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Therese Nilsson

Associate Professor

Therese Nilsson is a Professor in economics. She is an applied microeconomist, mainly interested in health, education, and institutional economics. Therese shares her time between IFN and Lund University.

IFN Researcher

Contact

Therese Nilsson

IFN och Lunds universitet

therese.nilsson@ifn.se

Research interests: Economic history, Education, Globalization, Health economics, Social norms

Among the questions that Therese Nilsson tries to answer with her research:

What is the effect of education on health and dementia?
What are the long run effects of early life investments?
How do cultural variables (like trust and tolerance) affect the way the economy functions?

Current writings

13 December 2024

Social Science & Medicine

Disease Exposure in Infancy Affects Women's Reproductive Outcomes and Offspring Health in Southern Sweden 1905–2000

Journal Article

by Ingrid K. van Dijk, Therese Nilsson, Luciana Quaranta

13 December 2024

Urban Lives: An Industrial City and Its People During the Twentieth Century

Income, Inequality, and Geography: Disparities in Age at Death

Book Chapter

by Gabriel Brea-Martinez, Finn Hedefalk, Therese Nilsson

13 December 2024

Urban Lives: An Industrial City and Its People During the Twentieth Century

Social Class Segregation in Landskrona

Book Chapter

by Gabriel Brea-Martinez, Finn Hedefalk, Therese Nilsson, Vinicius de Souza Maia

Published at IFN

Journal Articles

13 December 2024 van Dijk, Ingrid K., Therese Nilsson and Luciana Quaranta (2024). “Disease Exposure in Infancy Affects Women's Reproductive Outcomes and Offspring Health in Southern Sweden 1905–2000”. Social Science & Medicine 347, 116767. doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116767

18 December 2023 Berggren, Niclas, Martin Ljunge and Therese Nilsson (2023). “Immigrants from More Tolerant Cultures Integrate Deeper into Destination Countries”. Journal of Comparative Economics 51(4), 1095–1108. doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2023.06.005

11 December 2023 Fischer, Martin, Martin Lövdén, Therese Nilsson and Nika Seblova (2023). “Very Early-Life Risk Factors for Developing Dementia: Evidence from Full Population Registers”. Journals of Gerontology: Series B 78(12), 2131–2140. doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad142

25 January 2023 Cattan, Sarah, Daniel A. Kamhöfer, Martin Karlsson and Therese Nilsson (2023). “The Long-term Effects of Student Absence: Evidence from Sweden”. Economic Journal 133(650), 888–903. doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac078

21 November 2022 Bhalotra, Sonia, Martin Karlsson, Therese Nilsson and Nina Schwarz (2022). “Infant Health, Cognitive Performance, and Earnings: Evidence from Inception of the Welfare State in Sweden”. Review of Economics and Statistics 104(6), 1138–1156. doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01031

29 June 2022 Fischer, Martin, Gawain Heckley, Martin Karlsson and Therese Nilsson (2022). “Revisiting Sweden's Comprehensive School Reform: Effects on Education and Earnings”. Journal of Applied Econometrics 37(4), 811–819. doi.org/10.1002/jae.2881

04 January 2022 Johansson, Alva, Niclas Berggren and Therese Nilsson (2022). “Intolerance Predicts Climate Skepticism”. Energy Economics 105, 105719. doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105719

27 October 2021 Boberg-Fazlić, Nina, Maryna Ivets, Martin Karlsson and Therese Nilsson (2021). “Disease and Fertility: Evidence from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Sweden”. Economics and Human Biology 43, 101020. doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2021.101020

12 October 2021 Fischer, Martin et al. (2021). “Education and Health: Long-Run Effects of Peers, Tracking and Years”. Economic Policy 36(105), 3–49. doi.org/10.1093/epolic/eiaa027

12 May 2021 Seblova, Dominika et al. (2021). “Does Prolonged Education Causally Affect Dementia Risk When Adult Socioeconomic Status Is Not Altered? A Swedish Natural Experiment in 1.3 Million Individuals”. American Journal of Epidemiology 190(5), 817–826. doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwaa255

04 March 2021 Berggren, Niclas and Therese Nilsson (2021). “Economic Freedom and Antisemitism”. Journal of Institutional Economics 17(2), 289–304. doi.org/10.1017/S1744137420000466

16 December 2020 Fischer, Martin, Martin Karlsson, Therese Nilsson and Nina Schwarz (2020). “The Long–Term Effects of Long Terms – Compulsory Schooling Reforms in Sweden”. Journal of the European Economic Association 18(6), 2776–2823. doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvz071

01 December 2020 Gouveia, Filipe, Therese Nilsson and Niclas Berggren (2020). “Religiosity and Discrimination against Same–Sex Couples: The Case of Portugal’s Rental Market”. Journal of Housing Economics 50, 101729. doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2020.101729

26 April 2020 Dackehag, Margareta, Lina Maria Ellegård, Ulf-G. Gerdtham and Therese Nilsson (2020). “Social Assistance and Mental Health: Evidence from Longitudinal Administrative Data on Pharmaceutical Consumption”. Applied Economics 52(20), 2165–2177. doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2019.1683149

01 March 2020 Bergh, Andreas, Irina Mirkina and Therese Nilsson (2020). “Can Social Spending Cushion the Inequality Effect of Globalization?”. Economics & Politics 32(1), 104–142. doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12143

01 December 2019 Berggren, Niclas, Martin Ljunge and Therese Nilsson (2019). “Roots of Tolerance Among Second–Generation Immigrants”. Journal of Institutional Economics 15(6), 999–1016. doi.org/10.1017/S1744137419000316

01 June 2019 Dackehag, Margareta, Lina-Maria Ellegård, Ulf Gerdtham and Therese Nilsson (2019). “Debt and Mental Health: New Insights about the Relationship and the Importance of the Measure of Mental Health”. European Journal of Public Health 29(3), 488–493. doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz002

01 June 2018 Berggren, Niclas, Christian Bjørnskov and Therese Nilsson (2018). “Do Equal Rights for a Minority Affect General Life Satisfaction?”. Journal of Happiness Studies 19(5), 1465–1483. doi.org/10.1007/s10902-017-9886-6

01 October 2017 Bhalotra, Sonia, Martin Karlsson and Therese Nilsson (2017). “Infant Health and Longevity: Evidence from A Historical Intervention in Sweden”. Journal of the European Economic Association 15(5), 1101–1157. doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvw028

01 July 2017 Berggren, Niclas, Christian Bjørnskov and Therese Nilsson (2017). “What Aspects of Society Matter for the Quality of Life of a Minority? Global Evidence from the New Gay Happiness Index”. Social Indicators Research 132(3), 1163–1192. doi.org/10.1007/s11205-016-1340-3

01 December 2016 Berggren, Niclas and Therese Nilsson (2016). “Tolerance in the United States: Does Economic Freedom Transform Racial, Religious, Political and Sexual Attitudes?”. European Journal of Political Economy 45, 53–70. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2016.06.001

02 July 2016 Bergh, Andreas, Irina Mirkina and Therese Nilsson (2016). “Do the Poor Benefit from Globalization Regardless of Institutional Quality?”. Applied Economics Letters 23(10), 708–712. doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2015.1102835

01 July 2015 Welander, Anna, Carl Hampus Lyttkens and Therese Nilsson (2015). “Globalization, Democracy, and Child Health in Developing Countries”. Social Science & Medicine 136-137, 52–63. doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.05.006

01 May 2015 Berggren, Niclas and Therese Nilsson (2015). “Globalization and the Transmission of Social Values: The Case of Tolerance”. Journal of Comparative Economics 43(2), 371–389. doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2015.02.005

22 November 2014 Berggren, Niclas and Therese Nilsson (2014). “Market Institutions Bring Tolerance, Especially Where There Is Social Trust”. Applied Economics Letters 21(17), 1234–1237. doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2014.922666

01 October 2014 Bergh, Andreas and Therese Nilsson (2014). “Is Globalization Reducing Absolute Poverty?”. World Development 62, 42–61. doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.04.007

03 July 2014 Bergh, Andreas, Irina Mirkina and Therese Nilsson (2014). “Globalization and Institutional Quality – A Panel Data Analysis”. Oxford Development Studies 42(3), 365–394. doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2014.884555

01 July 2014 Bergh, Andreas and Therese Nilsson (2014). “When More Poor Means Less Poverty: On Income Inequality and Purchasing Power”. Southern Economic Journal 81(1), 232–246. doi.org/10.4284/0038-4038-2013.008

01 July 2014 Karlsson, Martin, Therese Nilsson and Stefan Pichler (2014). “The Impact of the 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic on Economic Performance in Sweden”. Journal of Health Economics 36, 1–19. doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.03.005

13 August 2013 Fischer, Martin, Martin Karlsson and Therese Nilsson (2013). “Effects of Compulsory Schooling on Mortality: Evidence from Sweden”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 10(8), 3596–3618. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10083596

01 May 2013 Berggren, Niclas and Therese Nilsson (2013). “Does Economic Freedom Foster Tolerance?”. Kyklos 66(2), 177–207. doi.org/10.1111/kykl.12017

Books

27 June 2024 Dribe, Martin, Therese Nilsson and Anna Tegunimataka (Eds.) (2024). Urban Lives: An Industrial City and Its People During the Twentieth Century. New York: Oxford University Press. doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197761090.001.0001

01 January 2016 Bergh, Andreas, Therese Nilsson and Daniel Waldenström (2016). Sick of Inequality? An Introduction to the Relationship between Inequality and Health. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.

01 January 2012 Bergh, Andreas, Therese Nilsson and Daniel Waldenström (2012). Blir vi sjuka av inkomstskillnader?. Lund: Studentlitteratur.

Book Chapters

13 December 2024 Brea-Martinez, Gabriel, Finn Hedefalk and Therese Nilsson (2024). “Income, Inequality, and Geography: Disparities in Age at Death”. In Martin Dribe, Therese Nilsson and Anna Tegunimataka (Eds.), Urban Lives: An Industrial City and Its People During the Twentieth Century (307–338). New York: Oxford University Press.

13 December 2024 Brea-Martinez, Gabriel, Finn Hedefalk, Therese Nilsson and Vinicius de Souza Maia (2024). “Social Class Segregation in Landskrona”. In Martin Dribe, Therese Nilsson and Anna Tegunimataka (Eds.), Urban Lives: An Industrial City and Its People During the Twentieth Century (147–169). New York: Oxford University Press.

13 December 2024 Dribe, Martin, Therese Nilsson and Anna Tegunimataka (2024). “The Industrial City and Its People: Summary and Conclusion”. In Martin Dribe, Therese Nilsson and Anna Tegunimataka (Eds.), Urban Lives: An Industrial City and Its People During the Twentieth Century (339–352). New York: Oxford University Press.

13 December 2024 Dribe, Martin, Therese Nilsson and Anna Tegunimataka (2024). “Urban Lives: A Micro-Level Approach to Economic and Demographic Change in the Twentieth Century”. In Martin Dribe, Therese Nilsson and Anna Tegunimataka (Eds.), Urban Lives: An Industrial City and Its People During the Twentieth Century (1–25). New York: Oxford University Press.

01 January 2020 Berggren, Niclas and Therese Nilsson (2020). “Economic Freedom as a Driver of Trust and Tolerance”. In James Gwartney (Ed.), Economic Freedom of the World: 2020 Annual Report (187–211). Vancouver, BC: Fraser Institute.

30 December 2013 Nilsson, Therese and Andreas Bergh (2013). “Income Inequality, Health and Development – In Search of a Pattern”. In Pedro Rosa Dias and Owen O’Donnell (Eds.), Research on Economic Inequality, Volume 21: Health and Inequality (441–468). UK: Emerald Group Publishing.

Working Papers

27 August 2024 Bietenbeck, Jan, Natalie Irmert and Therese Nilsson (2024). “Individualism and Working from Home”. IFN Working Paper No. 1498. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

09 December 2022 Berggren, Niclas, Martin Ljunge and Therese Nilsson (2022). “Immigrants’ Tolerance and Integration into Society”. IFN Working Paper No. 1447. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

15 November 2021 Johansson, Alva, Niclas Berggren and Therese Nilsson (2021). “Intolerance Predicts Climate Skepticism”. IFN Working Paper No. 1416. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

24 September 2020 Berggren, Niclas and Therese Nilsson (2020). “Economic Freedom and Antisemitism”. IFN Working Paper No. 1357. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

14 February 2020 Gouveia, Filipe Rodrigues, Therese Nilsson and Niclas Berggren (2020). “‘Two Gentlemen Sharing’: Rental Discrimination of Same-Sex Couples in Portugal ”. IFN Working Paper No. 1318. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

21 October 2019 Fischer, Martin et al. (2019). “Education and Health: Long-Run Effects of Peers, Tracking and Years”. IFN Working Paper No. 1300. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

12 June 2019 Bergh, Andreas, Irina Mirkina and Therese Nilsson (2019). “Can Social Spending Cushion the Inequality Effect of Globalization?”. IFN Working Paper No. 1286. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

28 May 2019 Berggren, Niclas, Martin Ljunge and Therese Nilsson (2019). “Roots of Tolerance among Second-Generation Immigrants”. IFN Working Paper No. 1282. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

25 June 2018 Fischer, Martin, Martin Karlsson, Therese Nilsson and Nina Schwarz (2018). “The Long-term Effects of Long Terms: Compulsory Schooling Reforms in Sweden”. IFN Working Paper No. 1223. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

20 November 2017 Cattan, Sarah, Daniel A. Kamhofer, Martin Karlsson and Therese Nilsson (2017). “The Short- and Long-term Effects of Student Absence: Evidence from Sweden”. IFN Working Paper No. 1188. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

31 August 2017 Boberg-Fazlić, Nina, Maryna Ivets, Martin Karlsson and Therese Nilsson (2017). “Disease and Fertility: Evidence from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Sweden”. IFN Working Paper No. 1179. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

23 August 2017 Bhalotra, Sonia, Martin Karlsson, Therese Nilsson and Nina Schwarz (2017). “Infant Health, Cognitive Performance and Earnings: Evidence from Inception of the Welfare State in Sweden”. IFN Working Paper No. 1177. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

08 March 2017 Berggren, Niclas, Christian Bjørnskov and Therese Nilsson (2017). “Do Equal Rights for a Minority Affect General Life Satisfaction?”. IFN Working Paper No. 1156. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

31 May 2016 Andreella, Claudia, Martin Karlsson, Therese Nilsson and Matthias Westphal (2016). “The Long Shadows of Past Insults: Intergenerational Transmission of Health over 130 Years”. IFN Working Paper No. 1125. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

27 May 2016 Bhalotra, Sonia, Martin Karlsson and Therese Nilsson (2016). “Life Expectancy and Mother-Baby Interventions: Evidence from a Historical Trial”. IFN Working Paper No. 1124. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

22 December 2015 Berggren, Niclas, Christian Bjørnskov and Therese Nilsson (2015). “What Aspects of Society Affect the Quality of Life of a Minority? Global Evidence from the New Gay Happiness Index”. IFN Working Paper No. 1101. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

25 August 2015 Berggren, Niclas and Therese Nilsson (2015). “Tolerance in the United States: Does Economic Freedom Transform Racial, Religious, Political and Sexual Attitudes?”. IFN Working Paper No. 1080. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

10 August 2015 Bergh, Andreas, Irina Mirkina and Therese Nilsson (2015). “Pushed by Poverty or by Institutions? Determinants of Global Migration Flows”. IFN Working Paper No. 1077. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

08 April 2014 Welander, Anna, Carl Hampus Lyttkens and Therese Nilsson (2014). “Globalization and Child Health in Developing Countries: The Role of Democracy”. IFN Working Paper No. 1016. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

18 February 2014 Berggren, Niclas and Therese Nilsson (2014). “Globalization and the Transmission of Social Values: The Case of Tolerance”. IFN Working Paper No. 1007. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

16 December 2013 Bergh, Andreas, Irina Mirkina and Therese Nilsson (2013). “More Open – Better Governed? Evidence from High- and Low-income Countries”. IFN Working Paper No. 997. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

03 December 2013 Fischer, Martin, Martin Karlsson and Therese Nilsson (2013). “Effects of Compulsory Schooling on Mortality: Evidence from Sweden”. IFN Working Paper No. 992. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

20 April 2012 Berggren, Niclas and Therese Nilsson (2012). “Does Economic Freedom Foster Tolerance?”. IFN Working Paper No. 918. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

03 April 2012 Karlsson, Martin, Therese Nilsson and Stefan Pichler (2012). “What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger? The Impact of the 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic on Economic Performance in Sweden”. IFN Working Paper No. 911. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

24 January 2012 Bergh, Andreas and Therese Nilsson (2012). “When More Poor Means Less Poverty: On Income Inequality and Purchasing Power”. IFN Working Paper No. 900. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

20 January 2012 Nilsson, Therese and Andreas Bergh (2012). “Income Inequality and Individual Health: Exploring the Association in a Developing Country”. IFN Working Paper No. 899. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

07 February 2011 Bergh, Andreas and Therese Nilsson (2011). “Globalization and Absolute Poverty – A Panel Data Study ”. IFN Working Paper No. 862. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Articles in Swedish

01 January 2013 Karlsson, Martin, Therese Nilsson och Stefan Pichler (2013). ”Effekten av spanska sjukan på ekonomiska utfall i Sverige”. Ekonomisk Debatt 41(1), 22–27.

01 January 2011 Nilsson, Therese and Daniel Waldenström (2011). “Hur kan ojämlikhetens hälsoeffekter identifieras?”. Ekonomisk Debatt 39(4), 6–18.

Op-Eds

15 June 2020 Fischer, Martin, Martin Karlsson och Therese Nilsson (2020). ”Mer skoltid i låg ålder gynnar barn hela livet”. Svenska Dagbladet, 15 June.

05 October 2012 Bergh, Andreas, Daniel Waldenström and Therese Nilsson (2012). “Blir vi sjuka av stora löneskillnader?”. Dagens Samhälle, October 5.

Popular Science

27 October 2020 Berggren, Niclas and Therese Nilsson (2020). “Så bygger vi mer tolerans”. Kvartal, October 27.

01 January 2019 Nilsson, Therese (2019). “Ojämlikhet i sinnet”. Review of Den inre ojämlikheten – hur mer jämlika samhällen minskar stress, förbättrar hälsan och ökar allas välbefinnande, by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett. Ekonomisk Debatt 47(8), 76–79.

01 January 2014 Berggren, Niclas and Therese Nilsson (2014). “Påvens ekonomiska snedsteg”. Ekonomisk Debatt 42(1), 3–4.

01 January 2014 Berggren, Niclas and Therese Nilsson (2014). “Nationalekonomers politiska relevans”. Ekonomisk Debatt 42(4), 3–4.

01 January 2014 Berggren, Niclas and Therese Nilsson (2014). “Sex reflexioner om ojämlikhet”. Ekonomisk Debatt 42(7), 3–5.

01 January 2013 Nilsson, Therese (2013). “Vi behöver mer kunskap kring hur biståndet ska utformas”. Ekonomisk Debatt 41(2), 3–5.

01 January 2013 Berggren, Niclas and Therese Nilsson (2013). “Lärdomar av en jubilar”. Ekonomisk Debatt 41(4), 3–4.

01 January 2013 Nilsson, Therese (2013). “Nya spelregler för den tredje uppgiften”. Ekonomisk Debatt 41(7), 3–5.

Reports

01 January 2020 Fischer, Martin, Martin Karlsson och Therese Nilsson (2020). ”Långsiktiga effekter av mer undervisningstid”. SNS Analys nr 64. Stockholm: SNS.

01 January 2018 Karlsson, Martin and Therese Nilsson (2018). “Den allmänna och fria spädbarnsvårdens betydelse för hälsa, utbildning och inkomster”. Stockholm: SNS.

01 January 2016 Dackehag, Margareta, Lina Maria Ellegård, Ulf Gerdtham and Therese Nilsson (2016). “Ekonomisk knapphet, skuldsättning och hälsa”. Stockholm: Kronofogdemyndigheten.

IFN Newsletter

01 November 2016 Nilsson, Therese (2016). “Healthcare for Newborns has Long-term Benefits”. IFN Newsletter (2), 1–4.