About me
I am an applied microeconomist working at the intersection of labour, public, and health economics. Starting Autumn 2026, I will be Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford, jointly appointed with Balliol College. I am currently a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economics, affiliated with Lady Margaret Hall, Nuffield College, CEPR, and IZA.
My research agenda has two strands. First, I study the parent–child relationship across three phases: the effects of childbirth, intergenerational dynamics across the life course, and the consequences when the relationship ends at parental death. Second, I examine how policy, labour market dynamics, and education contribute to heterogeneous outcomes in modern labour markets and in well-being more broadly.
I direct the Centre for Research on Outreach and Access (CROA) and co-direct the Centre for Quantitative Diversity Studies (with Barbara Petrongolo).
I communicate research to broader audiences through policy briefs (e.g., VoxEU; IZA World of Labor) and direct engagement with business and policymakers (e.g., via Oxford Elevate). My work has been featured in international media, including the New York Times and The Observer/Guardian.
Please get in touch on mathias.jensen@economics.ox.ac.uk if you would like to talk research!
News
January 2025 – Effects of Parental Death on Labor Market Outcomes (with Ning Zhang) forthcoming at the American Economic Review.
November 2025 – Joined the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) as a Research Affiliate.
Contact
Department of Economics
University of Oxford
Manor Road
Oxford OX1 3UQ
United Kingdom