Inheritance and wealth inequality: Evidence from population registers" (with Mikael Elinder and Daniel Waldenström) Journal of Public Economics, vol. 165, pp. 17-30. "Equal sharing, exchange motives, and Cinderella
effects" (with Henry Ohlsson) Journal of Population Economics, forthcoming. Unpublished working papers “Estates, Bequests and Inheritances in Sweden. Alook into the Belinda databases” (with Mikael Elinder, Sebastian Escobar, Henry Ohlsson) "Inheritance tax planning at the end of life" (with Sebastian Escobar) R&R in Journal of Public Economics. Other publications "Mindre arbete, högre inkomster - arvingens lott" (with Mikael Elinder and Henry Ohlsson), Ekonomisk Debatt 39(4): 70-78 (2012) ”Förmögenhet – mina pengar eller släktens?” (with Henry Ohlsson), Ekonomisk Debatt, No 2. 2015, Vol. 43 "Arvens betydelse för förmögenhetsfördelningen" (with Mikael Elinder and Daniel Waldenström), Ekonomisk Debatt, No 1. 2017, Vol. 45 Other Check out my TEDx talk: Women and Children First or Every Man for Himself? |