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I am a research economist in the research department at Statistics Norway, and an affiliated researcher at the University of Oslo.

My research combines economic theory with credible identification strategies and rich administrative data to investigate and address complex issues surrounding economic inequality, tax policy, and labor market dynamics.

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Interests
  • Labour Economics
  • Public Economics
  • Macroeconomics
Education

  • PhD in Economics

    University College London

  • Diplom in Economics

    Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

Publications

Michael Graber, Mikhail Golosov, Magne Mogstad, David Novgorodsky (2023). How Americans Respond to Idiosyncratic and Exogenous Changes in Household Wealth and Unearned Income. Forthcoming in The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

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Michael Graber, Carlos Carillo-Tudela, Klaus Wälde (2018). Unemployment and vacancy dynamics with imperfect financial markets. Labour Economics.

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Michael Graber, Richard Blundell, Magne Mogstad (2015). Labor income dynamics and the insurance from taxes, transfers, and the family. Journal of Public Economics.

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Michael Graber, Andrey Launov, Klaus Wälde (2008). Publish or perish? The increasing importance of publications for prospective economics professors in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. German Economic Review.

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Work in progress

Michael Graber, Magne Mogstad, Gaute Torsvik, Ola Vestad (2022). Behavioural Responses to Income Taxation in Norway.

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Michael Graber, Jeppe Druehdahl, Thomas H. Jørgensen (2021). High Frequency Income Dynamics. Under revision.

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Michael Graber, Richard Blundell, Magne Mogstad (2021). Partial Insurance with Earnings, Incomes and Housing.

Policy reports

Michael Graber, Lars Kirkebøen, Trond Christian Vigtel (2023). Utdanning og Yrke (Education and Occupation).

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