Scientific article
1. JUN 2015
1. JUN 2015
Jens Dietrichson
Daycare, School and Education
Economy and Governance
Daycare, School and Education, Economy and Governance
Key Expertise:
- Organization,
- Daycare,
- Public school,
- Improving efficiency,
- Education,
- Systematic reviews,
- Meta-analysis,
- Randomized controlled trials
Areas of work
Jens Dietrichson uses a wide selection of methods to study how best to structure public organisations and institutions. In his work, he has a special focus on, for instance, evaluation of reforms and interventions in day care and state-run schools aimed at pupils at risk of learning difficulties. Moreover, he carries out systematic research reviews with a focus on the education area and analyses of competition and the structure of user choice and payment systems in terms of quality and costs in the primary health sector.
Methods
Jens Dietrichson evaluates interventions and reforms using natural experiments and randomised controlled trials, and he carries out systematic research reviews, including meta-analyses. Furthermore, he carries out surveys on municipal budget processes and makes game theory models of, for instance, communication and coordination in teams.
Background
Jens Dietrichson has a PhD and a master’s degree in Economics and a bachelor in Political Science from Lund University. Following his PhD in 2013, he continued working as a researcher at Department of Economics in Lund for a further year.
In 2014 he was employed by VIVE, where he has worked as a researcher and later a senior researcher in the areas of education, health and municipal economics.
Both before and during his training to be a researcher, he was employed as a budget economist in Helsingborg Municipality. Here, he especially had tasks in budgeting, corporate governance and development of social, school and day care interventions.
Selected publications
Scientific article
5. AUG 2014
5. AUG 2014
Dietrichson, J., & Ellegård, L. M. (2014). Institutions improving fiscal performance: Evidence from Swedish municipalities. International Tax and Public Finance, 22(5), 861-886. https://doi.org/DOI:10.1007/s10797-014-9334-z
Report
2. MAR 2015
2. MAR 2015
Social issues
Daycare, school and education
Social issues, Daycare, school and education
Dietrichson, J., Bøg, M., Filges, T., & Jørgensen, A.-M. K. (2015). Skolerettede indsatser for elever med svag socioøkonomisk baggrund: En systematisk forskningskortlægning og syntese. SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd. SFI-Rapport No. 15:07
Working paper
20. MAY 2014
20. MAY 2014
Dietrichson, J., & Jochem, T. (2014). Organizational coordination and costly communication with boundedly rational agents. Research Group on Comparative Institutional Analysis, Lund University. Comparative Institutional Analysis Working Paper Series No. 2014:1
Working paper
2013
2013
Dietrichson, J. (2013). Coordination Incentives, Performance Measurement and Resource Allocation in Public Sector Organizations. (2013:26 ed.) Department of Economics, Lund University.
PhD thesis
2013
2013
Dietrichson, J. (2013). Designing Public Organizations and Institutions: Essays on Coordination and Incentives. Department of Economics, Lund University. Lund Economic Studies No. 171
Scientific article
16. NOV 2020
16. NOV 2020
Children, youth and family
- Children, youth and family, Daycare, school and education
Dietrichson, J., Kristiansen, I. L., & Viinholt, B. A. (2020). Universal preschool programs and long-term child outcomes: A systematic review. Journal of Economic Surveys, 34(5), 1007-1043. https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12382
