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Petter Lundborg

Assistant Professor of Economics at Department of Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and research fellow at the Tinbergen Institute  and IZA  
 
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Contact information                           

Department of Economics
Free University Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
telephone: +31 (0)20-5982874 (office)
telephone: +46 (0)701-448385 (mobile)
email: plundborg@feweb.vu.nl

Publications

1. Lundborg, P. (2002). Young People and Alcohol - An Econometric Analysis. Addiction 12:1573-1582.

2. Lundborg, P., and Lindgren, B. (2002). Risk Perceptions and Alcohol Consumption among Young People. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 25:165-183.

3. Lundborg, P., and Lindgren, B. (2004). Do They Know what They are Doing? Risk Perceptions and Smoking Behaviour among Teenagers. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 28:261-286.

4. Lundborg, P. (2005). Social Capital and Substance Use among Swedish Adolescents - An Explorative Study. Social Science & Medicine 61:1151-1158.

5. Lundborg, P. (2006). Having the Wrong Friends? Peer Effects in Adolescent Substance Use. Journal of Health Economics 25: 214-233. Reprinted in Cawley, J., and Kenkel, D.S. (editors). (2007, forthcoming). The Economics of Health Behaviours, Volumes 1-3. The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics Series. (Edward Elgar: Northampton, MA).

6. Stafström, M., Larsson, S., Östergren, P. O., Lindgren, B., Lundborg, P. (2006). Long-Term Outcomes of Community Action to Reduce Hazardous Drinking among Adolescents: The Trelleborg Project. Addiction 101:813-823.

7. Lundborg, P., Lindgren, B., Höjgård, S., Bolin, K. (2007). Obesity and Occupational Attainment among the 50+ of Europe. In: Bolin, K., Cawley, J.(eds.). Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research Volume 17:  The economics of obesity. New York: Elsevier. Forthcoming.

8. Lundborg, P., Lindgren, B., Nystedt, P. (2007). Getting Ready for the Marriage Market? The Association Between Divorce Risks and Investments in Attractive Body Mass among Married Europeans. Journal of Biosocial Science 39: 531-544.

9. Lundborg, P. (2007). Does Smoking Increase Sick-Leaves? Evidence Using Register Data on Swedish Workers. Tobacco Control 16: 114-118.

10. Andersson, H., Lundborg, P. (2007). Risk of Own Death and the Death of Others: An Analysis of Road-Traffic and Baseline Mortality Risk. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 34: 67-84.

11. Lundborg, P. (2007). Parents’ Provision of Alcohol and Adolescents’ Alcohol Use – Evidence from Swedish Data. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies Journal 2: 60-70.

12. Lundborg, P. (2007). Smoking, Information Sources, and Risk Perceptions. New Evidence on Swedish Data. Forthcoming Journal of Risk and Uncertainty.

13. Bolin, K., Lindgren, B., Lundborg, P. (2007). Informal and Formal Care among the Elderly of Europe. Forthcoming in Health Economics.

14. Bolin, K., Lindgren, B., Lundborg, P. (2007). Your Next of Kin or Your Own Career? Caring and Working among the 50+ of Europe. Forthcoming in Journal of Health Economics.

15. Kristensson, J., Rahm Hallberg, I., Lundborg, P. (2008). Costs for Formal and Informal Care in People 65+ Two Years Prior to Long-Term Municipal Care. Forthcoming in Aging Clinical and Experimental Research.

16. Lundborg, P., Andersson, H. (2008). Gender, Risk Perceptions, and Smoking Behaviour. Forthcoming in Journal of Health Economics.

17. Bolin, K., Lindgren, A., Lindgren, B., Lundborg, P. (2008). Utilisation of Physician Services in 10 European Countries. The Relative Importance of Individual Versus Institutional Factors. Forthcoming in  International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics.

Working papers

- van den Berg, G, Lundborg, P, Nystedt, P, Rooth, D. (2009). Critical Periods During Childhood and Adolescence: A Study of Adult Height among Immigrant Siblings. IZA Working Paper 4140.

- Lundborg P. (2008). The Health Returns to Education - What Can We Learn from Twins? IZA Working Paper 3399.

- Van der Klaauw Bas, Lindeboom M, Lundborg P. (2009). Does Obesity Affect Employment? Evidence from the NCDS. IZA Working Paper 4099.

- Lundborg, P., Nystedt, P., Rooth, DO. (2009). The Height Premium in Earnings: The Role of Cognitive Ability and Physical  Strength. IZA Working Paper 4266.

- Bolin, K., Höjgård, S., Lindgren, B., Lindkvist, R., Lundborg, P. (2008). Utilisation of Physician Services in 10 European Countries. The Relative Importance of Individual Versus Institutional Factors. NBER Working paper 14096.

- Van den Berg G, Lindeboom M, Lundborg P. (2008). Bereavement, Health, and Mortality among the Elderly.

Ongoing projects

- Condom Distribution, AIDS, and Fertility Behaviour – A Quasi-experimental Approach. With Gerard van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom, and Linda Midgley.

- Critical Periods for the Development of Cognitive Ability During Childhood and Adolescence: A Study among Immigrant Siblings. With Gerard van den Berg, Paul Nystedt, and Dan-Olof Rooth.

- The More the Sicker? Family Size and Health Outcomes among Swedish Men.

- No Country for Fat Men? Obesity, Earnings, Skills, and Physical Fitness among 450,000 Swedish. With Paul Nystedt, and Dan-Olof Rooth.

- Parental Education and Childrens' Skills and Health. Evidence from Swedish Adoptees.

- The Returns to Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills and the Importance of Family Background. With Paul Nystedt, and Dan-Olof Rooth.

- Age at Immigration and Health Outcomes - Sibling Evidence using Swedish Hospital Records. With Gerard van den Berg and Tommy Bengtsson.

- Early Nutritional Chocks and Later Life Outcomes: Exploiting Between-Sibling Variation in Exposure to Ramadan while in utero. With Paul Nystedt, and Dan-Olof Rooth.

-The Long-Term Social and Economic Consequences of Losing A Child With Gerard van den Berg and Johan Vikström

- Does Schooling Lead to Better Health? Evidence from the Swedish Twin Registry. With Carl Hampus Lyttkens and Paul Nystedt.

- Nature, Nurture, and Egalitarian Policy - What can we Learn from Molecular Genetics. With Anders Stenberg.

- Birth Order, Parent-Child Interaction and Educational Attainment: Exploring the Links using a Sample of Siblings. With Paul Nystedt.

- Low Birth Weight and Educational Attainment - Does Parental Behaviour Reinforce the Negative Effect?

- Personality, Health, and Earnings: Evidence Using a Sample of U.S Twins.

- Bargaining Power and Weight Gain Following Marriage. Evidence from the ECHP. With Paul Nystedt.

Publication in Swedish journals

- Lindgren, B., Lundborg, P., and Friberg, A. (2000). Inför en ny alkoholpolitik – verb eller preposition, Ekonomisk Debatt 96:317-329.

- Friberg, A., Lundborg, P., and Lindgren, B. (2001). Gränshandel, alkoholkonsumtion och alkoholpolitik – Sverige inför EU-anpassningen, Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift 78:27-34.

Referee for:                         

Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economics & Statistics, European Economic Review, Journal of Risk & Uncertainty, Journal of Health Economics, Review of Economics of the Household, Journal of Sports Economics, Journal of Population Economics, Economics of Education Review, Economic Inquiry, Health Economics, Empirical Economics, Journal of Socio-Economics, Economics and Human Biology, Contemporary Economic Policy, Advances in Health Economics, Social Science & Medicine, Addiction, Journal of Adolescence, Journal of Health Psychology, Swedish Research Council, Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB)

Current teaching

Advanced Methods for Applied Economic Research 4.1, Master course,  Fall 2008

The Welfare state and Health Economics, Master course, Fall 2008

Economics 1.6, Introductory level, Spring 2008

Tinbergen Institute, Field course in Health Economics, Spring 2009