Mikael Lindahl
About Mikael Lindahl
Mikael Lindahl is Professor of Economics at University of Gothenburg. He is also affiliated with CESifo, IFAU, IZA and UCLS. He defended his thesis at SOFI, Stockholm University in 2000. He has since then had short- and long-term research positions at University of Amsterdam, SOFI at Stockholm University and Uppsala University. He was holder of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences special research position in Economic Sciences (financed with support from the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Foundation) 2010-2015 and of Torsten Söderbergs forskningsprofessur vid Handelshögskolan i Göteborg 2017-2020. His research interests are in the area of empirical labor economics, economics of education and intergenerational mobility. He has published in journals such as Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Literature, Review of Economics and Statistics, Economic Journal and American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. In 2010 he was awarded a five-year grant from the European Research Council (ERC starting grant 241161), for the program “Intergenerational associations in education, income and health: an investigation of underlying mechanisms.”
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Research areas
- Education, Family and Labour Economics
Research in progress
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Teaching areas
- Labour Economics, Applied Econometrics
Selected publications
The Causal Effect of Parents' Schooling on Children's Schooling
Holmlund, Helena, Lindahl, Mikael, Plug, Erik
Journal of Economic Literature, 49:3, s. 615-651, 2011
The Origins of Intergenerational Associations: Lessons from Swedish Adoption Data
Björklund, Anders, Lindahl, Mikael, Plug, Erik
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 121:3, s. 999-1028, 2006
Fighting Corruption in Education: What Works and Who Benefits?
Borcan, Oana, Lindahl, Mikael, Mitrut, Andreea
American Economic Journal-Economic Policy, 9:1, s. 180-209, 2017
Long-Term Intergenerational Persistence of Human Capital
Lindahl, Mikael, Palme, Mårten, Sandgren Massih, Sofia, Sjögren, Anna
The Journal of human resources, 50:1, s. 1-33, 2015
The impact of an unexpected wage cut on corruption
borcan, oana, lindahl, mikael, mitrut, andreea
Journal of Public Economics, 120, s. 32-47, 2014
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Dynastic Human Capital, Inequality and Intergenerational
Mobility
Adrian Adermon, Mikael Lindahl, Mårten Palme
The American Economic Review - 2021-01-01 -
Pre- and Post-Birth Components of Intergenerational Persistence in Health and Longevity: Lessons from a Large Sample of
Adoptees
Evelina Björkegren, Mikael Lindahl, Mårten Palme, Emilia Simeonova
The Journal of human resources - 2020-01-01 -
"Vad säger forskningen om vilka åtgärder som bäst ökar likvärdigheten i skolan?", kapitel i "Lika för alla?
En ESO-antologi om skolans likvärdighet" Robert Erikson och Lena Unemo
(red.)
Mikael Lindahl
Lika för alla? : en ESO-antologi om skolans likvärdighet /Robert Eriksson och Lena Unemo (red.). - 2019-01-01 -
Intergenerational Wealth Mobility and the Role of Inheritance: Evidence from Multiple
Generations
A. Adermon, Mikael Lindahl, D. Waldenstrom
Economic Journal - 2018-01-01 -
Fighting Corruption in Education: What Works and Who
Benefits?
Oana Borcan, Mikael Lindahl, Andreea Mitrut
American Economic Journal-Economic Policy - 2017-01-01 -
Intergenerational wealth mobility and the role of inheritance: Evidence from multiple
generations
Adrian Adermon, Mikael Lindahl, Daniel Waldenström
- 2016-01-01 -
Parental choice, neighbourhood segregation or cream skimming? An analysis of school segregation after a generalized choice
reform
Anders Böhlmark, Helena Holmlund, Mikael Lindahl
Journal of Population Economics - 2016-01-01 -
Parental Influences on Health and Longevity: Lessons from a Large Sample of
Adoptees
Mikael Lindahl, Evelina Lundberg, Mårten Palme, Emilia Simeonova
- 2016-01-01 -
Review of The Knowledge Capital of Nations: Educationand the Economics of Growth. By Eric A.Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann. CESifoBook Series. Cambridge and London: MITPress,
2015
Mikael Lindahl
Journal of Economic Literature - 2015-01-01