Mette Gørtz

Mette Gørtz

M.Sc. Econ. (1993), Ph.D. Econ. (2006)

  • Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1014 København K, 35 Øster Farimagsgade 5, 35-2-30

  • Øster Farimagsgade 5, Bygning 26

    1353 København K

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20002024

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I do research in health economics, family economics and labour economics using microeconometric methods.

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I am also deputy head of Centre for Health Economics and Policy, CHEP.

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Research centers

Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI)

Centre for Applied Microeconometrics (CAM)

Centre for Health Economics and Policy (CHEP)

Primary fields of research

Applied microeconometrics, labour economics, family economics, health economics

Teaching

Health economics, family economics, labour economics

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Employment

Professor, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2021-

Associate professor, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2012-2021

Head of studies, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2013-2016

Head of centre and senior researcher, SFI – Danish National Centre for Social Research, 2010-2012

Research programme director and senior researcher / researcher, AKF - Danish Institute of Governmental Research (now KORA), 2006-10

Visiting scholar, University of Michigan, Department of Economics, Ann Arbor, USA, 2005

Ph.D. student, University of Copenhagen, Department of Economics, 2003-06

Special advisor, Ministry of Economics and Business Affairs, 1999-2003

Economist, Danish Economic Council, 1995-99

Economist, Statistics Denmark, 1993-95

 

Current research

"Behavioural Responses to Health Innovations and the Consequences for Socioeconomic Outcomes". Joint with Jonathan Skinner, Dartmouth College, Itzik Fadlon, UC San Diego, Stephanie Schurer, University of Sydney, and Mette Ejrnæs, Claus Thustrup Kreiner, Miriam Gensowski, and Torben Heien Nielsen, all University of Copenhagen. Financed by Novo Nordisk Foundation. See webpage and video on project.

"Effective interventions for children in out-of-home care: exploring and explaining the impact of decisions and types of treatment". Joint with Mette Ejrnæs, University of Copenhagen, Tea Bengtsson, University of Copenhagen, Stine Tankred Luckow, SFI, Municipality of Copenhagen, and Metropol.

"PARENTIME. Parental time investments and intergenerational transmission of inequality". Joint with Almudena Sevilla and Sarah Sander, University College London. Financed by ERC.

"Parental Preferences and Daycare Assignment". Joint with John Kennes, Aarhus University.

 

Fields of interest

Health economics, labour economics, family economics, personnel economics, ageing, time use

Keywords

  • Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Health economics
  • Family economics
  • Labour economics
  • Applied microeconometrics

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