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I am a PhD Candidate in Economics at Uppsala Univeristy, with a special interest in the impact of AI and algorithmic decision making in the labor market. I am affiliated with the WASP-HS research cluster on AI, Structural Change, and the Future of Work.

I will join The Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU) as a tenure-track postdoctoral researcher in September 2026.

Work in Progress

Prediction versus Discretion: Human-Algorithm Collaboration in Assignment of Unemployed Jobseekers [JMP] Can caseworkers improve upon algorithmic assignment of unemployed jobseekers to active labor market programs (ALMPs) at the Public Employment Service (PES)? This paper examines the impact of caseworker discretion over an algorithm that recommends assignments based on predicted unemployment risk. I set up a framework in which ALMP assignment involves a trade-off between prioritizing jobseekers at highest unemployment risk, and those with the greatest expected treatment effects. As a result, caseworkers may add value not only by improving prediction but also by better aligning with policy goals. Leveraging as-if random assignment of jobseekers to caseworkers, I reconstruct the algorithmic counterfactual and estimate the effects of deviations from the algorithmic recommendations. I find that the algorithm’s predictive performance is only slightly better than a random assignment. Despite this, caseworker discretion further weakens alignment with risk-based targeting as well as lowering overall employment.

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Strictness in the evaluation of job search effort and employment outcomes Joint with Johan Vikström, IFAU, and Arne Uhlendorff, CREST.

Unemployed job seekers must comply with job-search requirements to be eligible for unemployment insurance benefits. We exploit variation in strictness across caseworkers who conduct monthly reviews of these requirements to examine the effects of stricter enforcement on job finding, search intensity, and job quality. This variation arises from central office caseworkers who are randomly assigned to review job seekers’ activity reports and whose only interaction with job seekers occurs through this process. We find that stricter enforcement increases the likelihood of reported violations and benefit sanctions, leading to persistently higher job-search intensity, shorter unemployment durations, and higher employment rates. We find no evidence of negative effects on job quality. These positive employment effects are more persistent among job seekers from low-growth industries and those with weak labor market attachment.

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Major adjustments? How graduates from high school and college adjust to changes in labor demand Joint with Georg Graetz, Uppsala University, and Oskar Nordström Skans, Uppsala University.

Publications

Transparency, governance, and water and sanitation: Experimental evidence from schools in rural Bangladesh (2023) Journal of Development Economics. Joint with Umrbek Allakulov, Serena Cocciolo, Binayak Das, Md. Ahasan Habib, and Anna Tompsett.