Jesper Bagger

Prof Jesper Bagger is a Professor of Economics at the University of Edinburgh, specialising in labour and macro-labour economics, family economics, and public economics. His research interests include firm recruitment, income taxation and labour allocation, marriage market sorting. He holds a PhD from Aarhus University and has held academic positions at Aarhus University and Royal Holloway, University of London, as well as visiting appointments at Northwestern University and Aarhus University. He is also a Research Fellow at the IZA Institute for Labor Economics, RFBerlin, and the Durham Institute of Research, Development, and Invention.

Jesper Bagger is an economist whose research focuses on labor market dynamics, wage dispersion, and the impact of economic policies on employment outcomes. His work explores topics such as wage sorting, productivity, and the role of human capital in shaping wage dynamics. Bagger's research interests span empirical labor economics, with a particular emphasis on understanding how institutional factors and policy interventions influence labor market behavior. His publications often analyze data from Denmark and other countries to uncover patterns in job durations, firm growth, and the effects of taxation on labor allocation. His studies contribute to the broader understanding of how economic forces shape individual and firm-level outcomes.