Torben Heien Nielsen

Torben Heien Nielsen

Associate Professor - Promotion Programme


  1. Published

    How does the option to defer pension payments affect the labour supply of older workers in Denmark?

    Amilon, A. & Nielsen, Torben Heien, 2010, Working and Ageing: Emerging Theories and Empirical Perspectives. Thessaloniki: CEDEFOP - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, p. 190-209

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  2. Published

    Economic Resources, Mortality and Inequality

    Attanasio, O. & Nielsen, Torben Heien, 8 Apr 2020, 46 p. (CEBI Working Paper Series; No. 06/20).

    Research output: Working paperResearch

  3. Published

    Economic Resources, Mortality and Inequality

    Attanasio, O. & Nielsen, Torben Heien, 8 Apr 2020, In: SSRN Electronic Journal.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  4. Published

    Linking Changes in Inequality in Life Expectancy and Mortality: Evidence from Denmark and the United States

    B. Dahl, G., Kreiner, Claus Thustrup, Nielsen, Torben Heien & Serena, B. L., 2020, 59 p. (CESifo Working Papers; No. 8417).

    Research output: Working paperResearch

  5. Published

    Linking Changes in Inequality in Life Expectancy and Mortality: Evidence from Denmark and the United States

    B. Dahl, G., Kreiner, Claus Thustrup, Nielsen, Torben Heien & Serena, B. L., 2020, 58 p. (National Bureau of Economic Research. Working Paper Series; No. 27509).

    Research output: Working paperResearch

  6. Published

    Linking Changes in Inequality in Life Expectancy and Mortality: Evidence from Denmark and the United States

    B. Dahl, G., Kreiner, Claus Thustrup, Nielsen, Torben Heien & Serena, B. L., 2020, 60 p. (CEPR Discussion Paper Series ; No. DP14983).

    Research output: Working paperResearch

  7. Published

    Active vs. Passive Decisions and Crowd-out in Retirement Savings: Evidence from Denmark

    Chetty, R., Friedman, J., Leth-Petersen, Søren, Nielsen, Torben Heien & Olsen, T., 2012, National Bureau of Economic Research, 71 p. (NBER Working Paper Series - National Bureau of Economic Research; No. 18565, Vol. 2012).

    Research output: Working paperResearch

  8. Published

    Understanding the Rise in Life Expectancy Inequality

    Dahl, G. B., Kreiner, Claus Thustrup, Nielsen, Torben Heien & Serena, B. L., 2024, In: The Review of Economics and Statistics. p. 1-33 33 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Linking Changes in Inequality in Life Expectancy and Mortality: Evidence from Denmark and the United States

    Dahl, G. B., Kreiner, Claus Thustrup, Nielsen, Torben Heien & Serena, B. L., 17 Nov 2021, In: SSRN Electronic Journal.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Family Health Behaviors

    Fadlon, I. & Nielsen, Torben Heien, Sep 2019, In: American Economic Review. 109, 9, p. 3162-3191

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Early Career, Life-Cycle Choices, and Gender

    Fadlon, I., Lyngse, Frederik Plesner & Nielsen, Torben Heien, 2020, 25 p. (National Bureau of Economic Research. Working Paper Series; No. 28245).

    Research output: Working paperResearch

  12. Published

    Do Employer Pension Contributions Reflect Employee Preferences? Evidence from a Retirement Savings Reform in Denmark

    Fadlon, I., Laird, J. & Nielsen, Torben Heien, Jul 2016, In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 8, 3, p. 196-216 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published
  14. Published

    Family Labor Supply Responses to Severe Health Shocks: Evidence from Danish Administrative Records

    Fadlon, I. & Nielsen, Torben Heien, 2021, In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 13, 3, p. 1-30 30 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Household labor supply and the gains from social insurance

    Fadlon, I. & Nielsen, Torben Heien, Mar 2019, In: Journal of Public Economics. 171, p. 18-28

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Childhood health shocks, comparative advantage, and long-term outcomes: Evidence from the last Danish polio epidemic

    Gensowski, Miriam, Nielsen, Torben Heien, Nielsen, N. M., Rossin-Slater, M. & Wüst, Miriam, Jul 2019, In: Journal of Health Economics. 66, p. 27-36

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Childhood Health Shocks, Comparative Advantage, and Long-Term Outcomes: Evidence from the Last Danish Polio Epidemic

    Gensowski, Miriam, Nielsen, Torben Heien, Nielsen, N. M., Rossin-Slater, M. & Wust, M., Jun 2018, 26 p. (National Bureau of Economic Research. Working Paper Series; No. 24753).

    Research output: Working paperResearch

  18. Published

    Role of income mobility for the measurement of inequality in life expectancy

    Kreiner, Claus Thustrup, Nielsen, Torben Heien & Serena, B. L., 13 Nov 2018, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115, 46, p. 11754-11759

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Differential Effects of the Timing of Divorce on Children's outcomes: Evidence from Denmark

    Laird, J., Nielsen, N. F. & Nielsen, Torben Heien, 29 Apr 2020, In: SSRN Electronic Journal.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  20. Published

    Differential Effects of the Timing of Divorce on Children's Outcomes: Evidence from Denmark

    Laird, J., Nielsen, N. F. & Nielsen, Torben Heien, 28 Apr 2020, 47 p. (CEBI Working Paper Series; No. 11/20).

    Research output: Working paperResearch

  21. Published

    Pension. Fradrag på frivillig opsparing uden effekt

    Leth-Petersen, Søren & Nielsen, Torben Heien, 11 Dec 2012, In: Politiken. p. 10

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper article

  22. Published

    Family Health Behaviors

    Nielsen, Torben Heien & Fadlon, I., 2017, 49 p. (EPRU Working Paper Series; No. 05, Vol. 2017).

    Research output: Working paperResearch

  23. Risikoen for at flygtninge og indvandrere sættes ud af deres bolig.

    Nielsen, Torben Heien & Tranæs, T., Sep 2009

    Research output: Memorandum/expositionMemorandum

  24. Published

    The Relationship between Self-rated Health and Hospital Records

    Nielsen, Torben Heien, 2013, Kbh.: Centre for Applied Microeconometrics. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 32 p. (CAM working papers; No. 03, Vol. 2013).

    Research output: Working paperResearch

  25. Opsat Pension: - øger den arbejdsudbuddet?

    Nielsen, Torben Heien & Amilon, A., 2008, Kbh: SFI - Det nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd. 166 p. (SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd; No. 29, Vol. 08).

    Research output: Book/ReportReportpeer-review

  26. Hvorfor lejere bliver sat ud af deres bolig: - og konsekvenserne af en udsættelse

    Nielsen, Torben Heien & Christensen, G., 2008, Kbh.: SFI - Det nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd. 256 p. (SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd; No. 09, Vol. 08).

    Research output: Book/ReportReportpeer-review

  27. Published

    Family Health Behaviors

    Nielsen, Torben Heien & Fadlon, I., Dec 2017, 45 p. (National Bureau of Economic Research. Working Paper Series; No. 24042, Vol. 2017).

    Research output: Working paperResearch

  28. Published

    Aktive og passive valg i pensionsopsparingen

    Nielsen, Torben Heien, 2017, In: Nationaløkonomisk tidsskrift. 1, p. 1-16

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  29. Published

    Active vs. Passive Decisions and Crowd-Out in Retirement Savings Accounts: Evidence from Denmark

    Nielsen, Torben Heien, Leth-Petersen, Søren, Chetty, R., Friedman, J. N. & Olsen, T., 2014, In: Quarterly Journal of Economics. 129, 3

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Household Responses to Severe Health Shocks and the Design of Social Insurance

    Nielsen, Torben Heien & Fadlon, I., 13 Jul 2015, (National Bureau of Economic Research. Working Paper Series; No. 21352, Vol. 2015).

    Research output: Working paperResearch

  31. Published

    Characterizing Income Shocks and their Transmission to Household Consumption

    Nielsen, Torben Heien, Attanasio, O. & Borella, M., 2014, Longer-term Consequences of the Great Recession on the Lives of Europeans. Brugiavini, A. & Weber, G. (eds.). Oxford University Press

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    The Relationship between Self-rated Health and Hospital Records

    Nielsen, Torben Heien, Apr 2016, In: Health Economics. 25, 4, p. 497–512

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    Health behavioral responses to parental myocardial infarction and impact on own risk of disease in the general population

    Skouenborg, C., Jørgensen, M. L., Nielsen, Torben Heien & Benn, Marianne, 6 Jul 2023, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 11, 9 p., 1200593.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

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