Nina Smith

Research Fellow

Aarhus University

nsmith@econ.au.dk

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Nina Smith is professor in Economics at School of Economics and Management, Aarhus University. She has been professor at Aarhus School of Business (1993-2007) and pro vice-chancellor at Aarhus University (2007-2009). 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.
Nina Smith joined IZA as a research fellow in September 1999.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17921

The Managerial Labor Market and Gender Gaps in Beliefs About Own Ability

Tor Eriksson, Nina Smith

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17603

Motherhood on Campus: Timing Childbirth during University Studies

Nicoline Josephine Bach, Astrid Würtz Rasmussen, Nina Smith

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17401

Do Women on Boards Matter? Network and Spillover Effects on Gender Gaps within Firms

Emma von Essen, Nina Smith

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11675

Working Hours and Top Management Appointments: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

Anders Frederiksen, Takao Kato, Nina Smith

revised version published online as 'Working Hours, Top Management Appointments, and Gender: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10932

Gender Stereotyping and Self-Stereotyping Attitudes: A Large Field Study of Managers

Tor Eriksson, Nina Smith, Valdemar Smith

published as 'Gender stereotyping and self-stereotyping among Danish managers' in: Gender in Management: An International Journal, 2021, 36 (5), 622-639

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10790

Closing or Reproducing the Gender Gap? Parental Transmission, Social Norms and Education Choice

Maria Knoth Humlum, Anne Brink Nandrup, Nina Smith

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2019, 32 (2), 455–500

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10286

Inequalities in Educational Outcomes: How Important Is the Family?

Julia Bredtmann, Nina Smith

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 80 (6), 1117-1144

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10195

The Short-Term Effects of School Consolidation on Student Achievement: Evidence of Disruption?

Louise Voldby Beuchert, Maria Knoth Humlum, Helena Skyt Nielsen, Nina Smith

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2018, 65, 31-47.