Chair of Economic Policy and SME Research









DR. KAJA VON DER LEYEN (BORN FREDRIKSEN)











SHORT CV






  • Since 2019

    Research assistant at the Chair of Economic Policy and SME Research at the University of Göttingen



  • 2018

    Doctorate at the Chair of Economic Policy and SME Research at the University of Göttingen



  • 2018

    Studied economics at the Sorbonne and at the Institut Sciences-Po Paris, France.














PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE



  • Practical experience through work at the National Institute of Economics for SMEs (ifh), at the Norwegian Ministry of Finance, at the OECD and at a private consulting firm










PUBLIKATIONEN



  • 2020
    Frediksen, K. (2020). Does occupational licensing impact incomes? A replication study for the German crafts case.(Link)

  • 2018
    Fredriksen, K., Runst, P. & Bizer, K. (2018). Masterful Meisters? Voluntary Certification and Quality in the German Crafts Sector. German Economic Review.(Link)

  • 2018
    Haverkamp, K. & Fredriksen, K. (2018). Lohnstrukturen im Handwerk. Study der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung (Nr. 380). Düsseldorf.(Link)

  • 2018
    Runst, P., Fredriksen, K., Proeger, T., Haverkamp, K. & Thomä, J. (2018). Handwerksordnung: ökonomische Effekte der Deregulierung von 2004. Wirtschaftsdienst, 98 (5), 365-371.(Link)

  • 2018
    Runst, P., Bartelt, K., Fredriksen, K., Meyer-Veltrup, L., Pirk, W. & Proeger, T. (2018). Der Digitalisierungsindex für das Handwerk. Eine ökonomische Analyse des Digitalisierungs-Checks des Kompetenzzentrums Digitales Handwerk. Göttinger Beiträge zur Handwerksforschung (Heft 24). Göttingen.(Link)

  • 2013
    Fredriksen, K. (2013). Decentralisation and Economic Growth- Part 3. Decentralisation, Infrastructure Investment and Educational Performance. OECD Working Papers on Fiscal Federalism, No. 16, OECD Publishing.

  • 2013
    Fredriksen, K. (2013). Fiscal Consolidation Across Government Levels - Part 2. Fiscal Rules for Sub-central Governments, Update of the Institutional Indicator. OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 1071, OECD Publishing.

  • 2012
    Fredriksen, K. (2012). Less Income Inequality and More Growth - Are they Compatible? Part 6. The Distribution of Wealth. OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 929, OECD Publishing.

  • 2024
    · Fredriksen, K. (2012). Income Inequality in the European Union. OECD Economics Department Working Papers No. 952, OECD Publishing









WORKING PAPER



  • 2024
    Meub, Lukas, Petrik Runst & Kaja von der Leyen, 2019: Can Appealing And More Informative Bills “Nudge” Individuals Into Conserving Electricity?, cege discussion paper 372, Universität Göttingen.(Download)

  • 2024
    Fredriksen, K. & Runst, P. (2018). Are estimates of the “natural experiment” in the German crafts sector causal?. ifh Working Papers (No. 16). Göttingen.(Link)

  • 2024
    Runst, P., Fredriksen, K., Proeger, T., Bizer, K., Haverkamp, K., Müller, K. & Thomä, J. (2018). Ökonomische Effekte der Deregulierung der Handwerksordnung im Jahr 2004. ifh Working Papers (No. 13). Göttingen.(Link)

  • 2024
    Fredriksen, K. (2018). Does occupational licensing impact incomes? - The German crafts case. ifh Working Papers (No. 11). Updated version [first version published in 2017 with former title ‘Do legal restrictions to accessing professions impact incomes? - The German crafts case’]. Göttingen.(Link)

  • 2024
    Fredriksen, K., Runst, P. & Bizer, K. (2017). Masterful Meisters? Voluntary Certification and Quality in the German Crafts Sector. ifh Working

  • 2024
    Papers (No. 3). Updated version [first published in 2016].(Link)










Portrait photo of Dr. Kaja von der Leyen (née Fredriksen). She is wearing a black sweater.