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Martin Fischer

Ph.D.

Martin Fischer defended his dissertation in October 2018 at the Department of Economics and Health Economics, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Fischer is a Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institute, as well as affiliated researcher at IFN. Fischer's main research interests include the long-term effects of education on health and labor market outcomes.

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Contact

Martin Fischer

martin.fischer@ifn.se

Research interests: Economic history, Education, Health economics, Labor economics

Some questions that Martin Fischer tries to answer in his research:

Did the transformations of the Swedish school system increase social mobility?
Does higher education protect you from dementia?
What are the long-term effects of free access to maternity wards?

Current writings

American Journal of Epidemiology

Does Prolonged Education Causally Affect Dementia Risk When Adult Socioeconomic Status is Not Altered? A Swedish Natural Experiment on 1.3 Million Individuals

Scientific Article in English

by Dominika Seblova, Martin Fischer, Stefan Fors, Kristina Johnell, Martin Karlsson, Anna Christina Svensson, Therese Nilsson, Martin Lövdén, Anton Lager

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Revisiting Sweden's Comprehensive School Reform: Effects on Education and Earnings

Scientific Article in English

by Therese Nilsson, Martin Fischer, Gawain Heckley, Martin Karlsson

SNS Analys nr 64

Långsiktiga effekter av mer undervisningstid

Report

by Martin Fischer, Martin Karlsson, Therese Nilsson

Published at IFN

Scientific Articles in English

Nilsson, Therese, Martin Fischer, Gawain Heckley and Martin Karlsson (forthcoming). “Revisiting Sweden's Comprehensive School Reform: Effects on Education and Earnings”. Journal of Applied Econometrics. doi.org/10.1002/jae.2881

Seblova, Dominika et al. (2021). “Does Prolonged Education Causally Affect Dementia Risk When Adult Socioeconomic Status is Not Altered? A Swedish Natural Experiment on 1.3 Million Individuals”. American Journal of Epidemiology 190(5), 817–826. doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwaa255

Fischer, Martin, Martin Karlsson, Therese Nilsson and Nina Schwarz (2020). “The Long–Term Effects of Long Terms – Compulsory Schooling Reforms in Sweden”. Journal of the European Economic Association 18(6), 2776–2823. doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvz071

Fischer, Martin et al. (forthcoming). “Education and Health: Long-Run Effects of Peers, Tracking and Years”. Economic Policy. doi.org/10.1093/epolic/eiaa027

Fischer, Martin, Martin Karlsson and Therese Nilsson (2013). “Effects of Compulsory Schooling on Mortality: Evidence from Sweden”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 10(8), 3596–3618. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10083596

Working Papers

Fischer, Martin et al. (2019). “Education and Health: Long-Run Effects of Peers, Tracking and Years”. IFN Working Paper No. 1300. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Fischer, Martin, Martin Karlsson, Therese Nilsson and Nina Schwarz (2018). “The Long-term Effects of Long Terms: Compulsory Schooling Reforms in Sweden”. IFN Working Paper No. 1223. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Fischer, Martin, Martin Karlsson and Therese Nilsson (2013). “Effects of Compulsory Schooling on Mortality: Evidence from Sweden”. IFN Working Paper No. 992. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Debate

Fischer, Martin, Martin Karlsson and Therese Nilsson (2020). “Mer skoltid i låg ålder gynnar barn hela livet”. Svenska Dagbladet, June 15.

Reports

Fischer, Martin, Martin Karlsson and Therese Nilsson (2020). “Långsiktiga effekter av mer undervisningstid”. Stockholm: SNS.