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Expertise

Labour economics, applied econometrics, economics of education, immigration

Biography

A CIRANO Researcher and Fellow since 2001, Jörgen Hansen is Full Professor in the Department of Economics at Concordia University. He is also Fellow of the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) and member of the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative (CIREQ).

Holding a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Gothenburg, his fields of specialization are labour economics and applied econometrics. His research areas focus more specifically on the use of human capital, the impact of taxation on labour supply, the returns to education and the use of welfare.

His work has been published in journals such as Econometrica, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Population Economics, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics and Empirical Economics.

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CIRANO Publications by Jörgen Hansen

As an author

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Les déterminants cognitifs et non-cognitifs du choix de filière et leur impact sur la phase initiale du cycle professionnel

Christian Belzil, Jörgen Hansen and Julie Pernaudet

CS

The evolution of inequality in education trajectories and graduation outcomes in the US

Christian Belzil, Jörgen Hansen and Xingfei Liu

Inequality and Distribution of Income and Education
RP

Le décrochage scolaire au Québec : Résultats et simulation de politiques

Arezoo Banihashem, Christian Belzil and Jörgen Hansen

Education and Labour Market
CS

The Evolution of the US Family Income-Schooling Relationship and Educational Selectivity

Christian Belzil and Jörgen Hansen

Human Capital, Inequality and Distribution of Income, Econometrics and Education
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Reconciling Changes in Wage Inequality With Changes in College Selectivity Using a Behavioral Model

Christian Belzil and Jörgen Hansen

Human Capital, Inequality and Distribution of Income, Econometrics and Education

Les déterminants cognitifs et non-cognitifs du choix de filière et leur impact sur la phase initiale du cycle professionnel

The evolution of inequality in education trajectories and graduation outcomes in the US

Le décrochage scolaire au Québec : Résultats et simulation de politiques

The Evolution of the US Family Income-Schooling Relationship and Educational Selectivity

Reconciling Changes in Wage Inequality With Changes in College Selectivity Using a Behavioral Model

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External Publications

IDEAS/RePEc Publications

Christian Belzil & Jorgen Hansen & Xingfei Liu (2017) - Dynamic skill accumulation, education policies, and the return to schooling

Belzil, Christian & Hansen, Jörgen & Liu, Xingfei (2017) - Dynamic Skill Accumulation, Education Policies and the Return to Schooling

Jorgen Hansen & Xingfei Liu (2015) - Estimating labour supply responses and welfare participation: Using a natural experiment to validate a structural labour supply model

Hansen, Jörgen & Lkhagvasuren, Damba (2015) - New Evidence on Mobility and Wages of the Young and the Old

Hansen, Jörgen & Liu, Xingfei (2013) - A Structural Model of Educational Attainment in Canada

Christian Belzil & J. Hansen & Xingfei Liu (2012) - Dynamic Skill Accumulation, Comparative Advantages, Compulsory Schooling, and Earnings

Belzil, Christian & Hansen, Jörgen (2012) - Characterizing the Instrumental Variable Identifying Assumption as Sample Selection Conditions

Belzil, Christian & Hansen, Jörgen (2012) - The Timing of Earnings Sampling over the Life-Cycle and IV Identification of the Return to Schooling

Jorgen Hansen & Magnus Lofstrom (2011) - Immigrant–Native Differences in Welfare Participation: The Role of Entry and Exit Rates

Belzil, Christian & Hansen, Jörgen & Liu, Xingfei (2011) - Dynamic Skill Accumulation, Comparative Advantages, Compulsory Schooling, and Earnings

All IDEAS/REPEC publications

Events

As a speaker

May 31, 2022

56th Annual Canadian Economics Association Meetings

October 12, 2018

Workshop: In Memory of Artyom "Art" Shneyerov

CIRANO Projects

The effect of the cost of higher education on the choice of scientific and quantitative fields of study in Quebec and Canada

Christian Belzil, Jörgen Hansen, Julie Pernaudet

Modeling of cognitive and non-cognitive determinants of pathway choice and their impact on the initial phase of the professional cycle

Les déterminants cognitifs et non-cognitifs du choix de filière et leur impact sur la phase initiale du cycle professionnel - Publié le May 21, 2024

Christian Belzil, Jörgen Hansen, Julie Pernaudet, Genevieve Dufour

Education, Labour Market

Dropouts in Quebec and the rest of Canada: results and public policy simulations

Le décrochage scolaire au Québec : Résultats et simulation de politiques - Publié le August 27, 2021

Jörgen Hansen, Christian Belzil, Arezoo Banihashem, Raphael Jananji

Education