Aline Bütikofer is a Professor of Economics at the Norwegian School of Economics. She received her PhD from the Department of Economics at the University of Bern in 2011. She is a co-founder of the Center for Empirical Labor Economics and since 2017 a faculty affiliate at the Centre of Excellence FAIR (Centre for Experimental Research on Fairness, Inequality and Rationality). Since 2020, she is a co-editor for the Journal of Human Resources.
She has contributed to a growing literature on long-term effects of early investments in children, with a focus on identifying causal effects of policies such as parental leave, infant health care, vaccination programs, school meal programs, and international treaties to ban nuclear weapon testing. In addition, her work analyzes the effect of medical innovations on productivity. Her work combines state-of-the art statistical analysis with uniquely detailed Norwegian register data.
Her work has been published in leading economic journals, including Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economics and Statistics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Public Economics, and Journal of Human Resources. Her work has been widely disseminated in international and national media, including for example the New York Times, PBS, Scientist Magazine, Telegraph, and Dagens Næringsliv.
She received a Young Research Talents grant from the Research Council of Norway (Reducing Inequality Through Complementarities in Investments in Education and Health, 2018-2022) and she is the Project Manager of the RCN project Women in Economics Network from 2019-2022.
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Bütikofer, Aline; Karadakic, Rene; Willen, Alexander L.P. | Parenthood and the gender gap in commuting | Journal of Public Economics Volume 248; 2025 |
| á Rogvi, Jessica; Bütikofer, Aline; Krebs, Lone; Mühlrad, Hanna; Wüst, Miriam | Cesarean Section, Childhood Health, and Schooling: Quasi-Experimental Evidence From Denmark, Norway and Sweden | Health Economics; page 1 - 11; 2024 |
| Bütikofer, Aline; Løken, Katrine Vellesen; Willen, Alexander L.P. | BUILDING BRIDGES AND WIDENING GAPS | Review of Economics and Statistics Volume 106 (3); page 681 - 697; 2024 |
| Bütikofer, Aline; Ginja, Rita; Karbownik, Krzysztof; Landaud, Fanny | (Breaking) Intergenerational Transmission of Mental Health | The Journal of human resources Volume 59; 2023 |
| Bütikofer, Aline; Ginja, Rita; Løken, Katrine; Landaud, Fanny | Higher-Achievement Schools, Peers and Mental Health | Economic Journal Volume 133 (655); page 2580 - 2613; 2023 |
The Research Council is making a major investment in NHH: two research projects will each receive NOK 12 million to study power in the labour market and the long-term consequences of environmental policy for health and inequality.
`The results from this study will help develop care systems—also in Norway,´ says NHH Professor Aline Bütikofer.
More than 750 researchers, policymakers and industry experts are gathered in Bergen to discuss pressing questions in environmental and resource economics.
Nearly 500 international researchers in labor economics are participating at the EALE conference at NHH this week.
Differences in infant mortality between rich and poor Norwegians have never been less pronounced than they are now, new NHH study reveals.
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".
Women with a twin brother drop out of upper secondary and higher education more often than those with a twin sister, a new study shows. ‘Parents need to be aware of these consequences,’ says NHH Professor.
New published paper by Aline Bütikofer, David N. Figlio, Krzysztof Karbownik, Christopher W. Kuzawa, and Kjell G. Salvanes in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science).
Aline Bütikofer at The Department of Economics and FAIR has been appointed full Professor at NHH.
New working paper by Aline Bütikofer, Cristopher Cronin and Meghan Skira, titled Employment Effects of Healthcare Policy: Evidence from the 2007 FDA Black Box Warning on Antidepressants.
New published paper by Aline Bütikofer, Eirin Mølland and Kjell G. Salvanes, titled "Childhood nutrition and labor market outcomes: Evidence from a school breakfast program" in the Journal of Public Economics.
New working paper, "Breaking the Links: Natural Resource Booms and Intergenerational Mobility", by Aline Bütikofer, Antonio Dalla-Zuanna and Kjell G. Salvanes.
Intergenerational mobility, early health shocks and public policy
Reducing Inequality Through Complementarities in Investments in Education and Health
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