I am a Professor in the Department of Economics at York University in Toronto. I did my Ph.D. in Economics at the IIES at Stockholm University in 1997, and have previously held positions at the University of Sydney and Concordia University. Since recently, I am a Research Fellow at the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Population Economics. My research interests are in economic growth and development, with applications related to demography and political economy. For more information about my published and ongoing work, please see my homepage (www.nippelagerlof.com). I usually go by my very Swedish nickname Nippe.