Peter Skogman Thoursie, Associate Professor
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Peter Skogman Thoursie is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Stockholm University. His research deals primarily with empirical labour economics.
Research interests
- Labour economics
- Economics of Social Insurance
- Family economics
- Discrimination
- Applied econometrics
Current teaching
- 2008: Econometrics at the Master Programme in Economics
Working papers
"Temporary Disability Insurance and Labor
Supply: Evidence from a Natural Experiment", (with Per Pettersson-Lidbom). Version September 2008
"Does Child Gender Affect Sibling and Family Outcomes?", 2008. (with Per Pettersson-Lidbom and Jonas
Vlachos).
"Is It What You Do Or Where You Work That Matters?
Gender Composition and the Gender Wage Gap Revisited", 2008. (with Mahmood Arai and Lena Nekby). Revised version of
"A Note on Gender Wage Differentials - Within and Between Job Cells"
"Last-in First-out? Estimating the Effect of Seniority Rules in
Sweden", 2008. (with David von Below). Version March 2008
"Does child spacing affect children’s
outcomes? Evidence from a Swedish reform", (with Per Pettersson-Lidbom) Version Nov 2007
"Giving up Foreign Names: An Empirical Examination of Surname
Changes and Earnings", 2007. (with Mahmood Arai).
"A Note on Gender Wage
Differentials - Within and Between Job Cells", (with Mahmood Arai and Lena Nekby),
Working Papers in Economics 2004:10, Department of Economics, 2004.
Selected publications
"Renouncing Personal Names: An Empirical Examination of Surname
Changes and Earnings",(with Mahmood Arai). forthcoming in Journal of Labor Economics.
"Gender and Self-Selection Into a Competitive Environment:
Are Women More Overconfident Than Men?", (with Lena Nekby and Lars Vahtrik), Economics Letters, 100 (2008), 405-407.
"Happy Birthday! You Are Insured! Gender Differences in Work Ethics",
Economics Letters, 94 (2007), 141-145.
"Growth Effects of Government Expenditure and Taxation in Rich Countries: A comment",
(with Jonas Agell and Henry Ohlsson),
European Economic Review, 50 (2006), 211-218.
"Incentives and Selection in Cyclical Absenteeism", (with Mahmood Arai),
Labour Economics, 12 (2005), 269-280.
"Reporting Sick: Are Sporting Events Contagious?", Journal of Applied
Econometrics, 19 (6) (2004), 809-823.
"Sickness absence: Worker and establishment effects", (with Mahmood Arai),
Swedish Economic Policy Review, 11 (1) (2004), 9-28.
"Cyclical and Causal Patterns of Inflation and GDP Growth", (with Mahmood Arai and Mats Kinnwall),
Applied Economics, 36 (15) (2004), 1705-1715.
"Occupational Attainment and Earnings for Disabled Workers", Labour, 18 (3)
(2004), 415-442.
Additional information
- Curriculum Vitae
- Recent non-journal publications:
"Måste alla heta Svensson? En empirisk studie av namnbyten och inkomster", 2006, (with Mahmood Arai, Lena Schröder, Anna Thoursie).
"Sickness absence in Sweden", (with Ulrik Lidwall and Staffan Marklund), in Gustavsson, R (ed.), Work Life and Health in Sweden 2005. National Institute for Working Life, Stockholm.
"Trends in new disability pensions", (with Ulrik Lidwall and Staffan Marklund), in Gustavsson, R (ed.), Work Life and Health in Sweden 2005. National Institute for Working Life, Stockholm.
"Utblick Europa: Är Sverige unikt?", (with Sisko Bergendorff), Fakta & Debatt, Nr 1:2003, Försäkringskasseförbundet, 2003.