Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oslo. I defended my PhD. thesis in economics at Göteborg University in May 2011. My research interests are mainly economics of the welfare state, health economics, labor economics, feminist economics, and development economics.
Selected publications
“Do Laws Affect Attitudes? An assessment of the Norwegian prostitution law using longitudinal data”
International Review of Law and Economics 31(2), pp. 103-115. 2011.
Joint work with Niklas Jakobsson. Working paper version: Law
”Did the Murder of Theo van Gogh Change Europeans” Immigration Policy Preferences?”
Kyklos 64(3) 396-409. 2011.
Joint work with Niklas Jakobsson and Henning Finseraas.
“Discrimination in the Norwegian Housing market – class, sex, and ethnicity”
Forthcoming in Land Economics.
Joint work with Lisa Andersson and Niklas Jakobsson .
”The State Intervenes in the Battle of the Sexes: Causal Effects of Paternity Leave”
Forthcoming in Social Science Research.
Joint work with Henning Finseraas.
Previous version: The state intervenes in the battle of the sexes
“DOES INFORMAL ELDERCARE IMPEDE WOMEN’S EMPLOYMENT? THE CASE OF EUROPEAN WELFARE STATES”
Feminist Economics 17 (2), 121-144. 2011
Free version: Does Informal Eldercare Impede Women’s Employment
Forthcoming in European Journal of Law and Economics. 2011
Joint work with Niklas Jakobsson. Working paper version: Trafficking
Newer version: Trafficking 2011
”Gender and overconfidence: are girls really overconfident ?”
Applied Economics Letters 18(4): 325-327. Joint work with Jakobsson, Dahlbom, Jakobsson. 2011.
”The Gender Gap in Political Preferences: An Empirical Test of a Political Economy Explanation”
Social Politics (forthcoming). Joint work with Niklas Jakobsson and Henning Finseraas.
”Do attitudes toward gender equality really differ between Norway and Sweden?”
Journal of European Social Policy, Vol. 20, no 2. pp. 142-159. Joint work with Niklas Jakobsson. 2010
”Gender Equity and Prostitution: An Investigation of Attitudes in Norway and Sweden“
Feminist Economics 17(1), pp 31-58. Joint work with Niklas Jakobsson. 2011
