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. 8245
published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2016, 8 (1), 180–211
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7892
published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 31, 1-13.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7122
revised version published as 'The Changing of the Guards: Can Family Doctors Contain Worker Absenteeism?' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32 (6), 1230–1239
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6446
revised version published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2015, 50(4), 1081-1113
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5655
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 32 (2), 305-336
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5343
revised version published as 'The Case for Presenteeism - Evidence from Norway's Sickness Insurance Program' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96 (11-12), 959-972
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5091
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (4), 1585-1608
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4240
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30 (2), 277-292
