Birthe Larsen

Birthe Larsen holds a master of economics from London School of Economics and did her PhD. at the University of Copenhagen. She has spent longer research periods at IIES, Stockholm, Melbourne University, Australia and Insead in France. Her main research focuses on unemployment in search and matching models, including projects concerning the informal sector, education, discrimination and minimum wages. Recent research projects include also trade issues and empirical work.

Primary research areas

• Search and matching models
• Labour-macro economics
• Unemployment

** Selected publications**

• Bennedsen, Morten, Birthe Larsen, Ian Schmutte, and Daniela Scur, 2020. ‘Preserving job matches during the COVID-19 pandemic: Firm-level evidence on the role of government aid’ Covid Economics, issue 27. https://cepr.org/content/covid-economics-vetted-and-real-time-papers-0
• Amore, Mario D., Morten Bennedsen, Birthe Larsen & Philip Rosenbaum, 2019. CEO Education and Corporate Environmental Footprint. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 94, 254-273. DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2019.02.001
• Kolm, Ann-Sofie & Birthe Larsen, 2019. ‘Underground activities and Labour Market Performance’, International Tax and Public Finance, 41-70, February.
• Ann-Sofie Kolm and Birthe Larsen, 2016, ‘Informal Unemployment and Education’. IZA Journal of Labour Economics, 5:8.
• Gisela Waisman and Birthe Larsen, 2016, ‘Income, Amenities and Negative Attitudes’. IZA Journal of Migration, 2016 5:8.
• Birthe Larsen and Gisela Waisman, 2016, ‘Labour Market Performance Effects of Discrimination and Loss of Skill.’ Economic Inquiry, Vol 54, No 3, p. 1574-1595.
• Filges, Trine, John Kennes, Birthe Larsen and Torben Tranæs 2011 ‘Labour Market Programmes and the Equity-Efficiency Trade-off‘. Journal of Macroeconomics, 33, p.738-753.
• Waisman, Gisela and Birthe Larsen 2009, ’Hvordan indvandreres mobilitet påvirkes af negative holdninger’, in Svend E. Hougaard Jensen (ed) ’Design og Styring af Institutioner’, DJØF forlag.
• Alstadsæter, Annette, Ann-Sofe Kolm and Birthe Larsen 2008, ’Tax Effects on Unemployment and the Choice of Educational Type’. European Journal of Political Economy, 24 (1), p.107-122.
• Trine Filges and Birthe Larsen, 2005, 'Stick, Carrot and Skill Acquisition'. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol. 107, 3, pp 495-520.
• Birthe Larsen 2001, Minimum Wages, 'Technological Progress and Loss of Skill', European Economic Review, vol 45, pp. 1521-1544.