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. 11753
revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2023, 133 (651), 928 - 950
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11719
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101 (4), 561-574
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11684
revised version published as 'Are Richer Neighborhoods Always Better for the Kids?' in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2023, 23 (3), 629–651
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10664
revised version published as 'Economic Mobility under Pressure' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18 (4), 1844–1885,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9984
revised version published as 'The Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship - The Role of Peer Effects' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 134, 356-373
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9825
revised version published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 55, 244-261
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9645
revised version published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2019, 54 (2), 371-400
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9644
published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 48, 144-156.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9090
published in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128 (610), 1276-1303
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8812
revised version published as 'Pension Reform and Labor Supply' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 142, 39–55
