Freja Kvistgaard

About me

I am a PhD student at the Department of Economics and Business Economics at Aarhus University and affiliated with TrygFonden’s Centre for Child Research.

My research is in the economics of education. I am particularly interested in teachers, teacher value added, and how students’ educational experiences shape their outcomes.

Research

Work in Progress

Do Same-Sex Teachers Affect Students' Academic Achievement and Later Educational Choices?

Teacher Quality and the Gender Gap in Educational Performance (with S. C. Andersen, M. A. Houmark, M. K. Humlum, and M. Mørk)

Education

2025–2028

PhD in Economics

Aarhus University

Supervisors: Professor Maria Knoth Humlum and Professor Helena Skyt Nielsen

PhD courses: Advanced Econometrics (Aarhus University), Education, Inequality, and Mobility (lectured by Professor Jesse Rothstein), Gender Diversity in Economics (Paris School of Economics), RCTs in Education - Method and Findings (lectured by Professor Susan Dynarski)

2022–2025

MSc Economics (Public Policy)

Aarhus University

2019–2022

BSc Public Policy

Aarhus University

Teaching Experience

2023–2025

Econometrics of Policy Evaluation

Aarhus University

Undergraduate teaching assistant

2025

Det rullende Universitet

Aarhus University

Teaching high school students on university-related topics

Seminar, Workshop, and Conference Presentations

2025

Nordic Economics Workshop for Early-Career Researchers

Umeå, Sweden

Labor and Public Policy Seminar

Aarhus