Juanna Schrøter Joensen

Juanna Schrøter Joensen is a Research Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on understanding the causes and consequences of individual human capital investments, which are key to understanding income and wealth inequality. She quantifies how incentives and circumstances interact with endowments and information in shaping human capital. Her research shows how financial and non-financial incentives can have different impacts on individual behavior and success; depending on socioeconomic environment, skills,...

Education

• M.Sc. Aarhus University (2002 — 2005)
• B.Sc. Aarhus University (1999 — 2002)

Companies

• Research Associate Professor University of Chicago (2021)
• Senior Research Associate The University of Chicago (2015 — 2021)
• Visiting Assistant Professor The University of Chicago (2015 — 2015)
• Assistant Professor Stockholm School of Economics (2008 — 2015)
• Visiting Assistant Professor University of Pennsylvania (2014 — 2014)
• Visiting Assistant Professor New York University (2014 — 2014)
• Visiting Lecturer University College London (2013 — 2013)
• PhD student University of Aarhus (2003 — 2007)
• PostDoc University of Aarhus (2007 — 2007)