Torben Heien Nielsen

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 719 citations indexed

About

Torben Heien Nielsen is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Accounting and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Torben Heien Nielsen has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 719 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in General Health Professions, 8 papers in Accounting and 7 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Torben Heien Nielsen's work include Global Health Care Issues (8 papers), Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (8 papers) and Retirement, Disability, and Employment (6 papers). Torben Heien Nielsen is often cited by papers focused on Global Health Care Issues (8 papers), Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (8 papers) and Retirement, Disability, and Employment (6 papers). Torben Heien Nielsen collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Greece. Torben Heien Nielsen's co-authors include Itzik Fadlon, Tore Vincents Olsen, Raj Chetty, Søren Leth‐Petersen, John N. Friedman, Claus Thustrup Kreiner, Miriam Wüst, Nete Munk Nielsen, Maya Rossin‐Slater and Frederik Plesner Lyngse and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Economic Review and The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

In The Last Decade

Torben Heien Nielsen

16 papers receiving 677 citations

Hit Papers

Active vs. Passive Decisions and Crowd-Out in Retirement ... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Active vs. Passive Decisions and Crowd-Out in Retirement Savings Accounts: Evidence from Denmark *
    2014 343 citations Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman et al. The Quarterly Journal of Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Torben Heien Nielsen Denmark 9 316 281 248 191 129 18 719
Gopi Shah Goda United States 16 339 1.1× 337 1.2× 366 1.5× 270 1.4× 69 0.5× 46 720
Christophe Courbage Switzerland 15 301 1.0× 158 0.6× 308 1.2× 209 1.1× 38 0.3× 57 725
Kadir Atalay Australia 14 216 0.7× 189 0.7× 258 1.0× 311 1.6× 83 0.6× 45 650
Hugo Benı́tez-Silva United States 13 291 0.9× 234 0.8× 394 1.6× 453 2.4× 55 0.4× 34 742
Melvin Stephens United States 15 661 2.1× 467 1.7× 347 1.4× 267 1.4× 308 2.4× 28 1.2k
Viola Angelini Netherlands 17 213 0.7× 208 0.7× 306 1.2× 287 1.5× 47 0.4× 61 965
Ahmed Khwaja United States 16 258 0.8× 69 0.2× 186 0.8× 81 0.4× 49 0.4× 26 552
Tansel Yilmazer United States 16 292 0.9× 402 1.4× 247 1.0× 97 0.5× 85 0.7× 37 776
Lucie Schmidt United States 13 233 0.7× 172 0.6× 279 1.1× 304 1.6× 277 2.1× 45 780
Jacob Goldin United States 14 554 1.8× 200 0.7× 184 0.7× 46 0.2× 155 1.2× 59 944

Countries citing papers authored by Torben Heien Nielsen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Torben Heien Nielsen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Torben Heien Nielsen

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Cremers, Jolien, Torben Heien Nielsen, & Claus Thorn Ekstrøm. (2024). The causal effect of early retirement on medication use across sex and occupation: evidence from Danish administrative data. The European Journal of Health Economics. 25(9). 1517–1527.
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Nielsen, Torben Heien, et al.. (2023). Health behavioral responses to parental myocardial infarction and impact on own risk of disease in the general population. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1200593–1200593.
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Fadlon, Itzik, Frederik Plesner Lyngse, & Torben Heien Nielsen. (2022). Causal Effects of Early Career Sorting on Labor and Marriage Market Choices:A Foundation for Gender Disparities and Norms. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 3 indexed citations
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Fadlon, Itzik & Torben Heien Nielsen. (2021). Family Labor Supply Responses to Severe Health Shocks: Evidence from Danish Administrative Records. American Economic Journal Applied Economics. 13(3). 1–30. 92 indexed citations
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Dahl, Gordon B., et al.. (2021). Understanding the Rise in Life Expectancy Inequality. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Torben Heien, et al.. (2020). Differential Effects of the Timing of Divorce on Children's outcomes: Evidence from Denmark. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Dahl, Gordon B., et al.. (2020). Linking Changes in Inequality in Life Expectancy and Mortality: Evidence from Denmark and the United States. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Torben Heien, et al.. (2019). Childhood health shocks, comparative advantage, and long-term outcomes: Evidence from the last Danish polio epidemic. Journal of Health Economics. 66. 27–36. 16 indexed citations
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Fadlon, Itzik & Torben Heien Nielsen. (2019). Family Health Behaviors. American Economic Review. 109(9). 3162–3191. 116 indexed citations
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Kreiner, Claus Thustrup, et al.. (2018). Role of income mobility for the measurement of inequality in life expectancy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(46). 11754–11759. 20 indexed citations
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Fadlon, Itzik & Torben Heien Nielsen. (2018). Household labor supply and the gains from social insurance. Journal of Public Economics. 171. 18–28. 24 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Torben Heien. (2017). Aktive og passive valg i pensionsopsparingen. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1. 1–16. 2 indexed citations
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Fadlon, Itzik, et al.. (2016). Do Employer Pension Contributions Reflect Employee Preferences? Evidence from a Retirement Savings Reform in Denmark. American Economic Journal Applied Economics. 8(3). 196–216. 3 indexed citations
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Fadlon, Itzik & Torben Heien Nielsen. (2015). Household Responses to Severe Health Shocks and the Design of Social Insurance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Torben Heien. (2015). The Relationship Between Self‐Rated Health and Hospital Records. Health Economics. 25(4). 497–512. 48 indexed citations
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Fadlon, Itzik, et al.. (2015). Do Employer Pension Contributions Reflect Employee Preferences? Evidence from a Retirement Savings Reform in Denmark. National Bureau of Economic Research. 8(3). 196–216. 3 indexed citations
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Chetty, Raj, John N. Friedman, Søren Leth‐Petersen, Torben Heien Nielsen, & Tore Vincents Olsen. (2014). Active vs. Passive Decisions and Crowd-Out in Retirement Savings Accounts: Evidence from Denmark *. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 129(3). 1141–1219. 343 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chetty, Raj, John N. Friedman, Søren Leth‐Petersen, Torben Heien Nielsen, & Tore Vincents Olsen. (2012). Active Vs. Passive Decisions and Crowd-out in Retirement Savings Accounts: Evidence from Denmark. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 29 indexed citations

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