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Henrik Jacobsen Kleven

Henrik Jacobsen Kleven

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
47
Citations
13691
World Ranking
1562
National Ranking
939

Overview

Henrik Jacobsen Kleven is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the social sciences, focusing notably on topics related to gender, labor, family dynamics, and fiscal policy.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Taxation and Migration: Evidence and Policy Implications (2020), published in The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • Does Biology Drive Child Penalties? Evidence from Biological and Adoptive Families (2021), published in American Economic Review Insights
  • Technology and Big Data Are Changing Economics: Mining Text to Track Methods (2020), published in AEA Papers and Proceedings
  • Sufficient Statistics Revisited (2021), published in Annual Review of Economics
  • The Welfare Magnet Hypothesis: Evidence from an Immigrant Welfare Scheme in Denmark (2020), published in American Economic Review Insights

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Henrik Jacobsen Kleven include Camille Landais, Jakob Egholt Søgaard, Johanna Posch, Andreas Steinhauer, and Josef Zweimüller. Collaborations with these researchers reflect a range of joint contributions to economic and social science literature.

Henrik Jacobsen Kleven's work has appeared frequently in several publication venues, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • American Economic Review Insights
  • American Economic Journal Economic Policy
  • The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • AEA Papers and Proceedings

Their primary field of study is Social Sciences, with notable concentrations in subfields such as Gender Studies, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, and Education.

The main topics that characterize their research include:

  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
  • Work-Family Balance Challenges
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis

This combination of research themes and collaborative efforts positions Henrik Jacobsen Kleven within key debates in economics and social sciences, particularly those related to labor markets, migration, family policy, and gender dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Unwilling or Unable to Cheat? Evidence From a Tax Audit Experiment in Denmark

    Henrik Jacobsen Kleven;Martin B. Knudsen;Claus Thustrup Kreiner;Søren Pedersen

  • Children and Gender Inequality: Evidence from Denmark

    Henrik Kleven;Camille Landais;Jakob Egholt Søgaard

  • Using Notches to Uncover Optimization Frictions and Structural Elasticities: Theory and Evidence from Pakistan*

    Henrik J. Kleven;Mazhar Waseem

  • Child Penalties Across Countries: Evidence and Explanations

    Henrik Kleven;Camille Landais;Johanna Posch;Andreas Steinhauer

  • Taxation and International Migration of Superstars: Evidence from the European Football Market †

    Henrik Jacobsen Kleven;Camille Landais;Emmanuel Saez

  • Extrinsic and intrinsic motivations for tax compliance: evidence from a field experiment in Germany

    Nadja Dwenger;Henrik Kleven;Imran Rasul;Johannes Rincke

  • Welfare reform in European countries: a microsimulation analysis*

    Herwig Immervoll;Henrik Jacobsen Kleven;Claus Thustrup Kreiner;Emmanuel Saez

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  • Why Can Modern Governments Tax So Much? An Agency Model of Firms as Fiscal Intermediaries

    Henrik Jacobsen Kleven;Claus Thustrup Kreiner;Emmanuel Saez

  • Migration and Wage Effects of Taxing Top Earners: Evidence from the Foreigners’ Tax Scheme in Denmark

    Henrik Jacobsen Kleven;Camille Landais;Emmanuel Saez;Esben Anton Schultz

  • Estimating Taxable Income Responses using Danish Tax Reforms

    Henrik Jacobsen Kleven;Esben Anton Schultz

  • Production versus Revenue Efficiency with Limited Tax Capacity: Theory and Evidence from Pakistan

    Michael Carlos Best;Anne Brockmeyer;Henrik Jacobsen Kleven;Johannes Spinnewijn

  • Extrinsic and intrinsic motivations for tax compliance: evidence from a field experiment in Germany

    Nadja Dwenger;Henrik Kleven;Imran Rasul;Johannes Rincke

  • Housing Market Responses to Transaction Taxes: Evidence From Notches and Stimulus in the UK

    Michael Carlos;Henrik Jacobsen Kleven

  • Transfer Program Complexity and the Take-Up of Social Benefits

    Henrik Jacobsen Kleven;Wojciech Kopczuk

  • The Optimal Income Taxation of Couples

    Henrik Jacobsen Kleven;Claus Thustrup Kreiner;Emmanuel Saez

  • Wealth Taxation and Wealth Accumulation: Theory and Evidence From Denmark

    Katrine Jakobsen;Kristian Jakobsen;Henrik Kleven;Gabriel Zucman

  • The Marginal Cost of Public Funds: Hours of Work versus Labor Force Participation

    Henrik Kleven;Claus Thustrup Kreiner

  • The marginal cost of public funds: Hours of work versus labor force participation

    Henrik Jacobsen Kleven;Claus Thustrup Kreiner

  • Evaluation of four tax reforms in the United States: labor supply and welfare effects for single mothers

    Nada Eissa;Henrik Jacobsen Kleven;Henrik Jacobsen Kleven;Claus Thustrup Kreiner

  • Taxation and Migration: Evidence and Policy Implications

    Henrik Kleven;Camille Landais;Mathilde Muñoz;Stefanie Stantcheva

  • Children and Gender Inequality: Evidence from Denmark

    Henrik Kleven;Camille Landais;Jakob Egholt Søgaard

  • How can Scandinavians tax so much

    Henrik Jacobsen Kleven

  • Do Family Policies Reduce Gender Inequality? Evidence from 60 Years of Policy Experimentation

    Henrik Kleven;Camille Landais;Johanna Posch;Andreas Steinhauer

  • Do Family Policies Reduce Gender Inequality? Evidence from 60 Years of Policy Experimentation

    Henrik Kleven;Camille Landais;Johanna Posch;Andreas Steinhauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Emmanuel Saez
Emmanuel Saez University of California, Berkeley
Josef Zweimüller
Josef Zweimüller University of Zurich
Wojciech Kopczuk
Wojciech Kopczuk Columbia University
Imran Rasul
Imran Rasul University College London
Janet Currie
Janet Currie Princeton University
Peter Birch Sørensen
Peter Birch Sørensen University of Copenhagen
Joel Slemrod
Joel Slemrod University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Oriana Bandiera
Oriana Bandiera London School of Economics and Political Science

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