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Henrik Kleven

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PhD Economics University of Copenhagen
Masters Economics University of Copenhagen

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According to Wikipedia, Henrik Jacobsen Kleven is a Danish economist who is currently a professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University. He is also co-editor of the American Economic Review. His research lies inside the domain of public economics and inequality, in particular questions about tax policy and welfare programs. He combines economic theory and empirical evidence to show ways of designing more effective public policies. His work has had policy impact in both developed and developing countries.

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Henrik Kleven's Published Works

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Published Works

Unwilling or Unable to Cheat? Evidence From a Tax Audit Experiment in Denmark (2011) (969)
Children and Gender Inequality: Evidence from Denmark (2018) (583)
Using Notches to Uncover Optimization Frictions and Structural Elasticities: Theory and Evidence from Pakistan* (2013) (541)
Welfare Reform in European Countries: A Microsimulation Analysis (2004) (411)
Taxation and International Migration of Superstars: Evidence from the European Football Market (2010) (341)
Why Can Modern Governments Tax so Much? An Agency Model of Firms as Fiscal Intermediaries (2009) (300)
Child Penalties Across Countries: Evidence and Explanations (2019) (276)
Bunching ∗ (2015) (265)
Extrinsic and intrinsic motivations for tax compliance: evidence from a field experiment in Germany (2016) (250)
The Optimal Income Taxation of Couples (2006) (239)
Estimating Taxable Income Responses using Danish Tax Reforms (2014) (234)
The Marginal Cost of Public Funds: Hours of Work Versus Labor Force Participation (2006) (230)
Production versus Revenue Efficiency with Limited Tax Capacity: Theory and Evidence from Pakistan (2013) (227)
Migration and Wage Effects of Taxing Top Earners: Evidence from the Foreigners&Apos; Tax Scheme in Denmark (2013) (226)
Evaluation of Four Tax Reforms in the United States: Labor Supply and Welfare Effects for Single Mothers (2004) (215)
Housing Market Responses to Transaction Taxes: Evidence From Notches and Stimulus in the U.K (2018) (186)
Unwilling or Unable to Cheat? Evidence from a Randomized Tax Audit Experiment in Denmark (2010) (162)
How Can Scandinavians Tax So Much (2014) (159)
The Marginal Cost of Public Funds in OECD Countries; Hours of Work Versus Labor Force Participation (2003) (142)
Wealth Taxation and Wealth Accumulation: Theory and Evidence from Denmark (2018) (119)
The Effect of House Prices on Household Borrowing: A New Approach (2017) (113)
Estimating the Elasticity of Intertemporal Substitution Using Mortgage Notches (2018) (99)
Optimal Taxation with Household Production. (2000) (91)
The Optimal Income Taxation of Couples as a Multi-Dimensional Screening Problem (2007) (91)
Optimum taxation and the allocation of time (2004) (86)
Taxation and Migration: Evidence and Policy Implications (2019) (84)
Gender Inequality and Economic Development: Fertility, Education and Norms (2017) (74)
The EITC and the Extensive Margin: A Reappraisal (2019) (65)
Optimal tax and transfer programs for couples with extensive labor supply responses (2011) (63)
Sufficient Statistics Revisited (2020) (49)
Optimal Income Taxation with Career Effects of Work Effort (2012) (48)
Technology and Big Data are Changing Economics: Mining Text to Track Methods (2020) (48)
An Evaluation of the Tax-Transfer Treatment of Married Couples in European Countries (2009) (46)
Interest Rates, Debt and Intertemporal Allocation: Evidence from Notched Mortgage Contracts in the United Kingdom (2015) (43)
Do Family Policies Reduce Gender Inequality? Evidence from 60 Years of Policy Experimentation (2020) (35)
Welfare Reform in European Countries (2005) (35)
Does Biology Drive Child Penalties? Evidence from Biological and Adoptive Families (2020) (31)
The Welfare Magnet Hypothesis: Evidence from an Immigrant Welfare Scheme in Denmark (2019) (30)
Do People Respond to the Mortage Interest Deduction? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Denmark (2017) (27)
Labour Tax Reform, the Good Jobs and the Bad Jobs (2004) (24)
Labor Supply Behavior and the Design of Tax and Transfer Policy (2005) (21)
A Characteristics Approach to Optimal Taxation: Line Drawing and Tax‐Driven Product Innovation (2017) (21)
Behavioral Responses to Notches: Evidence from Pakistani Tax Records∗ (2012) (20)
Do People Respond to the Mortgage Interest Deduction? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Denmark (20)
Welfare Effects of Tax Reform, and Labor Supply at the Intensive and Extensive Margins ∗ (2006) (20)
Extrinsic vs Intrinsic Motivations for Tax Compliance. Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment in Germany (2014) (20)
Taxation and International Mobility of Superstars : Evidence from the European Football Market ∗ (2009) (20)
Taxation and International Migration of Top Earners: Evidence from the Foreigner Tax Scheme in Denmark (2011) (19)
The Role of Taxes as Automatic Destabilizers in New Keynesian Economics (2000) (18)
Property Transaction Taxes and the Housing Market: Evidence from Notches and Housing Stimulus in the UK (2012) (14)
Optimal Taxation of Married Couples with Household Production (2007) (14)
Parenthood and the Gender Gap : Evidence from Denmark ∗ (2015) (14)
A characteristics approach to optimal taxation and tax-driven product innovation (2009) (12)
State Effectiveness, Growth, and Development (2015) (11)
Dual Labour Markets and Menu Costs : Explaining the Cyclicality of Productivity and Wage Di ¤ erentials (1999) (9)
An Experimental Evaluation of Tax Evasion and Tax Enforcement in Denmark ∗ (2009) (6)
The Geography of Child Penalties and Gender Norms: Evidence from the United States (2022) (5)
Do People Respond to the Mortgage Interest Deduction? -0.2cm Quasi-Experimental Evidence from DenmarkGruber: gruberj@mit.edu; Jensen: ajensen@princeton.edu; Kleven: kleven@princeton.edu. We thank Jim Poterba, Matthew Shapiro, and two anonymous referees for helpful comments.0.5cm (2019) (4)
A Note on the Welfare Evaluation of Tax Reform with Non-Convex Preferences and Discrete Labor Supply (2004) (4)
Estimating Reported Income Responses using Danish Tax Reforms∗ (2009) (3)
Taxing to develop: When ‘third-best’ is best (2016) (3)
A Revised Efficiency Principle for the Taxation of Couples (2004) (2)
Erratum: Production versus Revenue Efficiency with Limited Tax Capacity: Theory and Evidence from Pakistan (2016) (2)
Dual labour markets and nominal rigidity (2002) (2)
A special issue of the Journal of Public Economics: Honoring the work of Sir Anthony B. Atkinson (1944–2017) (2018) (1)
On the Optimality of Joint Taxation with Household Production (2001) (1)
The Optimal Income Taxation of Couples 1 (2008) (1)
Replication data for: Children and Gender Inequality: Evidence from Denmark (2019) (1)
Welfare Program Complexity and the Take Up of Social Benefits (2005) (1)
MinimumWages and Racial Inequality (2020) (0)
Children and Gender Inequality: -0.2cm Evidence from DenmarkKleven: h.j.kleven@lse.ac.uk; Landais: c.landais@lse.ac.uk; Søgaard: jes@econ.ku.dk. We thank Oriana Bandiera, Tim Besley, Raj Chetty, Claudia Goldin, Lawrence Katz, Gilat Levy, Marjorie McElroy, Suresh Naidu, Torsten Persson, and numerous (2016) (0)
Web Appendix of Taxation and International Migration of Superstars: Evidence from the European Football Market (2012) (0)
Replication data for: How Can Scandinavians Tax So Much? (2019) (0)
The Effect of House Prices on Household Borrowing: -0.2cm A New ApproachCloyne: jcloyne@ucdavis.edu, Huber: k.huber@lse.ac.uk, Ilzetzki: e.ilzetzki@lse.ac.uk, Kleven: h.j.kleven@lse.ac.uk. We thank Orazio Attanasio, Richard Blundell, Christopher Carroll, Eric French, Erzo Luttmer, Magne Mogstad, Emi (2017) (0)
SERIES CHILDREN AND GENDER INEQUALITY : EVIDENCE FROM DENMARK (2018) (0)
Evidence paper: State effectiveness, growth and development (2014) (0)
Information and Incentives to Encourage Tax Compliance in Germany (2023) (0)
Plenary: Capital and Wealth Taxation (2019) (0)
Children and Gender Inequality: -0.2cm Evidence from DenmarkKleven: h.j.kleven@lse.ac.uk; Landais: c.landais@lse.ac.uk; Søgaard: jes@econ.ku.dk. We thank Oriana Bandiera, Tim Besley, Raj Chetty, Marjorie McElroy, and Gilat Levy for helpful comments and discussions. 0.5cm (2015) (0)
The Effect of House Prices on Household Borrowing: -0.2cm A New ApproachCloyne: jcloyne@ucdavis.edu, Huber: k.huber@lse.ac.uk, Ilzetzki: e.ilzetzki@lse.ac.uk, Kleven: h.j.kleven@lse.ac.uk. We thank Orazio Attanasio, Richard Blundell, Christopher Carroll, Eric French, Amir Kermani, Erzo Luttmer, Magn (2017) (0)
Replication data for: Child Penalties across Countries: Evidence and Explanations (2019) (0)
Why CanModern Governments Tax So Much? An Agency Model of Firms as Fiscal Intermediaries By HENRIK JACOBSEN KLEVEN†, CLAUS THUSTRUP KREINER‡ and EMMANUEL SAEZ†† (2016) (0)

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