Økonomisk Institut

Nyheder

Nyheder fra instituttet

The forgotten psychological cost of corruption in developing countries

By Finn Tarp, Smriti Sharma, and Saurabh Singhal Corruption is a crime which slows economic growth,…

Millionstøtte til nye samfundsvidenskabelige projekter

Danmark Frie Forskningsfond støtter seks nye forskningsprojekter under Det Samfundsvidenskabelige…

Big Brother er nogle gange dummere end vi tror

Ny forskning rejser spørgsmål om værdien af digital overvågning og ’big data’. Faktisk kan…

Big Brother isn’t always as clever as we think

New research questions the value of digital surveillance and big data. Sometimes traditional and…

Strategic Sample Selection Benefitting a Decision Maker

Peter Norman Sørensen publishes in Econometrica showing that sample selection always benefits a…

Unemployment Insurance and Job Search Behavior

How does unemployment insurance affect unemployed workers’ search behavior? Daphné Skandalis set ou…

When agriculture drives development

Casper Worm Hansen and Asger Mose Wingender have studied the economic effects of agricultural…

Finn Tarp Co-Edits New Book on Inequality

Oxford University Press has published the open access book ‘Inequality in the Developing World’ as…

Call for Papers - 19th Nordic Conference in Development Economics (NCDE)

A call for papers has been issued for the upcoming Nordic Conference in Development Economics. The…

Meet our new professors

Mette Gørtz, Bertel Schjerning, and Niels Johannsen are promoted to full professors.

How a holiday affected the spread of Covid-19 in Europe

New research explores the importance of the exact timing of the February 2020 midterm holiday.

Samfundsforskere er de mest citerede eksperter i medierne

10 ud af de 50 mest benyttede eksperter i 2020 har deres gang på Det Samfundsvidenskabelige…

New unit at UCPH to put focus on research into children

New funding from the Ministry of Children and Education will enable researchers from across the…

Request for research proposals

DERG together with the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research…

Two DERG members promoted to Professors

The Department of Economics at the University of Copenhagen has promoted DERG members John Rand and…

Anne Sofie is back from Harvard

Anne Sofie Back Knudsen will be back on our team with money in the bag from Carlsberg allowing her …

Jeanet, Nikolaj, and Søren take home new grants

This fall 3 new research grants are taken home. Jeanet Bentzen will be research leader with a Saper…

Jeppe is teacher of the year

Jeppe Druedahl receives the annual prize for best teaching.

Yndefuld dans med en hammer i baglommen skal knække smittespredning

De økonomiske vismænd: Det er afgørende, at der i kampen mod covid-19 er det fornødne fokus på at…

rentefradrag, rente, boligpriser

Politikerne bør tage et opgør med rentefradraget

KOMMENTAR: Nyt studie viser, at rentefradraget ikke øger andelen af boligejere, men til gengæld gør…