Magnus Carlsson

Magnus Carlsson

Research Fellow

Joined RFBerlin as a Research Fellow in November 2025

Research area
Discrimination diversity labor economics political economy applied microeconomics

About Magnus Carlsson

Magnus Carlsson is Associate Professor of Economics at Linnaeus University, Sweden. His research focuses on labor economics, applied microeconomics, and political economy, with particular emphasis on discrimination and unequal labor market outcomes. He uses large-scale field experiments, administrative register data, surveys, and text analysis to identify causal mechanisms underlying, e.g., gender, ethnic, and age disparities. His work is strongly policy-oriented and interdisciplinary, involving collaborations with scholars in psychology, political science, and sociology.