Johan Gustafsson

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Curriculum Vitae 

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Presentation

I began my PhD studies in October 2017, having previously attained my MSc. in Economics here in Umeå as well. My main supervisor is Professor Gauthier Lanot. 

Research

My research is mainly within labor economics and public economics. More specifically I study the response of life-cycle labor supply and savings behavior response to changes in income taxation and public pension design. In addition I have done research on the composition of earnings inequality. I am currently working on how social security design affects human capital formation, retirement, and redistribution in heterogeneous agent models.

Current research projects 

"Earning dynamics in Sweden: The recent evolution of permanent inequality and earnings volatility"

(Joint work with Johan Holmberg)
Status: Submit to Journal
Financed by Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse, Handelsbanken. 

"Age-targeted income taxation, Labor Supply and Retirement"

(Sole Author)
Status: Conference paper
Financed by Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse, Handelsbanken. 

"Does a redistributive public pension scheme really redistribute?"

(Sole Author)
Status: Work in progress

"Implications of Pension Illiteracy for Labor Supply and Redistribution"

(Sole Author)
Status: Work in progress

Teaching

Tourism Economics: Module 1 (7.5 credits) - Main teacher 

Bachelor Thesis (15 credits) - Supervision

Introductory Macro Economics (15 credits) - Teacher's assistant 

Introductory Micro Economics (15 credits) - Co-teacher

Microeconomic Analysis I (7.5 credits) - Problem set classes