Department of Economics and Statistics, Linnaeus University
@linnaeus-econ.bsky.social
A modern Economics and Statistics department located in beautiful Växjö, Småland, southern Sweden. https://lnu.se/en/meet-linnaeus-university/Organisation/school-of-business-and-economics/meet-the-school-of-business-and-economics/economics/
This week we're excited to have @jesper-bojeryd.bsky.social from @stockholm-uni.bsky.social visiting us! On Thursday, Jesper will present his paper "What do 12 billion card transactions say about house prices and consumption?". Welcome!
Jesper Böjeryd – Jesper Böjeryd
My research website.
www.jesperbojeryd.se
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This week we're excited to have @jesper-bojeryd.bsky.social from @stockholm-uni.bsky.social visiting us! On Thursday, Jesper will present his paper "What do 12 billion card transactions say about house prices and consumption?". Welcome!
🎓 Today we had an inspiring alumni event with two of our previous students - Max Lundberg (Assemblin) and Mimmi Andersson (KPMG) - who shared their experiences from their time studying at @linnaeus-econ.bsky.social to their careers today!
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🎓 Today we had an inspiring alumni event with two of our previous students - Max Lundberg (Assemblin) and Mimmi Andersson (KPMG) - who shared their experiences from their time studying at @linnaeus-econ.bsky.social to their careers today!
This week, we're very happy to have @hornungerik.bsky.social from @unicologne.bsky.social visiting us! On Thursday, Erik will present his paper "Rewriting the Social Contract: Elite Response to Labor Unrest" (with @cstapper.bsky.social and Noam Yuchtman). Looking forward to it!
Erik Hornung
Welcome to my personal website.
I am a Professor of Economic History at the University of Cologne, a Member in the Cluster of Excellence ECONtribute: Markets & Public Policy, a Research Fellow at CESi...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
This week, we're very happy to have @hornungerik.bsky.social from @unicologne.bsky.social visiting us! On Thursday, Erik will present his paper "Rewriting the Social Contract: Elite Response to Labor Unrest" (with @cstapper.bsky.social and Noam Yuchtman). Looking forward to it!
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🎉 Honored to join @rfberlin.bsky.social as a Research Affiliate!
Olle Hammar
ROCKWOOL Foundation
www.rfberlin.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🎉 Honored to join @rfberlin.bsky.social as a Research Affiliate!
🎓 Are you a student or alumnus at the School of Business and Economics? Welcome to our Alumni Event on November 13! 👇
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🎓 Are you a student or alumnus at the School of Business and Economics? Welcome to our Alumni Event on November 13! 👇
This week, we're very happy to have @kyrahanemaaijer.bsky.social from @gothenburg-econ.bsky.social visting us! On Thursday, Kyra will present her paper on "Minority Salience and Criminal Justice Decisions". Welcome to Växjö! www.kyrahanemaaijer.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:10 AM
This week, we're very happy to have @kyrahanemaaijer.bsky.social from @gothenburg-econ.bsky.social visting us! On Thursday, Kyra will present her paper on "Minority Salience and Criminal Justice Decisions". Welcome to Växjö! www.kyrahanemaaijer.com
This week we're happy to have @rolandrathelot.bsky.social from @crestumr.bsky.social, ENSAE & IP Paris visiting us! On Thursday, Roland will present his research in our department seminar series in economics and statistics. Welcome! rolandrathelot.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
This week we're happy to have @rolandrathelot.bsky.social from @crestumr.bsky.social, ENSAE & IP Paris visiting us! On Thursday, Roland will present his research in our department seminar series in economics and statistics. Welcome! rolandrathelot.com
Our associate professor Lina Aldén presenting a project on "Prenuptial Agreements and Economic Gender Equality" at @isi-munich.bsky.social! 🤩 #ISIWealthConference2025
October 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Our associate professor Lina Aldén presenting a project on "Prenuptial Agreements and Economic Gender Equality" at @isi-munich.bsky.social! 🤩 #ISIWealthConference2025
This week we're very happy to have @rkhoban.bsky.social from @econ.uzh.ch visiting us! On Thursday, Roza will present her research on "Unequal Gains from Trade and the Distribution of Political Power in India". Welcome to Växjö! www.rkhoban.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This week we're very happy to have @rkhoban.bsky.social from @econ.uzh.ch visiting us! On Thursday, Roza will present her research on "Unequal Gains from Trade and the Distribution of Political Power in India". Welcome to Växjö! www.rkhoban.com
Our senior lecturer @jonaskolsrud.bsky.social was recently a guest in "Arbetslinjen" (a series hosted by our previous student and Member of Parliament Oliver Rosengren). You can also hear a debate between the two in Sveriges Radio P1 Morgon here: www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/deba...
Arbetslinjen - Jonas Kolsrud
YouTube video by Oliver Rosengren
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October 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Our senior lecturer @jonaskolsrud.bsky.social was recently a guest in "Arbetslinjen" (a series hosted by our previous student and Member of Parliament Oliver Rosengren). You can also hear a debate between the two in Sveriges Radio P1 Morgon here: www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/deba...
This week, we're happy to have Muhammad Qasim from @lund-university.bsky.social visiting us! On Thursday, Muhammad will give a talk on "Robust instrumental variables methods for causal effects with invalid instruments". Welcome!
Muhammad Qasim
portal.research.lu.se
October 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This week, we're happy to have Muhammad Qasim from @lund-university.bsky.social visiting us! On Thursday, Muhammad will give a talk on "Robust instrumental variables methods for causal effects with invalid instruments". Welcome!
Congratulations to our PhD student @marcosdemetry.bsky.social, who successfully defended his interim (midway) seminar today! 🎉 Also thanks to internal opponent @jakobenlund.bsky.social for a great discussion! You can read more about Marcos and his research here: marcosdemetry.com
Marcos Demetry
PhD Student in Economics at Linnaeus University
marcosdemetry.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Congratulations to our PhD student @marcosdemetry.bsky.social, who successfully defended his interim (midway) seminar today! 🎉 Also thanks to internal opponent @jakobenlund.bsky.social for a great discussion! You can read more about Marcos and his research here: marcosdemetry.com
This week we're very happy to have @billingsecon.bsky.social from @colorado.edu visiting us! Tomorrow Steve will present his research at our Seminar in Economics and Statistics. Welcome to Växjö!
STEPHEN BILLINGS
Research Statement
Steve's research focuses on the intersection of housing, schools, neighborhoods and crime. His work addresses a number of important policy issues including the impact of sea level r...
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September 24, 2025 at 7:52 AM
This week we're very happy to have @billingsecon.bsky.social from @colorado.edu visiting us! Tomorrow Steve will present his research at our Seminar in Economics and Statistics. Welcome to Växjö!
Congratulations to our researchers Tobias König, Thomas Giebe and Adam Birgersson who have been granted 1 million SEK in project funding from Formas for their project "Recycled water in Kalmar"! 🎉 formas.se/en/start-pag...
13 projects to change the way we think and act about water
How do we get more people to understand the value of water - and act accordingly? This is one of the central questions in the call for proposals issued by Formas under the Water Wise Societies innovat...
formas.se
September 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Congratulations to our researchers Tobias König, Thomas Giebe and Adam Birgersson who have been granted 1 million SEK in project funding from Formas for their project "Recycled water in Kalmar"! 🎉 formas.se/en/start-pag...
Our associate professor Magnus Carlsson was interviewed in Swedish radio about age discrimination. Listen here: www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/reda...
Redan vid 40 sorteras du bort – forskare varnar för ålderismen - P4 Kronoberg
Arbetsgivare ropar efter erfaren arbetskraft. Samtidigt sorterar man bort sökanden redan i 40-årsåldern.Nationalekonomen Magnus Carlsson vid Linnéuniversitetet ...
www.sverigesradio.se
September 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Our associate professor Magnus Carlsson was interviewed in Swedish radio about age discrimination. Listen here: www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/reda...
👋 New colleagues announcement! We're very happy to have two new PhD students joining our department! A warm welcome to Fanni Forslind @fanniforslind.bsky.social and Marielle Appelkvist @marielleappelkvist.bsky.social! 🤩
September 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
👋 New colleagues announcement! We're very happy to have two new PhD students joining our department! A warm welcome to Fanni Forslind @fanniforslind.bsky.social and Marielle Appelkvist @marielleappelkvist.bsky.social! 🤩
Our professor @hansgronqvist.bsky.social is active! 👨🏫 Here you can listen to an interview with him in the Swedish radio channel P1: www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/kan-..., and here about a new research grant from the Swedish Retail and Wholesale Council: www.aktuellsakerhet.se/forskning-om... 🙌
Kan fotbojan lösa fängelsekrisen? - Förmiddag i P1
Från årsskiftet ska fler avtjäna sina straff med fotboja. Hur begränsas friheten för dömda med fotboja och hur påverkas återfallen i brott och samhällsekonomin? ...
www.sverigesradio.se
September 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Our professor @hansgronqvist.bsky.social is active! 👨🏫 Here you can listen to an interview with him in the Swedish radio channel P1: www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/kan-..., and here about a new research grant from the Swedish Retail and Wholesale Council: www.aktuellsakerhet.se/forskning-om... 🙌
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”A-kassan är bakvänd – ge mer till långtidsarbetslösa”.
Debattartikel i @dagensnyheter.bsky.social av IIES prof @jpeternilsson.bsky.social och Jonas Kolsrud
@linnaeus-econ.bsky.social
www.dn.se/debatt/a-kas...
Debattartikel i @dagensnyheter.bsky.social av IIES prof @jpeternilsson.bsky.social och Jonas Kolsrud
@linnaeus-econ.bsky.social
www.dn.se/debatt/a-kas...
DN Debatt. ”A-kassan är bakvänd – ge mer till långtidsarbetslösa”
DN Debatt. Nationalekonomerna Jonas Kolsrud och Peter Nilsson om Tidöpartiernas reform av a-kassan, långtidsarbetslöshet och hur lägre ersättning påverkar.
www.dn.se
September 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
”A-kassan är bakvänd – ge mer till långtidsarbetslösa”.
Debattartikel i @dagensnyheter.bsky.social av IIES prof @jpeternilsson.bsky.social och Jonas Kolsrud
@linnaeus-econ.bsky.social
www.dn.se/debatt/a-kas...
Debattartikel i @dagensnyheter.bsky.social av IIES prof @jpeternilsson.bsky.social och Jonas Kolsrud
@linnaeus-econ.bsky.social
www.dn.se/debatt/a-kas...
Today you can read an op-ed about the Swedish unemployment insurance fund by our Jonas Kolsrud and @jpeternilsson.bsky.social in DN Debatt @dagensnyheter.bsky.social: www.dn.se/debatt/a-kas...
DN Debatt. ”A-kassan är bakvänd – ge mer till långtidsarbetslösa”
DN Debatt. Nationalekonomerna Jonas Kolsrud och Peter Nilsson om Tidöpartiernas reform av a-kassan, långtidsarbetslöshet och hur lägre ersättning påverkar.
www.dn.se
September 8, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Today you can read an op-ed about the Swedish unemployment insurance fund by our Jonas Kolsrud and @jpeternilsson.bsky.social in DN Debatt @dagensnyheter.bsky.social: www.dn.se/debatt/a-kas...
Welcome back to a new semester! 🍁 Tomorrow we'll start off our Seminar in Economics and Statistics with a talk by Andros Kourtellos @ucy1.bsky.social on "Social Curves: A Spatial Functional Regression Approach". Welcome to Växjö! sites.google.com/view/kourtel...
September 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Welcome back to a new semester! 🍁 Tomorrow we'll start off our Seminar in Economics and Statistics with a talk by Andros Kourtellos @ucy1.bsky.social on "Social Curves: A Spatial Functional Regression Approach". Welcome to Växjö! sites.google.com/view/kourtel...
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🚨 We have a comment on Begum et al (2018) forthcoming in @readdemography.bsky.social - see link below! @i4replication.bsky.social
We also document changes in language about the randomization between the working paper and published version, and inconsistencies in the authors’ response. See full report (here osf.io/wp8fr/) for more details.
August 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🚨 We have a comment on Begum et al (2018) forthcoming in @readdemography.bsky.social - see link below! @i4replication.bsky.social
Meet our PhD student @marcosdemetry.bsky.social 🎓: www.linkedin.com/posts/ekonom...
August 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Meet our PhD student @marcosdemetry.bsky.social 🎓: www.linkedin.com/posts/ekonom...
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Having a good time at the @iipf.bsky.social Annual Congress in Nairobi! 🇰🇪
August 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Having a good time at the @iipf.bsky.social Annual Congress in Nairobi! 🇰🇪
Meet our Professor Mats Hammarstedt 👇
August 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Meet our Professor Mats Hammarstedt 👇
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Next up: the World Labor Conference in Toronto! The SOLE Mentoring Program (🙏 @jrothst.bsky.social et al) started off yesterday with a great session on replication with @larsvil.bsky.social - and on Saturday I'll be presenting our work on Human Wealth Inequality (w/ @danielwaldenstrom.bsky.social)!
June 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Next up: the World Labor Conference in Toronto! The SOLE Mentoring Program (🙏 @jrothst.bsky.social et al) started off yesterday with a great session on replication with @larsvil.bsky.social - and on Saturday I'll be presenting our work on Human Wealth Inequality (w/ @danielwaldenstrom.bsky.social)!