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.
January 2026
PTSD and refugees’ underemployment: Evidence from displaced Ukrainians
Mette Foged, Karen-Inge Karstoft, Edith Zink
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
April 2022
Access to Language Training and Local Integration of Refugees
Mette Foged, Cynthia van der Werf
