Linea Hasager

Linea Hasager is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen. She is also a Research Affiliate at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics and a Research Fellow at RFBerlin. Her academic journey includes a PhD in Economics (2020) and prior postdoctoral positions at University College London (CReAM) and the University of Copenhagen.

• Education:
  • PhD in Economics, University of Copenhagen (2020)
  • MSc in Economics, University of Copenhagen (2017)
  • BSc in Economics, University of Copenhagen (2015)

Her research lies at the intersection of Labor Economics, Migration Economics, and Applied Microeconometrics. She focuses on the economic and social integration of vulnerable groups, including refugees and marginalized populations in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Her work often employs register data to evaluate policy impacts.

Recent publications analyze refugee labor market policies, health outcomes in low-income neighborhoods, and intergenerational spillover effects of language training. Her 2024 articles in Journal of Labor Economics and The Review of Economics and Statistics examine quasi-experimental policy evaluations using Danish register data.