Anthony Wray

Anthony Wray is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), affiliated with the Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics (CPop) and the Historical Economics & Development Group (HEDG). He holds a PhD in Economics from Northwestern University (2015) and has conducted postdoctoral research at Hitotsubashi University (Japan). His expertise lies in economic history, health economics, and labor economics, with a focus on long-term health impacts of early-life environments and policy interventions.

Education: PhD in Economics (Northwestern University, 2015), MA in Economics (Northwestern University, 2011), MA in Economics (Queen’s University, 2009), BA in Economics and History (University of British Columbia, 2008).

Research Interests: Wray investigates the intergenerational transmission of health and socioeconomic status, the effects of public health policies, and historical economic phenomena such as the impact of hospital modernization on mortality rates. His work has been published in top journals like the American Economic Review, Journal of Labor Economics, and Journal of Human Resources.

Grants & Awards: He leads the WarMED project (DFF-Research Grant, 2023) and has received grants from the Carlsberg Foundation and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Notable awards include the Sokoloff Graduate Dissertation Fellowship and Arthur H. Cole Grant.

Teaching: Courses include Regression Analysis, Econometrics, and Economic Development. He has also contributed to graduate seminars on historical economic development and applied econometrics.

Labs/Teams: Affiliated with CPop, HEDG, and the IZA Research Network, focusing on interdisciplinary population dynamics and historical economic analysis.