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Labor Economics

  • How does an increase in unemployment benefits affect the length of unemployment?
  • How does child care support affect the decision of mothers take a job?
  • Are minorities discriminated in the labor market?
  • Does more education reduce crime?
  • How to best integrate immigrants?
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Labor economics seeks to answer questions such as those above. More generally, labor economists study the functioning of labor markets, and how different regulations affect labor market outcomes, such as the number and type of people employed, the wages they earn, and the kind of jobs they get.

The academically most interesting questions in labor economics are almost invariably also highly relevant from a policy perspective. Modern labor economists use increasingly detailed and large data sets, conduct randomized controlled trials, and employ sophisticated econometric tools to provide answers to causal questions.

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PhD Student

  • CANCELLED: Lena Hensvik

    Uppsala University

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    • Labor & Public Economics
    • Seminar

  • Thang Tran

    Aalto University

    What explains rising grades in Finnish universities?

    • Labor & Public Economics
    • PhD Seminar

  • Arnaud Maurel

    Duke University

    College Admission Mechanisms and the Opportunity Cost of Time (with O. De Groote, A. Fabre and M. Luflade)

    • Labor & Public Economics
    • Seminar

  • Frederik Almar

    Aarhus University

    Spatial Inequality, Social Mobility, and the Marriage Market

    • Labor & Public Economics

  • Jakob Brounstein

    Institute for Fiscal Studies

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    • Labor & Public Economics
    • Seminar

  • Jussipekka Salo

    University of Helsinki

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    • Labor & Public Economics
    • PhD Seminar

  • Yusuke Ishihata

    Duke University (Visiting PhD Student at Aalto)

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    • Labor & Public Economics
    • PhD Seminar

  • Edoardo Ciscato

    KU Leuven

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    • Labor & Public Economics
    • Seminar

  • Marc Riudavets

    University of Helsinki

    Apprenticeship Contracts and Labor Market Trajectories

    • Labor & Public Economics
    • Practice Job Talk

  • Arthur Seibold

    University of Mannheim

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    • Labor & Public Economics
    • Seminar

  • Labor and Public Economics PhD Workshop

    Workshop for Helsinki GSE and FDPE PhD students

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    • Labor & Public Economics
    • PhD Workshop

  • Anna Holvio

    Aalto University

    Rank Effects in Elementary Education

    • Labor & Public Economics
    • PhD Seminar

  • Saara Haikonen

    University of Helsinki

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    • Labor & Public Economics
    • PhD Seminar