Axel Gottfries

Axel Gottfries is an Associate Professor at the University of Edinburgh, conducting research at the intersection of Macroeconomics and Labor economics with significant contributions to understanding labor market structures and their macroeconomic implications.

His core research interests include:

• Macroeconomics
• Labor economics
• Job ladder models
• On-the-job search
• Wage dispersion
• Labor market fluctuations
• Vacancy chains
• Economic growth

Gottfries' publication trajectory from 2021 to 2025 reveals an evolving focus from microfoundations of individual career progression to systemic labor market dynamics and growth. His work consistently employs theoretical modeling validated by empirical analysis, with publications in premier journals including the Review of Economic Studies and Journal of Political Economy. Key methodological contributions include stochastic employment opportunity frameworks, firm dynamics integration with search theory, and novel vacancy chain analyses that bridge micro-level job transitions with macroeconomic outcomes.