Academic Positions
- 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
Affiliations and Visiting Positions
- 2023–
- Distinguished CESifo Affiliate, Munich, Germany
- 2023–
- Research Affiliate, IZA, Bonn, Germany
- 2016–2017
- Department of Economics, Harvard University
Research Breaks
- 2025
- Parental leave
- 2021-2022
- Analyst, Secretariat of the Swedish COVID-19 Commission
Education
- 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 (2017)
Visiting Ph.D. Student, Stanford University (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
Publications
- 2023
- Altmejd, Adam et al. "Inequality and COVID-19 in Sweden: Relative Risks of Nine Bad Life Events, by Four Social Gradients, in Pandemic vs. Prepandemic Years." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120 (46): e2303640120.
- Altmejd, Adam, Joacim Rocklöv and Jonas Wallin. "Nowcasting COVID-19 Statistics Reported with Delay: A Case-Study of Sweden and the UK." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20 (4): 3040.
- 2021
- Altmejd, Adam et al. "O Brother, Where Start Thou? Sibling Spillovers on College and Major Choice in Four Countries." Quarterly Journal of Economics 136 (3): 1831–1886.
- 2019
- Altmejd, Adam et al. "Predicting the Replicability of Social Science Lab Experiments." PLOS ONE 14 (12): e0225826.
- 2018
- Camerer, Colin F. et al. "Evaluating the Replicability of Social Science Experiments in Nature and Science between 2010 and 2015." Nature Human Behaviour 2 (9): 637–644.
- 2016
- Camerer, Colin F. et al. "Evaluating Replicability of Laboratory Experiments in Economics." Science 351 (6280): 1433–1436.
- 2015
- Munafo, Marcus R. et al. "Using Prediction Markets to Forecast Research Evaluations." Royal Society Open Science 2 (10): 150287.
Working Papers
- 2024
- Altmejd, Adam. "Inheritance of Fields of Study." CESifo Working Papers No. 11113.
- Altmejd, Adam, Thomas Jansson and Yigitcan Karabulut. "Business Education and Portfolio Returns." IZA Discussion Paper Series No. 16976.
Work In Progress
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
Awards and Grants
- 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.
Teaching Experience
- 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.
Referee Service (#)
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).
Non-academic Qualifications
- 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).
Spoken Languages
Swedish (native), English (fluent), French (limited), Polish (limited)