Some of the questions Mårten Blix tries to answer in his research:
- What are the macroeconomic consequences of changing microfoundations driven by digitalization and technical change?
- What are the effects on the labor market from digitalization, especially on employment and income distributions?
- Are tax bases becoming more mobile and what does this imply for financing of public welfare?
- What lessons can we learn from how public welfare services are provided in Sweden?
New research
Reform of the Welfare State or Dreams about Universal Basic Income?
Mårten Blix
My current work is focused on digitalization and structural change in the economy. My recent report on "Digitalization and the economy," is available for download now. I am now working on a book that examines what digitalization may imply for the modern welfare state in terms of challenges for financing welfare and the functioning of the labor market.
I have more than 15 years of experience from senior management positions in policy institutions: the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and the Riksbank. I have also been seconded to the Prime Minister's Office as secretary in the Commission for the the Future of Sweden. I am now on a leave of absence from the Ministry of Finance. Previously I have been chief economist at the Ministry of Industry and held several senior positions at the Riksbank (the Swedish Central Bank) and the ECB (European Central bank). I have a PhD in Economics from Stockholm University and an MSc/BSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from the London School of Economics.
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