Job Market Paper. I exploit the 2004 iron ore boom in Northern Sweden to study how improved labor market opportunities affect criminal behavior of young males. The boom reduced property crime by 52% but increased substance-related offenses by 181%, showing that economic shocks reshape the composition of criminal behavior.
Working paper. SOFI Working Papers in Labour Economics 13/2025. Submitted. Joint with Orsa Kekezi (Institute for Social Research, SOFI).
Working paper. Stage: Revise & Resubmit, Journal of International Marketing. Joint with Luis Miguel Bolivar (EAFIT University) and Miguel Gómez (Cornell University).
Working paper. Stage: Draft available upon request. Joint with Steven Poelhekke (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and CEPR).
Working paper. Stage: In progress. Joint with Paul Nystedt (Jönköping International Business School).
Published in Labour Economics, 100, 102879. 2026. Joint with Jonna Rickardsson (Jönköping International Business School).
Published in The Journal of Development Studies, 61(7), 1081–1109. 2025.
Published in Journal of Happiness Studies, 26(6), 88. 2025. Joint with Leonidas Hernandez (Universidad Católica del Norte), Diana Romero-Espinosa (Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar), and Francisco Rowe (University of Liverpool).
Peer-reviewed publications and book chapters from before the PhD (2020–2024), covering labor economics, regional economics, and development economics in Latin America.