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Primary fields of research

My areas of interest are labor economics, immigration, and applied microeconometrics. I am working on a research project about integration of refugees in the labor market. My PhD supervisors are professor Jakob Roland Munch and assistant professor Mette Foged.

I am currently visiting the Department of Economics, University of California, Davis.

Selected work in progress

• The Cumulative Effect of Early Investments in the Language Skills of Refugees
• Refugee Resettlement and Health Outcomes
• "The Role of Institutions in the Labor Market Impact of Immigration" (with Mette Foged and Vasil Yasenov), IPL WP #19-07 https://immigrationlab.org/working-paper-series/the-role-of-institutions-in-the-labor-market-impact-of-immigration/ (Revise & Resubmit)
• "Does Increasing Unemployment Insurance Benefits Improve Job Match Quality?"

Non-refereed publications

• Litteraturstudie om virkninger af udenlandsk arbejdskraft (with Mette Foged and Vasil Yasenov) (in Danish).

CV

Education

2017-2020 (expected): PhD, Economics, University of Copenhagen

2019-current: Visiting Graduate Student, University of California Davis

2015-2017: MSc, Economics, University of Copenhagen

2015-2016: Visiting Graduate Student, University of California Berkeley

2012-2015: BSc, Economics, University of Copenhagen

Employment

2016-2017: Student Assistant, Danish Ministry of Employment

2016-2017: Teaching Assistant, Principles of Economics (A+B), University of Copenhagen

2014-2015: Student Assistant, The Danish Insurance Association

Honors and Awards

Awarded The Danish Ministry of Employment's award for best master thesis in Labor Economics 2017 "Does Increasing Unemployment Insurance Benefits Improve Job Match Quality?" (with Søs Nielsen).

Nominated for the Zeuthen prize for best master thesis in Economics 2017 "Does Increasing Unemployment Insurance Benefits Improve Job Match Quality?" (with Søs Nielsen).

Teaching

Teaching assistant in Principles of Economics.