For students:

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.

For Master's students interested in these topics, here is a list of recommended courses.

Chair

Members

PhD Student

  • Matias Giaccobasso

    VATT

    Signaling Effects in Higher Education: Experimental Evidence from France (with Gedeão Locks)

    • Labor & Public Economics
    • Seminar

  • Ellen Sahlström

    Aalto University

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    • Labor & Public Economics
    • PhD Seminar

  • David Jaeger

    University of St Andrews

    Robustness? On Evaluating Equivalence Across Specifications

    • Labor & Public Economics
    • Seminar

  • Denvil Duncan

    Indiana University

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    • Labor & Public Economics
    • Seminar

  • Davide Cipullo

    Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

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    • Labor & Public Economics
    • Seminar

  • Greta Morando

    University of Sheffield

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    • Labor & Public Economics
    • Seminar

  • Jakob Egholt Søgaard

    Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI)

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

    • Labor & Public Economics
    • Seminar

  • Andrew Shephard

    KU Leuven

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

    • Labor & Public Economics
    • Seminar

  • Jakob Miethe

    LMU Munich

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

    • Labor & Public Economics
    • Seminar

  • Hugo Reichardt

    Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREi)

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

    • Labor & Public Economics
    • Seminar

  • Wouter Leenders

    Sciences Po

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    • Labor & Public Economics
    • Seminar