Mette Foged

Mette Foged

Research Fellow

Joined RFBerlin as a Research Fellow in June 2025

Research area
Labor Economics immigration identity mental health

About Mette Foged

I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen and a Senior Researcher at the Rockwool Foundation Research Unit in Copenhagen. My past and ongoing work cover topics such as effects of immigration, immigrant assimilation, gender norms, cultural identity and mental health. I have published in journals such as AEJ Applied, Journal of Labor Economics and Review of Economics and Statistics.

Discussion papers

December 2025

Harsh Rhetoric and Cultural Identity: Backlash Effects of Denmark’s Ghetto List

Mette Foged, Teresa Freitas-Monteiro, Linea Hasager

December 2025

How Initial Accommodation Shapes Refugee Integration: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the Ukrainian Displacement Crisis in Denmark

Mette Foged, Jens Hainmueller, Mikkel Stahlschmidt, Edith Zink