- Country of residence/work
- Ireland
- Geographical scope
- Finland
- Ireland
- United States
- Level of education focus
- School education
- Vocational education and training (VET)
- Thematic areas covered
- Education-to-work transitions, education and labour market
- Educational attainment and participation in education
- Lifelong learning
- Methodological expertise
- Big data approaches
- Economic studies, economic modelling and econometrics, counterfactual analysis
- Organisation
- University College Dublin
Contact
Christopher Jepsen is a professor of economics at University College Dublin. He has done extensive research on vocational postsecondary education, with a particular focus on labor-market outcomes. He has also explored the relationship between schooling and mental health outcomes. His research has been published in top economics journals such as the Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Labor Economics, and the Journal of Human Resources. Prof. Jepsen received his PhD in economics from Northwestern University. He has held positions at the Public Policy Institute of California and the University of Kentucky.