Torben Tranæs

Torben Tranæs is Executive Director of Research and Professor at SFI, The Danish National Centre for Social Research. As Executive Director of Research, he is responsible for research quality at SFI. Previously, Torben Tranæs was the Research Director at the Rockwool Foundations Research Unit where he had responsibility for research and specific projects.

Torben Tranæs holds a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Copenhagen and has for years done research on industrial relations, crime, migration and integration, and equality of opportunity and distribution.

Selected publications

Scientific article
SEP 2015

Labor market
Social issues

Tranæs, T. (2015). Active labor market policies and crime: Unemployment increases crime among youth, while active labor market policies can mitigate the problem. IZA World of Labor, 185, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.15185/izawol.185

Working paper
1. JUL 2013

Albæk, K., Leth-Petersen, S., le Maire, D., & Tranæs, T. (2013). Does Peacetime Military Service Affect Crime. IZA. Institute for the Study of Labor / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit. IZA Discussion paper No. 7528

Scientific article
1994

Labor market

Groes, N., Larsen, A. H., & Tranæs, T. (1994). A Forecast Model for Unemployment by Education. LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 8(2), 317-330. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9914.1994.tb00229.x

Scientific article
2002

Krishna, K., & Tranæs, T. (2002). Allocating multiple units. Economic Theory, 20(4), 733-750. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-001-0251-x

Scientific article
1992

Hendon, E., Jacobsen, H. J., Sloth, B., & Tranæs, T. (1992). An Introduction to Decision Making When Uncertainty Is Not Just Risk. Nationaløkonomisk tidsskrift, 130(1-2), 276-286.

Scientific article
1998

Groes, E., Jacobsen, H. J., Sloth, B., & Tranæs, T. (1998). Axiomatic characterizations of the Choquet integral. Economic Theory, 12(2), 441-448. https://doi.org/10.1007/s001990050230

Scientific article
1994

Hendon, E., Sloth, B., & Tranæs, T. (1994). Decentralized trade with bargaining and voluntary matching. Economic Design, 1(1), 55-77. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02716614

Scientific article
1993

Tranæs, T. (1993). Decision-making by an authority under influence. Economics Letters, 43(1), 35-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765

Book
2014

Labor market
Social issues

Tranæs, T., & Jensen, B. (2014). Den illegale indvandring til Europa – og til Danmark. Årsager, omfang og betydning. Gyldendal.

Scientific article
29. JUN 2017

Social issues

Albæk, K., Leth-Petersen, S., le Maire, D., & Tranæs, T. (2017). Does Peacetime Military Service Affect Crime? The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 119(3), 512–540 . https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12181

Book contribution
1999

Labor market

Tranæs, T., & T. Hansen, C. (1999). Effort Commitment in Active Labour Market Policy: Concequenses for anticipation incentives and Wage Setting. In T. M. Andersen, S. E. Hougaard Jensen, & O. Risager (Eds.), Macroeconomic Perspectives on the Danish Economy (pp. 335-358). Macmillan.

Scientific article
1994

Hendon, E., Jacobsen, H. J., Sloth, B., & Tranæs, T. (1994). Expected utility with lower probabilities. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 8(2), 197-216. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01065372

Working paper
2013

Labor market

Tranæs, T. (2013). Hvorfor Aktivering? Et essay om den aktive arbejdsmarkedspolitik i Danmark. Odense Universitetsforlag. Arbejdspapir No. 28

Report
2012

Labor market

Tranæs, T. (2012). Immigration laws affect integration: The politicians decide how. International Organization for Migration.

Working paper
2014

The Elderly
Social issues

Schultz-Nielsen, M. L., & Tranæs, T. (2014). Indvandrere og danskeres nettobidrag til de offentlige finanser. Rockwool Fondens Forskningsenhed. Arbejdspapir No. 30

Scientific article
2005

Labor market

Lentz, R., & Tranæs, T. (2005). Job Search and Savings: Wealth Effects and Duration Dependence. Journal of Labor Economics, 23(3), 467-489. https://doi.org/10.1086/430284

Scientific article
1. DEC 2011

Labor market

Filges, T., Kennes, J., Larsen, B., & Tranæs, T. (2011). Labour Market Programmes and the Equility-Efficiency Trade-off. Journal of Macroeconomics, 33(4), 738-753. [4]. https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.jmacro.2011.06.004

Working paper
MAY 2005

Labor market

Lentz, R., & Tranæs, T. (2005). Marriage, Wealth, and Unemployment Duration: A Gender Asymmetry Puzzle. IZA. IZA Discussion paper No. 1607 http://ftp.iza.org/dp1607.pdf

Book contribution
2004

Labor market

Tranæs, T., & Zimmermann, K. F. (2004). Migrants, Work, and the Welfare State: An Introduction. In T. Tranæs, & K. F. Zimmermann (Eds.), Migrants, Work, and the Welfare State (pp. 15-29). Odense Universitetsforlag.

Book contribution
2004

Labor market

Tranæs, T., & Zimmermann, K. F. (2004). Migrants, Work, and the Welfare State: Summary and Conclusions. In T. Tranæs, & K. F. Zimmermann (Eds.), Migrants, Work, and the Welfare State (pp. 391-404). Syddansk Universitetsforlag.

Scientific article
1998

Groes, E., Jørgen Jacobsen, H., Sloth, B., & Tranaes, T. (1998). Nash Equilibrium with Lower Probabilities. Theory and Decision, 44(1), 37-66. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004962423985

Scientific article
1999

Groes, E., & Tranæs, T. (1999). On the Efficiency of Decentralized Exchange with Resale Possibilities. International Economic Review, 40(2), 423-438. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2354.00022

Scientific article
2005

Labor market

Kreiner, C. T., & Tranæs, T. (2005). Optimal Workfare with Voluntary and Involuntary Unemployment. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 107*(3), 459-474. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9442.2005.00418.x

Scientific article
2000

Labor market

Lockwood, B., Sløk, T., & Tranaes, T. (2000). Progressive Taxation and Wage Setting: Some Evidence for Denmark. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 102(4), 707-723. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9442.00222

Book contribution
2006

Labor market

Tranæs, T., Arnberg, S., & Holm, A. (2006). Progressive Taxation and Wages: Microevidence. In J. Angell, & P. Birch Sørensen (Eds.), Tax Policy and Labor Market Performance (pp. 229-262). MIT Press.

Scientific article
1. OCT 2001

Labor market
Social issues

Tranæs, T. (2001). Raiding Opportunities and Unemployment. Journal of Labor Economics, 19(4), 773-798. https://doi.org/10.1086/322819

Scientific article
1991

Hendon, E., & Tranæs, T. (1991). Sequential bargaining in a market with one seller and two different buyers. Games and Economic Behavior, 3(4), 453-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/0899-8256

Working paper
1. DEC 2006

Filges, T., Larsen, B., Tranæs, T., & Kennes, J. (2006). Social Preferences and Labor Market Policy. Working Papers, IFAU

Working paper
2012

Labor market
Social issues

Højsgaard Andersen, L., Hansen, H., Schultz-Nielsen, M. L., & Tranæs, T. (2012). Starthjælpens betydning for flygtninges levevilkår og beskæftigelse. Rockwool Fondens Forskningsenhed. Arbejdspapir Vol. 25

Book
2014

Management and implementation
Daycare, school and education

Bøgh Andersen, L., Bogetoft, P., Grønnegård Christensen, J., & Tranæs, T. (Eds.) (2014). Styring, ledelse og resultater på ungdomsuddannelserne. Syddansk Universitetsforlag.

Scientific article
1999

Groes, E., Jacobsen, H. J., Sloth, B., & Tranæs, T. (1999). Testing the Intransitivity Explanation of the Allais Paradox. Theory and Decision, 47(3), 229-245. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005177230444

Working paper
DEC 2014

Labor market
Social issues

Fallesen, P., Geerdsen, L. P., Imai, S., & Tranæs, T. (2014). The Effect of Workfare on Crime: Incapacitation and Program Effects. IZA. Institute for the Study of Labor / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit. IZA Discussion paper No. 8716 http://ftp.iza.org/dp8716.pdf

Selected publications

Tranæs, T. (2015). Active labor market policies and crime: Unemployment increases crime among youth, while active labor market policies can mitigate the problem. IZA World of Labor, 185, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.15185/izawol.185

Albæk, K., Leth-Petersen, S., le Maire, D., & Tranæs, T. (2013). Does Peacetime Military Service Affect Crime. IZA. Institute for the Study of Labor / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit. IZA Discussion paper No. 7528

Groes, N., Larsen, A. H., & Tranæs, T. (1994). A Forecast Model for Unemployment by Education. LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 8(2), 317-330. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9914.1994.tb00229.x

Krishna, K., & Tranæs, T. (2002). Allocating multiple units. Economic Theory, 20(4), 733-750. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-001-0251-x

Hendon, E., Jacobsen, H. J., Sloth, B., & Tranæs, T. (1992). An Introduction to Decision Making When Uncertainty Is Not Just Risk. Nationaløkonomisk tidsskrift, 130(1-2), 276-286.

Groes, E., Jacobsen, H. J., Sloth, B., & Tranæs, T. (1998). Axiomatic characterizations of the Choquet integral. Economic Theory, 12(2), 441-448. https://doi.org/10.1007/s001990050230

Hendon, E., Sloth, B., & Tranæs, T. (1994). Decentralized trade with bargaining and voluntary matching. Economic Design, 1(1), 55-77. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02716614

Tranæs, T. (1993). Decision-making by an authority under influence. Economics Letters, 43(1), 35-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765

Tranæs, T., & Jensen, B. (2014). Den illegale indvandring til Europa – og til Danmark. Årsager, omfang og betydning. Gyldendal.

Albæk, K., Leth-Petersen, S., le Maire, D., & Tranæs, T. (2017). Does Peacetime Military Service Affect Crime? The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 119(3), 512–540 . https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12181

Tranæs, T., & T. Hansen, C. (1999). Effort Commitment in Active Labour Market Policy: Concequenses for anticipation incentives and Wage Setting. In T. M. Andersen, S. E. Hougaard Jensen, & O. Risager (Eds.), Macroeconomic Perspectives on the Danish Economy (pp. 335-358). Macmillan.

Hendon, E., Jacobsen, H. J., Sloth, B., & Tranæs, T. (1994). Expected utility with lower probabilities. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 8(2), 197-216. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01065372

Tranæs, T. (2013). Hvorfor Aktivering? Et essay om den aktive arbejdsmarkedspolitik i Danmark. Odense Universitetsforlag. Arbejdspapir No. 28

Tranæs, T. (2012). Immigration laws affect integration: The politicians decide how. International Organization for Migration.

Schultz-Nielsen, M. L., & Tranæs, T. (2014). Indvandrere og danskeres nettobidrag til de offentlige finanser. Rockwool Fondens Forskningsenhed. Arbejdspapir No. 30

Lentz, R., & Tranæs, T. (2005). Job Search and Savings: Wealth Effects and Duration Dependence. Journal of Labor Economics, 23(3), 467-489. https://doi.org/10.1086/430284

Filges, T., Kennes, J., Larsen, B., & Tranæs, T. (2011). Labour Market Programmes and the Equility-Efficiency Trade-off. Journal of Macroeconomics, 33(4), 738-753. [4]. https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.jmacro.2011.06.004

Lentz, R., & Tranæs, T. (2005). Marriage, Wealth, and Unemployment Duration: A Gender Asymmetry Puzzle. IZA. IZA Discussion paper No. 1607 http://ftp.iza.org/dp1607.pdf

Tranæs, T., & Zimmermann, K. F. (2004). Migrants, Work, and the Welfare State: An Introduction. In T. Tranæs, & K. F. Zimmermann (Eds.), Migrants, Work, and the Welfare State (pp. 15-29). Odense Universitetsforlag.

Tranæs, T., & Zimmermann, K. F. (2004). Migrants, Work, and the Welfare State: Summary and Conclusions. In T. Tranæs, & K. F. Zimmermann (Eds.), Migrants, Work, and the Welfare State (pp. 391-404). Syddansk Universitetsforlag.

Groes, E., Jørgen Jacobsen, H., Sloth, B., & Tranaes, T. (1998). Nash Equilibrium with Lower Probabilities. Theory and Decision, 44(1), 37-66. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004962423985

Groes, E., & Tranæs, T. (1999). On the Efficiency of Decentralized Exchange with Resale Possibilities. International Economic Review, 40(2), 423-438. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2354.00022

Kreiner, C. T., & Tranæs, T. (2005). Optimal Workfare with Voluntary and Involuntary Unemployment*. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 107(3), 459-474. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9442.2005.00418.x

Lockwood, B., Sløk, T., & Tranaes, T. (2000). Progressive Taxation and Wage Setting: Some Evidence for Denmark. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 102(4), 707-723. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9442.00222

Tranæs, T., Arnberg, S., & Holm, A. (2006). Progressive Taxation and Wages: Microevidence. In J. Angell, & P. Birch Sørensen (Eds.), Tax Policy and Labor Market Performance (pp. 229-262). MIT Press.

Tranæs, T. (2001). Raiding Opportunities and Unemployment. Journal of Labor Economics, 19(4), 773-798. https://doi.org/10.1086/322819

Hendon, E., & Tranæs, T. (1991). Sequential bargaining in a market with one seller and two different buyers. Games and Economic Behavior, 3(4), 453-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/0899-8256

Filges, T., Larsen, B., Tranæs, T., & Kennes, J. (2006). Social Preferences and Labor Market Policy. Working Papers, IFAU

Højsgaard Andersen, L., Hansen, H., Schultz-Nielsen, M. L., & Tranæs, T. (2012). Starthjælpens betydning for flygtninges levevilkår og beskæftigelse. Rockwool Fondens Forskningsenhed. Arbejdspapir Vol. 25

Bøgh Andersen, L., Bogetoft, P., Grønnegård Christensen, J., & Tranæs, T. (Eds.) (2014). Styring, ledelse og resultater på ungdomsuddannelserne. Syddansk Universitetsforlag.

Groes, E., Jacobsen, H. J., Sloth, B., & Tranæs, T. (1999). Testing the Intransitivity Explanation of the Allais Paradox. Theory and Decision, 47(3), 229-245. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005177230444

Fallesen, P., Geerdsen, L. P., Imai, S., & Tranæs, T. (2014). The Effect of Workfare on Crime: Incapacitation and Program Effects. IZA. Institute for the Study of Labor / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit. IZA Discussion paper No. 8716 http://ftp.iza.org/dp8716.pdf

Kreiner, C. T., & Tranæs, T. (2005). Optimal Workfare with Voluntary and Involuntary Unemployment. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 107*(3), 459-474. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9442.2005.00418.x