Simen Markussen
Research Fellow
Simen Markussen is Director and Senior Research Fellow at the Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research in Oslo. He also affiliated with "Skatteforsk" Centre for Tax Research at NMBU. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Oslo (2010). His research interests include labor economics, education, social mobility, pensions and taxes.
Markussen’s research has been published in Journal of Labor Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Public Economics, Economic Journal, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Population Economics, Labour Economics, and other scientific journals.
He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in April 2024.
IZA Publications
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18193
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16851
Yuejun Zhao, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed
published online in: Education Economics, 09 April 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16798
Simen Markussen, Maria Nareklishvili, Knut Røed
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2024, 103, 102595
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16260
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2025, 63 (2), 440–514
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16256
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2024, 37, 76
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16223
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 97, article 102491
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13766
Marie Bjørneby, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed
revised version published as 'An Imperfect Wealth Tax and Employment in Closely Held Firms' in: Economica, 2023, 90 (358), 557-583.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12918
Asbjørn Goul Andersen, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed
published in: Labour Economics, 2021, 72, 102050
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12669
Asbjørn Goul Andersen, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed
published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 61, 101767
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11904
published as 'Immigration and economic mobility' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2022, 35, 1589 -1630
