CV: ELIN COLMSJÖ
Tel: +45 30 94 41 65
Email: efc@econ.ku.dk | elin.colmsjo@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
University of Copenhagen
Ph.D. in Economics (2022 – ongoing)
Research areas: Household Finance, Inequality, Labour Economics
University of California, Berkeley
Visiting Ph.D. student, hosted by Professor Hilary Hoynes (Sep 2024 – Mar 2025)
Copenhagen Business School
M.Sc. in Advanced Economics and Finance (2019 – 2021) — GPA: 10.5
Thesis: “Redistribution in the Monetary Transmission Mechanism: Evidence from the Euro area”
Uppsala University
B.Sc. in Political Science, Major in Economics (2015 – 2019) — GPA: 10.2
Thesis: “Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in the Former Soviet States”
University of Amsterdam
ERASMUS Exchange, Department of Political Science (2018 – 2019)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Danmarks Nationalbank (Central Bank of Denmark)
Resident Ph.D. Student & Research Assistant, Copenhagen (2022 – ongoing)
European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main
Trainee, Business Cycle Analysis Division & Prices & Costs Division (2021 – 2022)
Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen
Economic Research Assistant, Dept. of Management, Society & Communication (2020 – 2021)
Statistical Coordinator, Dept. of Management, Society & Communication (2020 – 2021)
Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Economics (2020 – 2021)
Agenda, Stockholm
Data Analyst (2019 – 2020)
TV4 Nyheterna, Stockholm
News Receptionist (2017 – 2019)
TEACHING
University of Copenhagen, Dept. of Economics
Thesis Supervisor (M.Sc. level), 2024
Academic support for two Master’s students, 2023 – 2025
Copenhagen Business School, Dept. of Economics
Teaching Assistant in Microeconomics II (B.Sc.), 2021
PUBLICATIONS
[Forthcoming 2025] American Economic Journal: Applied Economics: “Breaking Bad: How Health Shocks Prompt Crime” (with K. Peijnenburg, G. Parise, and S. Andersen)
WORKING PAPERS
[2025] Job Market Paper: “A Flying Start: Intergenerational Transfers, Wealth Accumulation and Entrepreneurship of Descendants” (solo paper)
[2025] “Workplace Violence” (with D. Skandalis, University of Copenhagen)
[2025] “Parental Care and Spatial Mobility” (with M. Saccarola, University of Chicago, and F. Ruggieri, UC Berkeley)
[2023] ECB Working Paper: “The Asymmetric Transmission of Monetary Tightening to Household’s Consumption” (with V. Di Nino and G. Marques)
PRESENTATIONS & SEMINARS
2025: CEPR Household Finance Conference (Stockholm), EDGE Conference (Cambridge), Lund University, Rockwool Foundation, National Research Center for the Working Environment, EAYE (King’s College), IFN Seminar (Stockholm), ESPE (Naples), Nordic Summer Institute in Labor Economics (Uppsala), Nordic Workshop for Early Career Researchers in Economics, Danish Academic Economists in North America.
2024: UC Berkeley Finance Seminar, UC Berkeley IRLE Seminar, Danmarks Nationalbank, University of Copenhagen.
2023: Federal Reserve Board (Washington DC), Danmarks Nationalbank, University of Copenhagen.
GRANTS & AWARDS
Stipend for research at UC Berkeley (Karl Staaffs Fond, Augustinus Fonden, William Demant Fonden), 2024
Full Doctoral Funding, Danmarks Nationalbank, 2022
Bachelor’s Thesis Award, Uppsala University, 2020
Prize for Outstanding Thesis, Uppsala University, 2020
Research Finalist, Intereconomics (Trondheim), 2018
MEDIA COVERAGE
Probable Causation Podcast (2025): Discussed published article “Breaking Bad: How Health Shocks Prompt Crime” (host: Jennifer Doleac)
Weekendavisen (2025): “Breaking Bad-syndromet” (by Anders Boas); “En Flyvende Start” (by Anders Boas)