Research
The Centre for Experimental Research on Fairness, Inequality and Rationality aims to conduct groundbreaking experimental research on how to address inequality in society. FAIR is comprised of three research groups, the Centre for Empirical Labor Economics (CELE), The Choice Lab (TCL), and Development (DEV).
CELE
Centre for Empirical Labor Economics aims to foster research on the multiple aspects of empirical labour economics. The research agenda includes several themed areas of focus: the labour market, education and health economics, in particular early investments and intergenerational mobility.
TCL
The Choice Lab uses economic experiments to study individual decision-making, particularly how people are motivated by moral, risk and institutional considerations. Areas of focus are global income inequality, tax policy, health care and management issues relevant to corporations and non-governmental organisations.
Dev
Development combines field experiments, smaller-scale controlled economic experiments, survey experiments and household surveys to better understand people's choices in low-income countries and provide research-based advice on how their lives can be improved. Our projects involve early childhood development, education, and entrepreneurship, with a focus on countries in East Africa.
Selected publications
Authors | Title | Publication |
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Eva M. Berger, Ernst Fehr, Henning Hermes, Daniel Schunk and Kristen Winkel |
The Impact of Working-Memory Training on Children’s Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills |
Published in The Journal of Political Economy, Volume 133 (2), February 2025 |
Daron Acemoglu, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Kjell G. Salvanes, Matti Sarvimäki |
Published in the Journal of the European Economic Association, 24 June 2024 |
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Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Fanny Landaud, Kjell G. Salvanes |
Published in Journal of the European Economic Association, 23 December 2024 |
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Aline Bütikofer, Antonio Dalla-Zuanna, Kjell G. Salvanes |
Breaking the Links: Natural Resource Booms and Intergenerational Mobility |
Published in The Review of Economics and Statistics, 18 December 2024 |
Published in Management Science, 22 November 2024 |
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Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer, Frauke Peter, Simon Wiederhold |
Application Barriers and the Socioeconomic Gap in Child Care Enrollment |
Published in the Journal of European Economic Association, 20 November 2024 |
Alexander W. Cappelen, Stefan Meissner, and Bertil Tungodden |
Cancel the Deal? An Experimental Study on the Exploitation of Irrational Consumers |
Published in Management Science, 28 August 2024 |
Eugen Dimant, Michele Gelfand, Anna Hochleitner and Silvia Sonderegger |
Published in Management Science, 30 May 2024 |
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Published in The Review of Economics and Statistics, Volume 106 (3): 681 - 697 |
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anny Landaud, Éric Maurin, Alexander L.P. Willén, Barton Willage |
Published in The Review of Economics and Statistics, 09 February 2024 |
Women in Economics network
The Women in Economics Network (WomEN) is a platform for interactions among female economists with the aim to and promote gender balance in academic leadership positions. Together with FAIR, WEN partners with other universities and institutions to organize international networking and mentoring events for women. Some of the events are annual workshops for applied economists, a biannual networking lunch for all female faculty members at NHH, small-group annual presentation training courses for female faculty and female job market candidates.