Jo Thori Lind

Professor - Department of Economics

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Email j.t.lind@econ.uio.no

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Visiting address Sognsveien 77 0855 Oslo

Postal address Postboks 1095 Blindern 0317 Oslo

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Academic Interests

Political economics, development economics, economic inequality

Courses taught

Fall '21: ECON4170 – Data Science for Economists

Background

Education:

PhD, University of Oslo, June 2004.
Visiting student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2003
Cand.polit., economics (grade 1.7), University of Oslo, March 2000
MSc, Economics, London School of Economics, July 1999 (best 11 candidates)
Cand.mag., economics, political science, University of Oslo, Dec. 1996

Emplyoment history:

Researcher, Frisch center, 2009

Post doc, Department of Economics, University of Oslo 2004-2009

Research fellow at the Department of Economics, University of Oslo, 2001-2004

Economist at the Research Department, Statistics Norway, 1999-2001

Awards

2005 His Majesty, The King of Norway’s Gold medal from the University of Oslo for the Ph.D. dissertation.
2004 EEA Young Economist Award

2002-03 Graduate Student Fellowship from the "Network on the Effects of Inequality on Economic Performance", MacArthur Foundation.

Tags: Economic Policy, Economics, Income Employment and Welfare, Growth and Development

Why physicians are lousy gatekeepers: Sicklisting decisions when patients have private information on symptoms. Health Economics 29: 778– 789 (2020).. (with B. Carlsen and K. Nyborg)
Rainy day politics. An instrumental variables approach to the effect of parties on political outcomes. European Journal of Political Economy 61: 101821 (2020).
Sustaining cooperation through self-sorting: The good, the bad, and the conditional. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(12): 5299-5304 (2019) (with K. A. Brekke, K. E. Hauge, and K. Nyborg)
Save the planet or close your eyes? Testing strategic ignorance in a charity context. Ecological Economics 161: 9-19 (2019) (with K. Nyborg and A. Pauls).
Spurious weather effects. Journal of Regional Science 59(2): 322-354 (2019).
How Do Economists Think? In Jaan Valsiner (Ed.): Social Philosophy of Science for the Social Sciences, Springer Nature 2019.
Knowledge is power. A theory of information, income, and welfare spending. Economica, 84(336): 611-46 (with D. Rohner). Working paper version
Opium for the Masses? Conflict-induced narcotics production in Afghanistan. Review of Economics and Statistics (with K. Moene and F. Willumsen). Working paper version
Miserly Developments Journal of Development Studies 47(9): 1332-52 (2011) (with K. Moene).
Are nurses more altruistic than real estate brokers? (with K. Jacobsen, K. Eika, L. Helland, and K. Nyborg) Journal of Economic Psychology 32, 818-31 (2011). Working paper version
Playing with the Good Guys. A Public Good Game with Endogenous Group Formation Journal of Public Economics 95, 1111-18 (2011)(with K. A. Brekke, K. E. Hauge, and K. Nyborg).
Measuring unfair (in)equality Journal of Public Economics 95, 488-499 (2011) (with I. Almås, A. W. Cappelen, E. Ø. Sørensen, and B. Tungodden).
Do the rich vote Conservative because they are rich? Review of Economics and Institutions, 1 (2), Article 5 (2010).
With or without U? The appropriate test for a U shaped relationship Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 72(1): 109-18 (2010). (with H. Mehlum). Associated Stata module utest
Religion, welfare state politics, and church-state separation. Journal of Ecumenical Studies 42: 42-52 (2007). (with Daniel L. Chen)
Fractionalization and the size of government. Journal of Public Economics 91, 51-76 (2007).
Does permanent income determine the vote? B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics: Vol. 7(1) , Article 19 (2007).
Fractionalization and inter-group differences. Kyklos 60, 123-39 (2007).
Why is there so little redistribution? Nordic Journal of Political Economy 31: 111-125 (2005).
Repeated surveys and the Kalman filter. The Econometrics Journal 8, 418-27 (2005).
Aggregation of utility and equivalence scales: A solution to the Pangloss critique. Review of Income and Wealth 49 (4), 555-568 (2003). (as Tout est au mieux dans ce meilleur des ménages possibles. The Pangloss critique of equivalence scales)

Lind, Jo Thori (2021). Hvem bør frykte kunstig intelligens? Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. 135(1), p. 4–12. Full text in Research Archive
Kotsadam, Andreas; Lind, Jo Thori & Modalsli, Jørgen (2021). Call the midwife. Health personnel and mortality in Norway 1887–1920. Cliometrica. ISSN 1863-2505. p. 1–34. doi: 10.1007/s11698-021-00230-9. Full text in Research Archive
Carlsen, Benedicte; Lind, Jo Thori & Nyborg, Karine (2020). Why physicians are lousy gatekeepers: Sicklisting decisions when patients have private information on symptoms. Health Economics. ISSN 1057-9230. 29(7), p. 778–789. doi: 10.1002/hec.4019. Full text in Research Archive
Lind, Jo Thori (2019). Rainy day politics. An instrumental variables approach to the effect of parties on political outcomes. European Journal of Political Economy. ISSN 0176-2680. 61. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2019.101821. Full text in Research Archive
Lind, Jo Thori (2019). How Do Economists Think? In Valsiner, Jaan (Eds.), Social Philosophy of Science for the Social Sciences. Springer Nature. ISSN 978-3-030-33098-9. p. 269–281. Full text in Research Archive
Lind, Jo Thori; Nyborg, Karine & Pauls, Anna (2019). Save the planet or close your eyes? Testing strategic ignorance in a charity context. Ecological Economics. ISSN 0921-8009. 161, p. 9–19. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.02.010. Full text in Research Archive
Lind, Jo Thori; Nyborg, Karine & Pauls, Anna (2018). Save the planet or close your eyes? Testing strategic ignorance in a charity context. Memorandum from Department of Economics, University of Oslo. ISSN 0809-8786. 04. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.02.010.
Lind, Jo Thori (2018). Spurious weather effects. Journal of Regional Science. ISSN 0022-4146. 59(2), p. 322–354. doi: 10.1111/jors.12417. Full text in Research Archive
Hauge, Karen Evelyn; Brekke, Kjell Arne; Nyborg, Karine & Lind, Jo Thori (2018). Sustaining cooperation through self-sorting: The good, the bad, and the conditional. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 116(12), p. 5299–5304. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1802875115.
Lind, Jo Thori & Rohner, Dominic (2017). Knowledge is Power: A Theory of Information, Income and Welfare Spending. Economica. ISSN 0013-0427. 84(336), p. 611–646. doi: 10.1111/ecca.12246. Full text in Research Archive
Lind, Jo Thori (2017). Group Structure and Public Goods Provision in Heterogeneous Societies. Journal of Public Economic Theory. ISSN 1097-3923. 19(2), p. 377–408. doi: 10.1111/jpet.12213. Full text in Research Archive
Lind, Jo Thori; Moene, Karl Ove & Willumsen, Fredrik (2014). Opium for the Masses? Conflict-Induced Narcotics Production in Afghanistan. Review of Economics and Statistics. ISSN 0034-6535. 96(5), p. 949–966. doi: 10.1162/REST_a_00418.
Jacobsen, Karin Johanne; Eika, Kari; Helland, Leif; Lind, Jo Thori & Nyborg, Karine (2011). Are nurses more altruistic than real estate brokers? Journal of Economic Psychology. ISSN 0167-4870. 32(5), p. 818–831. doi: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.07.003.
Brekke, Kjell Arne; Hauge, Karen Evelyn; Lind, Jo Thori & Nyborg, Karine (2011). Playing with the good guys. A public good game with endogenous group formation. Journal of Public Economics. ISSN 0047-2727. 95(9-10), p. 1111–1118. doi: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.05.003.
Lind, Jo Thori & Moene, Karl Ove (2011). Miserly Developments. Journal of Development Studies. ISSN 0022-0388. 47(9), p. 1332–1352. doi: 10.1080/00220388.2010.514332.
Almås, Ingvild; Lind, Jo Thori; Cappelen, Alexander Wright; Sørensen, Erik Øiolf & Tungodden, Bertil (2011). Measuring unfair (in)equality. Journal of Public Economics. ISSN 0047-2727. 95(7-8), p. 488–499. doi: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.11.002.
Lind, Jo Thori & Moene, Karl Ove (2010). Gnierindeksen - et mål på verdens gjerrighet. In Halsaa, Beatrice & Hellum, Anne (Ed.), Rettferdighet. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215015569. p. 226–239.
Mehlum, Halvor & Lind, Jo Thori (2010). With or Without U? The Appropriate Test for a U-Shaped Relationship. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. ISSN 0305-9049. 72(1), p. 109–118. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2009.00569.x.
Lind, Jo Thori (2010). Do the Rich Vote Conservative Because They Are Rich? Review of Economics and Institutions. ISSN 2038-1379. 1(2). doi: 10.5202/rei.v1i2.5.

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Lind, Jo Thori (2021). Velferdsduellen: Har vi råd til velferdstjenester der du bor i framtida? [Internet]. Debatt Arendalsuka.
Lind, Jo Thori (2021). Vil robotene ta jobbene? Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372. p. 4–4.
Mamelund, Svenn-Erik & Lind, Jo Thori (2021). Kan covid-19 påvirke stortingsvalget til høsten? Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
Lind, Jo Thori (2019). Kan fattigdom utryddes? [Radio]. NRK P2 Verdibørsen.
Lind, Jo Thori & Moene, Karl Ove (Kalle) (2018). Trumps økonomirådgivere advarer mot nordisk «sosialisme». Rapporten er misvisende og polemisk. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
Lind, Jo Thori; Bjelland, Johannes; Kotsadam, Andreas; Reme, Bjørn-Atle & Sundsøy, Pål Roe (2018). Quantifying socio-economic segregation in in large-scale social networks using mobile phone metadata (.
Lind, Jo Thori; Bjelland, Johannes; Kotsadam, Andreas; Reme, Bjørn-Atle & Sundsøy, Pål Roe (2018). Quantifying socio-economic segregation in in large-scale social networks using mobile phone metadata.
Lind, Jo Thori (2018). Den samfunnsøkonomiske verdien av tillit.
Lind, Jo Thori; Moene, Karl Ove (Kalle) & Aaberge, Rolf (2018). The inequality of equal mating.
Lind, Jo Thori; Kotsadam, Andreas & Modalsli, Jørgen Heibø (2018). Call the midwife: Health personnel and mortality in Norway 1887-1921.
Nyborg, Karine; Brekke, Kjell Arne; Hauge, Karen Evelyn & Lind, Jo Thori (2018). The Good, the Bad and the Conditional: økonomiske eksperimenter om samarbeidsevne i grupper.
Nyborg, Karine; Brekke, Kjell Arne; Lind, Jo Thori & Hauge, Karen Evelyn (2018). The Good, the Bad and the Conditional: Sustaining Cooperation through Self-Sorting.
Nyborg, Karine; Brekke, Kjell Arne; Hauge, Karen Evelyn & Lind, Jo Thori (2018). The Good, the Bad and the Conditional: Sustaining Cooperation through Self-Sorting.
Nyborg, Karine; Brekke, Kjell Arne; Hauge, Karen Evelyn & Lind, Jo Thori (2018). The Good, the Bad and the Conditional: Sustaining Cooperation through Self-Sorting.
Lind, Jo Thori (2018). Kvar og kvifor er det farleg å føde barn? [Radio]. NRK P2 Ekko.
Pauls, Anna; Lind, Jo Thori & Nyborg, Karine (2017). Save the planet or close your eyes? Environmentally friendly behaviour, uncertainty and social interaction.
Lind, Jo Thori (2017). Retningen i Statsbudsjettet. [Radio]. NRK P2 - Studio 2.
Lind, Jo Thori (2017). Lov om Tros- og livssynssamfunn - Den økonomiske siden.
Nyborg, Karine; Brekke, Kjell Arne; Hauge, Karen Evelyn & Lind, Jo Thori (2017). The Good, the Bad and the Conditional: Sorting and Dynamics in a public Good Game with endogenous Group information.
Nyborg, Karine; Brekke, Kjell Arne; Hauge, Karen Evelyn & Lind, Jo Thori (2017). The Good, the Bad and the Conditional: Sorting and Dynamics in a Public Good Game with Endogenous Group Formation.
Kotsadam, Andreas; Lind, Jo Thori & Modalsli, Jørgen Heibø (2017). Call the Midwife: Health Personnel and Mortality in Norway 1887-1921.
Lind, Jo Thori (2017). Deltakelse i NRKs Detektor.
Lind, Jo Thori (2017). (In)equality of equal mating.
Lind, Jo Thori (2017). Quantifying socio-economic segregation in large-scale social networks using mobile phone metadata.
Lind, Jo Thori (2017). (In)equality of equal mating.
Lind, Jo Thori (2017). Spurious weather effects.
Lind, Jo Thori (2017). Quantifying socio-economic segregation in large-scale social networks using mobile phone metadata.
Lind, Jo Thori (2017). Kunnskap er politisk makt. Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372. p. 19–19.
Nyborg, Karine; Lind, Jo Thori & Pauls, Anna (2017). Save the planet or close your eyes? Testing strategic ignorance in a charity context.
Kotsadam, Andreas; Lind, Jo Thori & Modalsli, Jørgen Heibø (2017). Call the midwife: Health personnel and mortality in Norway 1887-1921.
Kotsadam, Andreas; Lind, Jo Thori & Modalsli, Jørgen Heibø (2017). Call the midwife: Health personnel and mortality in Norway 1887-1921.
Lind, Jo Thori & Nyborg, Karine (2017). Save the planet or close your eyes? Environmentally friendly behaviour, uncertainty and social interaction.
Pauls, Anna; Lind, Jo Thori & Nyborg, Karine (2016). Save the planet or close your eyes? Environmentally friendly behaviour, uncertainty and social interaction.
Lind, Jo Thori & Nyborg, Karine (2016). Save the planet or close your eyes? Environmentally friendly behaviour, uncertainty and social interaction.
Lind, Jo Thori; Moene, Karl Ove & Aaberge, Rolf (2016). The inequality of equal mating.
Lind, Jo Thori (2016). Taperne. Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. 4, p. 3–3.
Lind, Jo Thori; Moene, Karl Ove & Aaberge, Rolf (2016). The inequality of equal mating.
Lind, Jo Thori (2016). Rainy day politics. An instrumental variables approach to the effect of parties on political outcomes.
Lind, Jo Thori (2016). Rainy day politics. An instrumental variables approach to the effect of parties on political outcomes.
Lind, Jo Thori (2016). Fattigdom. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven).
Lind, Jo Thori (2016). Oppskrytt deling. Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. p. 3–3.
Lind, Jo Thori (2016). Hva er veien ut av fattigdom?
Pauls, Anna; Lind, Jo Thori & Nyborg, Karine (2015). Save the planet or close your eyes?
Pauls, Anna; Lind, Jo Thori & Nyborg, Karine (2015). Save the planet or close your eyes? On the willingness to ignore potentially unpleasant information on the environmental consequences of one's actions.
Pauls, Anna; Lind, Jo Thori & Nyborg, Karine (2015). Save the planet or close your eyes? On the willingness to ignore potentially unpleasant information about the environmental consequences of one's actions.
Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Fremtiden for norsk bistandspolitikk. [Radio]. Radio Nova.
Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Spurious weather effects.
Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Spurious weather effects.
Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Været kan vippe valget. [Newspaper]. Drammens Tidende.
Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Slik vil godværet påvirke valget. [Newspaper]. Nordlys.
Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Effekt av regn på valgdagen. [Radio]. Radio Norge.
Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Regn på valgdagen. [Radio]. Nitimen .
Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Erna og co. kan juble over regnskyll. [Newspaper]. VG.
Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Regn på valgdagen kan avgjøre valget. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Hvor stort er store data? Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. 129(4), p. 3–3.
Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Rainy day politics. An instrumental variables approach to the effect of parties on political outcomes.
Nyborg, Karine; Lind, Jo Thori & Pauls, Anna (2015). Would you like to save the planet? On responsibility avoidance with third party interference.
Nyborg, Karine; Lind, Jo Thori & Pauls, Anna (2015). Would you like to save the planet? On responsibility avoidance with third party interference.
Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Ekstremismens tidsalder? Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. 129(1), p. 3–3.
Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Størst sjelden best. Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372.
Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Smått best i bistand. Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372.
Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Rainy day politics. An instrumental variables approach to the effect of parties on political outcomes.
Lind, Jo Thori & Chen, Daniel (2015). The Political Economy of Beliefs: Why Fiscal and Social Conservatives and Liberals Come Hand-in-Hand.
Lind, Jo Thori (2014). Skattelettelse og arbeidsmarkedet. [Radio]. Radio Nova.
Lind, Jo Thori (2014). Økonomifaget og virkeligheten. Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. 128(7), p. 28–30.
Lind, Jo Thori; Kotsadam, Andreas & Modalsli, Jørgen Heibø (2014). Lessons from the early Norwegian welfare state.
Lind, Jo Thori (2014). Ulikhet på moten. Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. 128(7), p. 3–3.
Lind, Jo Thori (2014). Et fag i krise? Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. 128(4), p. 3–3.
Lind, Jo Thori (2014). Empirisk økonomi før og nå. Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. 128, p. 3–3.
Lind, Jo Thori (2014). Rainy day politics. An instrumental variables approach to the effect of parties on political outcomes.
Lind, Jo Thori & Chen, Daniel (2014). The Political Economy of Beliefs: Why Fiscal and Social Conservatives and Liberals Come Hand-in-Hand.
Lind, Jo Thori (2012). The Haves and the Have-Nots: A brief and idiosyncratic history of inequality around the globe. Global Policy. ISSN 1758-5880. 3(2), p. 254–254. doi: 10.1111/j.1758-5899.2012.00185.x.
Lind, Jo Thori (2012). The Madisonian Turn. Political Parties and Parliamentary Democracy in Nordic Europe. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. ISSN 0040-716X. 53(3), p. 374–377.
Lind, Jo Thori & Moene, Karl Ove (2011). The inequality of equal mating.
Moene, Karl Ove & Lind, Jo Thori (2010). En stadig gjerrigere verden. Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839.
Lind, Jo Thori (2010). Kina – verdens sunnmøring? e24 (internett).
Lind, Jo Thori & Rohner, Dominic (2010). Income, Information and the Extent of Redistribution.
Bratsberg, Bernt; Kotsadam, Andreas; Lind, Jo Thori; Mehlum, Halvor & Raaum, Oddbjørn (2019). Election Turnout Inequality Insights from Administrative Registers cesifo Working Paper no. 7465. cesifo.
Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Rainy day politics. An instrumental variables approach to the effect of parties on political outcomes. Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo.
Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Spurious weather effects . Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo.
Melchior, Arne; Lind, Jo Thori & Lie, Christine Mee (2013). Norway, Asia and the Global Value Chains. Asia’s Growth and Norway’s Economic Links to Asia. Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt. ISSN 978-82-7002-336-3. 2013(04.03.14). Full text in Research Archive