Publications
“German Long-Term Health Insurance: Theory Meets Evidence”. With Juan Pablo Atal, Hanming Fang and Nicolas Ziebarth. Journal of Political Economy (forthcoming). NBER Working Paper 26870.
“Getting the Right Tail Right: Modeling Tails of Health Expenditure Distributions”. With Yulong Wang and Nicolas Ziebarth. Journal of Health Economics Volume 97, September 2024. NBER Working Paper 31444.
“No-claim refunds and healthcare use”. With Daniel Avdic, Simon Decker and Martin Salm. Journal of Public Economics Volume 230, February 2024.
“The Short- and Long-term Effects of Student Absence: Evidence from Sweden”. With Sarah Cattan, Daniel Kamhöfer and Therese Nilsson. IZA DP No. 10995. Economic Journal Volume 133, Issue 650, February 2023, Pages 888–903.
“Nordic Academic Publishing in Health Economics”. With Björn Hammarfelt. Nordic Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 6 No. 1 2023.
“The Macroeconomic Impact of the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic in Sweden”. With Mykhailo Matvieiev and Maksym Obrizan. MPRA Paper No. 98910. B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, vol. 23, no. 2, 2023, pp. 637-675.
“Revisiting Sweden’s Comprehensive School Reform: Effects on Education, Earnings and Inequality”. With Martin Fischer, Gawain Heckley and Therese Nilsson. Journal of Applied Econometrics Volume 37, Issue 4, June/July 2022, Pages 811-819.
“Infant Health, Cognitive Performance and Earnings: Evidence from Inception of the Welfare State in Sweden”. With Sonia Bhalotra, Therese Nilsson and Nina Schwarz. HEDG WP 18/06. Review of Economics and Statistics (2022) 104 (6): 1138–1156.
“The 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic in Economic History”. With Daniel Kühnle and Nikolaos Prodromidis. In the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance (forthcoming).
“The Economics of Long-Term Care”. With Norman Bannenberg and Hendrik Schmitz. Oxford Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance (forthcoming).
“Disease and fertility: Evidence from the 1918–19 influenza pandemic in Sweden”. With Nina Boberg Fazlic, Maryna Ivets and Therese Nilsson. IZA DP No. 10834. Economics and Human Biology Vol 43, December 2021.
“Preventive Home Visits”. With Norman Bannenberg, Oddvar Førland, Tor Iversen and Henning Øien. CINCH WP 2019/07. American Journal of Health Economics Vol 7:4, Fall 2021.
“Is there a direct causal effect of education on dementia? A Swedish natural experiment on 1.3 million individuals”. With Martin Fischer, Stefan Fors, Kristina Johnell, Anton Lager, Martin Lövdén, Therese Nilsson and Anna Svensson. American Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 190, Issue 5, May 2021.
“Education and Health: Long-Run Effects of Peers, Tracking and Years”. With Martin Fischer, Ulf Gerdtham, Gawain Heckley, Gustav Kjellsson and Therese Nilsson. Economic Policy Vol 6:105, January 2021.
“The Long-Term Effects of Long Terms – Compulsory Schooling Reforms in Sweden”. With Martin Fischer, Therese Nilsson and Nina Schwarz. Journal of the European Economic Association, Volume 18, Issue 6, December 2020.
“Exit, Voice or Loyalty? An Investigation into Mandated Portability of Front-Loaded Private Health Plans”. With Juan Pablo Atal, Hanming Fang and Nicolas Ziebarth, Journal of Risk and Insurance 86:3, September 2019.
“The Role of Heterogeneous Parameters for the Detection of Selection in Insurance Contracts”. With Florian Klohn and Ben Rickayzen, Insurance Mathematics and Economics Vol. 83, November 2018.
“Population health effects and health-related costs of extreme temperatures: Comprehensive evidence for Germany”. With Nicolas Ziebarth. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Vol 91, September 2018.
“Ageing and Health Care Costs”. With Tor Iversen and Henning Øien. Oxford Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance 2018.
“Infant Health and Longevity. Evidence from a Historical Trial in Sweden”. With Sonia Bhalotra and Therese Nilsson, Journal of the European Economic Association 15:5 2017.
“End-Of-Life Medical Spending in Last Twelve Months is Lower than Previously Reported”. With 27 co-authors from various countries, Health Affairs 36:7 2017.
“Growth in Earnings and Health: Nothing is as Practical as a Good Theory”. With Daniel Avdic, Review of Income and Wealth 63:4, 2017, pp. 777-787.
“Careful in the Crisis? Determinants of Older People’s Informal Care Receipt in Crisis-Struck European Countries”. With Joan Costa-i-Font and Henning Øien, Health Economics 25:52, 2016, pp 25--42.
“Skewed, Persistent and High before Death: Medical Spending in Germany”. With Tobias Klein and Nicolas Ziebarth, Fiscal Studies 37:3-4, 2016, pp 527--559.
“Demographic Consequences of HIV”. With Stefan Pichler, Journal of Population Economics (2015), 28(4), pp. 1097-1135.
“The Impact of the 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic on Economic Performance in Sweden”. With Therese Nilsson and Stefan Pichler, Journal of Health Economics Vol. 36, 2014, pp. 1-19.
“The Effects of Expanding the Generosity of the Statutory Sickness Insurance System” With Nicolas Ziebarth, Journal of Applied Econometrics (2014), 29(2), pp. 208-30.
“Testing the red herring hypothesis on an aggregated level: ageing, time-to-death and care costs for older people in Sweden.”. With Florian Klohn. The European Journal of Health Economics 07/2013.
“A Natural Experiment on Sick Pay Cuts, Sickness Absence, and Labor Costs.” With Nicolas Ziebarth. Journal of Public Economics (2010), 94 (11-12), pp. 1108-22.
“The Role of Private Finance in Paying for Long Term Care.” With Les Mayhew and Ben Rickayzen. The Economic Journal (2010), 120 (548) F478-F504.
“Income Inequality and Health: Importance of a Cross-Country Perspective.” With Therese Nilsson, Carl Hampus Lyttkens and George Leeson. Social Science and Medicine 70 (2010), pp. 875-885.
“Government size and growth: accounting for economic freedom and globalization.” With Andreas Bergh. Public Choice (2009), Volume: 142, Issue: 1-2, Pages: 195-213.
“Time Deductibles as Screening Devices: Competitive Markets.” With Jaap Spreeuw. The Journal of Risk and Insurance (2009), Vol. 76, Issue 2, pp. 261-278.
“Individualised life tables: investigating dynamics of health, work and cohabitation in the UK.” With Les Mayhew and Ben Rickayzen. The Journal of Population Ageing (2009), Vol. 1, pp. 153-91.
“Quality Incentives for General Practitioners in a Regulated Market”. Journal of Health Economics (2007), 26, pp. 699-720.
“Long term care financing in 4 OECD countries: fiscal burden and distributive effects.” With Les Mayhew and Ben Rickayzen. Health Policy (2007) 80, pp. 107-34.
“Future costs for long-term care: Cost projections for long-term care for older people in the United Kingdom.” With Les Mayhew, Ben Rickayzen and Robert Plumb. Health Policy (2006) 75 (2) 187-213.