CEBI – University of Copenhagen

Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI)

Department of Economics

Figure: Inequalities at birth persist into the next generation

Inequalities at birth persist into the next generation

Lower Minimum Wages for Young Increase their Employment?

Lower minimum wages for young increase their employment

Figure: Financial trouble from generation to generation

Financial trouble from generation to generation

Figure: Does Earmarked Paternity Leave affect the Intra-Household Income Distribution

Does earmarked parental leave affect the intra-household income distribution?

Figure: How far are labor supply behavior from Homo Economicus?

How far are labor supply behavior from Homo Economicus?

Figure: How big is inequality in life expectancy?

How big is inequality in life expectancy?

Figure: Childhood wealth is a strong predictor of wealth in adulthood

Childhood wealth is a strong predictor of wealth in adulthood nearly three decades later

Figure: Top incomes in Scandinavia: Recent developments and the role of capital income

Strength and weaknesses of using top income shares as inequality measures

Figure: Stimulus Policy: Why not let peaple spend their own money?

Stimulus Policy: Why not let people spend their own money?

Figure: 3 personality traits affect what you earn

3 personality traits affect what you earn

Figure: Who evades taxes in developed countries?

Who evades taxes in developed countries?

Children are the main course of gender inequality in earnings. FOTO: Niels Ahlmann Olesen / Ritzau Scanpix

Children are the main course of gender inequality in earnings

FOTO: Niels Ahlmann Olesen / Ritzau Scanpix

Figure: How does a financial crises spread to the real economy?

How does a financial crises spread to the real economy?

Figure: Family labor supply responses to health shocks

Family labor supply responses to health shocks

Figure: Do bequests increase wealth inequality?

Do bequests increase wealth inequality?

News

Economists ignite U.S. debate on inequality and redistribution

2019.11.15

In the Danish newspaper Information, Simon Halphen Boserup explains the debate and why other U.S. … »
Cortnie Shupe to present at the German Minimum Wage Commision on 12 November

2019.11.11

Cortnie will present joint work with Coauthor Alexandra Fedorets (DIW Berlin) entitled “Great … »
Niels Johannesen spoke at the Web Summit on 6 November, 2019

2019.11.07

At the world’s largest tech conference, Niels discussed the future of taxation in an increasingly … »
Research Assistant Ida Maria Hartmann has accepted an internship at the UN

2019.11.06

in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. … »
Claus Thustrup Kreiner is the new Area Director of Public Economics in the CESifo network.

2019.11.01

He will be organizing the next Public Economics conference in Münich on 19-21 March 2020 … »
Adam Sheridan to present “Learning About Social Networks from Mobile Money Transfers” at NABE conference in Seattle

2019.10.31

The increasing popularity of mobile money transfer apps is generating population-scale data on … »

Events

21 Nov 2019

Øivind Anti Nilsen, NHH, Norway

Borrowing Activities during the Financial Crisis: SME versus large firms. Seminar arranged by Center ... »
22 Nov - 23 Nov 2019

Workshop on behavioral responses to health innovations and the consequences for socioeconomic outcomes

Workshop on behavioral responses to health innovations and the consequences for socioeconomic ... »

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