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The Value of Health Insurance: A Household Job Search Approach (with Gabriella Conti and Renata Narita), Accepted at Journal of Labor Economics
This paper is part of a project financially supported by the Swedish Research Council, Grant No.348-2013-6378, and by the British Academy Newton Advanced Fellowship, Grant No.AF150049.
Featured at the HCEO Research Spotlight. Link here.
Does Your Doctor Matter? (with Julie Riise, Barton Willage, and Alexander Willén), Accepted at Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics
(Breaking) intergenerational transmission of mental health (with Aline Bütikofer, Krzysztof Karbownik and Fanny Landaud), Journal of Human Resources, vol 59(S), pages S108-S151, 2024.
Higher Achievement Schools, Peers, and Mental Health (with Aline Bütikofer, Fanny Landaud and Katrine Løken), The Economic Journal, October 2023, Volume 133, Issue 655, Pages 2580–2613.
Employer Responses to Family Leave Programs (with Arizo Karimi and Pengpeng Xiao), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, January 2023, 15 (1), Pages 107-135 IFAU WP 2020-18
Who Benefits From Free Health Insurance: Evidence from Mexico (with Gabriella Conti), Journal of Human Resources, Volume 58, number 1, January 2023, Pages 146-182 Online Appendix Programs
Parental Leave Benefits, Household Labor Supply and Children’s Long-run Outcomes (with Jenny Jans and Arizo Karimi), Journal of Labor Economics, 2020, vol. 38, no. 1 , Pages 261-320.
Tackling Social Exclusion: Evidence from Chile (with Pedro Carneiro and Emanuela Galasso), The Economic Journal, Volume 129, Issue 617, 1 January 2019, Pages 172–208.
Partial Insurance and Investments in Children (with Pedro Carneiro), The Economic Journal, 126 (October 2016), F66–F95. Appendix
Long Term Impacts of Compensatory Preschool on Health and Behavior: Evidence from Head Start (with Pedro Carneiro), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, November 2014, 6(4): 135–173. Appendix
The health effects of early interventions: Evidence from the Sure Start (with Sarah Cattan, Gabriella Conti, Christine Farquharson and Maud Pecher), Revise & Resubmit at The Journal of Human Resources
The Nurse is Here! Returns to a Nationwide School Health Program (with Signe A. Abrahamsen and Julie Riise)
The Consequences of Miscarriage on Parental Investments (with Aline Bütikofer, Deirdre Coy and Orla Doyle).
The Menopause "Penalty" (with Gabriella Conti, Petra Persson and Barton Willage)
Trade Competition, Technology and Labor Reallocation (with Selva Baziki and Teodora Borota Milicevic)
Parental Investments in Children and Local Business Cycles, under review for re-submission
Selected Work in Progress
Heterogeneous Quality in Delivery of Welfare: Evidence from Social Workers in the Chile Solidario Program (with Pedro Carneiro, Barbara Flores, Emanuela Galasso and Lucy Kraftman).
Spillovers in Social Program Participation: Evidence from Chile (with Pedro Carneiro, Barbara Flores, Emanuela Galasso, Lucy Kraftman and Aureo de Paula).
Academic Journals: American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Studies, Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Journal - Applied Economics, American Economic Journal - Economic Policy, Economic Journal, International Economic Review, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of European Economic Association, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Human Capital, Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Development Effectiveness, European Economic Review, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Journal of Health Economics, Health Economics, Economic Letters, Quantitative Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Economics of the Household, The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Economics of Education Review, Portuguese Economic Journal, Nature Human Behavior, Science
Grants: National Science Foundation, Swedish Research Foundation (Vetenskapsrådet), Riksbankens Jubileumsfond
Presentations (Including Planned)
2025 AEA Meetings, Stanford University, University of Amsterdam, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics – Summer Forum, NBER Summer Institute, Conference of the Portuguese Journal of Economics, University of Oxford
2024 dggö/LMU/ KU Leuven/Universität Hamburg Workshop "Health and care from early life to old age" (Keynote), University of Stavanger, SOLE Annual Meetings, EDULOG - Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo, Pontificia Universidade Catolica - Rio de Janeiro, University of Copenhagen, Norwegian Association of Economists (Invited Session), CEPR - Labor Economics
2023 AEA Meetings, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Singapore School of Management, Tilburg University, University of Essex, University College Dublin, Erasmus School of Economics, Zeuthen Workshop on Child Health and Public Policy (University of Copenhagen)
2022 University of Essex, University of Liverpool, University of Bristol, University of Zurich, Aarhus University, Essen Conference in Health Economics, Center for Health and Wellbeing - Princeton University, Health Economics Workshop - University of Copenhagen, Bank of Spain, IE Business School, ISEG - Universidade de Lisboa, University of Duisburg-Essen
2021 AEA Meetings, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, DIW Berlin, Essen Conference in Health Economics, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics – Summer Forum (2x), ESPE, University of Strathclyde, NOVA SBE
2020 University of Amsterdam, Workshop on Applied Microeconomics and Gender (Alicante), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Insper, RAND
2019 KU Leuven, Bristol Workshop on Economic Policy Interventions and Behavior, NBER Summer Institute, Workshop on "The importance of early-life circumstances" (Copenhagen), Statistics Norway, Univeristy of Göteborg
2018 North American Winter Meeting of Econometric Society (Philadelphia), Nordic Summer Institute (Helsinki), Workshop on Optimal policies in the market for childcare (Luxembourg), Workshop of Labour and Family Economics (York), University of Göteborg, Workshop: Skills, Preferences and Educational Inequality (Bonn).
2017 Royal Holloway, Nova SBE - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, University of Oxford, NHH, NBER Summer Institute, AEA (Chicago), SOLE Annual Meetings, EEA Meetings (Lisbon).
2016 Institute for Fiscal Studies, Stockholm School of Economics, University of California – San Diego, University of Oslo, University of Bergen, Banco de Portugal, World Bank-Banco de España Inequality Workshop (Madrid), EEA (Geneva), Workshop on Family Economics (Oslo), NEUDC 2016 (Boston).
2015 Uppsala University, CORE - Université Catholique de Louvain, SITE - Stockholm School of Economics, SOLE Annual Meetings (Montreal), University of Essex
2014 IFN - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning, University of Bergen, University of Southern Denmark, AEA (Philadelphia), SOLE Annual Meetings (Washington, DC), Nordic Summer Institute (Helsinki).
2013 Lund University, Northwestern University, Ninth CSEF-IGIER Symposium on Economics and Institutions.
2012 University of Chicago, Nordic Workshop in Family Economics, Nordic Summer Institute (Bergen), Workshop on Children’s Human Capital Development (Aarhus)
2011 SOFI, University of Stockholm, RES Conference (London), SOLE Annual Meetings (Vancouver), Nordic Workshop (Family Economics), Nordic Summer Institute (Faroe Islands), Institute of Education (London), EEA Meetings (Oslo)
2010 RAND, University of Mannheim, Uppsala University, EIEF, Alicante, Inter-American Development Bank, North American Winter Meeting of Econometric Society (Atlanta), SOLE Annual Meetings (London), Workshop of Economics of Education (ISEG, Lisbon), Meetings of Portuguese Economic Journal, Meetings of Society of Economic Dynamics (Montreal), European Summer Symposium in Labour Economics, LACEA (Bogota), European Commission.
2009 UCL, CEMMAP, EEA Meetings (Barcelona), SOLE Annual Meetings (Boston), RES Conference (Surrey), North American Winter Meeting of Econometric Society (San Francisco), Universidade Católica Portuguesa
2008 Universidade Católica Portuguesa, RES Conference (Warwick), SOLE Annual Meetings (New York), IZA Summer School, ESPE Annual Meetings (London), Meeting of the Portuguese Economic Journal (Evora)
2007 IFS, EEA Meetings (Budapest)
2006 UCL
Workshop "Health and the Labor Market" (London, June 29 and 30 2018) link
Workshop "Aging, Family and Social Insurance" (Solstrand, February 28 and March 1 2019) link
Workshop "Health, Human Capital and Social Insurance" (Solstrand, May 5 and 6 2022) link
Can Targeted Assistance Help the Very Poor? (World Bank, based on work with Pedro Carneiro and Emanuela Galasso)
Teaching (at University of Bergen)
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