Henrik Kleven
Henrik Kleven | |
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Kleven in 2014 | |
| Born | April 28, 1971 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Copenhagen (B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.) |
| Thesis | Taxation, Time Allocation, and Economic Efficiency (2003) |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter Birch Sørensen |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Public Economics, Public Finance, Labor Economics, Gender Economics |
| Institutions | Princeton University London School of Economics University of Copenhagen |
| Notable ideas | Sufficient Statistics, Bunching, Third-Party Reporting, Child Penalties, Administrative Data |
| Website | |
Henrik Kleven is a Danish economist, currently the Lynn Bendheim Thoman, Class of 1977, and Robert Bendheim, Class of 1937, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Copenhagen in 2003 and has held faculty positions at the London School of Economics and at the University of Copenhagen. Kleven has served in major editorial roles: he was Chief Editor of the Journal of Public Economics (until 2017) and co-editor of the American Economic Review (until 2021). He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and elected Fellow of the Econometric Society. His research combines economic theory and empirical evidence to study the impact and design of public policies, including tax policy, welfare programs, and family policy. He has a separate interest in gender inequality, focusing on the role of child penalties. This work has been published in leading academic journals and is regularly cited in academic and media discussions. It has influenced policy debates in multiple countries.