Petra Persson

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Petra Persson

Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Humanities and Sciences

Research Interests

  • Family
  • Health
  • Social Insurance

Academic Degrees

  • PhD in Economics, Columbia University, 2013
  • MSc in Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, 2006
  • BA in Political Science and Mathematics, Stockholm University, 2005

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Economics, Stanford University, 2014–present
  • Post-Doctoral Scholar, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, 2013–2104

Publications

Journal Articles

Does Medicine Run in the Family — Evidence from Three Generations of Physicians in Sweden: Retrospective Observational Study
Maria Polyakova, Petra Persson, Katja Hofmann, Anupam B. Jena, Ruth L. Newhouse
The British Medical Journal
 December 2020
Social Insurance and the Marriage Market
Petra Persson
Journal of Political Economy
 January 2020 Vol. 128 Issue 1
Family Ruptures, Stress, and the Mental Health of the Next Generation
Petra Persson, Maya Rossin-Slater
American Economic Review
 April 2018 Vol. 108 Issue 4–5
Attention Manipulation and Information Overload: Barriers to Consumer Protection
Petra Persson
Behavioural Public Policy
 February 2018 Vol. 2 Issue 1 Pages 1–29
Financing from Family and Friends
Samuel Lee, Petra Persson
The Review of Financial Studies
 September 2016 Vol. 29 Issue 9
The Limits of Career Concerns in Federalism: Evidence from China
Petra Persson, Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
Journal of the European Economic Association
 April 2016 Vol. 14 Issue 2 Pages 338–374
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Book Chapters

Violence and Entry in Prostitution Markets: Implications for Prostitution Law
Samuel Lee, Petra Persson
The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Prostitution
 2016 Pages 311–331

Working Papers

When Dad Can Stay Home: Fathers’ Workplace Flexibility and Maternal Health
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Petra Persson, Maya Rossin-Slater January 22, 2021
Family Spillover Effects of Marginal Diagnoses: The Case of ADHD
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Petra Persson, Xinyao Qiu, Maya Rossin-Slater January 5, 2021
Insurance without Commitment: Evidence from the ACA Marketplaces
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Rebecca Diamond, Michael J. Dickstein, Timothy McQuade, Petra Persson December 14, 2020
The Roots of Health Inequality and the Value of Intra-Family Expertise
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Yiqun Chen, Petra Persson, Maria Polyakova February 2019
Human Trafficking and Regulating Prostitution
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Samuel Lee, Petra Persson October 2018
The Long-Term Consequences of Teacher Discretion in Grading of High Stakes Tests
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Rebecca Diamond, Petra Persson October 2, 2017
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Teaching

Degree Courses

2023-24
MGTECON 618: Social Insurance and Urban Economics
2022-23
MGTECON 618: Social Insurance and Urban Economics
2021-22
MGTECON 618: Social Insurance and Urban Economics
2020-21
MGTECON 618: Social Insurance and Urban Economics
2019-20
MGTECON 618: Social Insurance and Urban Economics

Stanford University Affiliations

Service to the Profession

  • Program Committee for the Econometric Society Winter Meetings, Chicago, January 2017
  • Adhoc Reviewer for the National Science Foundation
  • Refereeing: multiple journals

In the Media

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Insights by Stanford Business

How Dropouts Could Unravel Obamacare
June 20, 2018
Too many people are strategically dropping their health insurance after getting the care they need.