Jo Thori Lind

Academic Interests
Political economics, development economics, economic inequality
Courses taught
Spring '21: ECON2130 – Statistikk 1
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.
Publications
- 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)
- 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), s 778- 789 . doi: 10.1002/hec.4019 Full text in Research Archive.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2019). How Do Economists Think?, In Jaan Valsiner (ed.), Social Philosophy of Science for the Social Sciences. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-33098-9. Ch 15. s 269 - 281 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; 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, s 9- 19 . doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.02.010 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), s 5299- 5304 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1802875115
- Lind, Jo Thori (2018). Spurious weather effects. Journal of Regional Science. ISSN 0022-4146. 59(2), s 322- 354 . doi: 10.1111/jors.12417 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 (2017). Group Structure and Public Goods Provision in Heterogeneous Societies. Journal of Public Economic Theory. ISSN 1097-3923. 19(2), s 377- 408 . doi: 10.1111/jpet.12213 Full text in Research Archive.
- Lind, Jo Thori & Rohner, Dominic (2017). Knowledge is Power: A Theory of Information, Income and Welfare Spending. Economica. ISSN 0013-0427. 84(336), s 611- 646 . doi: 10.1111/ecca.12246 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), s 949- 966 . doi: 10.1162/REST_a_00418
- 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), s 488- 499 . doi: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.11.002
- 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), s 1111- 1118 . doi: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.05.003
- 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), s 818- 831 . doi: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.07.003
- Lind, Jo Thori & Moene, Karl Ove (2011). Miserly Developments. Journal of Development Studies. ISSN 0022-0388. 47(9), s 1332- 1352 . doi: 10.1080/00220388.2010.514332
- 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
- Lind, Jo Thori & Moene, Karl Ove (2010). Gnierindeksen - et mål på verdens gjerrighet, I: Beatrice Halsaa & Anne Hellum (red.), Rettferdighet. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 9788215015569. Kapittel 11. s 226 - 239
- Bratsberg, Bernt; Kotsadam, Andreas; Lind, Jo Thori; Mehlum, Halvor & Raaum, Oddbjørn (2019). Election Turnout Inequality Insights from Administrative Registers cesifo Working Paper no. 7465.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2019, 27. februar). Kan fattigdom utryddes?. [Radio]. NRK P2 Verdibørsen.
- 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; Kotsadam, Andreas & Modalsli, Jørgen Heibø (2018). Call the midwife: Health personnel and mortality in Norway 1887-1921.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2018). Den samfunnsøkonomiske verdien av tillit.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2018, 09. januar). Kvar og kvifor er det farleg å føde barn?. [Radio]. NRK P2 Ekko.
- 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 & 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; Moene, Karl Ove (Kalle) & Aaberge, Rolf (2018). The inequality of equal mating.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Kotsadam, Andreas; Lind, Jo Thori & Modalsli, Jørgen Heibø (2017). Call the midwife: Health personnel and mortality in Norway 1887-1921.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2017). (In)equality of equal mating.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2017). (In)equality of equal mating.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2017, 06. september). Deltakelse i NRKs Detektor. [TV].
- Lind, Jo Thori (2017). Kunnskap er politisk makt. Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372. s 19- 19
- Lind, Jo Thori (2017). Lov om Tros- og livssynssamfunn - Den økonomiske siden.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2017). Quantifying socio-economic segregation in large-scale social networks using mobile phone metadata.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2017). Quantifying socio-economic segregation in large-scale social networks using mobile phone metadata.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2017, 13. oktober). Retningen i Statsbudsjettet. [Radio]. NRK P2 - Studio 2.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2017). Spurious weather effects.
- Lind, Jo Thori & Nyborg, Karine (2017). Save the planet or close your eyes? Environmentally friendly behaviour, uncertainty and social interaction.
- 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.
- 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; Lind, Jo Thori & Pauls, Anna (2017). Save the planet or close your eyes? Testing strategic ignorance in a charity context.
- 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 (2016). Fattigdom. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven).
- Lind, Jo Thori (2016). Hva er veien ut av fattigdom?.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2016). Oppskrytt deling. Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. (1), s 3- 3
- 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). Taperne. Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. 4, s 3- 3
- Lind, Jo Thori; Moene, Karl Ove & Aaberge, Rolf (2016). The inequality of equal mating.
- Lind, Jo Thori; Moene, Karl Ove & Aaberge, Rolf (2016). The inequality of equal mating.
- Lind, Jo Thori & Nyborg, Karine (2016). 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 (2015, 14. september). Effekt av regn på valgdagen. [Radio]. Radio Norge.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Ekstremismens tidsalder?. Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. 129(1), s 3- 3
- Lind, Jo Thori (2015, 14. september). Erna og co. kan juble over regnskyll. VG.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2015, 20. november). Fremtiden for norsk bistandspolitikk. [Radio]. Radio Nova.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Hvor stort er store data?. Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. 129(4), s 3- 3
- Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Rainy day politics. An instrumental variables approach to the effect of parties on political outcomes.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Rainy day politics. An instrumental variables approach to the effect of parties on political outcomes.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Rainy day politics. An instrumental variables approach to the effect of parties on political outcomes..
- Lind, Jo Thori (2015, 14. september). Regn på valgdagen. [Radio]. Nitimen.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Regn på valgdagen kan avgjøre valget. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2015, 14. september). Slik vil godværet påvirke valget. Nordlys.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Smått best i bistand. Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Spurious weather effects.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Spurious weather effects.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Spurious weather effects.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2015). Størst sjelden best. Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2015, 14. september). Været kan vippe valget. Drammens Tidende.
- Lind, Jo Thori & Chen, Daniel (2015). The Political Economy of Beliefs: Why Fiscal and Social Conservatives and Liberals Come Hand-in-Hand.
- 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.
- 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 about 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 on the environmental consequences of one's actions.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2014). Empirisk økonomi før og nå. Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. 128, s 3- 3
- Lind, Jo Thori (2014). Et fag i krise?. Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. 128(4), s 3- 3
- Lind, Jo Thori (2014). Rainy day politics. An instrumental variables approach to the effect of parties on political outcomes.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2014, 29. januar). Skattelettelse og arbeidsmarkedet. [Radio]. Radio Nova.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2014). Ulikhet på moten. Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. 128(7), s 3- 3
- Lind, Jo Thori (2014). Økonomifaget og virkeligheten. Samfunnsøkonomen. ISSN 1890-5250. 128(7), s 28- 30
- 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; Kotsadam, Andreas & Modalsli, Jørgen Heibø (2014). Lessons from the early Norwegian welfare state.
- 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.. NUPI-rapport. 04.03.14. Full text in Research Archive.
- 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), s 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), s 374- 377
- Lind, Jo Thori & Moene, Karl Ove (2011). The inequality of equal mating.
- Almås, Ingvild; Cappelen, Alexander Wright; Lind, Jo Thori; Sørensen, Erik Øiolf & Tungodden, Bertil (2010). Measuring unfair (in)equality.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2010). Gnierindeksen - et mål på verdens gjerrighet.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2010). Kina – verdens sunnmøring?. e24 (internett).
- Lind, Jo Thori (2010). Norwegian experiences with the European Economic Area.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2010). The welfare system and economic development in light of the financial crisis– a Norwegian perspective.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2010). The welfare system and economic development in light of the financial crisis– a Norwegian perspective.
- Lind, Jo Thori (2010). The welfare system and economic development in light of the financial crisis– a Norwegian perspective.
- Lind, Jo Thori & Moene, Karl Ove (2010). Gnierindeksen – et mål på verdens gjerrighet.
- Lind, Jo Thori; Moene, Karl Ove & Willumsen, Fredrik H (2010). Opium for the masses? Conflict-induced narcotics production in Afghanistan.