DrPanu Pelkonen
Associate Professor in Economics (Economics)
University of Sussex Business School
- 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 ProfessorUniversity of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom1 Sep 2010
DEGREES
- PhD, EconomicsUniversity College London, London, United Kingdom1 Nov 2009
- MSc, EconomicsUniversity of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom1 Sep 2002
- MSocSc, EconomicsUniversity of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland1 Jun 2001
LANGUAGES
- FinnishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- SwedishCan read, write, speak and understand
- Dutch; FlemishCan read, write and speak
- FrenchCan read
- Spanish; CastilianCan read