Nicolai Kristensen

Areas of work

Nicolai Kristensen carries out research on a number of central public economics issues with a special focus on effect measurement of political interventions. Subject areas include urban-rural differences and settlement, effects of further and supplementary training, digitalisation of the job market – and the consequences of this generally and specifically for adults with reading difficulties – Danish state schools and pupils’ learning, public management of expenses and dynamic effects of public expenditure.

His research is empirical and draws upon a broad range of econometric methods. The empirical approach is usually supported by economic theory, and to a certain extent theories from political science and sociology. Nicolai Kristensen has experience with administrative registries and some experience with collection and treatment of questionnaire data.

Methods

Nicolai Kristensen has competencies in econometric methods for analysis of large amounts of data, with a focus on causalities in effect measurement and programme evaluation.

In many contexts, he works with so-called dynamic models that include an understanding of how individual households/persons make choices, with a focus on the consequences of these choices, both now and later in life.

Background

Nicolai Kristensen started as a senior researcher at AKF in 2008. In 2010, he became a programme manager at AKF (later KORA, now VIVE), and in 2014 he was appointed Professor (with special responsibilities). He has been a research professor at VIVE since 2018.