Tuomas Pekkarinen

Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0976-2602

Phone+358 40 3538410

Arkadiankatu 7

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Artistic and research interests

My research focuses on labor economics and economics of education. In particular, I'm interested in the determinants of earnings dispersion and the effects of educational policy.

Education/Academic qualification

Doctoral degree, Business and Economics, European University Institute

Award Date: 26 Sep 2003

Licentiate degree, Social Sciences, University of Helsinki

Award Date: 9 Jun 2003

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16 Article
1 Working paper

Post-secondary education and information on labor market prospects: A randomized field experiment
Kerr, S. P., Pekkarinen, T., Sarvimäki, M. & Uusitalo, R., Oct 2020, In: Labour Economics. 66, 14 p., 101888.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus)
Cognitive consequences of the timing of puberty
Koerselman, K. & Pekkarinen, T., 1 Oct 2018, In: Labour Economics. 54, p. 1-13 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
4 Citations (Scopus)
Secular rise in economically valuable personality traits
Jokela, M., Pekkarinen, T., Sarvimäki, M., Terviö, M. & Uusitalo, R., 20 Jun 2017, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 114, 25, p. 6527-6532 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
13 Citations (Scopus)
The Evolution of Social Mobility: Norway during the Twentieth Century
Pekkarinen, T., Salvanes, K. G. & Sarvimäki, M., Jan 2017, In: Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 119, 1, p. 5-33
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
11 Citations (Scopus)
Parempi tapa valita korkeakouluopiskelijat
Sarvimäki, M. & Pekkarinen, T., 21 Apr 2016, In: VATT Policy Brief.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public

2 Finished

Preventing social exclusion: What works and why?
Välimäki, J., Pekkarinen, T., Izadi, R. & Mäkinen, J.
01/01/2018 → 30/04/2021
Project: Academy of Finland: Strategic research funding
Intergenerational mobility in the Nordic countries: How, when and why?
Terviö, M., Sarvimäki, M., Olkkola, M., Pekkarinen, T. & Simola, S.
01/09/2015 → 31/08/2019
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding

2 Visit abroad

London School of Economics
Tuomas Pekkarinen (Visiting researcher)
1 Jan 2017 → 19 Jul 2017
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visit abroad
Foreign Organisation
Tuomas Pekkarinen (Visiting researcher)
17 Jul 2016 → 15 Jul 2017
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visit abroad

Younger cohorts of conscripts are increasingly sociable
Marko Terviö, Matti Sarvimäki & Tuomas Pekkarinen
06/06/2017
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