Professor
MSc (Econ), Aarhus University, 2003
PhD (Econ), Aarhus University, 2005

Member of the Economics Section
Research Secretary: Mette Vad Andersen


Research Interests

• Applied microeconometrics
• Labor economics
• Family economics
• Health economics

Teaching Interests

• Microeconometrics
• Labor economics
• Family economics

Selected Publications

• Breining, S., N. M. Daysal, M. Simonsen and M. Trandafir (forthcoming): Spillover Effects of Early-Life Medical Interventions. Review of Economics and Statistics
• Black, S., S. Breining, D. Figlio, J. Guryan, K. Karbownik, H. S. Nielsen, J. Roth and M. Simonsen (forthcoming): Sibling Spillovers. The Economic Journal
• Landersø, R., H. S. Nielsen and M. Simonsen (forthcoming): How Going to School Affects the Family. Journal of Human Resources.
• Landersø, R., H. S. Nielsen and M. Simonsen (2017): School Starting Age and the Crime-Age Profile. The Economic Journal 127, 1096-1111.
• Simonsen, M., L. Skipper and N. Skipper (2016): Price Sensitivity of Demand for Prescription Drugs: Exploiting a Regression Kink Design. Journal of Applied Econometrics 31, 320-337.
• Dalsgaard, S., H. S. Nielsen, J. Leckman, P. B. Mortensen, and M. Simonsen (2015): The Effect of Medication On the Risk of Injuries in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - A Prospective Cohort Study. The Lancet Psychiatry 2, 702-709.
• Dalsgaard, S., H. S. Nielsen and M. Simonsen (2014): Consequences of ADHD Medication Use for Children's Outcomes. Journal of Health Economics 37, 137-151.
• Eriksen, T. L. M., H. S. Nielsen and M. Simonsen (2014): Bullying in Elementary School. Journal of Human Resources 49, 839-871 (lead article).
• Datta Gupta, N. and M. Simonsen (2010): Non-cognitive Child Outcomes and High Quality Child Care. Journal of Public Economics 94, 30-42.
• Shaikh, A. M., M. Simonsen, E. J. Vytlacil, and N. Yildiz (2009): A Specification Test for the Propensity Score using its Distribution Conditional on Participation. Journal of Econometrics 151, 33-46.
• Simonsen, M. and L. Skipper (2006): The Costs of Motherhood: An Analysis Using Matching Estimators. Journal of Applied Econometrics 21(7), pp. 919-934.

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