| Post: | Lecturer in Economics (Economics) |
| Location: | Jubilee Building 275 |
| Email: | P.O.Pelkonen@sussex.ac.uk |
Telephone numbers | |
| Internal: | 8628 |
| UK: | (01273) 678628 |
| International: | +44 1273 678628 |
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Biography
Degrees:
PhD, University College London, Economics (2009)
MSc, University of Warwick, Economics (2002)
MSocSc, University of Helsinki, Economics (2001)
Career:
Department of Economics, University of Surrey (2009-2010). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics (2008-2009).Department of Economics, University of Essex (2007-2008). New Hall, University of Cambridge (2006-2007). Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics (2002-2004). The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA) (2001). Secretariat of the Economic Council, Finnish Prime Minister's Office (2000).
Affiliations:
Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), LSE
Centre for the Economics of Education (CEE), LSE
Research Fellow at IZA
Role
Lecturer in Economics
Taught courses: Econometrics (L1068), Money and Banking (L1080)
Departmental library representative
Departmental software coordinator
Latest research and publications: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/pop20/
RePEc: http://ideas.repec.org/f/ppe467.html
Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=uc1RC0gAAAAJ&hl=en
Twitter @ppelk https://twitter.com/#!/ppelk
My research interests focus primarily on Labour Economics and Economics of Education.
For My PhD, I used Norwegian population register data to assess effects of the compulsory school reform in Norway, carried out in the 1960s and the 1970s. “Education and Mobility” published in Journal of the European Economic Association, shows that there is a causal impact from education to regional mobility. Another article, published in Public Choice, shows the impact of the school reform on voter turnout.
My current research focuses on primary education in India and spatial structure of wages in the UK.
Office hours on: Wednesday 10-11, or by appointment (e-mail me).
Fagernäs, Sonja and Pelkonen, Panu (2012) Preferences and skills of Indian public sector teachers. IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 1 (3). ISSN 2193-9020
Machin, Stephen, Salvanes, Kjell G and Pelkonen, Panu (2012) Education and mobility. The Journal of the European Economic Association, 10 (2). pp. 417-450. ISSN 1542-4766
Fagernas, Sonja and Pelkonen, Panu (2011) Whether to hire local contract teachers? Trade-off between skills and preferences in in India. Working Paper. Unset.