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| Knut H. Røed | |
|---|---|
| Name | Knut H. Røed |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Fields | Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Development Economics |
| Institutions | Institute of Economics (Norwegian School of Economics), Statistics Norway, University of Oslo, Institute for Fiscal Studies |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
Knut H. Røed is a Norwegian economist known for empirical research in welfare policy, taxation, labor markets, and household behavior. He has held positions at prominent institutions in Norway and the United Kingdom, contributed to public policy debates, and published extensively on redistribution, poverty, and tax-benefit microsimulation. His work connects sophisticated econometric methods with policy analysis relevant to national and international institutions.
Røed studied at the University of Oslo, where he completed degrees in economics and advanced training in applied econometrics. During his formative years he engaged with researchers from the Norwegian School of Economics and international visitors from the Institute for Fiscal Studies and London School of Economics, forming links with scholars associated with Public Economics research networks and policymakers from Statistics Norway. He benefited from academic exchanges and summer programs that connected him to the World Bank and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development researchers, establishing an early interest in comparative policy analysis and microsimulation techniques used across European Union member states.
Røed’s academic trajectory includes appointments at the University of Oslo and research affiliations with Statistics Norway, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and policy-oriented units within the Norwegian Ministry of Finance. He has served as a researcher and professor collaborating with economists from the Norwegian School of Economics, the London School of Economics, and the Stockholm School of Economics. His career features consultancy and project work with international organizations such as the European Commission, the World Bank, and the United Nations Development Programme, where he applied microdata analysis to tax-benefit design and labor market interventions. He has taught postgraduate courses drawing students who later joined institutions like the OECD and International Monetary Fund.
Røed’s research covers tax-benefit microsimulation, distributional consequences of fiscal policy, household labor supply responses, and poverty measurement. He has advanced empirical techniques used by researchers at Statistics Norway and analysts at the Institute for Fiscal Studies to evaluate policy reforms proposed by ministries such as the Norwegian Ministry of Finance and agencies like the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration. His work engages with literature from scholars at the London School of Economics, Oxford University, and the University of Chicago on incentive effects, and he has contributed to debates involving policymakers from the European Central Bank and the Bank of England about labor market participation. Methodologically, he has combined microsimulation with quasi-experimental designs employed by researchers at the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Centre for Economic Policy Research to estimate causal effects of transfers and taxation. He has also written on the interplay between demographic change studied by the United Nations and redistribution mechanisms analyzed by economists at the Institute for International Economic Studies.
Røed has authored articles in peer-reviewed journals and policy reports used by the Norwegian Ministry of Labour, the Norwegian Ministry of Children and Families, and international bodies such as the OECD and the World Bank. His publications include studies in journals read by scholars at the University of Cambridge, the Princeton University Press readership, and contributors to edited volumes featuring researchers from the Stockholm School of Economics and the Tilburg University. Notable papers examine the labor supply responses to tax reforms discussed in reports by the Institute for Fiscal Studies and empirical analyses comparing Scandinavian welfare programs with programs in the United Kingdom and United States. He has contributed chapters to handbooks alongside authors affiliated with the European Commission and the International Labour Organization.
Røed’s scholarly contributions have been recognized by national and international awards, fellowships, and research grants. He has received competitive funding through mechanisms similar to grants from the Research Council of Norway and collaborative projects supported by the European Research Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers. His work has been cited in governmental white papers prepared by the Norwegian Ministry of Finance and in policy evaluations by the OECD and the World Bank, reflecting recognition by both academic and policy communities.
Røed is affiliated with research networks and policy institutes including the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Statistics Norway, and university centers at the University of Oslo and the Norwegian School of Economics. He has participated in advisory groups for the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and peer review panels for grant agencies such as the Research Council of Norway and the European Research Council. He serves on editorial boards and program committees for conferences organized by the Centre for Economic Policy Research, the Royal Economic Society, and the European Economic Association, and collaborates with international teams associated with the World Bank, the OECD, and the United Nations.
Category:Norwegian economists Category:Living people