JOHAN SÆVERUD
Researcher, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, CEBI
I work in labor and public economics, doing mainly empirical projects with administrative and survey data.
My research agenda is focused on late-in-life labor supply specifically, and expectations and behavior in the labor market more generally.
My key interest is how heterogeneity affects decisions in labor market, with a focus on the interplay between expectations, saving, and labor supply.
PUBLICATIONS
Inequality and Dynamics of Earnings and Disposable Income in Denmark 1987-2016
with Søren Leth-Petersen. Part of the Global Repository of Income Dynamics project.
in Quantitative Economics: Nov, 2022, Volume 13, Issue 4
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Inequality in Denmark 1987-2021
with Søren Leth-Petersen. Part of the Deaton Review Country Studies under IFS
in Fiscal Studies: June, 2024, Volume 45, Issue 2
WORKING PAPERS
Taxing the Wealth of the Poor: Evidence from the Danish Old-Age Support Asset Test
with Niels Johannsen and Emmanuel Saez
The Impact of Social Security Eligibility and Pension Wealth on Retirement
How Worker Productivity and Wages Grow with Tenure and Experience: The Firm Perspective
with Andrew Caplin, Minjoon Lee, Søren Leth-Petersen, and Matthew Shapiro
Communicating Social Security Reform
with Andrew Caplin, Eungik Lee, Søren Leth-Petersen
Subjective Earnings Risk
with Andrew Caplin, Victoria Gregory, Eungik Lee, and Søren Leth-Petersen
R&R at Review of Economic Studies
Earnings Shocks, Expectations, and Spending
with Eungik Lee
PROJECTS
Accounting for Job-to-Job Moves: Wages versus Values
with Andrew Caplin, Victoria Gregory, Søren Leth-Petersen, Chris Tonetti, and Gianluca Violante
EDUCATION
2022 PhD, Economics, University of Copenhagen
2020 MSc, Economics, University of Copenhagen
2016 BSc Economics, University of Copenhagen
2008 BSc in Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
2000 BA, Film & Media Science and Anthropology, University of Copenhagen
WORK
2024 - Researcher and Data Steward, Economics, University of Copenhagen
2022 - 2024 Postdoctoral Researcher, Economics, University of Copenhagen
1995 - 2018 Self-employed web developer / graphic designer
TEACHING
2019 TA in Dynamic Programming, University of Copenhagen
2018 TA in Microeconomics III (basic game theory), University of Copenhagen
2006 - 2009 TA in 01005 Math 1 (linear algebra and mathematical analysis), Technical University of Denmark
PRESENTATIONS
2025 Workshop on Wealth Inequality, Wealth Accumulation, and Public Policy Tampere (planned)
2024 Seminar Statistics Norway Oslo, Seminar Handelshøyskolen BI Oslo, CESifo Area Conference on Public Economics Munich, CEBI University of Copenhagen, Bristol Meeting on Economic Policy, Annual Conference of EEA-ESEM, Ludwig Erhard ifo Research Seminar, LPP Aarhus University, Nordic Policy Symposium Copenhagen (planned)
2023 Morse Conference University of Maasticht, CoLab University of Copenhagen, CEBI University of Copenhagen
2022 CESifo Area Conference on Public Economics Online, CEPR Public Economics Annual Symposium Stockholm, CEBI University of Copenhagen, Deaton Review Country Studies PSE
2021 University of Copenhagen, Annual Conference of EEA-ESEM Online
REMARKABLE TEMPLATES
Monthly calendar One sheet calendar with five todo items Download
DISSEMINATION
2022 Interview with French TF1 on social security age
2020 Economic Exploratorium #11 on the labor market at University of Copenhagen
SURVEY INSTRUMENTS
Simple Assignment Game A simplified version of the Assignment Game found in this paper.
Read note Code Packages: QuestionPro
Measuring Uncertainty A tool for measuring first and second moment of a probability distribution