Per Engström

Title

Phd in Economics 

Areas of interest

• Public Economics, both theoretical and empirical
• Labor Economics, both theoretical and empirical

Publications and scientific papers

Articles in refereed journals

• Engström P, B Holmlund & A-S Kolm (2005) “Tax Differentiation, Search Unemployment and Home Production”,Oxford Economic Papers, Vol 57, No 4, pp 610-633

Other selected publications

• Engström P, B Holmlund & A-S Kolm “Optimal taxation in search equilibrium with home production”, Working Paper 2001:19, Department of Economics, Uppsala University
• Engström P “Optimal Non-Linear Income Taxation in Search Equilibrium” Ph L thesis, Working Paper 2002:18, Department of Economics, Uppsala University
• Engström P “Unemployment Benefits and Optimal Non-Linear Income Taxation”. Working Paper 2003:3, Department of Economics, Uppsala University
• Engström P “Optimal Taxation in Search Equilibrium”, Ph D Dissertation, Economic Studies 74, 2003, Department of Economics, Uppsala University
• Engström P & B Holmlund “Worker Absenteeism in Search Equilibrium” Working Paper 2005:22, Department of Economics, Uppsala University, Third round in SJE
• Engström P & B Holmlund “Tax Evasion and Self-Employment in a High-Tax Country: Evidence from Sweden”, Working Paper 2006:12, Department of Economics, Uppsala University
• Engström P, A-S Kolm & C-Y Liang “Maternal Addiction to Parental Leave”, Working Paper 2006:28, Department of Economics, Uppsala University
• Engström P “Wage Formation and Redistribution”. Working Paper 2007:12, Department of Economics, Uppsala University

IFAU-reports and working papers

• Engström P. P Hesselius och B Holmlund "Vacancy referrals, job search and the duration of unemployment: a randomized experiment", Working Paper 2009:3, IFAU
• Engström P, P Hesselius & M Persson "Excess use of Temporary Parental Benefit", Working paper 2007:18, IFAU
• Engström P & P Hesselius "The information method - theory and application", Working paper 2007:17, IFAU
• Engström P, P Hesselius & M Persson,“Överutnyttjande i tillfällig föräldrapenning för vård av barn”, Rapport 2006:9. IFAU

Referee for journals and books

CJE, Economics Letters, GER, ITAX, JoPE, Labor Economics, OEP, SJE

Current research projects

• Does the timing of the evaluation and the assessment meeting affect the length of the sickness spell? (Reg No 77/08)
• An assessment of the role of assignments to vacancies (Reg No 71/08)
• An experimental study of the search behaviour among unemployed

Current appointments

Researcher and teacher at the Department of Economics Uppsala University