Spencer Bastani
Professor
Spencer Bastani is employed as a researcher at IFAU and is affiliated with the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Uppsala Center for Fiscal Studies (UCFS), Uppsala Center for Labor Studies (UCLS) and is a Research Fellow of CESIfo, Münich. Bastani is Adjunct Professor at Uppsala university since 2023.
Bastani’s research is both theoretical and empirically oriented. He mainly conducts research on taxation and how the effects of economic policy depend on the functioning of the labor market. His research has been published in a variety of international research journals and popular-scientific reports and articles.
More information is available on his personal webpage.
Projects and publications at IFAU
Report
2023
2022
2019
2016
Working papers
2024
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Household specialization and competition for promotion
Review of Economics of the Household (March 2024) Online first
- Optimal redistribution and education signaling
- Overconfidence and gender gaps in career outcomes: insights from a promotion signaling model
2023
- The different returns to cognitive ability in the labor and capital markets
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The marginal cost of public funds: A brief guide
International Tax and Public Finance (August 2024) Online first