Department of Economics

Department of Economics

How are economic decisions made, and what are the consequences of these decisions? How should competing firms make pricing and investment decisions?

By addressing these questions the Department of Economics aims to understand major global challenges such as climate change, economic instability and growth, economic development and national and global welfare and inequality.

The Department is built around a number of internationally renowned research groups in a wide range of fields, providing high quality research and teaching in economics. 

The faculty members constitute an enthusiastic group of women and men who deliver important contributions, both to the international research community, the government, and the public debate.

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Latest publications

Authors Title Publication

Zenonas Norkus, Jurgita Markevičiūtė, Ola Honningdal Grytten and Aelita Ambrulevičiūtė:

"Regional Gross Domestic Product (RGDP) Disparities in Interwar and Restored Independent Lithuania: A Long-Term Cross-Time Comparison"

Lithuanian Historical Studies

Jessica á Rogvi, Aline Bütikofer, Lone Krebs, Hanna Mühlrad and Miriam Wüst:

"Cesarean Section, Childhood Health, and Schooling: Quasi-Experimental Evidence From Denmark, Norway and Sweden"

Health Economics

Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Fanny Landaud and Kjell G. Salvanes:

"The (UN)Importance of Inheritance"

Journal of the European Economic Association

Samuel D. Hirschman and Alexander Willén

"Does Increasing the Riskiness of Choices Widen Gender Gaps?"

Management Science

Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy, Mweetwa Mudenda, Hanne Keyser Hegdahl, Joseph Mumba Zulu, Taran Grønvik, Ecloss Munsaka, Choolwe Jacobs, Joar Svanemyr, Bertil Tungodden, Astrid Blystad, Linda Kampata Olowski, Mpundu Chikoya Makasa, Karen Marie Moland, Ottar Mæstad, Amani Thomas Mori, Knut Martin Fylkesnes and Patrick Musonda:

"Effectiveness of economic support, comprehensive sexuality education and community dialogue on early childbearing and sitting for grade nine exams among adolescent girls in rural Zambia: a cluster randomised trial"

eClinicalMedicine

Working papers

Authors Title Publication

Astrid Kunze:

"Claudia Goldin: Nobel Laureate 2023 and Her Impact on Understanding Women's Position in the Labour Market"

19/24

Richard Foltyn and Jonna Olsson:

"Health dynamics, life expectancy heterogeneity, and the racial gap in Social Security wealth"

18/24

Alexander W. Cappelen, Yiming Liu, Hedda Nielsen and Bertil Tungodden:

"Fairness in a Society of Unequal Opportunities"

17/24

Malte Baader, Sarah Bowen, Anna Hochleitner and Richard Mills:

"To hide or not to hide? How fear and futility affect the decision to report a mistake"

16/24