Per Johansson
Professor at Department of Statistics
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- +46 70 547 10 03
- E-mail:
- per.johansson@statistik.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ekonomikum (plan 3)
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10 - Postal address:
- Box 513
751 20 UPPSALA
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Per Johansson’s research interest is in causal inferences, broadly defined. He has published in journals such as the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Economic Journal and Journal of health economics. He is a co-opted member the Prize Committee for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

Publications
Selection of publications
Proxy variables and nonparametric identification of causal effects
Part of Economics Letters, p. 152-154, 2017
Absenteeism, Gender and the Morbidity–Mortality Paradox
Part of Journal of applied econometrics (Chichester, England), p. 440-462, 2017
Early Interventions and Disability Insurance: Experience from a Field Experiment
Part of Economic Journal, p. 363-392, 2017
Parenthood and the Gender Gap in Pay
Part of Journal of Labor Economics, p. 545-579, 2016
Kan vi jobba tills vi blir 75?
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, 2016
Onyanserad kritik av rehabiliteringsgarantin
Part of Läkartidningen, 2016
Privatization and quality: Evidence from elderly care in Sweden
Part of Journal of Health Economics, p. 109-119, 2016
- DOI for Privatization and quality: Evidence from elderly care in Sweden
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Sjukskrivningarnas anatomi: en ESO-rapport om drivkrafterna i sjukförsäkringssystemet
2016
Är en höjning av pensionsåldern ensidigt positiv?
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, 2015
Health, Work Capacity and Retirement in Sweden
Part of Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2015
Screening Stringency in the Disability Insurance Program
Part of The B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis & Policy, p. 873-891, 2014
Testing for nonparametric identification of causal effects in the presence of a quasi-instrument
Part of Journal of Causal Inference, p. 187-199, 2014
Hur har portvaktsfunktionen i förtidspensionssystemet förändrats över tid?
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 17-27, 2014
Hur har portvaktsfunktionen i förtidspensionssystemetförändrats över tid?
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 17-27, 2014
Cross-border health and productivity effects of alcohol policies
Part of Journal of Health Economics, p. 125-136, 2014
Pathways to Retirement and the Role of Financial Incentives in Sweden
Part of Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2014
Social stratification and out-of-school learning
Part of Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, p. 679-701, 2013
Vad är värst - dålig hälsa, utländsk bakgrund eller 55+?
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 14-26, 2013
Effects of eligibility screening in the sickness insurance: Evidence from a field experiment
Part of Labour Economics, p. 48-56, 2013
Social Behaviour in Work Absence
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Economics, p. 995-1019, 2013
Can sickness absence be affected by information meetings?: Evidence from a social experiment
Part of Empirical Economics, p. 1673-1695, 2013
Tidiga insatser för sjukskrivna – rätt medicin för lägre sjukfrånvaro?
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 28-36, 2013
Rehabiliteringsgarantins effekter på hälsa och sjukfrånvaro
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 62-70, 2013
Gränshandel med alkohol och dess effekter på hälsa
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 48-52, 2013
Höjd metodkunskap viktigare än experiment
Part of Läkatidningen, 2013
Hälsan hos nybeviljade förtidspensionärer över tid
2013
Income inequality and health: Lessons from a refugee residential assignment program
Part of Journal of Health Economics, p. 617-629, 2012
Part of Evaluation review, p. 323-345, 2012
The medical doctors as gatekeepers in the sickness insurance?
Part of Applied Economics, p. 3615-3625, 2012
What is the right profile for getting a job?: A stated choice experiment of the recruitment process
2012
Can we buy time? Evaluation of the Swedish government's grant to remediation of contaminated sites
Part of Journal of Environmental Management, p. 1303-1313, 2011
Foreign ownership and investment: do firms locate investments close to the headquarter?
Part of Review of World Economics, p. 621-642, 2011
Virtues of SIN: Can Intensified Public Efforts Help Disadvantaged Immigrants?
Part of Evaluation review, p. 399-427, 2011
Arbetslivsinriktad rehabilitering
2010
Samverkan i Resursteam: effekter på organisation, hälsa och sjukskrivning
2008
Graphical diagnostics of endogeneity
Part of Advances in Econometrics, p. 149-168, 2008
Påverkas individen av omgivningens sjukfrånvaro?
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 44-53, 2008
Välja fritt och välja rätt: drivkrafter för rationella utbildningsval
2008
Part of Journal of the Royal Statistical Society , p. 554-555, 2007
Exogeneity in Structural Equation Models
Part of Journal of Econometrics, p. 527-543, 2006
Latent Variables in a Travel Mode Choice Model: Attitudinal and Behavioural Indicator Variables
2005
Exogeneity in Structural Equation Models
Part of Journal of Econometrics., 2005
Moral hazard and sickness insurance: Empirical evidence from a sickness insurance reform in Sweden
Part of Journal of Public Economics, p. 1879-1890, 2005
Kan anställningsstöd minska arbetslösheten?
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 6-16, 2005
Hur påverkar kravet på läkarintyg sjukfrånvaron? Erfarenheter från ett soci-alt experiment
2005
Monitoring sickness insurance claimants: Evidence from a social experi-ment,
2005
An Economic Analysis of Track Maintenance Costs
Part of Transport Policy, p. 277-286, 2004
Part of Swedish Economic Policy Review, p. 145-149, 2004
Economic Incentives and Gender Differences in Work Absence Behavior
Part of Swedish Economic Policy Review, p. 33-63, 2004
Assessing the effects of a compulsory sickness insurance on worker absenteeism
Part of The Journal of human resources, p. 381-409, 2002
Varför lyckades det nationella IT-programmet, Swit?: en jämförelse mellan två arbetssätt
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 293-302, 2001
Part of Computational statistics (Zeitschrift), p. 485-511, 2000
A houshold model for work absence
Part of Applied Economics, p. 1493-1503, 1998
Sjukförsäkringen ur ett genusperspektiv
Part of Välfärdens Genusansikte, Statens offentliga utredningar, 1998
Count data regression using series expansions with applications
Part of Journal of applied econometrics (Chichester, England), p. 203-223, 1997
The value of travel time: an empirical study using repeated samples of non-business trips
Part of Tourism Economics, p. 353-368, 1996
Do economic incentives affect work absence?: Empirical evidence using Swedish micro data
Part of Journal of Public Economics, p. 195-218, 1996
Panel data regression for counts
Part of Statistical papers, p. 191-213, 1996
Speed limitation and motorway road casualties: a time series count data regression approach
Part of Accident Analysis and Preventation, p. 73-87, 1996
Tests for serial correlation and overdispersion in a count data regression model
Part of Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, p. 153-164, 1995
Time series count data regression
Part of Communications in Statistics, p. 2907-2925, 1994
Recent publications
Misconceptions Hinder the Progress of Evidence-based Interdisciplinary Treatment
Part of Journal of Pain, p. 1108-1109, 2024
Part of PLOS ONE, 2024
- DOI for Novel hormonal therapy versus standard of care: a registry-based comparative effectiveness evaluation for mCRPC-patients
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Is Fisher inference inferior to Neyman inference for policy analysis?
Part of Statistical papers, p. 3425-3445, 2024
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Part of Journal of Pain, p. 2003-2013, 2023
- DOI for Sickness Absence and Disability Pension Among Patients With Chronic Pain in Interdisciplinary Treatment or Unspecified Interventions
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2023
- DOI for Causal inferences and real-world evidence: A comparative effectiveness evaluation of abiraterone acetate against enzalutamide
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All publications
Articles in journal
Misconceptions Hinder the Progress of Evidence-based Interdisciplinary Treatment
Part of Journal of Pain, p. 1108-1109, 2024
Part of PLOS ONE, 2024
- DOI for Novel hormonal therapy versus standard of care: a registry-based comparative effectiveness evaluation for mCRPC-patients
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Is Fisher inference inferior to Neyman inference for policy analysis?
Part of Statistical papers, p. 3425-3445, 2024
- DOI for Is Fisher inference inferior to Neyman inference for policy analysis?
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Part of Journal of Pain, p. 2003-2013, 2023
- DOI for Sickness Absence and Disability Pension Among Patients With Chronic Pain in Interdisciplinary Treatment or Unspecified Interventions
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2023
- DOI for Causal inferences and real-world evidence: A comparative effectiveness evaluation of abiraterone acetate against enzalutamide
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Part of Journal of Public Economics, 2023
- DOI for The consequences of the Swedish rent control system on labor income: Evidence from a randomized apartment lottery
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Rerandomization: A complement or substitute for stratification in randomized experiments?
Part of Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, p. 43-58, 2022
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Model-based Bayesian inference under computer assisted balance-improving designs
Part of Statistics in Medicine, p. 4245-4265, 2022
Inference in Experiments Conditional on Observed Imbalances in Covariates
Part of American Statistician, p. 394-404, 2022
- DOI for Inference in Experiments Conditional on Observed Imbalances in Covariates
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Part of BMJ Open, 2021
- DOI for Study protocol for a comparative effectiveness evaluation of abiraterone acetate against enzalutamide: a longitudinal study based on Swedish administrative registers
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On optimal rerandomization designs
Part of Journal of The Royal Statistical Society Series B-statistical Methodology, p. 395-403, 2021
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Sick of family responsibilities?
Part of Empirical Economics, p. 777-814, 2020
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Rerandomization Strategies for Balancing Covariates Using Pre-Experimental Longitudinal Data
Part of Journal of Computational And Graphical Statistics, p. 798-813, 2020
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The Impact of CBT on Sick Leave and Health
Part of Evaluation review, p. 185-217, 2020
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Part of BMJ Open, 2019
- DOI for Sex differences in sickness absence and the morbidity-mortality paradox: a longitudinal study using Swedish administrative registers
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Part of Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, p. 1561-1585, 2019
Forward-looking moral hazard in social insurance
Part of Labour Economics, p. 84-98, 2019
Worker absenteeism: peer influences, monitoring, and job flexibility
Part of Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, p. 605-621, 2019
Economic status, air quality, and child health: Evidence from inversion episodes
Part of Journal of Health Economics, p. 220-232, 2018
Part of Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, p. 893-904, 2018
Proxy variables and nonparametric identification of causal effects
Part of Economics Letters, p. 152-154, 2017
What is the right profile for getting a job?: A stated choice experiment of the recruitment process
Part of Empirical Economics, p. 803-826, 2017
- DOI for What is the right profile for getting a job?: A stated choice experiment of the recruitment process
- Download full text (pdf) of What is the right profile for getting a job?: A stated choice experiment of the recruitment process
Absenteeism, Gender and the Morbidity–Mortality Paradox
Part of Journal of applied econometrics (Chichester, England), p. 440-462, 2017
Early Interventions and Disability Insurance: Experience from a Field Experiment
Part of Economic Journal, p. 363-392, 2017
Parenthood and the Gender Gap in Pay
Part of Journal of Labor Economics, p. 545-579, 2016
Kan vi jobba tills vi blir 75?
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, 2016
Onyanserad kritik av rehabiliteringsgarantin
Part of Läkartidningen, 2016
Privatization and quality: Evidence from elderly care in Sweden
Part of Journal of Health Economics, p. 109-119, 2016
- DOI for Privatization and quality: Evidence from elderly care in Sweden
- Download full text (pdf) of Privatization and quality: Evidence from elderly care in Sweden
Is an early retirement offer good for your health?: Quasi-experimental evidence from the army
Part of Journal of Health Economics, p. 274-285, 2015
Är en höjning av pensionsåldern ensidigt positiv?
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, 2015
Screening Stringency in the Disability Insurance Program
Part of The B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis & Policy, p. 873-891, 2014
Testing for nonparametric identification of causal effects in the presence of a quasi-instrument
Part of Journal of Causal Inference, p. 187-199, 2014
Hur har portvaktsfunktionen i förtidspensionssystemet förändrats över tid?
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 17-27, 2014
Hur har portvaktsfunktionen i förtidspensionssystemetförändrats över tid?
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 17-27, 2014
Cross-border health and productivity effects of alcohol policies
Part of Journal of Health Economics, p. 125-136, 2014
Social stratification and out-of-school learning
Part of Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, p. 679-701, 2013
Vad är värst - dålig hälsa, utländsk bakgrund eller 55+?
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 14-26, 2013
Effects of eligibility screening in the sickness insurance: Evidence from a field experiment
Part of Labour Economics, p. 48-56, 2013
Social Behaviour in Work Absence
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Economics, p. 995-1019, 2013
Can sickness absence be affected by information meetings?: Evidence from a social experiment
Part of Empirical Economics, p. 1673-1695, 2013
Tidiga insatser för sjukskrivna – rätt medicin för lägre sjukfrånvaro?
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 28-36, 2013
Rehabiliteringsgarantins effekter på hälsa och sjukfrånvaro
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 62-70, 2013
Gränshandel med alkohol och dess effekter på hälsa
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 48-52, 2013
Höjd metodkunskap viktigare än experiment
Part of Läkatidningen, 2013
Income inequality and health: Lessons from a refugee residential assignment program
Part of Journal of Health Economics, p. 617-629, 2012
Part of Evaluation review, p. 323-345, 2012
The medical doctors as gatekeepers in the sickness insurance?
Part of Applied Economics, p. 3615-3625, 2012
Can we buy time? Evaluation of the Swedish government's grant to remediation of contaminated sites.
Part of Journal of Environmental Management, p. 1303-1313, 2011
Do you want your child to have a certified teacher?
Part of Economics of Education Review, p. 65-78, 2011
Can we buy time? Evaluation of the Swedish government's grant to remediation of contaminated sites
Part of Journal of Environmental Management, p. 1303-1313, 2011
Foreign ownership and investment: do firms locate investments close to the headquarter?
Part of Review of World Economics, p. 621-642, 2011
Virtues of SIN: Can Intensified Public Efforts Help Disadvantaged Immigrants?
Part of Evaluation review, p. 399-427, 2011
Part of Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, p. 2122-2137, 2010
Part of Empirical Economics, p. 411-434, 2009
Sick of Your Colleagues' Absence?
Part of Journal of the European Economic Association, p. 583-594, 2009
Dynamic Treatment Assignment: The Consequences for Evaluations Using Observational Data
Part of Journal of business & economic statistics, p. 435-445, 2008
Part of Labour Economics, p. 350-369, 2008
Graphical diagnostics of endogeneity
Part of Advances in Econometrics, p. 149-168, 2008
Påverkas individen av omgivningens sjukfrånvaro?
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 44-53, 2008
Part of Journal of the Royal Statistical Society , p. 554-555, 2007
Exogeneity in Structural Equation Models
Part of Journal of Econometrics, p. 527-543, 2006
Exogeneity in Structural Equation Models
Part of Journal of Econometrics., 2005
Moral hazard and sickness insurance: Empirical evidence from a sickness insurance reform in Sweden
Part of Journal of Public Economics, p. 1879-1890, 2005
Kan anställningsstöd minska arbetslösheten?
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 6-16, 2005
An Economic Analysis of Track Maintenance Costs
Part of Transport Policy, p. 277-286, 2004
Part of Swedish Economic Policy Review, p. 145-149, 2004
Economic Incentives and Gender Differences in Work Absence Behavior
Part of Swedish Economic Policy Review, p. 33-63, 2004
Assessing the effects of a compulsory sickness insurance on worker absenteeism
Part of The Journal of human resources, p. 381-409, 2002
Varför lyckades det nationella IT-programmet, Swit?: en jämförelse mellan två arbetssätt
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 293-302, 2001
Part of Computational statistics (Zeitschrift), p. 485-511, 2000
A houshold model for work absence
Part of Applied Economics, p. 1493-1503, 1998
Count data regression using series expansions with applications
Part of Journal of applied econometrics (Chichester, England), p. 203-223, 1997
The value of travel time: an empirical study using repeated samples of non-business trips
Part of Tourism Economics, p. 353-368, 1996
Do economic incentives affect work absence?: Empirical evidence using Swedish micro data
Part of Journal of Public Economics, p. 195-218, 1996
Panel data regression for counts
Part of Statistical papers, p. 191-213, 1996
Speed limitation and motorway road casualties: a time series count data regression approach
Part of Accident Analysis and Preventation, p. 73-87, 1996
Tests for serial correlation and overdispersion in a count data regression model
Part of Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, p. 153-164, 1995
Time series count data regression
Part of Communications in Statistics, p. 2907-2925, 1994
Chapters in book
Health, Work Capacity and Retirement in Sweden
Part of Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2015
Pathways to Retirement and the Role of Financial Incentives in Sweden
Part of Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2014
Sjukförsäkringen ur ett genusperspektiv
Part of Välfärdens Genusansikte, Statens offentliga utredningar, 1998
Manuscripts (preprints)
Reports
On optimal re-randomization designs
2019
A Comparison of Methods of Inference in Randomized Experiments from a Restricted Set of Allocations
2019
Re-randomization strategies for balancing covariates using pre-experimental longitudinal data
2019
Re-randomization: A complement or substitute for stratification in randomized experiments?
2019
Asymptotic Inference for Optimal Re-Randomization Designs
2019
Sjukskrivningarnas anatomi: en ESO-rapport om drivkrafterna i sjukförsäkringssystemet
2016
Hälsan hos nybeviljade förtidspensionärer över tid
2013
What is the right profile for getting a job?: A stated choice experiment of the recruitment process
2012
Arbetslivsinriktad rehabilitering
2010
Samverkan i Resursteam: effekter på organisation, hälsa och sjukskrivning
2008
Välja fritt och välja rätt: drivkrafter för rationella utbildningsval
2008
Latent Variables in a Travel Mode Choice Model: Attitudinal and Behavioural Indicator Variables
2005
Hur påverkar kravet på läkarintyg sjukfrånvaron? Erfarenheter från ett soci-alt experiment
2005
Monitoring sickness insurance claimants: Evidence from a social experi-ment,
2005