Department of Economics and Business Economics

Professor
MSc (Econ), Aarhus University, 1981

Member of the Economics Section
Secretary: Malene Vindfeldt Skals

Curriculum Vitae and publications

Nina Smith is professor at the Department of Economics and Business Economics. She graduated from Aarhus University 1981 (MSc Economics). She has been professor at Aarhus School of Business and pro vice-chancellor at Aarhus University. Her primary research interest is labour economics, migration and education economics. She has been chairman of the board of the Danish Independent Research Councils, member of the Danish Social Science Research Council, and served as member or chairman of a number of boards of directors of national research institutes and private firms. She has been chairman of the Danish Economic Council and member of several government commissions and councils

   
Research Interests

• Labour supply and taxation
• Family-friendly policies and women’s career
• Women in top management and firm performance
• School size, behavioural problems and student outcomes

Teaching Interests

• Empirical Human Resource Management
• Micro and macroeconomics (basic courses)

Recent Publications

• Essen, Emma von, and N. Smith (2022), Network connections and board seats: are female networks less valuable?, forthcoming Journal of Labor Economics
• Eriksson, T., N. Smith, and V. Smith (2021), Gender stereotyping and self-stereotyping among Danish managers, Gender in Managament, An International Journal.
• Harder, P., N. Kærgård, and N. Smith (2020), Finansministeriet – skødehund eller overhund?, Samfundsøkonomen (2), 2-5. 
• Kvist, J. and N. Smith (2020), Er regnemodellerne for rationelle?, Samfundsøkonomen (2), 81-90.