Department of Economics | Faculty of Social Sciences | University of Copenhagen

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Personal data

Born March, 1967. Married, 3 children (1995, 2000, 2002)

 

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Copenhagen, Department of Economics, 2006

M.Sc. Economics, University of Copenhagen, Department of Economics, 1993

 

Professional experience

    After PhD

Head of PhD programme in Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2023-

Professor, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2021-

Head of studies, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2013-2016

Associate professor, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2012-2021

Head of centre and senior researcher, SFI – Danish National Centre for Social Research (now VIVE), 2010-2012

Research programme director and senior researcher / researcher, AKF - Danish Institute of Governmental Research (now VIVE), 2006-10

Visiting scholar, University of Michigan, Department of Economics, Ann Arbor, USA, 2005

Ph.D. student, University of Copenhagen, Department of Economics, 2003-06

    Before PhD

Special advisor, Ministry of Economics and Business Affairs, 1999-2003

Head of section, Danish Economic Council, 1995-99

Head of section, Statistics Denmark, 1993-95

 

Research centres and networks

CEBI, Centre for Economic Behavior and Inequality, core member, www.econ.ku.dk/cebi

CHEP, Centre for Health Economics and Policy, deputy head of centre, www.chep.ku.dk

CAM, Center for Applied Microeconometrics, core member, www.econ.ku.dk/cam 

IZA Research Fellow, https://www.iza.org/people/fellows/2532/mette-gortz

 

Editorial work

Associate editor, PLOS ONE, 2019-22

 

Referee activities

American Economic Journal - Micro, Annals of Economics and Statistics, Berkeley Electronic Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Danish Economic Journal, Economics and Human Biology,  Economics of Education Review, Electronic International Journal of Time Use Research, Empirical Economics, Fiscal Studies, Health Economics, Health Economics Letters, Journal of Development Studies, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Public Economics, Labour Economics, PLOS One, Review of the Economics of the Household