Linna Martén
Researcher at the Swedish Institute for Social Research at Stockholm University. I am affiliated with Uppsala Immigration Lab and Stanford Immigration Policy Lab. You can reach me at linna.marten@sofi.su.se
PUBLICATIONS
Politicians’ Neighborhoods: Where do they Live and does it Matter? (with O. Folke, J. Rickne and M. Dahlberg), conditionally accepted Journal of Politics
Local Policing and the Educational Outcomes of Undocumented College Students (with N. Harder, A. Hsin, and J. Legewie), forthcoming Sociological Science
Ethnic networks can foster the economic integration of refugees (with J. Hainmueller and D. Hangartner), 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 116 (33), pp. 16280-16285
Media coverage: Forbes, Sveriges Radio,
Demand for Redistribution: Individuals' Response to Economic Setbacks, 2019, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 121 (1), pp. 225-242
Protecting Unauthorized Immigrant Mothers Improves their Childrens' Mental Health (with J. Hainmueller, D. Lawrence, B. Black, L. Figueroa, M. Hotard, T. R. Jiménez, D. D. Laitin, F. Mendoza, M. I. Rodriguez, J. J. Swartz), 2017, Science, Vol. 357(6355), pp. 1041-1044
Media coverage: Washington Post, Huffington Post, Reuters, Vox, Verge, Yahoo News, Newsweek
WORKING PAPERS
Individualized benefits and access to active labor market programs boost refugee women's economic integration (with Lillit Ottosson and Cristina Bratu). R&R Review of Economics and Statistics
WORK IN PROGRESS
Political Bias in Court? Lay Judges and Asylum Appeals
Media coverage: Sveriges Radio, Dagens Nyheter, Dagens Nyheter (editorial), Aftonbladet, Uppsala Nya Tidning, SVT, Metro, Dagens Juridik
Who recovers from a Job Loss? The Importance of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills (with M. Dahlberg and B. Öckert)
Voluntary Return of Refugees: Policies and Financial Incentives (with H. Andersson and K. Jutvik)
Optimizing Placement to Improve Refugees' Outcomes (with K. Bansak)
Temporary or Permanent Residence Permit: Effects on Refugees' Integration Outcomes
OTHER WRITING
The little-known benefit of DACA: It reduced mental illness in dreamers’ children (with D. Laitin and J. Hainmueller), Monkey Cage, Washington Post, September 6, 2017
Reform av introduktionsprogram ökade flyktingkvinnors sysselsättning (with Lillit Ottosson and Cristina Bratu), Ekonomisk debatt, 2023 51(2)
ONGOING RESEARCH GRANTS
Evaluating the impact of asylum policies on refugees’ short and long-run integration, the Swedish Research Council, 2017 (PI)
Refugees, asylum policies, and health, FORTE, 2018 (PI)
Effects of Stop-and-Frisk Policing on the Educational Outcomes of the Undocumented Youth, Russel Sage Foundation, 2019 (PI Joscha Legewie)
A Fresh Start? Understanding the Consequences of Debt Relief, 2020, Handelsbanken (PI Luca Repetto)
Voluntary return of refugees: Policies and financial incentives, 2020, Handelsbanken (PI)
Who gets asylum? The impact of traits and biases on bureaucrats' decision making, 2020, Formas (PI Henrik Andersson)