Helena Skyt Nielsen

Research Fellow

Aarhus University

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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 Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15389
Children in the Aftermath of the Great Recession
Carsten Andersen, Mikkel Aagaard Houmark, Helena Skyt Nielsen, Michael Svarer
published in: Nationaløkonomisk Tidsskrift/ Danish Economic Journal, 2022.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11454
Nudging in Education
Mette Trier Damgaard, Helena Skyt Nielsen
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2018, 64, 313-342
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11141
Spillovers in Education Choice
Juanna Schrøter Joensen, Helena Skyt Nielsen
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 157, 158-183
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10195
The Short-Term Effects of School Consolidation on Student Achievement: Evidence of Disruption?
Louise Voldby Beuchert, Maria Knoth Humlum, Helena Skyt Nielsen, Nina Smith
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2018, 65, 31-47.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9297
The Effectiveness of Policies that Promote Labor Force Participation of Women with Children: A Collection of National Studies
Elizabeth U. Cascio, Steven J. Haider, Helena Skyt Nielsen
published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 36, 64-71
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9279
School Starting Age and the Crime-Age Profile
Rasmus Landersø, Helena Skyt Nielsen, Marianne Simonsen
published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127, 1096-1118
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8823
Disruptive School Peers and Student Outcomes
Jannie H. G. Kristoffersen, Morten Visby Kraegpøth, Helena Skyt Nielsen, Marianne Simonsen
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2015, 45, 1-13
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8470
Behavioral Economics of Education
Alexander K. Koch, Julia Nafziger, Helena Skyt Nielsen
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 115, 3-17.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8208
Consequences of ADHD Medication Use for Children's Outcomes
Søren Dalsgaard, Helena Skyt Nielsen, Marianne Simonsen
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 37, 137-151
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7228
School Starting Age and Crime
Rasmus Landersø, Helena Skyt Nielsen, Marianne Simonsen
substantially extended version available as IZA DP#9279
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