Jacob Arendt

Jacob Arendt

Research Fellow

Joined RFBerlin as a Research Fellow in August 2025

Research area
Labour Economics Migration Education

About Jacob Arendt

Jacob Nielsen Arendt is Research Professor and the Head of Labour Market and Integration Research at the ROCKWOOL Foundation Research Unit in Copenhagen. His research focuses on labor economics, migration and the returns to education.

Discussion papers

May 2026

The Demand for Private Schools and Its Impact on School Segregation and Student Outcomes

Jacob Arendt, Anders Holm

May 2026

Stepping stone or Exit Path: Experimental Evidence on Training the Long-Term Unemployed

Jacob Arendt, Iben Bolvig

July 2023

Permanent Residency and Refugee Immigrants’ Skill Investment

Jacob Arendt, Christian Dustmann, Hyejin Ku

March 2022

Refugee Migration and the Labor Market: Lessons from 40 Years of Post-arrival Policies in Denmark

Jacob Arendt, Christian Dustmann, Hyejin Ku