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Maria Juul Hansen

PhD fellow

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1692-3312

Personal profile

Short presentation

I'm a PhD candidate at University of Copenhagen at Department of Economics and affiliated with Centre for Computational Economics. I hold a BSc and MSc in Economics from University of Copenhagen. 

My research interests include urban economics, family economics, structural (dynamic) models and hedonic models. I have a particular interest in whether the depopulation of rural areas should be avoided, and if so, how that can be achieved. Also the interplay between location choices, house prices and labor markets are of great interest to me. 

Supervisors: Bertel Schjerning and Nikolaj Harmon.

Current research

My current research focuses on estimating structural dynamic models of the simultaneous choice of home and work locations for individuals (in an equilibrium setting) and for 2-person households (in a partial equilibrium setting), respectively. I aim at estimating effects of counterfactual policies such as the "Better Balance" policy implemented by the Danish government that moves public sector jobs out of Copenhagen.  I also do work on hedonic price estimation as well as estimation of demand and willingness to pay for amenities such as crime and cleaner air. 

Primary fields of research

  • Structural microeconometrics
  • Dynamic programming
  • Urban economics
  • Location choice
  • Labor Economics

Teaching

Teaching Assistant

  • Dynamic Programming (Master's/PhD course, spring 2016)

CV

 

Education

  • 2015-2019: PhD student at Department of Economics, UCPH
  • 2017: Visiting Research Scholar for 1 year, Duke University
  • 2015: Visiting student at Department of Economics, Yale University
  • 2013-2015: M.Sc. in Economics (cand.polit), UCPH
  • 2012: Summer school, London School of Economics
  • 2010-2013: B.Sc. in Economics, UCPH
  • 2006-2009 High school, Koege Business College

Work experience

  • 2016: Teaching Assistant in Dynamic Programming, UCPH
  • 2015: Database administrator, Centre for Applied Microeconometrics, UCPH
  • 2014-2015: Research Assistant at Department of Economics, UCPH
  • 2013-2014: Voluntary homework assistant, Lektier Online
  • 2011-2014: Student researcher, DAMVAD

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 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

  • Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Urban Economics
  • Family Economics
  • Structural models
  • Dynamic Models
  • Location choice
  • Spatial economics
  • Intra-household Bargaining
  • Commuting
  • Urbanization
  • 7 Participation in workshop, seminar, course
  • 1 Visiting an external academic institution