Martin Dribe

Martin Dribe is a Professor of Economic History and Director of the Centre for Economic Demography at Lund University. His research focuses on historical and contemporary economic demography, covering mortality, fertility, migration, marriage, and social mobility. He leads the Scanian Economic-Demographic Database and the Socioeconomic Segregation research environment (Swedish Research Council, 2023-2029), and contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals 1 (No Poverty) and 10 (Reduced Inequalities).

Research interests include:

• Economic demography across historical and modern contexts
• Socioeconomic disparities in mortality and fertility
• Migration dynamics and chain migration patterns
• Statistical modeling of social mobility
• Longitudinal micro-level data analysis

Key publications address mortality gradients in Swedish cohorts, chain migration to the U.S., Ottoman immigrant earnings, and social mobility-fertility interlinkages. His recent projects examine neighborhood effects on socioeconomic outcomes in Landskrona (1904-2015).

Scientific awards:

• Founder's Prize (2024)
• Wallenberg Scholar (2025-2029)

As a supervisor, Dribe leads PhD research including Vinicius de Souza Maia's study on neighborhood effects. He teaches courses on demographic change and challenges at Lund University's Bachelor and Master levels.