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Nabanita Datta Gupta

2023

http://au.dk/en/ndg@econ.au.dk

Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University

Fuglesangs Allé 4, DK-8210 Aarhus V, Denmark

Ph: (+45)871 65207; email: ndg@econ.au.dk

AFFILIATION

• Current: Professor, Aarhus University Department of Economics and Business Economics, (2009-), IZA Research Fellow, IZA, Bonn, DIW Research Fellow, Berlin, BIB Research Fellow, Wiesbaden & Alumni Affiliate, Cornell Institute on Health Economics, Health Behaviors and Disparities

• Previous: Member, Chairmanship of the Danish Economic Councils, (February 2020-June 2023), Research Professor, SFI-The Danish National Centre for Social Research (2004-2009), now VIVE; Associate Professor, Aarhus School of Business Department of Economics (1995-2007); Assistant Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology School of Industrial Management (1990-95)

• Visiting positions: Cornell ILR School (1993-94); NBER (2006-07)

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Cornell University, 1992; Major Field: Labor Economics; Minor Field: Development Economics

• B.A., Smith College, 1985; Double major in Economics and Computer Science

RESEARCH AREAS

• Labor Economics: Wages & compensation, Occupational choice, Discrimination, Gender, Family, Child care, Education, Time use, Behavioral and Personnel economics

• Health Economics: Measurement of health, Health & labor outcomes, Health determinants, Workplace Health, Disability, Health behaviors

• Economics of Aging: Retirement behaviour, Pension systems, Ageing & Health

• Development Economics: Poverty, Labor markets, Educational reform & quality, Gender, Caste

TEACHING

• Undergraduate: Microeconomics, bachelors’ level (Business program); Other: Macroeconomics, bachelors’ level (Business program)

• Graduate: Health Economics, masters’ level (Economics program) Other: Economics of Gender (Cornell University), Emerging Markets, Economics of Human Resource Management

• Ph.D.: Welfare State and the Labor Market, University of Olso, March 2008

AWARDS/RANKINGS

• Sidney S. Cohen Prize in Economics, Smith College, 1985

• Teaching Fellowship, Cornell University, 1989/90

• Nominated for Excellence in Undergraduate Instruction, New Jersey Institute of Technology

• Winner, The Golden Pointer Award (Den Gyldne Pegepind) 20/21, given annually by the Economics Students' Council to the best instructor in Economics at Aarhus University

• REPEC Rankings (August 2023): Top 2% Female Economist in all years; Top 7% Economist in World in all years; Top 5% Economist in Europe; Top 6% Economist in Denmark in all years. Top 5% author in terms of: Number of works, Number of distinct works, Number of Citations Weighted by Recursive Impact Factor Discounted by Citation Age, h-index, Number of Registered Citing Authors, Number of Registered Citing Authors, Weighted by Rank (Max. 1 per Author), Betweenness measure in co-authorship network, Breadth of citations across fields, Record of graduates;  

• Google Scholar Query: H-index 29; i10-index 59; No. of citations 4355 (August 2023)

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed articles:                                                                                                               

• “Probabilities of Job Choice and Employer Selection and Male-Female Occupational Differences,” American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 83, No. 2, pp. 57-61, 1993

• “A Specification Test of the Determinants of Male-Female Occupational Differences,” Economics Letters, Vol. 44, pp. 197-203, 1994

• “Effekten af pensionsreform på danske ægtepars udtræden af arbejdsmarkedet” (The Effect of Pension Reform on the Retirement of Danish Married Couples, joint with B.J. Christensen), Nationaløkonomisk Tidsskrift (Danish Journal of Economics), Vol. 138, pp. 222-242, 2000                                                              

• “Children and Career Interruptions: The Family Gap in Denmark” (joint with N. Smith), Economica, Vol. 69, No. 276, pp. 609-629, 2002

• “Gender, Pay and Development: A Cross-Country Analysis,” Labour, Management and Development, Vol. 3, pp. 1-19, 2002

• “Multivariate Mixed Proportional Hazard Modelling of the Joint Retirement of Married Couples” (joint with M.Y. An and B.J. Christensen), Special issue on Econometrics of Social Insurance, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Vol. 19, No. 6, pp. 687-704, 2004

• “The Impact of Worker and Establishment-Level Characteristics on Male-Female Wage Differentials: Evidence from Danish Matched Employer-Employee Data” (joint with D. Rothstein), LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 1-34, 2005

• “The Effect of Labour Market Conditions on the Completion of Higher Education in Denmark” (joint with M.Y. An), Nationaløkonomisk Tidsskrift  (Danish Journal of Economics), Vol. 143, No. 1, pp. 81-103, 2005

• “Fertility and the Household’s Economic Status: A Natural Experiment Using Indian Micro Data” (joint with A. Dubey), Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 110-138, 2006

• “Swimming Upstream, Floating Downstream: Comparing Women’s Wage Progress in the U.S. and Denmark” (joint with R.L. Oaxaca and N. Smith), Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 243-266, 2006

• “Analyzing Trends in U.S. and Danish Gender Wage Gaps in the 1980s and 1990s” (joint with R.L. Oaxaca and N. Smith), Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 13, pp. 643-647, 2006

• “Health Shocks and Retirement: The Role of Welfare State Institutions,” (joint with M. Larsen), European Journal of Ageing, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 183-190, 2007

• “Is Marriage Poisonous? Are Relationships Taxing? An Analysis of the Male Marital Wage Differential in Denmark” (joint with L. Stratton and N. Smith), Southern Economic Journal Vol. 42, No. 2, 412-433, 2007

• “Are Women Falling Behind in the New Economy? – Gender Gaps in New Skills and Competences,” Swedish Economic Policy Review Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 151-189, 2007

• “Analyzing Trends in Subjective Well-Being in 15 European Countries, 1973-2002” (joint with C. Bjørnskov and P. Pedersen), Journal of Happiness Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 317-330, 2008

• “Work Environment Satisfaction and Employee Health – Panel Evidence from Denmark, France and Spain” (joint with N. Kristensen), European Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 51-60, 2008

• “The Impact of Nordic Countries’ Family-Friendly Policies on Wages, Employment and Children” (joint with N. Smith and M. Verner), Review of Economics of the Household, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 65-89, 2008

• “Barselsorlov og Familievenlig Politik i de Nordiske Lande – En Ligestillingsfremmende og Økonomisk Bæredygtig Model?” (Birth-related Leave and Family Policy in the Nordic Countries – An Equalizing and Economic Sustainable Model?) (joint with N. Smith and M. Verner), Nationaløkonomisk Tidsskrift (Danish Journal of Economics) Vol.147, 120-136, 2009

• “Non-Cognitive Child Outcomes and Universal High-Quality Child Care,” (joint with M. Simonsen), Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 94, Issues 1-2, pp. 30-43, 2010

• “The Impact of Health on Individual Retirement Plans: Self-reported vs. Diagnostic Measures” (joint with M. Larsen), Health Economics Vol. 19(7), pages 792-813, 2010

• “External Validation of the Use of Vignettes in Cross-Country Health Studies”, (joint with N. Kristensen and D. Pozzoli), Economic Modelling Vol. 27(4), pages 854-865, 2010

• "Examining the impact of alternative power measures on individual time use in American and Danish couple households”, (joint with Leslie S. Stratton), Review of Economics of the Household, Vol. 8(3), pages 325-343, 2010

• “Overweight and Obesity and the Demand for Primary Physician Care”, (joint with J. Greve), Health Economics, Vol. 20, Issue Supplement 1, pages 53-67, 2011

• “Effects of Type of Non-parental Child Care on Pre-teen Skills and Risky Behaviors” (joint with M. Simonsen), Economics Letters Vol. 116(3), pages 622-625, 2012

• “HRM Practices and the Within-Firm Gender Gap” (joint with T. Eriksson), British Journal of Industrial Relations Vol. 50, Issue 3, pages 554–580, 2012

• “Do Workers Underreport Morbidity? The accuracy of self-reports of chronic conditions,” (joint with H. Jürges) Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, Vol. 75(9), pages 1589-1594, 2012

• “Medium-Term Consequences of Low Birth Weight on Height, Weight and Behavioral Outcomes”, (joint with M. Deding and M. Lausten), Economics and Human Biology, Vol. 11, issue 1, pages 42-55, 2013

• “Gender Matching and Competitiveness – Experimental Evidence” (joint with A. Poulsen and M. C. Villeval), Economic Inquiry Vol. 51, Issue 1, pages 816–835, 2013

• “Overeducation among Immigrants in Sweden: Incidence, Wage effects and State dependence” (joint with P. Andersson Joona and E. Wadensjö), IZA Journal of Migration, 3:9, 2014

• “Differences in the Labor market Entry of Second-generation Immigrants and ethnic Danes” (joint with L. Kromann), IZA Journal of Migration 3:16, 2014

• “The Effect of a Severe Health Shock on Work Behavior: Evidence from Different Health Care Regimes,” (joint with K. Kleinjans and M. Larsen), Social Science & Medicine 136-137,44-51,2015

• “Awareness Programs and Change in Taste-based Caste Prejudice,” (joint with R. Banerjee), PLOS One, 10(4):e0118546

• “Do Wage Subsidies for Disabled Workers result in Deadweight Loss? – evidence from the Danish Flexjob scheme,” (joint with M. Larsen and L. Stage Thomsen), IZA Journal of Labor Policy 12/2015

• “Beauty in Mind: The Effects of Physical Attractiveness on Psychological Well-being and Distress,” (joint with N. Etcoff and M. M. Jæger) Journal of Happiness Studies 06/2015

• “The Effect of a Compulsory Schooling Reform on Disability Pensioning – Evidence from the Danish Registers”, (joint with S. Bengtsson), Annals of Economics and Statistics 119/120, pages 95-121, 2015

• “Retirement and Health in the Nordic Welfare State”, (joint with B.J. Christensen), Nordic Economic Policy Review, Number 2,2015, 173-195

• “The Impact of Education and Occupation on Temporary and Permanent Work Incapacity”, (joint with D. Lau and D. Pozzoli), B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 16/2, 577-618.

• “Academic Performance and Type of Early Childhood Care” (joint with M. Simonsen), Economics of Education Review 53, 217-229, 2016.

• “Does Mother Know Best? Parental Discrepancies in Assessing Child Behavioral and Educational Outcomes”, (joint with M. Lausten and D. Pozzoli), Review of Economics of the Household, 16(2), 407-425, 2017

• “Hearing Loss and Disability Exit – Measurement Issues and Coping Strategies” (joint with V.T. Christensen), Economics & Human Biology, 24, 80-91, 2017.

• “Identifying the Effects of Education on the Ability to Cope with a Disability among Individuals with Disabilities”, (joint with S. Bengtsson), PLOS One, 12(3): e0173659, 2017

• “Targeting and Effects of Rashtriya Swasthya BimaYojana on Access to Care and Financial Protection” (joint with S. Ghosh), Economic & Political Weekly, vol L11, No. 4

• “Rising School Attendance in Rural India: An Evaluation of Major Educational Reforms” (joint with A. Dubey and M. Simonsen), Education Economics, 26(2), 109-128, 2018.

• “Spillover Effects of Affirmative Action Policies on Competitiveness and Unethical Behavior” (joint with R. Banerjee and M.C. Villeval), European Economic Review Volume 101, January 2018, Pages 567-604

• “Modeling Completion of Vocational Education: The Role of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills by Program Type” (joint with L. Stratton, D. Reimer and A. Holm), B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 18(4), October 2018, pp. 1-17 (lead article)

• “Income Convergence and the Flow out of Poverty in Rural India” (joint with N-H. Blunch and P.A. Barrientos Quiroga) in Indian Economic Journal 66(1-2), 2018, pp.1-24

• “Mothers’ Health Knowledge Gap for Children with Diarrhea: A Decomposition Analysis across Caste and Religion in India”(joint with N-H. Blunch), in World Development 126(2020), 104718

• “Mothers’ Health Knowledge for Children with Diarrhea: Who You Are or Who You Know?” (joint with N-H. Blunch), in Review of Economics of the Household 18(4),1131-1164, 2020

• “”Opt out” or Kept Out? The Effect of Stigma, Structure, Selection, and Sector on the Labor Force Participation of Married Women in India” (joint with D. Nandy† and S. Siddhanta), in Review of Development Economics, 24(3), 2020, pp. 927-948  

• “Feedback spillovers across tasks, self-confidence and competitiveness” (joint with R. Banerjee and M.C. Villeval), in Games and Economic Behavior 2020, vol. 123, issue C, 127-170, 2

• “Measuring the impact of clean energy production on CO2 abatement in Denmark: Upper bound estimation and forecasting”(joint with B.J. Christensen and P. Santucci de Magistris), Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 184(1), 2021, pp. Pages 118-149 

• “Labour market integration of FRY refugees in Sweden vs. Denmark”, (joint with P. Andersson Joona), International Migration 2022:00:1-19

• “Climate, wind energy, and CO2 emissions from energy production in Denmark” (joint with F. Carlini, B.J. Christensen and P. Santucci de Magistris), Energy Economics 125 (2023) 16821

Book chapters & reviews:

• Review of “Comparable Worth: Is it a Worthy Policy?” by Elaine Sorensen, in Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 358-359, 1997

• “The Danish Gender Wage Gap and Wage Determination in the Public and Private Sectors”  (joint with R.L. Oaxaca and N. Smith), in Gender and the Labour Market: Econometric Evidence on Obstacles in Achieving Gender Equality, S. Gustafsson and D. Meulders (eds.), London, AEA Macmillan Series, pp. 53-74, 2000

• “The Impact of Incentives on Retirement in Denmark” (joint with P. Bingley and P.J. Pedersen), in Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Micro-Estimation, J. Gruber and D. Wise (eds.), Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, pp. 153-234, 2004

• “The Timing and Flexibility of Housework and Men’s and Women’s Wages” (joint with J. Bonke and N. Smith), in Contributions to Economic Analysis, D. Hamermesh and G. Pfann (eds.), Amsterdam, Elsevier Press, pp. 43-77, 2004

• “High-Performance Work Practices, Incentive Pay Schemes, Worker Evaluation Systems and Male-Female Wages" (joint with T. Eriksson), in Gender Pay Differentials: Cross-National Evidence from Micro Data, B. Mahy, R. Plasman and F. Rycx (eds.), Hampshire, Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 34-60, 2006

• “Fiscal Implications of Reforms in Retirement Systems in Denmark” (joint with P. Bingley and P.J. Pedersen) in Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Fiscal Implications of Reform, J. Gruber and D. Wise (eds.), Chicago, University of Chicago Press, pp. 119-154, 2007

• “Social Security and the Employment of the Young in Denmark”, (joint with P. Bingley and P.J. Pedersen) in Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: The Relationship to Youth Employment, J. Gruber and D. Wise (eds.), Chicago, University of Chicago Press, pp. 99-117, 2010

• “Disability Pension, Other Early Retirement Programs, Health and Mortality: The Danish Experience since 1960,” (joint with P. Bingley and P.J. Pedersen), NBER Chapters, in: Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Historical Trends in Mortality and Health, Employment, and Disability Insurance Participation, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2011  

• "Health, Disability Insurance and Retirement in Denmark," (joint with P.Bingley, P.J. Pedersen and M. Jørgensen), in Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Disability Insurance Programs and Retirement, D.Wise (ed.), Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 331-368, 2016

• “Health Capacity to Work at Older Ages in Denmark” (joint with P. Bingley and P.J. Pedersen), NBER WP 22018, in Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: The Capacity to Work at Older Ages, D. Wise (ed.), 2017

• “From Early Retirement to Staying in the Job: Trend Reversal in The Danish Labour Market” (joint with P.Bingley and P.J. Pedersen), NBER Chapter 14043, in Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Working Longer C. Coile, K. Milligan and D. Wise (eds.), 2019

• “Labour Force Exit in Denmark 1980-2016: Impact from Changes in Incentives”, (joint with P.Bingley, M.Kallestrup-Lamb and P. J. Pedersen), NBER Chapter 14193, Ch. 3, in Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Reforms and Retirement Incentives, A. Börsch-Supan and C. Coile (eds.), 2020

Other publications:

• “Early Retirement Programs in Denmark: The Post Employment Wage Plan,” in Social Security Pensions: Development and Reform, C. Gillion, J. Turner, C. Bailey and D. Latulippe (eds.),  Geneva, International Labor Office, pp. 446-447, 2000

• “Do Workplace Factors Influence Health? Cross-Country Findings” (joint with N. Kristensen), Geneva Association Information Newsletter on Health and Ageing, No. 13, pp. 9-12, 2005

• “Los Factores Laborales, ¿Influyen en la Salud?” (joint with N. Kristensen), Mercado Asegurador, No. 317, pp. 44-46, 2006 (Spanish language version of above)                                                                                           “The Determinants of Non-Employment of Working-Age Individuals in Denmark – Marginal Groups, Retirement Patterns and Nordic Comparisons”, in Sustainable Social and Health Development in the Nordic Countries, NOSOSCO 29/NOMESCO 78, pp. 86-106, 2006

• “De Økonomiske Effekter af Familievenlig Politik i de Nordiske Lande” (The Economic Effects of Family Friendly Policies in the Nordic Countries), Søkelys på arbeidslivet (Spotlight on Worklife),Vol. 25, pp. 73-81, 2008

• “Et Inkluderende og Udviklende Arbejdsliv – Gennemgang”, (An Inclusive and Evolving Working Life – A Review ), (joint with H. Hvid and G. Lindgren), Program Arbeidslivsforskning, Norges Forskningsråd, (Program for Working Life, Norwegian Research Council), 2010

• “Labour Market Characteristics and their Impact on Immigrant Offspring—A Comment”, ‘Equal Opportunities: The Labour Market Integration of the Children of Immigrants’, OCED Report, pp.146-160, OECD, 2010.

• “Maternity leave versus early childcare—What are the long-term consequences for children?” IZA World of Labor 2018: 438, Updated version requested by IZA, (joint with J. Jessen), IZA World of Labor 2023: 438v2

• ”Is putting children in childcare good for them”? IZA World of Labor Commentary, Feb 2020

Works in progress:   

• Motherhood and Career Progression (joint with F. Pertold and B. Pertold-Gebicka)  

•  Intergenerational Transmission of Parental Leave Choices (joint with M. Koch Gregersen, N. Smith and A. W. Rasmussen)

• Motherhood Penalty in Academia (joint with N. Smith & M. Verner)

• Motherhood Penalty & Firm Differences (joint with Y. Gallen, K. Holzeu and K. S. Hedeager)

• Understanding the Sources of the Motherhood Penalty (joint with C. C. Rygaard Nielsen, Laura Weile & others)

• Cross-country Differences in Childcare and Female Employment  (joint with K.S. Hedeager, Y. Kim and L. Stratton)

• Parental Satisfaction and Child Outcomes (joint with J. Jessen and C.K. Spiess)

• Retirement age and Cognitive Decline (joint with A.K. Borgbjerg & A. Nilsson)

• Cooperative Learning and Student Outcomes (joint with R. Banerjee, N-H. Blunch and P. Pin)

• Long-run effects of Racial Diversity (joint with N. Khaliliaraghi)

• Climate and Demand and CO2 abatement through Wind Energy (joint with F. Carlini, B.J. Christensen and P. Santucci de Magistris)

• Genes & Intergenerational Transmission of Health (joint with E. Agerbo, A. K. Borgbjerg, T. Halliday, M. Houmark)

• Genes & Retirement Behavior (joint with E. Agerbo, A.K. Borgbjerg and T. Halliday

RESEARCH GRANTS (PI)

• 1.5 million DKK (Danish Social Science Research Council): ‘The Effects of Private and Public Pension Systems and Health on Workers’ Retirement Behaviour in Denmark,’ 1997-1999

• 2.5 million DKK (Danish Social Science Research Council): ‘Health and Labour Market Activity,’ 2004-2006, (Young Research Leader Grant), 2004-2006

• 2 million DKK (Danish Social Science Research Council): ‘Parents’ Allocation of Time: Mothers’ Careers and Children’s Attainment,’ 2005-2008

• 1.8 million DKK (Danish Social Science Research Council): ‘The Impact of Education on the Onset of Disability, Coping with Disability and Disability-Related Labour Market Exit’, 2009-2011

• 3.0 million DKK (Aarhus University Research Fund),’AU RECEIV – Research Centre for Early Interventions’, 2012-2015     

• 3.4 million DKK (Danish Social Science Research Council): ‘The Economic and Behavioral Impacts of Anti -Discrimination Policies in the Context of Caste: Learning from Household Surveys, Lab Experiments and Randomized Controlled Trials’, 2013-2018

• 7.6 million DKK (ROCKWOOL Research Foundation): ‘Is there a Motherhood Penalty in Denmark – Heterogeneity Across Sectors, Firms and Workers’, 2020-2024

PH.D. SUPERVISION

• Ongoing:

  • Anne Katrine Borgbjerg (Retirement and the Labor Market)

  • Nicoline Josephine Bach (Motherhood and Women’s Careers)

• Completed:

  • Mugdha Vaidya (Impact of Community, Resource Scarcity and Environmental Exposure on Children’s Human Capital Formation in Rural India)

  • Carsten Andersen (Essays in Health Economics), Employed as Assistant Professor, Aarhus University Department of Economics and Business Economics

  • Andrea Paramo Florencio (Gender Equality and Economic Development), Employed as Senior Statistician, Novo Nordisk

  • Kai Rehwald (Essays in Public Policy Evaluation, 2016, Researcher in Deutsche Bundesbank)

  • Lisbeth Palmhøj Nielsen (Empirical Essays on Child Achievement, Maternal Employment, Parental Involvement and Geographic Mobility, 2016, Business Specialist, ATP)

  • Abdu Kedir (Coziness, Class and Consumption – Do social and socioeconomic factors influence alcohol use and alcohol-related harm in Denmark, 2016, Assistant Professor, Center for Drug and Alcohol Research, Aarhus University)

  • Stine Ludvig Bech (Caseworker Effects on the Success of ALMPs, 2015, Chief Advisor, Danish Institute for Human Rights)

  • Signe Frederiksen (Empirical Essays on Out-of-home Placements, 2012, Municipality of Copenhagen Family Care)

  • Miriam Wüst (Essays on Early Investments in Child Health, 2012, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen and VIVE-The Danish Center for Social Science Research)

  • Jane Greve (Obesity, Labour Market Activity and Demand for Medical Care, 2008, Professor MSO, VIVE-The Danish Center for Social Science Research)

  • Astrid Würtz (Child Outcomes—Parental Time Investments and School Characteristics, 2008, Associate Professor, Aarhus University

  • Marianne Simonsen (Essays on Motherhood and Female Labour Supply, 2005, Professor, Aarhus University

  • Mona Larsen (Retaining Older Workers in the Danish Labour Market, 2004, Senior Researcher, VIVE-The Danish Center for Social Science Research)

ADMINISTRATIVE, BOARD & COUNCIL WORK

• Board Member, Open Social Value Bank, April 2023-

• Member, Chairmanship of the Danish Economic Councils, February 2020-June 2023

• Head of Section, Labour & Public Policy Section, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University, January 2018-February 2020

• Head of Ph.D. Program, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University, 2017-2018.

• Head of Talent Development, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University, 2013-2017

• Member, Economics Subject Group, Danish Government’s Bibliometric Research Indicator System, 2014-

• Board Member, CRUNCH-Center for Research on Universal Child Care Policies (PI: M. Wüst), SFI/VIVE, 2016-

• Grant Application Reviewer for Norwegian Research Council, Swedish FORTE and other European Councils

• External Committee Member on Ph.D. dissertations at other Danish universities and at several universities in Europe

EDITORIAL WORK

• Associate Editor, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing

• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, The Indian Economic Journal 

REFEREE WORK

• American Economic Review

• Review of Economics & Statistics

• Economic Journal

• Journal of Labor Economics

• Journal of Human Resources

• Industrial and Labor Relations Review

• Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation

• Labour Economics

• Journal of Population Economics

• Journal of Development Economics

• Economic Inquiry

• Canadian Journal of Economics

• Journal of Health Economics

• Economics & Human Biology

• Scandinavian Journal of Economics

• Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A

• Empirical Economics

• Journal of the European Economic Association

• European Economic Review

• World Development

• Review of Economics of the Household

• PLOS One

• & many other journals..