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Biography
Jakob is a macroeconomist and holds the Xiaokai Yang Chair in Business and Economics. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and was an ARC Professorial Fellow from 2011 to 2015. His research interests are in macroeconomics, endogenous and unified economic growth, the macroecomics of inequality, history of economic growth,stock and house price valuation, macrofinance, and applied econometrics.
Jakob was born in Randers, Denmark and holds an M.Ec. from the University of Aarhus, Denmark and a Ph.D. from the Australian National University. Prior to undertaking his Ph.D. Jakob worked for some years in the financial sector in Denmark as a financial analyst and as the Deputy Chief Economist at the Bank of Jutland. Since completing his Ph.D. he has held lecturing positions at the University of Southampton, University of Western Australia and Flinders University and professorial positions at Brunel University, London, and University of Copenhagen. He returned to Australia in 2006 to take up his current position at Monash University.
Jakob has published more than 100 papers in international refereed journals including Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Monetary Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of International Economics, Economic Journal, European Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Oxford Economic Papers, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Journal of Economic History, Economica, Explorations in Economic History, Journal of International Money and Finance and Economics Letters.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Growth, IQ, Diseases, and the Great Demographic Transition
Madsen, J. & Ang, B.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
3/01/12 → 29/12/15
Project: Research
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The Great Divergence, Long-run Growth and Unified Theories of Economic Growth
Madsen, J. & Peretto, P.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
4/01/11 → 31/12/15
Project: Research
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Growth, Trade, and Economic Development in Asia
Madsen, J. & Robertson, P.
Australian Research Council (ARC), University of Western Australia
5/01/09 → 31/12/14
Project: Research
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Human Capital, Innovations and Economic Growth
Australian Research Council (ARC)
2/01/08 → 31/12/10
Project: Research
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Inequality and Economic Growth: Implications for Australia and the OECD
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University
1/01/17 → 18/01/19
Project: Research
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Social disorganization theory and crime in the advanced countries: two centuries of evidence
Errol, Z., Madsen, J. B. & Moslehi, S., Nov 2021, In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 191, p. 519-537 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
9 Citations (Scopus) -
When are instruments generated from geographic characteristics in bilateral relationships invalid?
Deij, S., Madsen, J. B. & Puzzello, L., Jun 2021, In: Journal of Applied Econometrics. 36, 4, 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Assessing Piketty's second law of capitalism
Madsen, J. B., Minniti, A. & Venturini, F., 1 Jan 2018, In: Oxford Economic Papers. 70, 1, p. 1-21 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
11 Citations (Scopus) -
Health-led growth since 1800
Madsen, J. B., Jun 2018, In: Macroeconomic Dynamics. 22, 4, p. 961-1000 40 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
11 Citations (Scopus) -
International technology spillovers and growth over the past 142 years: the role of genetic proximity
Madsen, J. B. & Farhadi, M., Apr 2018, In: Economica. 85, 338, p. 329-359 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
11 Citations (Scopus)