I am an Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics at Lund University. I am also affiliated with CESifo, DIW Berlin, IZA, and RFBerlin. Before coming to Lund, I completed my Ph.D. at CEMFI in Madrid.

In my research, I study topics related to education, health, and the labor market. Most recently, I have worked on the consequences of economic inequality, the factors behind employee demand for remote work, and the impacts of autonomous schools.

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News:

  • October 2025: I have been named Research Fellow by RFBerlin.

  • July 2025: I have been awarded the Best Reviewer Award by the Editorial Board of Labour Economics.

  • July 2025: Our paper on the determinants of remote work (joint with Natalie Irmert and Therese Nilsson) has been conditionally accepted for publication in Economic Inquiry.

  • May 2025: I have been awarded SEK 1,000,000 for the project "Long-Term Effects of Intellectual Disability Diagnosis and Special Needs Education" from the Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius stiftelse samt Tore Browaldhs stiftelse.

  • May 2025: I have been awarded SEK 1,000,000 for the project "De livslånga konsekvenserna av intellektuell funktionsnedsättning och anpassad grundskola: Kausala effekter på inkomst, utbildning och hälsa" from the Crafoord Foundation.

  • March 2025: Our paper on how recession experiences shape prosocial attitudes (joint with Petra Thiemann and Uwe Sunde) is now out in the Journal of Public Economics.

  • January 2025: My paper on peer motivation is now out in the Economic Journal.

(c) 2025 Jan Bietenbeck