Asger Lau Andersen
20102016

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Personal profile

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I'm an assistant professor at the Department of Economics and a member of Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality and the Economic Policy Research Unit. For information about my current and previous research, please visit my personal website at https://sites.google.com/site/asgerlauandersen/.

 

Primary fields of research

Household economics, consumption, borrowing and saving behaviour, and political economics

Teaching

Jeg underviser i erhvervsøkonomi på 1. år og politisk økonomi på kandidatdelen. Jeg kan vejlede opgaver inden for

  • politisk økonomi
  • anvendt mikroøkonometri vedrørende husholdningers låntagning og opsparingsadfærd

CV

Born: 10 December 1981 

 

Education

  • PhD in economics, University of Copenhagen, 2010
  • MSc Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2007
  • MSc Economics, London School of Economics, 2006
  • BSc Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2004

Previous positions

  • Head of section/Adviser, Danmarks Nationalbank, 2010-14

Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics University of Copenhagen

 Awards and grants

  • DFF-Individual Postdoctoral grant, The Danish Council for Independent Research, 2015
  • Economic Policy Research Network grant, 2014 and 2016
  • ELITEFORSK travel grant, Danish Ministry of Science,  2009
  • Zeuthen-prize, Society of Social Economics, University of Copenhagen ("best master's thesis in economics"), 2007
  • Ely Devons Prize, London School of Economics ("outstanding performance in the MSc Economics"), 2006

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

  • Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Political Economics
  • Household Economics
  • Fiscal Policy
  • Fiscal transparency
  • Household debt

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