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Aline Bütikofer
Aline Bütikofer
Research Fellow
Norwegian School of Economics
Aline.Butikofer@nhh.no External Homepage CV

Aline Bütikofer is a Professor at the Department of Economics at the Norwegian School of Economics. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Bern.

Aline’s work studies long-term effects of early investments in children, with a focus on identifying causal effects of policies such as infant health care, vaccination programs, school meals, and parental leave. In addition, her work analyzes the effect of medical innovations on productivity and human capital investment.

Aline Bütikofer joined IZA as a Research Fellow in October 2019.

IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16858
The Consequences of Miscarriage on Parental Investments
Aline Bütikofer, Deirdre Coy, Orla Doyle, Rita Ginja
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16286
Natural Resources, Demand for Skills, and Schooling Choices
Aline Bütikofer, Antonio Dalla-Zuanna, Kjell G. Salvanes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16280
(Breaking) Intergenerational Transmission of Mental Health
Aline Bütikofer, Rita Ginja, Krzysztof Karbownik, Fanny Landaud
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (S), S108-S151
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16109
Swallow This: Childhood and Adolescent Exposure to Fast Food Restaurants, BMI, and Cognitive Ability
Sara Abrahamsson, Aline Bütikofer, Krzysztof Karbownik
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14745
Inequality in Mortality between Black and White Americans by Age, Place, and Cause, and in Comparison to Europe, 1990-2018
Hannes Schwandt, Janet Currie, Marlies Bär, James Banks, Paola Bertoli, Aline Bütikofer, Sarah Cattan, Beatrice Zong-Ying Chao, Claudia Costa, Libertad González, Veronica Grembi, Kristiina Huttunen, René Karadakic, Lucy Kraftman, Sonya Krutikova, Stefano Lombardi, Peter Redler, Ana Rodríguez-González, Kjell G. Salvanes, Paula Santana, Josselin Thuilliez, Eddy van Doorslaer, Tom Van Ourti, Joachim Winter, Bram Wouterse, Amelie Wuppermann
published in: PNAS, 2021, 118 (40), e210468411
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13796
School Selectivity, Peers, and Mental Health
Aline Bütikofer, Rita Ginja, Fanny Landaud, Katrine Vellesen Loken
published as 'Higher-Achievement Schools, Peers and Mental Health' in: Economic Journal, 2023, 133 (655), 2580–2613
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12885
Building Bridges and Widening Gaps: Wage Gains and Equity Concerns of Labor Market Expansions
Aline Bütikofer, Katrine Vellesen Loken, Alexander Willén
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11709
Disease Control and Inequality Reduction: Evidence from a Tuberculosis Testing and Vaccination Campaign
Aline Bütikofer, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2020, 87 (5), 2087–2125
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9546
Long-Term Consequences of Access to Well-Child Visits
Aline Bütikofer, Katrine Vellesen Loken, Kjell G. Salvanes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4327
The Economies of Scale of Living Together and How They Are Shared: Estimates Based on a Collective Household Model
Aline Bütikofer, Michael Gerfin
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