Persistent gender gaps in the labor market are largely driven by the underrepresentation of women at the top of most professions. We study how parenthood shapes gender gaps in academic careers using population-wide administrative and survey data linked to productivity and promotion records....

The acquisition of Greenland has repeatedly been a topic of discussion within US government circles since the 19th century. That is because of the island’s strategic loca­tion and its resources. In the summer of 2019, US President Donald Trump made his first bid to purchase Greenland from the...

A growing literature concerns the role of symbolic politics, including how political parties benefit electorally from politicizing the past, a strategy which should be more effective in localities with physical memories of the past. We test this argument by studying the effect of the local...

In recent decades, European housing systems have faced significant challenges, including rising socioeconomic inequalities, demographic shifts, welfare cuts, the financialization of housing markets, and ongoing affordability crises. The Delivering Safe and Social Housing (DASH) project, carried...

The output gap is a key guide for economic policymaking and analysis. It is often used to quantify inflationary pressures and thus plays a central role in Danmarks Nationalbank's assessment of the state of the Danish economy. This paper refines Danmarks Nationalbank's existing production...

From the perspective of the author, this national fisheries profile of Denmark constitutes a methodological step in an ongoing effort to fulfil the demand for national profiles as context for the ambition of further social data collection of the EU. This national profile should be seen as a test...

This short description provides an overview of vocational education and training (VET) in Denmark, highlighting its structure, distinctive features, key developments and challenges. Denmark's VET system is characterised by a strong dual approach, combining school-based education with work-based...

This policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training (VET) policy developments in [country] between 2020 and the end of 2024. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics as well as the...

The Floods Directive (FD) established a framework for flood risk management. It foresees 6-yearly cycles aiming at the reduction of the adverse consequences associated with floods in the European Union (EU). The first cycle covered the period 2010-15. The second cycle covers the period 2016-21....

In this Working Paper, the aim is to examine in depth the commercialization processes of university-generated inventions. The explorative analysis draws on primary and secondary data obtained from the internal invention disclosure database of the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) for the...

Denmark faces considerable skills shortages. Although participation in STEM courses continues to increase, it remains below the EU average. Basic skills keep declining with every fifth student showing low skills, and less than 10% showing top performance. Socio-economic and migrant background...

The Education and Training Monitor's country reports present and assess the main recent and ongoing policy development at all education levels in the 27 EU Member States. They give the reader more in-depth insight into the performance of a country as regards the EU-level targets agreed within...

The Education and Training Monitor's country reports present and assess the main recent and ongoing policy development at all education levels in the 27 EU Member States. They give the reader more in-depth insight into the performance of a country as regards the EU-level targets agreed within...

Denmark has established one of the most advanced and longstanding integrated surveillance systems for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and antimicrobial consumption (AMC) in Europe. Central to Denmark's success is the early creation of the Danish Programme for surveillance of antimicrobial...

Vocational education and training (VET) plays a key role in Denmark's strategy for lifelong learning, alongside addressing the challenges of globalisation and technological change. Danish education and training consist of a mainstream system and a system of adult education and training that...

This policy brief presents one such initiative: a Peer2Peer study visit by the Andalusian delegation to their counterparts in Finland and Denmark. Facilitated by the Joint Research Centre and supported by the TAIEX-REGIO Peer2Peer instrument in collaboration with DG REGIO, the visit aimed to...

In this paper, we present QMDE, an empirical quarterly stock-flow consistent (SFC) model of Denmark. It is categorized as a medium-sized model to strike a balance between complexity and economic intuition. This model provides a nuanced understanding of Denmark's economic structure, segmenting it...

Mental health disorders tend to emerge in childhood, with half starting by age 14. This makes early intervention important, but treatment rates are low, and antidepressant treatment for children remains controversial since an FDA warning in 2004 that highlighted adverse effects. Linking...

Preschool-aged children get sick frequently and spread disease to other family members. Despite the universality of this experience, there is limited causal evidence on the magnitudes and consequences of these externalities, especially for infant siblings with developing immune systems and...

In the 1960s and 1970s, the Danish Parliament debated whether legislation on discrimination in the labour market due to race, religion and other grounds should be enacted. The social partners, i.e. employers' organisations and employees' organisations in the labour market, rejected the proposal,...

Preschool-aged children get sick frequently and spread disease to other family members. Despite the universality of this experience, there is limited causal evidence on the magnitudes and consequences of these externalities, especially for infant siblings with developing immune systems and...