Hi, I'm Maria

I'm an Assistant Professor at University of Copenhagen and affiliated with Centre for Computational Economics. I did my PhD in urban economics and a postdoc in economics of education before starting my current position. 

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The first strand of my research focuses on developing models explaining the housing market equilibrium as a function of individuals' home and work location decisions. I consider how this equilibrium is affected by increased housing stock and telecommuting. I expand this work to consider dual-earner households and their intra-household bargaining over locations and work on identifying potential channels in that process which can explain gender gaps on the labor market. I also contribute to the hedonic pricing literature by developing methods that pin down the welfare consequences of improvements of locational amenities such as reductions in crime. 

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The second strand of my research aims to improve the understanding of individuals' way through the education system and how these sequential decisions, including dropping out, are formed and affect labor market outcomes later in life.