Norway’s largest meeting of economists at NHH
`If you want to know where economic research in Norway is moving, this is the place to be´, NHH Professor Sissel Jensen says.
Professor Sissel Jensen
- Sissel.Jensen@nhh.no
- Telephone
- +47 55 95 94 57
- Department
- Economics
- Centre
- FAIR
- Office
- E217
- Expertise
- Labour Economics Industrial Organization
BIOGRAPHY
Sissel Jensen has been an professor at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) since 2010. She received her Master of Science degree in Economics from the University of Oslo in 1992 and her PhD degree in Economics from NHH in 2002. She worked for Telenor ASA as a researcher for six years, 1992-1997.
Her research focus on male-female wage differentials and on how policy changes affect labor market outcomes for women. She has published her research in Review of Economic Studies, European Economic Review, and Journal of Public Economics.
Selected publications
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Bertrand, Marianne; Black Youngblood, Sandra; Jensen, Sissel; Lleras-Muney, Adriana | Breaking the Glass Ceiling? The Effect of Board Quotas on Female Labour Market Outcomes in Norway | Review of Economic Studies Volume 86 (1); page 191 - 239; 2019 |
| Buetikofer, Aline; Jensen, Sissel; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar | The role of parenthood on the gender gap among top earners | European Economic Review Volume 109; page 103 - 123; 2018 |
| Jensen, Sissel; Sørgard, Lars | Fine Schedule with hererogenous cartels: are the wrong cartels deterred? | Journal of Competition Law & Economics Volume 12 (2); page 263 - 277; 2016 |
| Balsvik, Ragnhild; Jensen, Sissel; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar | Made in China, sold in Norway: Local labor market effects of an import shock. | Journal of Public Economics Volume 127; page 137 - 144; 2015 |
TEACHING AREAS
- Competitive strategy
- Industrial Organization
- Personnel Economics
Dissemination
THREE PROFESSOR PROMOTIONS
Sissel Jensen at the Department of Economics has been promoted to full professor at NHH. Ivar Kolstad at the Department of Accounting, Auditing and Law and Walter Pohl at the Department of Finance have also been promoted from associate professor to professor this spring.
Breaking the Glass Ceiling?
"The paper Breaking the Glass Ceiling? The Effect of Board Quotas on Female Labour Market Outcomes in Norway" is published in The Review of Economic Studies.
Breaking the Glass Ceiling? The Effect of Board Quotas on Female Labour Market Outcomes in Norway
New published paper in The Review of Economic Studies by Marianne Bertrand, Sandra E. Black, Sissel Jensen and Adriana Lleras-Muney.
The Role of Parenthood on the Gender Gap among Top Earners
New paper “The Role of Parenthood on the Gender Gap among Top Earners” from Aline Bütikofer, Sissel Jensen and Kjell G. Salvanes published in European Economic Review.