Department of Economics

Externally funded research

Both national and international funds support the research conducted at the Department of Economics. Up to half of our research is funded through grants to research projects.

For more information on all active externally funded projects, please see the list below.

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Does earmarked paternity leave shape gender norms?

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GREENCAR - Green Transition of the Car Fleet

Transitioning the car fleet to zero emission vehicles will take decades and will require a series of large tax reforms. Quantitative policy analysis tools are needed to guide policy.

Globalization and the Decline of Unions

Jakob Roland Munch studies the unions. Labor unions have traditionally been an integral part of the welfare state, but union membership rates are declining across most developed countries, including Denmark, and there i…

The role of networks in shaping health inequality

With this project Torben Heien Nielsen aims to disentangle behavioral network spillovers and their interaction with changing social insurance programs as well as advances in the health care sector in shaping inequality…

What is keeping unemployed workers from finding employment?

The role of information, job characteristics, and behavioral biases.

EduQuant: Research unit for quantitative research on children and education

With support from the Ministry of Children and Education, the research unit, EduQuant, aims to strengthen quantitative research into children and education by building more evidence and conducting new impact studies. At…

Agricultural technology as climate change mitigation in developing countries

Climate change and agricultural technology have profound effects on society beyond their direct effect on agricultural productivity. This project investigates if technical change in agriculture, has mitigated negative…

Determining the Impact of Religion on the Gender Gap and Conflict Using Natural Experiments

In this project, Jeanet Bentzen focuses on the degree of religious beliefs within religious denominations instead of differences across religious denominations. Jeanet explores religious economics with Sascha Becker, a…

How do job seekers apply for jobs and can we help them do better?

In this project we will i) test existing theories on how job seekers are applying for jobs and ii) to examine whether job search outcomes could be improved by getting some job seekers direct their applications…

I-HANK: The international Heterogenerous-agent New Keynesian Model

The aim of this project is to develop an International HANK model (I-HANK), and investigate the hypothesis that such a model can explain the international co-movement of business cycles.

Robust Econometric Methods in Empirical and Quantitative Finance

Rasmus Søndergaard Pedersen develops new improved financial econometric methods. The new methods take the properties heavy-tailedness and time-varying volatility into account with particular attention to the…

Shocking Religion

Why are some societies more educated, richer, or more productive? Shocking Religion will use econometric techniques on a topic that draws on religious studies.

The Impact of Inequality on Growth, Human Development and Governance @EQUAL

We recognize that inequality both impacts - and is impacted by - a wide range of economic and political factors. @EQUAL focuses on one side of this dynamic relationship, but in so doing, will also offer insights relevan…

Enhancing the Effectiveness of Vocational Education in Vietnam

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Inside the black box of treatment exposure

Studying infant nurse home visiting, this proposal asks: What are the causal effects of treatment intensity (program components, the timing and provider of services) on adult health, educational and labor market…

Labor Market effects of Automation, Offshoring and Multinationals

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.…

Skill Formation in the Labor Market for Physicians

This research project will contribute to our understanding of highly specialized workers labor market choices. To what extent do wages, other characteristics about the job or luck shape the decisions? And are there…

Who influences child health?

This project contributes novel insights on how health care professionals—general practitioners —affect children’s healthcare and outcomes.

Antibiotic Resistance

Socio-Economic Determinants and the Role of Information and Salience in Treatment Choice (ABRSEIST) To win the battle against antibiotic resistance, new policies affecting the supply and demand of existing and new drugs…

Scarcity Strategies for Product Launch - Influencing Observational Learning

This project will examine under what circumstances sellers have a strategic incentive to create shortages intentionally, so as to increase demand for their products.

A GREEN NET NATIONAL PRODUCT FOR DENMARK and THE GREEN REFORM MODEL

Peter Birch Sørensen is lead in 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…

Behavioral responses to health innovations and the consequences for socioeconomic outcomes

The continuously growing gap in health is a challenge for society that the research team from the Department of Economics at the University of Copenhagen will shed light on over the next 4 years. Mette Gørtz is the…

CEBI Center of Excellence: Economic Behavior and Inequality

CEBI asks: What is the role of individual behavior in generating unequal outcomes? Answering this question is fundamental for understanding the sources of inequality, how policy affects inequality, and how circumstances…

GEM: Generalised Entropy Models for Spatial Choices

With this project we will create a new category of models that can be used for describing a wide range of spatial choice problems in the social sciences.

FAMBUSS: The Impact of Family Assets on Corporate Structures and Outcomes

While there is a growing understanding of the importance of the differential performance between family and non-family businesses, there is still little systematic knowledge about why family firms are different.

Growth and Development in Tanzania

We improve capacity in policy analysis for Tanzania - strengthening both research and teaching capacity at the department of economics. We create impact on both the academic community and on the country through dialogue…

EARN: Economic Assimilation Research Network

Hvilke integrationsindsatser virker? Ved at kombinere detaljeret viden fra praksis med statistiske modeller baseret på hele befolkningen, vil holdet undersøge hvilke integrationsindsatser, der virker, og udbrede best…