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Jacob Nielsen Arendt

Applied micro-econometrics.
Health economics, labour economics, education economics.

I have mainly worked with issues of endogeneity in non-linear statistical models. Endogeneity is often present in non-experimental data, which is frequently applied in social sciences. This presents a problem if the aim of the statistical analysis is to estimate causal effects of one variable upon another.

A substantial part of my research has been on effects of education, in particular in relation to health and unemployment. This sheds light both on:

- How educational attainment affect the living conditions of the individual: if education related differentials in health and unemployment can be interpreted causally, they may be interpreted as a return to educational investments (on top of a traditional pecuniary return).
- On the other hand, viewed from a policy-makers perspective, education-related differentials in for instance health and unemployment are important pieces of social differences which may be unwanted from an equity point-of-view.

I have also conducted research within labour economics and on the economics of ageing.

For more details, check my list of publications.
If you have questions about my research or want to obtain a copy of some material, e-mail me: jna@sam.sdu.dk