Yajna Govind

Yajna Govind is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Copenhagen Business School. Her research focuses on applied labor economics, migration, and inequality, with specific emphasis on integration policies and citizenship acquisition.

Key research areas:

• Labor market integration of immigrants
• Citizenship policy impacts
• Intergenerational mobility
• Post-colonial inequality patterns
• Naturalization reforms

Her work uses quasi-experimental approaches to examine how naturalization policies affect labor outcomes and has been published in Oxford Review of Economic Policy. She has received multiple awards including the Prix AFD Jeunes Chercheurs and Etta Chiuri Prize.