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Open Online Resources in Economics
Helsinki GSE offers a wide range of open access e-learning materials to start the journey of learning economics.
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Helsinki Graduate School of Economics
Helsinki GSE is an academic initiative bringing together three Finnish universities – Aalto University, Hanken School of Economics, and University of Helsinki. We are building on and extending the cooperation between our departments and third-parties.
Research Master’s Track in Economics
Choose One University, Study at Three
The Research Master's Track is one of the study tracks in the Master's programs. It provides a high value-added education for students whose ambition is to obtain challenging and demanding expert positions.
Recent News
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Advancing Equality: Steps to Foster Inclusivity at Helsinki GSE
Last spring, Helsinki GSE conducted a climate survey, which was carried out in collaboration with Inklusiiv. Inklusiiv was responsible for both the practical arrangements of the survey and the analysis of its results. The survey was sent to …
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Essays on Structural Change with Labour Market Frictions
Peter Elmgren will defend his doctoral dissertation “Essays on Structural Change with Labour Market Frictions” on January 23rd, 2026.
dissertation
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Macroprudential policy : Drivers, effects and unintended consequences
Anni Norring will defend her doctoral dissertation “Macroprudential policy : Drivers, effects and unintended consequences” on January 9th, 2026.
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Essays in Economics of Unemployment
Heikki Korpela will defend his doctoral dissertation “Essays in Economics of Unemployment” on December 4th, 2025. The discussion will be in Finnish.
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Transformer Network for Macroeconometric Analysis
Oliver Snellman will defend his doctoral dissertation “Transformer Network for Macroeconometric Analysis” on November 27th, 2025.
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Upcoming events
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Yajna Govind
Copengahen Business School
Migration policy backlash, identity, and integration of second-generation migrants in France
- VATT
- Seminar
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Elämää eläkkeiden jälkeen? – paneelikeskustelu
Panelisteina Niku Määttänen Helsingin yliopistosta, Ismo Risku Eläketurvakeskuksesta ja Antti Tanskanen Telasta
- Other Seminar
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Information Session on PhD Studies in Economics
Information Session on PhD Studies in Economics for Master’s Students
- Information session
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Francesco Vona
University of Milan and FEEM
The impact of the European Emission Trading Schemes on career and earnings trajectories of Italian workers: it is all about the rents, no troubles!
- Environmental Economics
- Seminar
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Nagore Iriberri
University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
Women in Editorial Boards: An Investigation of Female Representation in Top Economic Journals (with Patricia Funk and Nicole Venus)
- Economics of Education (Educa)
- Seminar
Latest research
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Optimal Education Policy, R&D Productivity, and Endogenous Growth with Heterogeneous Individuals
Tapio Palokangas
This study characterizes optimal policy in an endogenous growth model where heterogeneous individuals choose between entering the workforce as unskilled labor or pursuing education to become skilled. …
Discussion paper
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Gender Gap in High-Stakes Exams: What Role for Exam Preparation?
Cécile Bonneau and Léa Dousset
In this paper, we show that gender gaps in performance observed in high-stakes exams, relative to low-stakes exams, are partially shaped by the context of exam preparation. We examine the role of …
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Markets, Contracts, and Hierarchies: How Bargaining Frictions Affect Governance
Tore Ellingsen and Topi Miettinen
We develop an organizational governance model with a single buyer and endogenous upstream entry. Investments and control rights over assets and actions are immediately contractable; production is …
Discussion paper
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Life-cycle effects of public childcare: Evidence on children and their parents
Mikko Silliman and Juuso Mäkinen
This paper provides large-scale evidence linking the economic effects of childcare programs to social skills measured in adulthood. We examine Finland’s first national public childcare program, and …
Discussion paper
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