Jonatan Riberth
Ph.D.
Jonatan Riberth received his PhD in economics from the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) at Stockholm University in June 2026. The dissertation title is Essays on Healthcare Demand and Long-run Inequality. He also completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Stockholm University.
IFN Researcher
Research interests:
Economic history,
Gifts and bequests,
Health care,
Income and wealth inequality,
Labor economics,
Political economy,
Public economics,
Segregation,
Trust
Some questions that Jonatan tries to answer in his research:
- How do people use experiences when making decisions about healthcare consumption?
- What explains vaccine hesitancy?
- What are the long-term health effects of screen time among children?
- What explains segregation between immigrant groups?
- How much of today’s inequality can be explained by historical inequality?