Katrine V. Løken is Professor of Economics at the Norwegian School of Economics. Her PhD is from University of Bergen in 2010. She is co-research director at CELE since 2017, and a Principal Investigator at the Centre of Excellence FAIR (Centre for Experimental Research on Fairness, Inequality and Rationality).
Her main research interests are in early investments in children, and the long-term outcomes and effects of different social policies. She has focused on identifying causal effects of policies such as parental leave, subsidized day care, father’s quota in leave, and cash subsidies for families. Her work combines state-of-the art statistical analysis with access to uniquely detailed Norwegian register data. More recently, she has started a new project looking at the causal effect of incarceration. With the aim of pushing the research frontier in the economics of crime, Loken has acquired access to unique datasets on criminals and victims.
Loken’s work has been published in leading economic journals, including American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Public Economics and American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. Her work has been widely disseminated in international media, including for example The Atlantic, Freakonomics Blog, and Harvard Business Review. She is currently Op-ed columnist at Dagens Næringsliv.
Loken is a research fellow at CEPR, IZE and CES-ifo and Professor II at University of Bergen and Statistics Norway. She is on the board of editors at The Review of Economic Studies.
She was awarded the Nils Klim Prize in 2017, a price given annually to a young Nordic scholar within law, humanities and social sciences.
Loken is the Principal Investigator for the project Social Costs of Incarceration, funded by the Norwegian Research Council from 2015-2018.
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Bhuller, Manudeep; Dahl, Gordon Boyack; Løken, Katrine Vellesen; Mogstad, Magne | Domestic Violence Reports and the Mental Health and Well-being of Victims and Their Children | The Journal of human resources; 2024 |
| Bütikofer, Aline; Ginja, Rita; Løken, Katrine; Landaud, Fanny | Higher-Achievement Schools, Peers and Mental Health | Economic Journal Volume 133 (655); page 2580 - 2613; 2023 |
| Bharadwaj, Prashant; Bhuller, Manudeep; Løken, Katrine Vellesen; Wentzel, Mirjam | Surviving a mass shooting. | Journal of Public Economics Volume 200 (9 pages); 2021 |
| Løken, Katrine; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar | Langsiktige konsekvenser for familier | Samfunnsøkonomen; 2020 |
| Bhuller, Manudeep; Dahl, Gordon Boyack; Løken, Katrine Vellesen; Mogstad, Magne | Incarceration, Recidivism, and Employment | Journal of Political Economy Volume 128 (4); page 1269 - 1324; 2019 |
| Løken, Katrine Vellesen; Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Reiso, Katrine Holm | Single mothers and their children: Evaluating a work-encouraging welfare reform | Journal of Public Economics Volume 167; page 1 - 20; 2018 |
| Buetikofer, Aline; Løken, Katrine Vellesen; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar | Infant health care and long-term outcomes | Review of Economics and Statistics Volume 101 (2); page 341 - 354; 2018 |
| Løken, Katrine Vellesen; Lundberg, Shelly J; Riise, Julie | Lifting the Burden: Formal Care of the Elderly and Labor Supply of Adult Children | The Journal of human resources Volume 52 (1); page 247 - 271; 2017 |
| Dahl, Gordon B.; Løken, Katrine Vellesen; Mogstad, Magne; Salvanes, Kari Vea | What is the case for paid maternity leave? | Review of Economics and Statistics Volume 98 (4); page 655 - 670; 2016 |
| Johnsen, Julian Vedeler; Løken, Katrine Vellesen | Nordic family policy and maternal employment | Nordic Economic Policy Review (2); page 115 - 132; 2016 |
| Løken, Katrine Vellesen; Lundberg, Shelly; Riise, Julie | Lifting the burden: Formal care of the elderly and labor supply of adult children | The Journal of human resources Volume 52 (1); page 247 - 271; 2016 |
| Carneiro, Pedro; Løken, Katrine Vellesen; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar | A flying start? Maternity leave benefits and long-run outcomes of children | Journal of Political Economy Volume 123 (2); page 365 - 412; 2015 |
| Bharadwaj, Prashant; Johnsen, Julian Vedeler; Løken, Katrine Vellesen | Smoking bans, maternal smoking and birth outcomes | Journal of Public Economics Volume 115; page 72 - 93; 2014 |
| Black, Sandra E.; Deveraux, Paul J.; Løken, Katrine Vellesen; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar | Care or cash? The effect of child care subsidies on student performance | Review of Economics and Statistics Volume 96 (5); page 824 - 837; 2014 |
| Dahl, Gordon B.; Løken, Katrine Vellesen; Mogstad, Magne | Peer effects in program participation | The American Economic Review Volume 104 (7); page 2049 - 2074; 2014 |
| Bharadwaj, Prashant; Løken, Katrine Vellesen; Neilson, Christopher | Early life health interventions and academic achievement | The American Economic Review Volume 103 (5); page 1862 - 1891; 2013 |
| Sandra, Black; Devereux, Paul J.; Løken, Katrine Vellesen; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar | Care or Cash? The Effect of Child Care Subsidies on Student Performance | Review of Economics and Statistics; 2013 |
| Johnsen, Julian Vedeler; Løken, Katrine Vellesen | Ved veis ende: Har familiepolitikken spilt fallitt som likestillingsverktøy? | Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift; 2013 |
Today, NHH professor Katrine V. Løken and her expert group are presenting their recommendations to the Minister of Education: How can kindergartens, schools, and after-school programs contribute to reducing social disparities?
The Fridtjof Nansen award for young researchers 2023 goes to NHH Professor Katrine V. Løken. She receives the prestigious prize for her excellent research in economics.
NHH professor Katrine V. Løken will lead an expert group that will look at how kindergartens, schools and day care facilities for schoolchildren (SFO) can contribute to equalizing social differences.
Leading Norwegian economists have recently launched a platform for independent analyses of the Corona crisis. Katrine V. Løken and Kjell G. Salvanes from FAIR are two of the initiators.
New working paper by Aline Bütikofer, Katrine V. Løken and Alexander Willén, titled "Building Bridges and Widening Gaps: Efficiency Gains and Equity Concerns of Labor Market Expansions".
New published paper by Katrine V. Løken, Kjell Erik Lommerud and Katrine Holm Reiso: "Single mothers and their children: Evaluating a work-encouraging welfare reform", in Journal of Public Economics.
New NBER working paper by Manudeep Bhuller (University of Oslo), Gordon B. Dahl (UC San Diego), Katrine V. Løken, Magne Mogstad (University of Chicago): "Incarceration Spillovers in Criminal and Family Networks".
New published paper in AEA Papers and Proceedings by Manudeep Bhuller (University of Oslo), Gordon B. Dahl (UC San Diego), Katrine V. Løken and Magne Mogstad (University of Chicago): "Intergenerational Effects of Incarceration".
New working paper by Manudeep Bhuller (University of Oslo), Gordon B. Dahl (UC San Diego), Katrine V. Løken and Magne Mogstad (University of Chicago): "Incarceration, Recidivism and Employment".
Professor Katrine Vellesen Løken at FAIR-CELE has received an ERC starting grant for the project «Criminality, Victimization and Social Interactions».
The CELE and FAIR researcher Katrine V. Løken is appointed member of an expert committee that will study gender differences in school performance.
With 18 million Euro NORFACE will fund thirteen transnational research projects. Two of the projects involve researchers at CELE.
