Fields of interest: Applied Economics, Household Finance, Macroeconomics, Inequality, Labor and Demographic Economics, Monetary Policy
alkb@nationalbanken.dk
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Professional Experience
Senior Research Economist, Danmarks Nationalbank, 2022 -
Research Economist, Danmarks Nationalbank, 2021 - 2022
Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Bonn, 2021
M.Sc., Economics, University of Mannheim, 2015
B.A., Economics and Communication Science, University of Münster, 2012
Publications
"It Takes Two to Borrow: The Effects of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act on Housing, Credit, and Labor market Decisions of Married Couples," The Review of Financial Studies, 36:155-193, (2022)
"Monetary Policy and Racial Inequality," with Moritz Kuhn, Moritz Schularick and Paul Wachtel, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Spring 2022:1-47, (2022)
"Social Capital and the Spread of COVID-19: Insights from European Countries," with S. Seitz, S. Siegloch, M. Slotwinski and N. Wehrhöfer, Journal of Health Economics, 80: 102531, (2021)
"The College Wealth Divide: Education and Inequality in America, 1956-2016," with Moritz Kuhn and Moritz Schularick, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, 102(1): 19-49, (2020)
Working Papers
"Household Debt and Inequality in the United States, 1950-2019" with Moritz Kuhn, Moritz Schularick and Ulrike I. Steins