Petra Persson

Petra Persson, Assistant Professor of Economics has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for her work on  "Family Behavior, Health Technologies, and Government Policy: Research and Training".  

Petra Persson and Maya Rossin-Slater found positive change to new mothers' postpartum health after Sweden's 2012 law that gives fathers paid leave also in the year after a birth went into effect.