Astrid Kunze is Professor of Economics at the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen, Norway.
Her research interests are in the fields of labour economics, family economics, micro-econometric methods and merged register data.
She is particularly interested in:
She is a contributor to the Handbook on Women and the Economy published with Oxford University Press in 2018. Her research has been published in journals such as Industrial Relations, Review of Economics and Statistics, European Economic Review, Labour Economics, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Empirical Economics and Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
In 2020, Kunze received a 6-year grant from the Norwegian Research Council for her project titled Challenges to shaping an inclusive work-life in rapidly changing labour markets: Firms, human capital, and family policy.
In 2022, Kunze was awarded the Inaugural European Economics Association Teaching Award (Senior) for exceptional teaching. The jury consisted of two EEA Council Members and the Education Committee.
She holds a Ph.D. from University College London and an MSc from University of Bielefeld. From 2000 to 2002, she was employed as a Research Associate at IZA. Before her academic career, she completed a vocational training and business programme with Bayer AG in Leverkusen (Germany).
Kunze is Research fellow at IZA and CESIfo, and Affiliate of the Stone Centre University College London.
She is also an Associate Editor of the European Economic Review.
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Corekcioglu, Gozde; Francesconi, Marco; Kunze, Astrid | Expansions in paid parental leave and mothers’ economic progress | European Economic Review Volume 169; 2024 |
| Kunze, Astrid | Parental Leave and Maternal Labor Supply | IZA World of Labor (10 pages); 2022 |
| Corekcioglu, Gozde; Kunze, Astrid; Francesconi, Marco | Do generous parental leave policies help top female earners? | Oxford review of economic policy Volume 36 (4); page 882 - 902; 2020 |
| Kunze, Astrid | The effect of children on male earnings and inequality | Review of Economics of the Household; 2019 |
| Kunze, Astrid | The Gender Wage Gap in Developed Countries | The Oxford Handbook of Woman and the Economy.; 2017 |
| Kunze, Astrid | Types of absence from work and wages of young workers with apprenticeship training. | Zeitschrift für Arbeitsmarktforschung Volume 51 (5); 2017 |
| Kunze, Astrid; Miller, Amalia R. | Women Helping Women? Evidence from Private Sector Data on Workplace Hierarchies. | Review of Economics and Statistics Volume 99 (5); page 769 - 775; 2017 |
| Kunze, Astrid | Parental Leave and Maternal Labor Supply. | IZA World of Labor Volume 279 (9 pages); 2016 |
| Kunze, Astrid | The family gap in career progression | Research in Labor Economics Volume 41; page 115 - 142; 2015 |
| Kunze, Astrid; Troske, Kenneth R. | Gender Differences in Job Search Among Young Workers: A Study using Displaced Workers in the United States | Southern Economic Journal Volume 82 (1); page 185 - 207; 2015 |
| Ejrnæs, Mette; Kunze, Astrid | Work and Wage Dynamics around Childbirth | The Scandinavian Journal of Economics Volume 115 (3); page 856 - 877; 2013 |
| Kunze, Astrid; Kenneth R., Troske | Life-cycle patterns in male/female differences in job search | Labour Economics Volume 19 (2); page 176 - 185; 2012 |
| Epstein, Gil S.; Kunze, Astrid; Ward, Melanie | HIGH-SKILLED MIGRATION AND THE EXERTION OF EFFORT BY THE LOCAL POPULATION | Scottish Journal of Political Economy Volume 56 (3); page 332 - 352; 2009 |
| Kunze, Astrid | Gender wage gap studies: consistency and decomposition | Empirical Economics Volume 35; page 63 - 76; 2008 |
| Kunze, Astrid; Fitzenberger, Bernd | Vocational training and gender: wages and occupational mobility among young workers | Oxford review of economic policy Volume 21 (3); page 392 - 415; 2005 |
| Kunze, Astrid | The evolution of the gender wage gap | Labour Economics Volume 12 (1); page 73 - 97; 2005 |
Other research interests: Applied Macroeconomics, Corporate Governance, Strategic Management
Expansions in Paid Parental Leave and Mothers’ Economic Progress joint with Gozde Corekcioglu (Ozyegin University) and Marco Francesconi (University of Essex). Forthcoming in the European Economic Review.
Read Paper
Gender Differences in the Effectiveness of Hiring Subsidies for Young Unemployed, joint with Marta Palczyńska (Institute for Structural Research (IBS)), and Iga Magda (Institute for Structural Research (IBS)). Invited to Revise and Resumbit at Labour Economics.
The Importance of Co-Determination for Gender Diversity in the Boardroom, joint with Katrin Scharfenkamp (University of Bielefeld). Invited to Revise and Resubmit at the Industrial Relations.
Gender Diversity in Founding Teams and Hiring, with Bram Timmermans (NHH)
Parental Leave from the Firms' Perspective joint with Gozde Corekcioglu (Kadir Has University) and Marco Francesconi (University of Essex)
The Impact of Firms on the Relative Pay of Women Across Countries, joint with Marco G. Palladino (Bank of Finance), Antoine Bertheau (NHH), Alexander Hijzen (OECD) and Cesar Barreto, Dogan Gülümser, Marta Lachowska, Anne Sophie Lassen, Salvatore Lattanzio, Benjamin Lochner, Stefano Lombardi, Jordy Meekes, Balazs Murakozy and Oskar Skans)
Kunze, A. (2020): Kjønnsmessig mangfold i ledelsen, Magma, No. 320, årgang 23, 3/2020.
Introduction/Fagleder «Kvinner og Toppledelse» in special issue Kvinner og Toppledelse i Magma, No. 320, årgang 23, 3/2020.
Associate Editor at the European Economic Review
Guest Editor of the Special Conference Issue in EALE in Labour Economics, EALE 2024
Editor of the special issue on Women and Top Leadership (in Norwegian) in Magma Nr. 3 - 2020
Editor of Yrke, karriär och lön - kvinnors og mäns olika villkor på den svenska arbetsmarknaden, SOU 2014: 81, Forskningsrapport for Swedish Government, joint with Karin Thorburn.
Affiliate at Stone Centre at University College London
Member of the Ausschuss für Bevölkerungsökonomie of the Verein für Socialpolitik
Member of the Council of the European Society of Population Economics (ESPE) – 2010-2016, 2023-2026
Fellow of the Centre for Macro, Risk and Sustainability at NHH
Fellow of the Centre for Business Economics (CBE) at NHH
Fellow of the Centre for Corporate Finance (CCF) at NHH
Bachelor:
The Economics of the Firm (VOA 050)
Applied Macroeconomics (VOA 023)
Master:
Diversity in Firms and Ethics (ETI451)
Human Capital, Mobility and Diversity in Firms (STR445) Personnel Economics (STR435)
Introduction to Econometrics (ECN402)
Topics in Empirical Analysis (ECO433)
PhD:
Econometrics
Labour Economics
Statistics
Teaching language: English, Norwegian
The principle of equal pay for equal work has existed for a long time. But what good is it if employees do not have enough information to know whether they are actually being treated unfairly?
Professor Astrid Kunze joined Nobel Laureate David Card at a European Commission event in Brussels.
A workshop in Oslo this week gathered researchers to present new findings on how firm policies, family support and labour market institutions shape people’s careers.
`Understanding the real impact of gender equality policies requires continuous research´, Professor Astrid Kunze says. During the first week of June, she organizes EquiFirm Workshop.
‘Firms and universities must take diversity and inclusion seriously. Many already do, but there is still room for progress,’ says NHH Professor Astrid Kunze to Authority Magazine.
Astrid Kunze has received the excellence in Reviewing Certificate from Labour Economics.
`It is a great honor for me to be appointed as a Full Professor in economics at NHH´, Astrid Kunze says.
An article by Astrid Kunze has recently been accepted by The Review of Economics and Statistics. Publication in this prestigious journal triggers NHH´s bonus.
The same old story in Norway? Women with children progress slower on the career path, than women who do not have children. Why is that surprising for a country known for its gender equality and a paid paternal quota of 10 weeks?
New research by economist Astrid Kunze shows that taking a few years off work results in bigger losses for highly educated women than for women with less education. She is critical of the cash benefit system.
