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David Seim

David Seim

Professor of Economics - Visitor

Expertise: public finance, labour economics, political economy

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Biography

David Seim is a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, Stockholm University. His research spans the fields of public finance, labor economics, and political economy. In particular, he has studied the effectiveness of various taxes as well as the causes and consequences of inequality. His work has been published in the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the Review of Economic Studies, among other journals. Professor Seim is a co-Editor of the Journal of Public Economics. He is a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London, the Center for Economic Studies/ifo Institute (CESifo), the IZA Institute of Labor Economics and the EU Tax Observatory.

Latest

CEP discussion papers
Risk-based selection in unemployment insurance: evidence and implications

16 October 2017

Camille Landais, Arash Nekoei, Peter Nilsson, David Seim and Johannes Spinnewijn

This paper studies whether adverse selection can rationalize a universal mandate for unemployment insurance (UI). Building on a unique feature of the unemployment policy in Sweden, where workers can opt for supplemental ... Read more...
Public Economics Programme Discussion Papers
Risk-based Selection in Unemployment Insurance: Evidence and Implications

10 October 2017

Camille Landais, Arash Nekoei, Peter Nilsson, David Seim and Johannes Spinnewijn

This paper studies whether adverse selection can rationalize a universal mandate for unemployment insurance (UI). Building on a unique feature of the unemployment policy in Sweden, where workers can opt for supplemental ... Read more...

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