Henrik Kleven is Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, appointed by the Department of Economics and the Woodrow Wilson School. Previously, he held positions at the London School of Economics and the University of Copenhagen. He received his PhD from the University of Copenhagen in 2003. He is Co-Editor of the American Economic Review, and was previously Editor of the Journal of Public Economics. He is a Research Associate at the NBER and a Research Fellow at the CEPR, where he previously directed the Public Economics Program.
The second half of the 20th century saw dramatic improvements in educational attainment and labour market outcomes for women in the Western world. However, progress in gender equality slo...
House prices are strongly correlated with household borrowing and consumption over time. This co-movement has existed for a long time (Figure 1) and was especially strong at the time of t...
The last century has brought considerable convergence in the labour market outcomes of men and women. However, despite the reversal of gender gaps in educational achievements and the impl...
