Professor of Health Economics, Deparment of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University
https://www.uu.se/en/department/medical-sciences/research/research-groups/health-economics

Director of the Centre for Health Economic Research (hefuu), Uppsala University
https://www.hefuu.uu.se/

My research covers the formation and socioeconomic determinants of health and human capital; its consequenses for success in life; the importance of incentives for access to care and preventive behavior, mainly exploiting quasi-experiemental variation in observational data.

Email: erik.gronqvist@uu.se

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Erik Grönqvist

Selected Work in Progress

“Should Willingness-to-Pay Thresholds Change with Disease Severity”, with Amin Hussain, Per Johansson, and August Wadell Leimdörfer

“Sick of becoming a mother”, with Emma Fransson, Erica Lindahl, Elisavet Iliadi, Stavros Iliadis

“Why Were Immigrants with Shorter Host-Country Exposure More Likely to Be Hospitalized Due to COVID-19?”, with Olof Ålund, Tram Pham, and Oskar Skans

“Persistent Pollutants and Persistent Effects: PFAS Exposure and Educational Outcomes”, Oscar Erixson, Erik Grönqvist, Mattias Öhman, and Martin Önnerfors

Published and forthcoming research

Flores, Sergio, Anna Fäldt, Erik Grönqvist, Filipa Sampaio, Anna Sarkadi. 2026. “Targeting equity in early childhood: resource allocation in Sweden’s Extended Home Visiting Program.” International Journal for Equity in Health 25, 112 (2026).

Elinder, Mikael, Oscar Erixson, Erik Grönqvist, Sophie Langenskiöld, Mattias Öhman. 2026. “Effects of an information shock on registry-based health indicators: Evidence from a Swedish PFAS crisis.” PLOS One, 21.1 (2026): e0340815.*

Grönqvist, Erik, Lena Hensvik, Yoko Okuyama, Anna Thoresson. 2026. “Women's Labor Market Opportunities and Equality in the Household.” Journal of Public Economics, 254 (2026) 105557.*

Lindberg, Ylva, Erik Grönqvist, Åsa Andersén, Kristiina Rajaleid, Göran Kecklund, Anna Nyberg. 2025. “Subjective social status and common mental disorders in the Swedish working population: Gender and age differences in longitudinal associations.” Scandinavian Journal of Public He 35. Supplement_4 (2025).

Siverskog, Jonathan, Johannes Andersson, Ida Hensler, Erik Grönqvist, Filip Arnberg. 2025. “Cost-effectiveness of app-guided self-management (PTSD Coach) for post-traumatic stress: trial-based economic evaluation.” Journal of Medical Internet Research 27: e69426.

Kennedy, Beatrice, Mona-Lisa Wernroth, Sophie Langenskiöld, Carl Bonander, Liisa Byberg, Erik Grönqvist, Tove Fall. 2025. “The impact of child type 1 diabetes on parental incomes in a welfare state context: quasi-experimental evidence from Swedish national registers.” Diabetologia. 68, 2168–2178.

Grönqvist, Erik, Björn Öckert and Olof Rosenqvist, 2025. “Does the ‘Boost for Mathematics’ Boost Mathematics? A Large-Scale Evaluation of the ‘Lesson Study’ Methodology on Student Performance”, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 17 (3): 345–72 .*

Johannesen, Kasper, Jonathan Siverskog, Martin Henriksson, Magnus Janzon, Bertil Lindahl, and Erik Grönqvist. 2023. “Implementation of Ticagrelor Reduced Mortality in Routine Clinical Care: Evidence From a Natural Experiment Including 109 995 Patients With Myocardial Infarction in Sweden.” Journal of the American Heart Association 12(5): e027384.

Grönqvist, Erik, Lena Hensvik, and Anna Thoresson. 2022. “Teacher Career Opportunities and School Quality.” Labour Economics 77: 101997.*

Bergemann, Annette, Erik Grönqvist, and Soffia Guðbjörnsdóttir. 2019. “Diabetes Morbidity After Displacement.” In Health and Labor Markets, Research in Labor Economics, eds. Solomon W. Polachek and Konstantinos Tatsiramos. Emerald Publishing Limited, 99–154.*

Black, Sandra E., Erik Grönqvist, and Björn Öckert. 2017. “Born to Lead? The Effect of Birth Order on Noncognitive Abilities.” The Review of Economics and Statistics 100(2): 274–86.*

Kc, Ashish, Anna Bergström, Dipak Chaulagain, Olivia Brunell, Uwe Ewald, Abhishek Gurung, Leif Eriksson, et al. 2017. “Scaling up Quality Improvement Intervention for Perinatal Care in Nepal (NePeriQIP); Study Protocol of a Cluster Randomised Trial.” BMJ global health 2(3): e000497.

Grönqvist, Erik, Björn Öckert, and Jonas Vlachos. 2017. “The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Noncognitive Abilities.” Journal of Human Resources 52(4): 887–918.*

Böhlmark, Anders, Erik Grönqvist, and Jonas Vlachos. 2016. “The Headmaster Ritual: The Importance of Management for School Outcomes.” The Scandinavian Journal of Economics 118(4): 912–40.*

Grönqvist, Erik, and Erik Lindqvist. 2016. “The Making of a Manager: Evidence from Military Officer Training.” Journal of Labor Economics 34(4): 869–98.*

Grönqvist, Erik, and Jonas Vlachos. 2016. “One Size Fits All? The Effects of Teachers’ Cognitive and Social Abilities on Student Achievement.” Labour Economics 42: 138–50.*

Bennmarker, Helge, Erik Grönqvist, and Björn Öckert. 2013. “Effects of Contracting out Employment Services: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment.” Journal of Public Economics 98: 68–84.*

Brodd, Katarina Strand, Helena Grönqvist, Gerd Holmström, Erik Grönqvist, Kerstin Rosander, and Uwe Ewald. 2012. “Development of Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements in Very Preterm Born Infants: 3. Association with Perinatal Risk Factors.” Acta Paediatrica 101(2): 164–71.

Brodd, Katarina Strand, Uwe Ewald, Helena Grönqvist, Gerd Holmström, Bo Strömberg, Erik Grönqvist, Claes von Hofsten, and Kerstin Rosander. 2011. “Development of Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements in Very Preterm Infants: 1. General Aspects.” Acta Paediatrica 100(7): 983–91.

Friberg, Richard, and Erik Grönqvist. 2012. “Do Expert Reviews Affect the Demand for Wine?” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 4(1): 193–211.*

Grönqvist, Erik, and Douglas Lundin. 2009. “Incentives for Clinical Trials.” Economics of Innovation and New Technology 18(5): 513–31.*

Grönqvist, Erik. 2006. “Information Updating and Insurance Dropout: Evidence from Dental Insurance.” In Competitive Failures in Insurance Markets, eds. Pierre-Andre Chiappori and Christian Gollier. The MIT Press, 135–56.

* Authors listed alphabetically indicating equal contribution

Working papers and unpublished manuscripts

Dahlberg, Matz, Per-Anders Edin, Erik Grönqvist, Johan Lyhagen, John Östh, Alexey Siretskiy, and Marina Toger. 2020. “Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Population Mobility under Mild Policies: Causal Evidence from Sweden.” arXiv:2004.09087, april.*

Grönqvist, Erik, Anna Norén, Anna Sjögren and Helena Svaleryd. 2017. “Auditing mothers: The effect of targeted alcohol prevention on infant health and maternal behavior.” Working paper 2017:19. Uppsala: IFAU.*

Grönqvist, Erik, Anna Norén, Anna Sjögren and Helena Svaleryd. 2016. “Sober mom, healthy baby? Effects of brief alcohol interventions in Swedish maternity care.” Working paper 2016:16. Uppsala: IFAU.*

Bergemann, Annette, Erik Grönqvist and Soffia Gudbjörnsdottir. 2011. “The Effects of Job Displacement on the Onset and Progression of Diabetes.”* Discussion Paper 03/2011-025. Tilburg: Netspar.

Grönqvist, Erik. 2006. “(M)oral Hazard?” Working paper 642. Stockholm: EFI Stockholm School of Economics.

Grönqvist, Erik. 2004. “Does Adverse Selection Matter? Evidence from a Natural Experiment.” Working paper 642. Stockholm: EFI Stockholm School of Economics.

Klevmarken, N. Anders jointly with Irene Andersson, Peter Brose, Erik Grönqvist, Paul Olovsson and Marianne Hansen-Stoltenberg. 1995. “Labor Supply Responses to Swedish Tax Reforms 1985-1992.” Tax Reform Evaluation Report No 11. Stockholm: National Institute of Economic Research.

* Authors listed alphabetically indicating equal contribution

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