Niklas Engbom

Niklas Engbom is an Assistant Professor at the Stern School of Business of New York University, specializing in macroeconomics and labor economics. He holds affiliations with NBER, CEPR, IFAU, and UCLS as a researcher. His prior experience includes a Junior Scholar role at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2018–2019) and a PhD from Princeton University (2018) under Richard Rogerson's supervision.

His research focuses on labor market dynamics, firm behavior, and their macroeconomic implications. Key themes include wage stagnation, job ladder decline, workforce aging effects, and minimum wage policies. He has contributed to understanding how labor market fluidity impacts skill accumulation and earnings inequality, with cross-country analyses in OECD nations and Brazil.

Engbom's work integrates theoretical models with empirical data, such as employer-employee panels and Swedish labor market records. His findings highlight structural shifts in labor markets—such as reduced job mobility and increased employer concentration—as critical drivers of wage growth slowdowns. He also examines how demographic changes suppress entrepreneurship and firm dynamics, linking aging populations to reduced economic growth.

His research has been featured in outlets like The Economist, MarketWatch, and the Economic Report of the President. Notable projects include analyzing Brazil's inequality decline through firm policies and evaluating the consequences of German labor market reforms.