Mikael Elinder
Professor at Department of Economics; Department faculty
- E-mail:
- Mikael.Elinder@nek.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ekonomikum
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10 - Postal address:
- Box 513
751 20 UPPSALA
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Short presentation
I am professor at the Department of Economics, Uppsala University.
My research can be described as applied microeconomics with interdisciplinary elements and has mainly an empirical approach. Some of my interests are: health economics, inheritance and gifts, voting behavior, housing and pensions.
See alo my personal web page or google scholar.
Keywords
- health economics
- public policy
- public economics
- behavioral economics
- bequests
- pensions
- household finances
- inequality

Publications
Recent publications
Part of PLOS ONE, 2026
- DOI for Effects of an information shock on registry-based health indicators: Evidence from a Swedish PFAS crisis
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Hälsa och migrationsvilja i en global kontext: Policy Brief 2025:10
2025
Hälsa och migrationsvilja i en global kontext: Rapport 2025:10
2025
Part of Nya regler om arv och testamente – bland annat etttestamentsregister i offentlig regi och ett stärkt skydd för efterlevande sambor, SOU 2025:91, Regeringskansliet: Statens offentliga utredningar, 2025
Nationell hälsoatlas kommer, men någon måste ansvara för driften
Part of Läkartidningen, 2025
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of PLOS ONE, 2026
- DOI for Effects of an information shock on registry-based health indicators: Evidence from a Swedish PFAS crisis
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Nationell hälsoatlas kommer, men någon måste ansvara för driften
Part of Läkartidningen, 2025
Framtidens elnät: utmaningar och lösningar med efterfrågeflexibilitet
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 18-31, 2025
Part of Economic Journal, p. 1141-1166, 2025
- DOI for An inquiry into the relationship between intelligence and prosocial behavior: Evidence from Swedish population registers
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Mind the Tap: How Volumetric Pricing Affects Residential Hot Water Consumption
Part of Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, p. 389-426, 2025
Where Would Ukrainian Refugees Go if They Could Go Anywhere?
Part of The international migration review, p. 587-602, 2023
Vart vill ukrainarna ta vägen? Migrationspreferenser i Ukraina
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 53-57, 2023
Intelligens är kopplat till snabb vaccination mot covid-19, men behöver inte vara det!
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 29-39, 2023
Cognitive ability, health policy, and the dynamics of COVID-19 vaccination
Part of Journal of Health Economics, 2023
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Who Lacks Pension Knowledge, Why and Does it Matter?: Evidence From Swedish Retirement Savers
Part of Public Finance Review, p. 379-435, 2022
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The last will: Estate divisions as a testament of to whom altruism is directed
Part of PLOS ONE, 2021
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Debatten om vårt framtida skattesystem
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 3-4, 2021
Därför behövs förmögenhetsstatistik
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 3-4, 2021
Ekonomisk Debatts digitala framtid
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 3-4, 2021
Temanummer till Assar Lindbecks minne
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 3-3, 2021
Hur är det egentligen med den ekonomiska ojämlikheten?
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 3-4, 2020
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 3-4, 2020
Inheritance and wealth inequality: Evidence from population registers
Part of Journal of Public Economics, p. 17-30, 2018
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House price responses to a national property tax reform
Part of Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, p. 18-39, 2017
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Consequences of a price incentive on free riding and electric energy consumption
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 3091-3096, 2017
Promises, policies and pocketbook voting
Part of European Economic Review, p. 177-194, 2015
- DOI for Promises, policies and pocketbook voting
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Political preferences and public sector outsourcing
Part of European Journal of Political Economy, p. 43-57, 2013
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The impact of inheritances on heirs' labor and capital income
Part of The B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis & Policy, p. 61, 2012
Is tolerance good or bad for growth?
Part of Public Choice, p. 283-308, 2012
Correcting mistakes: cognitive dissonance and political attitudes in Sweden and the United States
Part of Public Choice, p. 235-249, 2012
Gender, social norms, and survival in maritime disasters
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 13220-13224, 2012
Tolerance and growth: modeling the empirical relationship
Part of Public Choice, p. 495-502, 2012
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 26-35, 2012
Mindre arbete, högre inkomster – arvingens lott
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 70-78, 2011
Part of European Journal of Political Economy, p. 279-292, 2010
Själviska ochframåtblickande väljare – Hur många röster köpte maxtaxan i barnomsorgen?
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, 2009
Trust and growth: A shaky relationship
Part of Empirical Economics, p. 251-274, 2008
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, 2002
Books
Studentlitteratur AB, 2015
Chapters in book
Part of Nya regler om arv och testamente – bland annat etttestamentsregister i offentlig regi och ett stärkt skydd för efterlevande sambor, SOU 2025:91, Regeringskansliet: Statens offentliga utredningar, 2025
Röstar väljarna med plånboken?
Part of Nationalekonomins frågor, Studentlitteratur AB, 2017
Kontrakt, kostnader och kvalitet
Part of Välfärdstjänster i privat regi, p. 89-120, SNS förlag, 2013
Kommunpolitikers beslut och brukarnas val
Part of Välfärdstjänster i privat regi, p. 143-164, SNS förlag, 2013
Monograph doctoral thesis
Reports
Hälsa och migrationsvilja i en global kontext: Policy Brief 2025:10
2025
Hälsa och migrationsvilja i en global kontext: Rapport 2025:10
2025
Under ytan: Hur många och vilka vill lämna sina länderför att flytta till EU och Sverige?
2023
Hur många kommer fly från Ukraina och vilka EU-länder kommer de söka sig till?
2022
How large will the Ukrainian refugee flow be, and which EU countries will they seek refuge in?
2022
En beklaglig förlust?: En ESO-rapport om erfarenheter och lärdomar av arvsskatt
2021
2018
Inheritance and wealth inequality: Evidence from population registers
2015
Estates, bequests, and inheritances in Sweden - A look into the Belinda databases
2014
Property taxation, bounded rationality and housing prices
2014
Carnegie visits Nobel: Do inheritances affect labor and capital income?
2011
The Effect of Inheritance Receipt on Labor and Capital Income: Evidence from Swedish Panel Data
2010
Correcting Mistakes: Cognitive Dissonance and Political Attitudes in Sweden and the United States
2009
Selfish and Prospective Theory and Evidence of Pocketbook Voting
2008
Selfish and prospective: Theory and evidence of pocketbook voting