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Lis­beth La Cour

Associate Professor

Subjects
Economics Analysis Data Evaluation Quantitative methods Methodology

Primary research areas

FDI spill-over on pro­ductiv­ity and MNEs
We quant­it­at­ively ana­lyze pro­ductiv­ity spill-over from for­eign dir­ect in­vest­ments and do­mest­ic MNEs. Our sample is a large num­ber of man­u­fac­tur­ing com­pan­ies in Europe (from Or­bis/Amadeus). Know­ledge about the ul­ti­mate own­er­ship of the com­pan­ies is cru­cial for these stud­ies.
Eco­nom­ic growth based the Sound Toll Ac­counts
We quant­it­at­ively mod­el eco­nom­ic growth in West­ern Europe dur­ing 16. and 17 cen­tur­ies based on very de­tailed trade (ori­gin­ally at the level of a ship) data from the Sound Toll Ac­counts.
Com­pet­i­tion for pub­lic con­tracts and TED data
We ex­ploit the pos­sib­il­ity of com­bin­ing ana­lys­is based on the Tenders Elec­tron­ic Daily Data from the European Com­mis­sion with state-of-the-art eco­no­met­ric and ma­chine learn­ing meth­ods. In one pa­per we mod­elled the prob­ab­il­ity of re­ceiv­ing only one bid with a range of ex­plan­at­ory vari­ables from TED.
Im­mig­rants, health and the labor mar­ket
We ana­lyze vari­ous out­come meas­ures for im­mig­rant and (men­tal) health to learn more about po­ten­tial policy in­ter­ven­tions to in­crease their labor mar­ket par­ti­cip­a­tion.

I ap­ply data ana­lys­is to help guide the trans­form of so­ci­ety

I am an applied econometrician and time series analyst, working with cross-sectional, time series and panel data sets.  

On applications, I work and have worked (also cross-disciplinary) on e.g. projects within: 

Theoretical time series analysis (VAR and Cointegration) 

Exchange rates 

Productivity and spill-over effects 

Growth models and trade data historically 

Public procurement and competition in the EU 

Sales data from a Big Data perspective 

Market domination 

Course evaluations 

Educational economics 

Immigrants and the labor market 

Outside activities

Member of the FSE council under DFF, 2021–2026

As­sess­ment of ap­plic­a­tion and some coun­cil­ing

Censoring for economics study programs at other Danish Universities. , ongoing

Member of the Scientific Council for LEX ( Danmarks Nationalleksikon), 2025–ongoing

Find­ing writers for top­ics with­in my field

Member for the organizing Committee for Symposium i Anvendt Statistik , ongoing

People from busi­ness, the pub­lic sec­tor and aca­demia meet an­nu­ally to present their work and/or to net­work

Copenhagen Education Network, ongoing

Co-ini­ti­at­or and mem­ber of the or­gan­iz­ing com­mit­tee.