Externally funded research projects

Søren Hove Ravn develops an International HANK model (I-HANK), and investigates if the I-HANK model can explain the international co-movement of business cycles.

Nikolaj Harmon will leverage a novel data source on job applications, which we will link to administrative data on the universe of firms, workers and employment relationship, and to data on posted vacancies.

Why are some societies more educated, richer, or more productive? Shocking Religion will use econometric techniques on a topic that draws on religious studies. We will be the first to test whether differences in…

Apart from being a major health crisis, the Corona crisis is the largest negative shock we have seen to business the last 100 years. We map the consequence through a 2 part survey sent out to all active firms in Danish…

Risk and returns on financial assets are key areas of interest in both academics and applied quantitative finance. In order to empirically assess risk and returns on assets, one should be aware of the well-documented…

A significant empirical literature in economics and political science explores the impact of inequality on major economic and political outcomes, in particular economic growth, human development and governance. While th…

Introducing religion into macroeconomics is new and might lead to a leap forward in our understanding of socio-economic differences across the globe.

Is it possible to make technical and vocational education and training (TVET) more effective and responsive to the needs of enterprises, learners and the labour market in Vietnam? DERG and the Institute of Labour Scienc…

We spend 10% of our GDP on health care. For this amount, the objective is to maintain a healthy population, and provide equal access to quality health care regardless where we live. Our physicians are at the center of…

Labor markets in Denmark and other advanced countries are being reshaped in fundamental ways by structural change. In particular two factors appear to play important roles: Automation and internationalization of firms.…

Early-life policies have long-run impacts. While most research relates individuals' outcomes to program availability, intention-to-treat analyses do not speak to the effects at the intensive margin, the role of parenta…

This project contributes novel insights on how health care professionals—general practitioners —affect children’s healthcare and outcomes. What are the impacts of physician characteristics and treatment styles on…

Women continue to earn significantly less than men. This is true even in Scandinavia, a region long considered a forerunner in offering better opportunities for women to balance career and family. However, in recent…

There has been increasing awareness of how important institutions are for countries to grow and develop. The Economic Development & Institutions (EDI) research project aims to gather evidence on how to achieve positive…

Socio-Economic Determinants and the Role of Information and Salience in Treatment Choice (ABRSEIST) Antibiotics have contributed to a tremendous increase in human well-being, saving many millions of lives. However,…

We will compare and evaluate the drivers of resilience to climate change examining actions taken at the household and village/district level. Moreover, we will analyse the effects of large-scale interventions, including…

Myanmar is in a historical political, economic and social transition. A key element to ensure inclusive development in the transition is a well-functioning labour market. Recognizing this, the Government of Myanmar has…

Under what circumstances do sellers have a strategic incentive to create shortages intentionally, so as to increase demand for their products?

Globally, the leading cause of years of life lost is ischemic heart disease (IHD). In the EU 13.2 mio. patients are diagnosed with IHD of these 700,000 live in the Nordic countries. IHD causes chest pain, myocardial…

It is the ambition to provide the first actual steps towards inclusion of dynamic effects in analyses of welfare consequences of various policy initiatives.The development of a structural dynamic general equilibrium…

Peter Birch Sørensen lead the Danish effort to reform economic structures to include also the value of environmental and ecosystem services. The Carlsberg Foundation supports his work with funds for to related projects

How have firms have adapted their price-setting strategies in the aftermath of the Great Recession?

Mogens Fosgerau has been granted the prestigious Advanced Grant from the European Research Council to develop a new paradigm for statistical models for agent's choices in spatial settings.

The growing gap in health is a challenge for society that this research team will shed light on over the next 4 years

Anders Rahbek will provide econometric theory for new innovative bootstrap schemes applied to key econometric models with timevarying volatility.

DKK 57 mill to Claus Thustrup Kreiner, Søren Leth-Petersen, and David Dreyer Lassen from The Danish National Research Foundation.

The project 'Governance in Unlisted Danish Companies' aims to develop new knowledge on the economic impact of the different management models in SMEs. As part of the project we will share the newly obtained knowledge in…

Migration towards Europe has surged over the last couple of years. A large number has fled the war in Syria and others have left their home country hoping to create a better life for themselves and their children in…

With new insights from psychology and behavioral economics we will improve labor market prospects of individuals.

This project owned by the Myanmar Central Statistical Organization (CSO) and funded by Danida is implemented with technical and organisational support from DERG under two contracts with UNU-WIDER. The project period is…

This large UNU-WIDER project covering six work streams is implemented during 2017-20 with technical and organisational support from two DERG staff (Professors Finn Tarp and John Rand). Funding originates from South…

What is the relationship between family contributions and innovation? Does a family firm have a different internal organization? Is there a link between family values and leadership style? These are major research…

The Growth and Development Research Project in Tanzania (GDRP) is a collaborative project between the Department of Economics (DoE) of University of Dar es Salaam and DERG with funding from the Embassy of Denmark in…

With this research project Peter Norman Sørensen combines models and insights from two fields of Economics to study the rationale for a small tax on transactions in financial markets

This project builds on several decades of DERG work in Mozambique. The present activities planned until the end of 2020 are implemented in a programme jointly with UNU-WIDER, the Mozambican Ministry of Economy and…