Torben Magnus Andersen#
| Membership Number: | 3879 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECONOMICS, BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2014 |
| Main Country of Residence: | DENMARK |
| Homepage(s): | http://mit.econ.au.dk/vip_htm/tandersen/index.htm |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 1989 Professor, Department of Economics, University of Aarhus
- 1986-1988 Research Professor, Danish Social Science Research Council
- 1985-1986 Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Aarhus
- 1984-1985 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Aarhus
- 1982-1983 Research Fellow, Danish Social Science Research Council
- CEPR (London) research fellow
- IZA (Bonn) research fellow
- CES/IFO (Munich) research fellow
Fields of Scholarship
- Economics of the (Nordic) welfare state
- Labour markets
- Inequality
- Public sector economics
- Ageing and Pensions
Honours and Awards
- 2010 Member of the Tampere Club
- 2006 Honorary prize from “Svend Hansens og Frues Fond”
- 2006 Aarhus Universitets Jubilæumsfonds Price for outstanding teaching and outreach
- 2001 Member of The Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letter
- 1996 Award as best lecturer of the year, Aarhus University
- 1995 The award for the best paper in Open Economies Review (joint paper with N. L. Hansen)
- 1986 The scientific prize of the Knudsen-foundation, Aarhus
- 1984 Honorary prize of the 50th anniversary fund of the University of Aarhus
- 1981 Ely Devons Prize, London School of Economics, given to “the regular student of the School who, as a candidate for the M.Sc. in economics, is judged to be the best of his year” (the price is shared with two other students)
