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2017.06.26 | Awards
Jonas Fluchtmann wins award for thesis on labour market economy
Jonas Fluchtmann wins the Danish Ministry of Employment’s new labour market economy award for his Master’s thesis ”Cognitive Biases in Dynamic Job Search”.
2017.06.26 | Students
Aarhus BSS students receive award for assignment
For three Aarhus BSS students, the end of the semester included a cash price of DKK 10,000 when the winner of this year’s case collaboration with the City of Aarhus was revealed at the Town Hall.
2017.05.15 | People
Graduation Day 2017
See the photos from the graduation ceremony for the department’s graduates. Oeconrådet was responsible for the ceremony which took place on Saturday, 13 May 2017.
2017.05.01 | People
Philipp Schröder – Member of the Government’s New Disruption Council
Professor Philipp Schröder has been appointed member of the government’s new Disruption Council, which is a partnership between the labour market parties, companies, experts and ministers. Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen will act as chairman of the partnership. The partnership will analyse, discuss and provide suggestions as to how…
2017.03.12 | Aarhus BSS
Longer deadlines make people donate more money
We become more generous in relation to donating money for e.g. emergency aid via email and text messages if we do not feel (too) pressured to donate right away. But deadlines in themselves do not make more people donate money. This is the result of a new study from Aarhus BSS.
2017.03.12 | Aarhus BSS
Reminder emails increase the number of donations, but…
New research shows that reminder emails make more people donate money to charity. But the extra email also causes a significantly higher number of people to unsubscribe from the mailing list, which can reduce donations by up to a third over the long run. However, the number of unsubscriptions can be reduced by simple means.
2017.03.06 | Public/media
Aarhus BSS establishes the Dale T. Mortensen Centre
Three years after the passing of Nobel Prize winner Dale T. Mortensen, Aarhus BSS at Aarhus University now establishes a new research centre to develop the theories of the American economics professor.
2017.03.06 | People
Philipp Schröder appointed member of expert group on research
Professor Philipp Schröder from the Department of Economics and Business Economics at Aarhus BSS has been appointed member of the expert group which is to assist a cross-ministerial committee in assessing the effects of the current research efforts.
2017.02.20 | People
Torben M. Andersen to head new macroeconomic model
Professor and former Chief Economic Adviser Torben M. Andersen, Department of Economics and Business Economics at Aarhus BSS, has been appointed chairman of the board of a new working group aiming to develop a new macroeconomic model on behalf of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Interior. The model will…
2017.02.02 | Public/media
Languages and maths in the day nursery
It’s a good idea to already start developing children’s language and maths learning skills in the day nursery. This way, the children might do better in school later on than they otherwise would have done.