Jacob R. Bøggild Strabo defends his PhD thesis at the Department of Economics

Candidate:

Jacob Richard Bøggild Strabo, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen

Title:

Some Thoughts on the Distribution of Talent

Supervisor:

• Peter Norman Sørensen, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen

Assessment Committee:

• Nikolaj Arpe Harmon, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen
• Birthe Larsen, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Copenhagen Business School 
• Ian Jewitt, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Economics, Nuffield College, University of Oxford

Summary:

This dissertation studies how talent is allocated in key institutional domains such as education, labour markets, migration, and political elections. It consists of four self-contained chapters that examine the incentives and constraints shaping access to opportunities. Each chapter focusses on how individual characteristics interact with institutional rules and decisions to determine economic and social outcomes. Together, the studies provide new evidence and theoretical insight into how societies can design institutions that more effectively identify, allocate, and reward talent. 

An electronic copy of the dissertation can be requested here: lema@econ.ku.dk