Academic Positions

2018–
Researcher, Swedish Institute for Social Research, 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
Associate of the Department of Economics, Harvard University

Research Breaks

2021-2022
Investigator, The Swedish COVID-19 Commission (April 2021–February 2022).

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): 1831–86.
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): 637–44.
2016
Camerer, Colin F. et al. “Evaluating Replicability of Laboratory Experiments in Economics.” Science 351 (6280): 1433–36.
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.” Working Paper 11113. CESifo.
Winner of the Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award 2023.
Altmejd, Adam, Thomas Jansson, and Yigitcan Karabulut. “Business Education and Portfolio Returns.” Discussion Paper 16976. IZA.

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

Do engineering schools foster innovation? with David Strömberg, David Seim, Jakob Beuschlein, Michael Böhm, and Daniel Metzger

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, Janne Jonsson, and Andreas Gustafsson

References

Professor Torsten Persson

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Professor Carina Mood

PI • • +46 8 16 25 86

Professor Tore Ellingsen

Primary Supervisor • • +46 8 736 92 60

Professor Christopher A. Neilson

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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

2020, 2021
BSc thesis supervisor in Finance. Average score 7/7.
2014, 2015

Math Summer Camp, Ph.D.

Preparatory math class for arriving Ph.D. students in Economics and Finance. Average score 4.5/5.

2014, 2015

Teaching Assistant: Mathematics I, Ph.D.

Teaching Assistant for Prof. Jörgen Weibull. Introductory Mathematics for Ph.D. students in Economics and Finance. Real analysis, topology, optimization and set theory. Average score 4.5/5.

2012

Teaching Assistant: Microeconomics, B.Sc.

Teaching Assistant for Professor Richard Friberg in introductory undergraduate Microeconomics. Not evaluated.

Referee Service (#)

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (1), American Economic Review (1), 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 (1), 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)