Mikkel Aagaard Houmark will defend his PhD dissertation entitled The Role of Nature and Nurture in Child Development. He has been enrolled in the PhD programme in Economics and Business Economics, supervised by Professor Helena Skyt Nielsen and Associate Professor Timo Hener.

The dissertation can be downloaded from Mikkel Aagaard Houmark's profile prior to the defence.

The assessment committee:

• Professor Marianne Simonsen, Aarhus BSS (chair)
• Associate Professor Kevin Thom, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Professor Björn Öckert, Uppsala University

The defence is public and open to all. The department will host a reception after the defence in building 2632, room L242.

Contact:
Susanne Christensen
PhD Secretary
Phone: +45 8716 5121
E-mail: sch@econ.au.dk