Newcastle University

Qualifications

• PhD economics, University of Southern Denmark, 2008

• M. Sc. (economics), University of Southern Denmark, 2006

• B. Sc. (economics), University of Aarhus, Denmark 2002 

Previous Positions

• Assistant professor, University of Southern Denmark , Institute of Public Health – The Research Unit of Health Economics, (2009-2011)

Undergraduate Teaching

ECO1001 - Economic Analysis
ECO2001 - Microeconomic Analysis

• Gyrd-Hansen D, Kjær T, Nielsen JS. Scope insensitivity in contingent valuation studies of health care services: Should we ask twice?. Health Economics 2012, 21(2), 101–112.
• Nielsen JS, Gyrd-Hansen D, Kjær T. Valuation of morbidity and mortality risk reductions. Does context matter?. Accident Analysis & Prevention 2012. In Press.
• Nielsen JS, Kjær T. Does question order influence sensitivity to scope? Empirical findings from a web-based contingent valuation study. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2011, 54(3), 369-381.
• Desaigues B, Ami D, Bartczak A, Braun-Kohlová M, Chilton S, Czajkowski M, Farreras V, Hunt A, Hutchison M, Jeanrenaud C, Kaderjak P, Máca V, Markiewicz O, Markowska A, Metcalf H, Navrud S, Nielsen JS, Ortiz R, Pellegrini S, Rabl A. Economic valuation of air pollution mortality: A 9-country contingent valuation survey of value of a life year (VOLY). Ecological Indicators 2011, 11(3), 902-910.
• Nielsen JS. Use of the Internet for willingness-to-pay surveys. A comparison of face-to-face and web-based interviews. Resource and Energy Economics 2011, 33(1), 119-129.
• Seested-Nielsen J, Chilton S, Jones-Lee M, Metcalf H. How would you like your gain in life expectancy to be provided? An experimental approach. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 2010, 41(3), 195-218.
• Nielsen JS. Approaching the value of a life year. Empirical evidence from a Danish contingent valuation survey. Nationaløkonomisk Tidsskrift [Journal of the Danish Economics association] 2010, 148, 67-85.