University of Gothenburg
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Researchers in labor and applied microeconomics

Labor economics is a growing field at the University of Gothenburg, with a number of international hires in the last five years.

Dr. Sanna Bergvall
(Lund University, 2020)
Labour Economics, Education Economics, Gender Economics

Dr. Andreas Dzemski
(University of Mannheim, 2015)
Statistical Methods, Networks

Dr. Kyra Hanemaaijer
(Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Tinbergen Institute, 2025)
Economics of crime, Education, Gender, Labor economics

Prof. Randi Hjalmarsson
(Yale University, 2005)
Economics of Crime, Discrimination, Empirical Legal Studies, Labor Economics

Dr.  Xiyu Jiao (tenure-track assistant professor)
(University of Oxford, 2019)
Econometrics

Prof. Mikael Lindahl
(Stockholm University, 2000)
Economics of Education, Intergenerational Mobility

Prof. Andreea Mitrut
(University of Gothenburg, 2008)
Economics of Education, Health Economics, Economics of the Family

Dr. Ariel Pihl
(University of California, Davis, 2017)
Labor Economics, Health Economics, Policy Evaluation

Dr. Yun Xiao (tenure-track assistant professor)
(University of Amsterdam, 2022)
Labor Economics, Development Economics, Economics of the Family

Prof. Björn Tyrefors
(Stockholm School of Economics, 2007)
Labor Economics, Economics of Education, Political Economy

Dr. Jens Wikström
(Stockholm University, 2023)
Health Economics, Economics of Social Security
 

Current 3rd-5th Year PhD Students (Supervisors in Labor/Applied Micro Group) 

Cecilia Ahsan Jansson

Daniel Cunha Byström

Yannik Obelöer

Axel Malmcrona

Linh Chi Nguyen

Elliott Syrén

Juanita Serna Velasco

Chenlu Wu