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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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Members

PhD Student

  • Marc Riudavets

    University of Helsinki

    Apprenticeship Contracts, Job Stability and Labor Market Trajectories

    • Labor & Public Economics
    • PhD Seminar

  • Saara Haikonen

    University of Helsinki

    The content of this event has not been announced yet. Please check back later.

    • Labor & Public Economics
    • PhD Seminar

  • Ossi Tahvonen

    University of Helsinki

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    • Labor & Public Economics
    • PhD Seminar

  • Vesa-Matti Heikkuri

    Tampere University and FIT

    Population Aging, Cohort Replacement, and the Evolution of Income Inequality in the United States

    • Labor & Public Economics
    • Seminar

  • Peter Elmgren

    University of Helsinki

    The content of this event has not been announced yet. Please check back later.

    • Labor & Public Economics
    • PhD Seminar

  • Victor Lavy

    University of Warwick

    The content of this event has not been announced yet. Please check back later.

    • Labor & Public Economics
    • Seminar

  • Ellen Sahlström

    Aalto University

    The content of this event has not been announced yet. Please check back later.

    • Labor & Public Economics
    • PhD Seminar