Helena Skyt Nielsen

Research Fellow

University of Aarhus

hnielsen@econ.au.dk

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Helena Skyt Nielsen is a professor at Aarhus University since 2007. She was previously employed as an assistant (1998-2002) and then associate professor (2002-2007) at Aarhus University. Helena Skyt Nielsen received her PhD in Economics from the University of Aarhus in 1999 for the thesis "Human Capital Investment in Zambia". Her contributions are published in Economic Journal, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Development Economics, International Economic Review and other journals.

Her main area of interest is labour economics with a focus on economics of education and economics of gender and the family.

She joined IZA as a Research Fellow in April 2004.

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IZA-Publikationen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7164

Math and Gender: Is Math a Route to a High-Powered Career?

Juanna Schrøter Joensen, Helena Skyt Nielsen

revised version published as 'Mathematics and Gender: Heterogeneity in Causes and Consequences' in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126, 1129-1163

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6718

The Effects of Bullying in Elementary School

Tine Louise Mundbjerg Eriksen, Helena Skyt Nielsen, Marianne Simonsen

revised version published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49 (4), 839-871

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6714

The Effects of Pharmacological Treatment of ADHD on Children's Health

Søren Dalsgaard, Helena Skyt Nielsen, Marianne Simonsen

substantially extended version available as IZA DP#8208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6242

The Impact of Parents' Years since Migration on Children's Academic Achievement

Helena Skyt Nielsen, Beatrice Schindler Rangvid

published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2012, 1:6

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6092

The Effects of Children's ADHD on Parents' Relationship Dissolution and Labor Supply

Anette Primdal Kvist, Helena Skyt Nielsen, Marianne Simonsen

published as 'The importance of children's ADHD for parents' relationship stability and labor supply' in: Social Science and Medicine, 2013, 88, 30-38

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4267

Causes and Consequences of a Father's Child Leave: Evidence from a Reform of Leave Schemes

Helena Skyt Nielsen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3785

Estimating the Effect of Student Aid on College Enrollment: Evidence from a Government Grant Policy Reform

Helena Skyt Nielsen, Torben Sørensen, Christopher Taber

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2010, 2 (2), 185-215

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3120

An Economic Analysis of Identity and Career Choice

Maria Knoth Humlum, Kristin J. Kleinjans, Helena Skyt Nielsen

published in: Economic Inquiry, 2012, 50 (1), 39-61

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2899