Johan Vikström

Title

PhD student Economics

Areas of interest

• Labour Economics
• Applied Econometrics
• Econometric Theory
• Health Economics
• Social Insurance

Publications and scientific papers

IFAU-reports and working papers

• van den Berg G. J. och J Vikström "Monitoring job offer decisions, punishments, exit to work, and job quality", Working paper 2009:18, IFAU
• Vikström J "Cluster sample inference using sensitivity analysis: the case with few groups", Working paper 2009:15, IFAU
• Vikström J "The effect of employer incentives in social insurance on individual wages", Working paper 2009:13, IFAU
• Hesselius P, P Johansson och J Vikström "Monitoring and norms in sickness insurance: empirical evidence from a natural experiment" Working paper 2008:8, IFAU
• Hesselius P, P Johansson och J Vikström "Påverkas individen av omgivningens sjukfrånvaro?", Rapport 2008:11, IFAU

Current research projects

• The effect of active labor market training on individual productivity and occupational mobility (Reg No 154/09)
• Can employment subsidies give the long-term unemployed a fresh start? (Reg. No. 150/09)
• How are income and health related? (Reg No 137/09)
• The economic aspects of grief (Reg No 36/09)
• The long-term effects of bad health on labour supply, income and productivity (Reg No 13/09)
• Policy-evaluation Using Difference-in-Differences (Reg No 174/08)
• Treatment effects on transitions (Reg No 62/08)
• Social interactions and sickness absence (Reg No 127/06)