Anders Björklund has been a Professor of Economics at SOFI, Stockholm University since 1990. His research has focused on labor and family economics and is mainly empirical. Sweden is his main focus of interest, but often in a comparative perspective. In recent years, his main focus has been on intergenerational mobility and the role of family background.

Björklund received his Ph.D. in Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics in 1981.