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DrPanu Pelkonen

Associate Professor in Economics (Economics)

University of Sussex Business School

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  • Associate Professor in Economics (Economics)
    University of Sussex Business School
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BIO

Panu Pelkonen specialises in Economics of Education and Skills. His work on education connects to Political Economy topics such as voting and electoral cycles, Labour and Population Economics, as well as the underpinnings of productivity and economic growth. He is a Chevening scholarship alumni and has received a PhD in Economics from University College London in 2009.

His work has been published in Journal of Human Resources, Journal of the European Economic Association, Public Choice, and Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, among others.

Past employers:

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:

Research Fellow at IZA

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor
    University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom1 Sep 2010

DEGREES

  • PhD, Economics
    University College London, London, United Kingdom1 Nov 2009
  • MSc, Economics
    University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom1 Sep 2002
  • MSocSc, Economics
    University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland1 Jun 2001

LANGUAGES

  • Finnish
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Swedish
    Can read, write, speak and understand
  • Dutch; Flemish
    Can read, write and speak
  • French
    Can read
  • Spanish; Castilian
    Can read

FIELDS OF RESEARCH