LABOUR ECONOMICS (FLE09)

Basic Information

• Code: FLE09
• Location: Helsinki, Economicum building
• Time: August 31-September 4
  • Time schedule (pdf)
• Application form
  • Deadline for applications: August 17, 2009
  • Doctoral students not enrolled in FDPE, including students in foreign universities, are able to attend individual courses. See How to Apply for the FDPE courses.
• List of participants (pdf)
• The course includes 20 hours of lectures, exercises and an exam.
• FDPE recommends that the course is acknowledged by the student's own university/department with 3 ECTS credit points.

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Instructors

• Professor Pekka Ilmakunnas (Helsinki School of Economics) and Dr Roope Uusitalo (Government Institute for Economic Research)

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Course material

• Reading list Uusitalo (pdf)
• Lecture notes 1 Uusitalo (pdf)
• Lecture notes 2 Uusitalo (pdf)
   
• Reading list Ilmakunnas (pdf)
• Lecture notes 1 Ilmakunnas (pdf)
• Lecture notes 2 Ilmakunnas (pdf)
• Lecture notes 3 Ilmakunnas (pdf)
• Lecture notes 4 Ilmakunnas (pdf)
   
• Exercises:
• Instructions (pdf)
• Answers (pdf)
• Labour Supply:
• Data 1 (txt)
• Data 2
• Example 1
• Example 2 (txt)
• Twins:
• Questionnaire (pdf)
• Data description (txt)
• Data 1
• Data 2 (txt)

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Exam

• Time: September 18, 2009 at 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
• Places:
  • AT THE PARTICIPANTS' OWN DEPARTMENTS
  • but in Helsinki only at the Economicum building room B416 (4th floor) where all students living in or near Helsinki can take the exam.
• Please register for the exam by sending an e-mail to fdpe-hecer(at)helsinki.fi (and let us know where you want to take the exam).
• The results are in.

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Course evaluation

• Link to form

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Travel Grants

• The Society for economics professors and docents in Finland (Kansantaloustieteen professorien ja dosenttien yhdistys ry) gives travel grants to doctoral economics students, please see FDPE website Financial Aid.

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