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Petter Lundborg

Petter Lundborg

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
34
Citations
5324
World Ranking
3099
National Ranking
33

Overview

Petter Lundborg is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and focuses their research within the broad field of Social Sciences. Their work primarily explores subfields such as Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, and Demography.

The scholar's research topics include Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences, Family Dynamics and Relationships, Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies, Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Early Childhood Education and Development, and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations.

Recent publications by Petter Lundborg include:

  • Long-Term Effects of Childhood Nutrition: Evidence from a School Lunch Reform (2021), published in The Review of Economic Studies
  • On the Family Origins of Human Capital Formation: Evidence from Donor Children (2021), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Learning-by-Doing and Productivity Growth Among High-Skilled Workers: Evidence from the Treatment of Heart Attacks (2021), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Is There Really a Child Penalty in the Long Run? New Evidence from IVF Treatments (2024), published in SSRN Electronic Journal

Though not as frequent, a co-author's paper featuring Daniel Avdic on healthcare consolidation and maternity ward closures was published in 2024 in the American Economic Journal Economic Policy, an affiliated venue of interest.

Petter Lundborg frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Review of Economic Studies
  • American Economic Journal Economic Policy
  • Research Portal (King's College London)

Their main co-authors include:

  • Erik Plug
  • Astrid Würtz Rasmussen
  • Dan-Olof Rooth
  • Jesper Alex-Petersen
  • Mette Ejrnæs

Petter Lundborg's body of work contributes to understanding complex social phenomena such as family and gender dynamics, educational inequalities, and health-related behaviors in diverse populations. The research combines economic, sociological, and demographic approaches, often addressing policy-relevant topics with implications for public health and social welfare.

Best Publications

  • Informal and formal care among single-living elderly in Europe

    Kristian Bolin;Björn Lindgren;Petter Lundborg

  • Your Next of Kin or your Own Career? Caring and Working among the 50+ of Europe

    Kristian Bolin;Björn Lindgren;Petter Lundborg

  • Having the wrong friends? Peer effects in adolescent substance use.

    Petter Lundborg

  • Can Women Have Children and a Career? IV Evidence from IVF Treatments

    Petter Lundborg;Erik Plug;Astrid Würtz Rasmussen

  • Parental Education and Offspring Outcomes: Evidence from the Swedish Compulsory School Reform

    Petter Lundborg;Anton Nilsson;Dan-Olof Rooth

  • Learning to Take Risks? The Effect of Education on Risk-Taking in Financial Markets

    Sandra E Black;Paul J Devereux;Petter Lundborg;Kaveh Majlesi

  • Social capital and substance use among Swedish adolescents--an explorative study.

    Petter Lundborg

  • Height and Earnings: The Role of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills

    Petter Lundborg;Paul Nystedt;Dan-Olof Rooth

  • Assessing the impact of obesity on labor market outcomes

    Maarten Lindeboom;Petter Lundborg;Bas van der Klaauw

  • Birth Weight in the Long Run

    Prashant Bharadwaj;Petter Lundborg;Dan-Olof Rooth

  • Adolescent health and adult labor market outcomes

    Petter Lundborg;Anton Nilsson;Dan-Olof Rooth

  • Long-term effects of childhood nutrition: evidence from a school lunch reform

    Jesper Alex-Petersen;Petter Lundborg;Dan-Olof Rooth

  • Gender, risk perceptions, and smoking behavior

    Petter Lundborg;Henrik Andersson

  • Critical Periods During Childhood And Adolescence

    Gerard J. Van den Berg;Petter Lundborg;Paul Nystedt;Dan Olof Rooth

  • The health returns to schooling—what can we learn from twins?

    Petter Lundborg

  • Risk perceptions and alcohol consumption among young people

    Petter Lundborg;Björn Lindgren

  • Perception of own death risk: An analysis of road-traffic and overall mortality risks

    Henrik Andersson;Petter Lundborg

  • Poor Little Rich Kids? The Determinants of the Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth

    Sandra E. Black;Paul J. Devereux;Petter Lundborg;Kaveh Majlesi

  • Poor Little Rich Kids? The Role of Nature versus Nurture in Wealth and Other Economic Outcomes and Behaviors

    Sandra E Black;Paul J Devereux;Petter Lundborg;Kaveh Majlesi

  • Obesity and Occupational Attainment among the 50+ of Europe

    Petter Lundborg;Kristian Bolin;Sören Höjgård;Björn Lindgren

  • On The Origins of Risk-Taking in Financial Markets

    Sandra E. Black;Paul J. Devereux;Petter Lundborg;Kaveh Majlesi

  • Young people and alcohol: an econometric analysis.

    Petter Lundborg

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Devereux
Paul J. Devereux University College Dublin
Sandra E. Black
Sandra E. Black Columbia University
Maarten Lindeboom
Maarten Lindeboom Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Gerard J. van den Berg
Gerard J. van den Berg University of Groningen
Per-Olof Östergren
Per-Olof Östergren Lund University
Ulf-G. Gerdtham
Ulf-G. Gerdtham Lund University

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