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Markus Jäntti

Markus Jäntti

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
43
Citations
8447
World Ranking
1963
National Ranking
20

Overview

Markus Jäntti is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of social sciences and economics, econometrics, and finance. Their work spans several subfields, including sociology and political science, economics and econometrics, education, urban studies, and political science and international relations.

Their research covers a range of topics with a focus on intergenerational and educational inequality studies, fiscal policy and economic growth, income, poverty, and inequality, youth education and societal dynamics, school choice and performance, urban, neighborhood and segregation studies, as well as migration and labor dynamics.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Jäntti include:

  • Intergenerational mobility, intergenerational effects, sibling correlations, and equality of opportunity: A comparison of four approaches, 2020, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
  • Habit Formation and the Misallocation of Labor: Evidence from Forced Migrations, 2022, Journal of the European Economic Association
  • Income distribution in Uganda based on tax registers: what do top incomes say?, 2022, Working Paper Series

Coauthors frequently associated with Jäntti's work include:

  • Janet C. Gornick
  • Anders Björklund
  • Matti Sarvimäki
  • Roope Uusitalo
  • Bruce Bradbury

Publications are often featured in these venues:

  • Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
  • Journal of the European Economic Association
  • Working Paper Series

Jäntti has also contributed to book publications, including a title named "Redistribution, inequality, and growth revisited" published in 2020 under the Working Paper Series.

Best Publications

  • Intergenerational Income Mobility in Sweden Compared to the United States

    Anders Björklund;Markus Jäntti

  • American Exceptionalism in a New Light: A Comparison of Intergenerational Earnings Mobility in the Nordic Countries, the United Kingdom and the United States

    Markus Jantti;Bernt Bratsberg;Bernt Bratsberg;Knut Roed;Oddbjorn Raaum

  • Intergenerational income mobility and the role of family background

    Anders Björklund;Markus Jäntti

  • Income inequality and income mobility in the Scandinavian countries compared to the United States

    Rolf Aaberge;Anders Björklund;Markus Jäntti;Mårten Palme

  • Nature and Nurture in the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Status: Evidence from Swedish Children and Their Biological and Rearing Parents

    Anders Björklund;Markus Jäntti;Gary Solon

  • Child Poverty across Industrialized Nations

    Bruce Bradbury;Markus Jäntti

  • Brother correlations in earnings in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden compared to the United States

    Anders Björklund;Tor Eriksson;Markus Jäntti;Oddbjörn Raaum

  • Income Poverty in Advanced Countries

    Markus Jäntti;Sheldon Danziger

  • Intergenerational mobility of socio-economic status in comparative perspective

    Anders Björklund;Markus Jäntti

  • Equality of opportunity and the distribution of long-run income in Sweden

    Anders Björklund;Anders Björklund;Markus Jäntti;John E. Roemer

  • How important is family background for labor-economic outcomes?

    Anders Björklund;Markus Jäntti

  • Family background and income during the rise of the welfare state: Brother correlations in income for Swedish men born 1932–1968

    Anders Björklund;Markus Jäntti;Matthew J. Lindquist

  • Income inequality : economic disparities and the middle class in affluent countries

    Janet C Gornick;Markus Jäntti

  • Unemployment Shocks and Income Distribution: How did the Nordic Countries Fare during their Crises?

    Rolf Aaberge;Tom Wennemo;Anders Bjorklund;Markus Jantti

  • The Effects of Unemployment on Mortality following Workplace Downsizing and Workplace Closure: A Register-based Follow-up Study of Finnish Men and Women during Economic Boom and Recession

    Pekka Martikainen;Netta Mäki;Markus Jäntti

  • Chapter 10 – Income Mobility

    Markus Jäntti;Stephen P. Jenkins

  • Inequality in Five Countries in the 1980s: The Role of Demographic Shifts, Markets and Government Policies

    Markus Jantti

  • Nonlinearities in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility: Consequences for Cross-Country Comparisons

    Bernt Bratsberg;Knut Røed;Oddbjørn Raaum;Robin Naylor

  • Marital sorting, household labor supply, and intergenerational earnings mobility across countries

    Oddbjørn Raaum;Bernt Bratsberg;Knut Røed;Eva Österbacka

  • Persistence, Privilege, and Parenting: The Comparative Study of Intergenerational Mobility.

    Timothy M. Smeeding;Robert Erikson;Markus Jäntti

  • American exceptionalism in a new light : a comparison of intergenerational earnings mobility in the Nordic countries, the United Kingdom and the United States

    Markus Jäntti;Bernt Bratsberg;Knut Røed;Oddbjørn Raaum

  • Chapter 6 Income poverty in advanced countries

    Markus Jäntti;Sheldon Danziger

  • Brother Correlations in Earnings in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden Compared to the United States

    Anders Bjorklund;Anders Bjorklund;Tor Eriksson;Markus Jantti;Eva Osterbacka

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Björklund
Anders Björklund Lund University
Oddbjørn Raaum
Oddbjørn Raaum University of Oslo
Stephen P. Jenkins
Stephen P. Jenkins London School of Economics and Political Science
Bernt Bratsberg
Bernt Bratsberg University of Oslo
Janet C. Gornick
Janet C. Gornick City University of New York
Timothy M. Smeeding
Timothy M. Smeeding University of Wisconsin–Madison
Rolf Aaberge
Rolf Aaberge Statistics Norway
Robin Naylor
Robin Naylor University of Warwick
Nina Smith
Nina Smith Aarhus University
John E. Roemer
John E. Roemer Yale University

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