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| author | Adam Altmejd | ||||||||
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| description | The Curriculum Vitae of Adam Altmejd, Ph.D. in Economics. | ||||||||
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2026-- : Researcher, Institute for Evaluation of Labor Market and Education Policy (IFAU), Uppsala
2018--2025 : Researcher, Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University
2019--2023 : Wallander Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics
2023-- : Distinguished CESifo Affiliate, Munich, Germany
2023-- : Research Affiliate, IZA, Bonn, Germany
2016--2017 : Associate of the Department of Economics, Harvard University
2025 : Parental leave
2021-2022 : Investigator, The Swedish COVID-19 Commission
2013--2018 : Ph.D. in Economics, Stockholm School of Economics
Thesis title: "Education & Replication". 105 ECTS coursework.
Supervisor: Prof. Tore Ellingsen. Faculty Opponent: Prof. Katrine V. Løken.
Research Intern, [Sveriges Riksbank](http://www.riksbank.se/en/) (2017)
Visiting Ph.D. Student, [Stanford University](https://www.stanford.edu/) (2015)
2012--2016 : M.Sc. in Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, M.Sc.--Ph.D. parallel enrollment
2008--2012 : B.Sc. in Business & Economics, Stockholm School of Economics
2023 : [@Altmejd2023_inequality_covid19] : [@Altmejd2023_nowcasting_covid19]
2021 : [@Altmejd2021_o_brother]
2019 : [@Altmejd2019_predicting_replicability]
2018 : [@Camerer2018_evaluating_replicability]
2016 : [@Camerer2016_evaluating_replicability]
2015 : [@Munafo2015_using_prediction]
2024 : [@Altmejd2024_inheritance_fields] : Winner of the Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award 2023. : [@Altmejd2024_business_education]
Estimating The Heterogeneity of Long-Run Returns to Swedish Higher Education
University education, political participation, and prosocial behavior with Luis Cornago Bonal and José Montalban
University education and health with Gregory Veramendi, Juanna S. Joensen, and John Eric Humphries
Do gender-sterotypical beliefs make women shy away from STEM? with Andrew Funck, Mona Mensmann, Ali Mohammadi, Karl Wennberg, and Thomas Åstebro
Heterogeneity in COVID-19 morbidity and mortality with Evelina Björkegren, Arizo Karimi, Torsten Persson, and Olof Östergren
Real-world efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines with Torsten Persson, Dominik Dietler, and Anton Nilsson
Determinants and consequences of longcovid with Torsten Persson, Anna Mia Ekström, Oskar Nordström Skans, Maxim Kan, and Olof Östergren
Differential learning loss between immigrants and natives during the pandemic with Carina Mood, Jan O. Jonsson, and Andreas Ljungström
Professor Torsten Persson
PI • torsten.persson@iies.su.se • +46 8 16 30 66
Professor Carina Mood
PI • carina.mood@sofi.su.se • +46 8 16 25 86
Professor Tore Ellingsen
Primary Supervisor • tore.ellingsen@hhs.se • +46 8 736 92 60
Professor Christopher A. Neilson
Co-author • christopher.neilson@yale.edu
2024 : The Kamprad Family Foundation. STEM role-models and gender-stereotypical beliefs. Co-applicant, 3.2MSEK. : Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. Optimism trap or optimism springboard? Aspirations, educational trajectories, and early careers of youth with foreign-born parents. Co-applicant, 6.2MSEK (P24-0170). : Forte. Faces of Inequality: An Empirical Study Using Passport Photos and AI to Assess Appearance-Based Discrimination in Sweden. Principal Investigator, 5MSEK (2024-00440).
2023 : The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Lennart ”Aktiestinsen” Israelssons foundation. STEM role-models and gender-stereotypical beliefs. Co-applicant, 1.8MSEK.
2022 : Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. A research program about COVID-19. Infrastructure grant. Co-applicant, 12.5MSEK.
2020 : IFAU Project Grant. The Impact of University Education: Causal Evidence from Four Decades of Applications. Principal Investigator, 1.5MSEK (152/2020).
2019 : Jan Wallander 3-year Postdoctoral Fellowship. (W18-0005) 1.7MSEK. : The Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation Program Grant "Bystander-Initiated CPR: Health Outcomes, Social Spillovers, and Efficient Coordination of Volunteers". Principal Investigator (P19-0168), 1MSEK.
2018 : Skandiabanken Thule Foundation. Postdoctoral Scholarshi, 0.5MSEK. : Royal Academy Research Grant. Principal Investigator (SO2018-0065), 0.3MSEK.
2014 : Tom Hedelius Scholarship for research visit to Harvard University, 0.5MSEK.
2025, 2026 : Econometrics 3 - Data science for economic analysis. MSc, Stockholm University. Course director.
2020, 2021 : BSc and MSc thesis supervisor in Finance. Average score 7/7.
2014, 2015 : Math Ph.D Summer Camp. Stockholm School of Economics. Teacher. Average score 4.5/5.
2014, 2015 : Teaching Assistant: Mathematics I, Ph.D. Average score 4.5/5.
2012 : Teaching Assistant: Microeconomics, B.Sc. Not evaluated.
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (1), American Economic Review (2), B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (1), Economic Inquiry (1), Economic Journal (1), IFAU (1), International Journal for Re-Views in Empirical Economics (1), Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance (1), Journal of Economic Growth (2), Journal of Economic Inequality (2), Journal of Health Economics (1), Journal of Human Resources (2), Journal of Politics (2), Journal of Public Economics (2), Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics (5), PLOS One (2), Quarterly Journal of Economics (1), Social Forces (1), Review of Economic Studies (1), Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research (1), Scandinavian Journal of Economics (2).
2016-- : Co-founder and Treasurer, Musethica Sweden
Musethica is an international nonprofit organization that promotes a new approach to teaching classical music, integrating concerts into the education program of young excellent artists. The students perform in kindergartens, prisons and immigrant housing. Musethica Sweden is funded by grants from Postkodlotteriet (2016, 500kSEK), Signatur (2023-2025, 350kSEK per year), and the EU Creative Europe Culture Programme (2025-2028, €100k).
Swedish (native), English (fluent), French (limited), Polish (limited)