Erik Prawitz
Associate professor
Department of Economics and Statistics
School of Business and Economics
Photo credit: IFN/Karl Gabor
About
Erik Prawitz is an Associate Professor (Docent) in the Department of Economics and Statistics. His primary research interests are in economic development, political economics, and economic history.
Visit his personal website for more information: https://sites.google.com/site/erikprawitz/
Teaching
- Advanced Econometrics
- Economics of Migration
- Economics of Inequality (Historical roots of inequality)
Research
- "Home, Sweet Home: Returns to Returning in the Age of Mass Migration" (w. Olof Ejermo, Kerstin Enflo, & Björn Eriksson) - Forthcoming at AEJ: Applied
- "Inventors among the "Impoverished Sophisticate" (w. Thor Berger), The Journal of Economic History, 84(4):1175–1207, 2024.
- "Collaboration and Connectivity: Historical Evidence from Patent Records" (w. Thor Berger), Journal of Urban Economics, 139, 2024.
- "Mass Migration and Technological Change" (w. David Andersson & Mounir Karadja), Journal of the European Economic Association, 20(5), 1859-1896, 2022.
- "Making a Market: Infrastructure, Integration, and the Rise of Innovation" (w. David Andersson & Thor Berger), the Review of Economics and Statistics (forthcoming).
- "Exit, Voice and Political Change: Evidence from Swedish Mass Migration to the United States" (w. Mounir Karadja), Journal of Political Economy, 127(4), 1864-1925, 2019.
We are accredited
The School of Business and Economics at Linnaeus University is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, AACSB. Only 6 percent of the world’s leading business schools achieve this accreditation, making us one of a few schools that are trailblasers in teaching, research, and societal impact.
Publications
Article in journal (Refereed)
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Ejermo, O., Enflo, K., Eriksson, B., Prawitz, E. (2025). Home Sweet Home : Returns to Returning in the Age of Mass Migration. American Economic Journal : Applied Economics. 17 (4). 29-59.
Status: Published -
Berger, T., Prawitz, E. (2024). Collaboration and connectivity : Historical evidence from patent records. Journal of Urban Economics. 139.
Status: Published -
Berger, T., Prawitz, E. (2024). Inventors among the "Impoverished Sophisticate". Journal of Economic History. 84 (4). 1175-1207.
Status: Published -
Andersson, D., Berger, T., Prawitz, E. (2023). Making a Market : Infrastructure, Integration, and the Rise of Innovation. Review of Economics and Statistics. 105 (2). 258-274.
Status: Published -
Andersson, D., Karadja, M., Prawitz, E. (2022). Mass Migration and Technological Change. Journal of the European Economic Association. 20 (5). 1859-1896.
Status: Published -
Karadja, M., Prawitz, E. (2019). Exit, Voice, and Political Change : Evidence from Swedish Mass Migration to the United States. Journal of Political Economy. 127 (4). 1864-1925.
Status: Published
Report (Other academic)
- Berger, T., Karadja, M., Prawitz, E. (2024). Cities and the Rise of Working Women. Paris & London, CEPR Press.
- Berger, T., Prawitz, E. (2023). DP18147 Inventors among the “Impoverished Sophisticate”. Paris & London, CEPR Press.
- Berger, T., Prawitz, E. (2023). Collaboration and Connectivity : Historical Evidence from Patent Records. Växjö, Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik, Linnéuniversitetet. 49.
- Ejermo, O., Enflo, K., Björn, E., Prawitz, E. (2022). Home, Sweet Home : Returns to Returning in the Age of Mass Migration. Paris & London, CEPR Press.