Christian Skovsgaard
Job market candidate
Education
Spring 2016
(expected)
Fall 2013
Aug 2013
June 2010
June 2007
PhD degree in Economics from the University of Southern Denmark, Odense
Thesis: "Topics in Economic Development"
Visiting PhD student at the University of California, Davis
Sponsor: Prof. Christopher M. Meissner
Master of Science, Mathematics and Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Average grade: 12.0/12.0
Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Economics, University of Southern
Denmark, Average grade: 9.9/12.0
Higher Commercial Examination at Tietgen Business College , Odense
Honor: Highest grade average.
Research Interests
Economic History, Economic Growth, Economic Development
Publications
Accepted papers
Working papers
Work in progress
The Heavy Plow and the Agricultural Revolution in Medieval Europe,
Journal of Development Economics (forthcoming),
with Thomas Barnebeck Andersen & Peter Sandholt Jensen.
Modern Gender Roles and Agricultural History: The Neolithic Inheritance,
Journal of Economic Growth (forthcoming),
with Casper Worm Hansen & Peter Sandholt Jensen.
Does HIV/AIDS Matter for Economic Growth in sub-Saharan Africa?,
UNU WIDER Working Paper Series (2015),
with Tine Lesner & Anthony Mveyange.
The Creation of a Land ‘of Milk and Butter’: Traditional Elites and the Progress Long Run Determinants of Economic Take-off in Denmark,
with Peter Sandholt Jensen, Markus Lampe & Paul Sharp.
Ethnicity, Health and Development,
with Thomas Barnebeck Andersen.
Professional experience
PhD student at University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense
Research Assistant in Development Economics at SDU
Student employee, Statistics on marginalized residential areas at the Municipality of Odense
Teaching assistant at University of Southern Denmark
Sep 2011 - current
Jan 2011 - Sep 2011
2009 - 2011
2008 - 2009
Dissemination
Seminars
Conference
presentations
Poster
Media
MEHR Seminar at University of Copenhagen, 2012
Economic History seminar at University of California, Davis 2013
Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE), Aarhus 2013
Economic History Society Annual Conference (EHS), York 2013
Accounting for the Great Divergence Conference, Venice, 2014
Center for the Study of African Economics (CSAE), Oxford, 2015
World Economic History Congress, Stellenbosch, 2012
Top three poster award.
Article on the Heavy Plow in the Danish newspaper ’Jyllands-posten’, Jan 2013
Grants
Research
Personal
The Heavy Plow paper was supported by a grant from the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation (DKK 971,626/USD 143,407)
I recieved personal grants from the following foundations:
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Frimodt-Heineke Fonden (DKK 20,000/USD 2,952)
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Augustinus Fonden (DKK 10,000/USD 1,476)
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Oticon Fonden (DKK 12,000/USD 1,771)
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Knud Højgaards Fond (DKK 25,000/USD 3,690)
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Kristine og Max Schaumanns Fond (DKK 20,000/USD 2,952)
Teaching
Lectures
TA
Advisor
Guest lecturer in Macroeconomics & History, MA Course, SDU, fall 2012
3 lectrues in International Trade Theory and Policy, MA Course, SDU, fall 2014
5 lectures in Political Economy of Development, BA course, SDU, spring 2015
Teaching assistant in Microeconometrics, MA course, SDU, spring & fall 2012
Teaching assistant in Statistics, BA course, SDU, spring 2012
Teaching assistant in Introductory Data Processing, BA course, SDU, fall 2008
Advisor on Bachelor Thesis, SDU, spring 2012 - spring 2015
Advisor on Tietgen Talent, SDU, 2012
References
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Software Skills
GIS, Stata, R, Latex
Language Skills
Danish (mother tongue), English (fluent), German (intermediate)