Department of Economics and Business Economics

Associate Professor
MSc (Econ), University of Aarhus, 2004
PhD (Econ), Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, 2008

Member of the Economics Section
Research Secretary: Mette Vad Andersen

Research Interests

• Labour Economics
• Economics of the Family
• Education

Current Research

• Fertility and Relationship Stability (joint with Petter Lundborg, Lund University, and Erik Plug, University of Amsterdam)
• Family origins of human capital (joint with Petter Lundborg, Lund University, and Erik Plug, University of Amsterdam)
• Leave length and intergenerational transmission (joint with Nina Smith, Nabanita Datta Gupta, and Maria Koch Gregersen, Aarhus University)
• Family Structure and Child Outcomes (joint with Mette Verner, VIVE, and Nicoline Josephine Bach, Aarhus University)

Academic Experience

• Visiting Scholar at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA, 2009
• Post-doctoral Researcher, Dept. of Economics, Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University, 2008 -
• PhD student, Dept. of Economics, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, 2005-2008
• Visiting Scholar at University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, 2006
• Research Assistant at Centre for Research in Integration and Marginalization (CIM), Aarhus School of Business, 2001-2004
• Research Assistant at Centre for Corporate Performance (CCP), Aarhus School of Business, 2003

Publications

• Jensen, P. and Rasmussen, A.W. (2019), "Professional Development and its Impact on Children in Early Childhood Education and Care: A Meta-Analysis based on European Studies", Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. 63, no. 6, pp. 935-950. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00313831.2018.1466359
• Lundborg, P., Plug, E. and Rasmussen, A. W. (2017), “Can Women Have Children and a Career? IV Evidence from IVF Treatments” American Economic Review 107, no. 6, pp. 1611-37. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20141467.
• Jensen, B., Jensen, P. and Rasmussen, A. W. (2017), “Does Professional Development of Preschool Teachers Improve Children’s Socio-Emotional Outcomes?” Labour Economics 45, pp. 26-39.
  
• Rasmussen, A.W. and Stratton L.S. (2016). How Distance to a Non-Resident Parent Relates to Child Outcomes. Review of Economics of the Household 14, pp. 829-857.
• Jensen, P. and Rasmussen A.W. (2016). Professional Development and its Impact on Children in Early Childhood Education and Care: A Meta-Analysis based on European Studies. Curriculum and Quality Analysis and Impact Review of European Early Childhool Education and Care (CARE), Project Report D3.2, March 2016. 35 p.
• Bauchmüller, R., Gørtz, M. and Rasmussen, A.W. (2014). Long-Run Benefits from Universal High-Quality Pre-Schooling. Early Childhood Research Quarterly 29, pp. 457-470.
• Jensen, B., Jensen, P. and Rasmussen, A.W. (2013). Vidensbaseret indsats over for udsatte børn i dagtilbud - modelprogram: Effekter af VIDA. VIDA-forskningsserien nr. 2013:04. VIDA forskningsrapport nr. 2. 92 p.
• Jensen, P. and Rasmussen, A.W. (2011), The Effect of Immigrant Concentration in Schools on Native and Immigrant Children's Reading and Math Skills, Economics of Education Review 30(6), pp. 1503-1515.
• Jensen, V.M. and Rasmussen, A.W. (2011), The Danish Education Registers, Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 39 (7), pp. 91-94.
• Rasmussen, A.W. (2010), Increasing the Length of Parents' Birth-Related Leave: The Effect on Children's Long-Term Educational Outcomes, Labour Economics 17 (1), pp. 91-100
• Würtz, A. (2008), Child Outcomes - Parental Time Investments and School Characteristics, PhD Thesis no. 2008:3, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Department of Economics

Working Papers

• Bach, N. J., Rasmussen, A. W., and Verner, M. (2023), “Labor Market Consequences of Less Restrictive Divorce Laws”, Rockwool Study Paper No. 179. https://rockwoolfonden.dk/udgivelser/labor-market-consequences-of-less-restrictive-divorce-laws/
• Datta Gupta, N., Gregersen, M. K., Rasmussen, A. W., and Smith, N. (2023), “Intergenerational Transmission of Parental Leave Choices”, Rockwool Study Paper No. 180. https://rockwoolfonden.dk/udgivelser/intergenerational-transmission-of-parental-leave-choices/ 
• Lundborg, P., Plug, E. and Rasmussen, A. W. (2021), “On the Family Origins of Human Capital Formation: Evidence from Donor Children”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 14708.  Link: On the Family Origins of Human Capital Formation: Evidence from Donor Children (iza.org)
• Jensen, B., Jensen, P. and Rasmussen, A.W. (2015). Does Professional Development of Preschool Teachers Improve Child Socio-Emotional Outcomes? IZA Discussion Paper No. 8957.
• Lundborg, P., Plug, E. and Rasmussen, A.W. (2014). Fertility Effects on Female Labor Supply: IV Evidence from IVF Treatments. IZA Discussion Paper No. 8609.
• Rasmussen, A.W. and Stratton, L.S. (2012). How Distance to a Non-Residential Parent Relates to Child Outcomes. Economics Working Papers No. 2012-23. Department of Economics, Aarhus University.
• Bauchmüller, R., Gørtz, M. and Rasmussen, A.W. (2011). Long-Run Benefits from Universal High-Quality Pre-Schooling. AKF Working Paper, 2011(2), AKF.
• Jensen, V.M. and Rasmussen, A.W. (2010), The Danish Education Registers, SFI Working Paper 03:2010
• Rasmussen, A.W. (2009), Allocation of Parental Time and the Long-Term Effect on Children's Education, Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University, Department of Economics WP 09-22
• Rasmussen, A.W. (2009), Family Structure Changes and Children's Health, Behavior, and Educational Outcomes, Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University, Department of Economics WP 09-15
• Jensen, P. and Rasmussen, A.W. (2008), Immigrant and Native Children's Cognitive Outcomes and the Effect of Ethnic Concentration in Danish Schools, Study Paper No. 20, The Rockwool Foundation Research Unit and University Press of Southern Denmark
• Würtz, A. (2007), The Long-Term Effect on Children of Increasing the Length of Parents’ Birth-Related Leave, Aarhus School of Business, Department of Economics WP 07-11

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