Jonas Hjort
Assistant Professor at Columbia Business School
Biography
Columbia Business School
Biography
Professor Hjort joined Columbia Business School in 2012. Before coming to Columbia, Professor Hjort received a BSc Economics from the London School of Economics, an MA International & Development Economics from Yale and a Ph.D. Economics from UC Berkeley. His research spans issues in development, labor and behavioral economics, with a particular focus on topics in their intersection. In recent work Professor Hjort has analyzed, for example, the consequences of ethnic heterogeneity for production in firms in East Africa. Hjort teaches the course The Private Sector and International Development.
Teaching
Spring 2018
Global Immersion: New Growth and Business Opportunities in East Africa (MBA)
Fall 2017
Fall 2016
Spring 2016
The Private Sector & International Development (EMBA)
Fall 2015
The Private Sector & International Development (EMBA)
Spring 2015
The Private Sector & International Development (EMBA)
Fall 2014
The Private Sector & International Development (MBA)
The Private Sector & International Development (EMBA)
Spring 2014
The Private Sector & International Development (MBA)
The Private Sector & International Development (EMBA)
Spring 2013
The Private Sector & International Development (EMBA)
The Private Sector & International Development (MBA)
Research
Journal articles
Ethnic Divisions and Production in Firms In Quarterly Journal of Economics (2014)
Coauthor(s): Jonas Hjort
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Pre-Colonial Culture, Post-Colonial Economic Success? The Tswana and the African Economic Miracle In The Economic History Review (2010)
Coauthor(s): Jonas Hjort
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Working papers
Interlinked Firms and the Consequences of Piecemeal Regulation (2016)
Coauthor(s): Chris Hansman, Jonas Hjort, Gianmarco Leon
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The Arrival of Fast Internet and Skilled Job Creation in Africa (2016)
Coauthor(s): Jonas Hjort, Jonas Poulsen
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Determinants and Consequences of Firm Growth in Liberia (2014)
Coauthor(s): Jonas Hjort
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Fiscal Capacity and Tax Revenues (2014)
Coauthor(s): Jonas Hjort, Miguel Almunia, Francois Gerard
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The Static and Dynamic Allocation of Jobs (2014)
Coauthor(s): Tarek Ghani, Jonas Hjort, Sylvan Herskowitz
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Universal Investment in Infants and Long-run Health (2014)
Coauthor(s): Jonas Hjort, Mikkel Sølvsten, Miriam Wüst
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Ideas and Insights
In Africa, a Broadband Boom (2017)
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