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When children bring viruses home, it can take a heavy toll on younger siblings later in life

Infants exposed to respiratory illnesses via older siblings typically fare worse in terms of education, income and health in adulthood. This is shown by new research from the University of Copenhagen.

UCPH researcher receives international top award in environmental economics

Frikk Nesje, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, has been awarded the European Achievement Award for Researchers in Environmental Economics under the Age of Forty.

Mette Ejrnæs continues as a sage at the Precidency of the Economic Councils

Minister of Economic Affairs and the Interior Pia Olsen Dyhr re-appoints Professor Mette Ejrnæs as a member of the Presidency of the Economic Councils.

Competition from Chinese imports is causing CO₂ emissions to rise globally

Danish companies emit less CO₂ when they relocate certain tasks abroad. At the same time, emissions rise correspondingly in those countries. However, global emissions increase when companies are under pressure from chea…

N. Meltem Daysal will give keynote talk at the 2026 Meeting of the Society of Economics of the Household (SEHO)

The Lecture is entitled The Economics of Mental Health.

CEBI PhD student Malthe Hauschildt Veje has been awarded a Fulbright Grant

Malthe will spend a full year at Princeton University hosted by professor Henrik Kleven.

Miriam Wüst will give keynote Lecture at the EDUCA Mini-Conference

The lecture is entitled "Early Interventions and Life-Course Outcomes – The Nordics as a Policy Laboratory"

CEBI research covered in Financial Times

Research on how to support “left-behind” places by CEBI researchers Asger Lau Andersen and Niels Johannesen is featured in a recent Financial Times article.

When sickness spreads at home

New research forthcoming in the American Economic Review and featured in The Economist, shows that early-life exposure to common childhood infections can have lasting consequences.

Miriam Wüst has been invited to be an editor at the Scandinavian Journal of Economics.

From April 1, 2026 on, CEBI associate professor Miriam Wüst has joined the editorial board of the Scandinavian Journal of Economics (SJE)

Podcast about food waste featuring CIP project

On behalf of the project group behind "Fighting food waste - navigating values choices and habits", Janus Mortensen participated in the podcast the ESG panel.

Can You Sell a Good Used Car? Evidence from the Danish Car Market

A lemon rots from the inside. It may look flawless on the outside, but once you cut it open, it turns out to be bad. That’s why a bad second-hand car is called a “lemon”

Differentiated VAT: When Good Intentions Collide

The desire to help financially pressured households is a core political task. However, good intentions collide with other familiar good intentions, creating a series of paradoxes.

The Economic Foundations of Social Identity and Political Fragmentation

Amalie Sofie Jensen and her coauthors receive a Semper Ardens: Accelerate grant from the Carlsberg Foundation of DKK 6.1m to study “The Economic Foundations of Social Identity and Political Fragmentation”.

Danish chemist's invention could make counterfeiting a thing of the past

Every year, companies lose billions of kroner when goods are copied or illegally resold. But a new digital and legally binding fingerprint developed at the University of Copenhagen makes products impossible to…

CEBI member Amalie Sofie Jensen appointed to a government expert group on models for a new car taxation system in Denmark

The expert group is set to investigate desirable ways to redesign the car taxation system going forward to support the continued uptake of electric vehicles in Denmark.

Most of us miss out on financial opportunities

Passivity in financial choices is not due to specific personality traits – but depends on the context. This is the conclusion reached by researchers from CEBI and Danmarks Nationalbank in a new study.

Expecting to Lose Your Job Makes You Save More

When people think their risk of unemployment is high, they change their economic behavior: they save more and are more likely to enroll in unemployment insurance. But where do these expectations come from?

Breast cancer treatments can improve both survival chances and income

Radiation therapy treatment for breast cancer not only improves survival rates but also generates long-term financial benefits according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen.

Mothers think they will return to work quickly after maternity leave – but the reality is different

Most expectant mothers have a clear idea of when they will return to work, how maternity leave will be divided, and how their careers will continue. But according to new research from the University of Copenhagen,…

Mothers think they will return to work quickly after maternity leave – but the reality is different

Most expectant mothers have a clear idea of when they will return to work, how maternity leave will be divided, and how their careers will continue. But according to new research from the University of Copenhagen,…

Shaping Futures: The Role of Primary Schools and Teachers for Students with Mental, Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Disorder

Franziska Valder receives 5,6m. from DFF to examine how schools and teachers shape the relationship between MNB disorders and education and labor market outcomes.

Homeowners stand in the way of wealth taxation

Although wealth inequality is rising across Europe, taxes on wealth, inheritance, and capital gains have been weakened or abolished in many countries. A major new study identifies the reason in a specific demographic…

Reducing the VAT is an inefficient way to compensate consumers for higher prices

Jakob Egholt Søgaard to TV2 News: Lower VAT on fruit and vegetables sounds simple, but leads to more bureaucracy.