Petter Berg
Biography
I am an applied microeconomist with a particular interest in topics related to education, labor and public economics. I obtained my PhD at the Stockholm School of Economics in June 2026, and will join Stockholm University as an Assistant Professor in Economics after my post-doctoral research stay at Brown University and the Watson School.
Research
Most of my research to date has focused on the role of private providers in education systems, spanning both developed and developing contexts. In my Job Market Paper, I study Swedish for-profit and non-profit charter schools and estimate their long-run effects on student outcomes relative to public schools. This paper is part of a broader research agenda on competition, differentiation, and quality differences among providers in market-based education systems.
My second research strand focuses on preschool markets in developing countries, with a particular focus on India, in joint work with Abhijeet Singh (SSE) and Mauricio Romero (ITAM). In this research, we study productivity differences between private and public preschool options. Ongoing work focuses on the world’s largest private-school voucher program, created under India’s Right to Education Act.
Publications
The Productivity of Public and Private Preschools (and Schools): Evidence from India (with Abhijeet Singh and Mauricio Romero). Economic Journal, 2026
Can Ratings Mitigate Consumer Inattention? Evidence From the Swedish Housing Market. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2026.
Myths of Official Measurement: Limits to Test-Based Education Reforms with Weak Governance (with Abhijeet Singh). Journal of Public Economics, 2024.
Teaching
MSc Econometrics (TA, 2022)
MSc Econometrics (TA, 2023)