Tuomas Pekkarinen (decd)

Research Fellow

VATT, Helsinki

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We are deeply sorry that Tuomas Pekkarinen passed away on November 29, 2022 at age 50.

Until his death Tuomas Pekkarinen served as a Research Professor at the VATT Institute for Economic Research in Helsinki and as an Adjunct Professor at Aalto University School of Business. In his earlier career Tuomas Pekkarinen held positions at Nuffield College, Oxford and at the Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation in Uppsala, Sweden. Furthermore he was a visiting scholar at Boston University in 2009-2010 and at the London School of Economics in 2016-2017. As a member of the Swedish Labour Market Council (2015-2018) he engaged in labor policy advice.

Tuomas received his Ph.D. in 2003 from the European University Institute in Florence. His main areas of interest were wage determination, discrimination, and the economics of education.

He joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in April 2003 and became a Research Fellow in May 2008.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15318
Effect of Secondary Education on Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills
Jani-Petteri Ollikainen, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Roope Uusitalo, Hanna Virtanen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14617
The Making of Social Democracy: The Economic and Electoral Consequences of Norway's 1936 Folk School Reform
Daron Acemoglu, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Kjell G. Salvanes, Matti Sarvimäki
forthcoming in: the Journal of the European Economic Association
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12084
Lost Boys: Access to Secondary Education and Crime
Kristiina Huttunen, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Roope Uusitalo, Hanna Virtanen
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 218, 104804
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10889
The Timing of Puberty and Gender Differences in Educational Achievement
Kristian Koerselman, Tuomas Pekkarinen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9752
The Evolution of Social Mobility: Norway over the 20th Century
Tuomas Pekkarinen, Kjell G. Salvanes, Matti Sarvimäki
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2017, 119(1): 5–33
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9372
Post-Secondary Education and Information on Labor Market Prospects: A Randomized Field Experiment
Sari Pekkala Kerr, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Matti Sarvimäki, Roope Uusitalo
published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 66, 101888
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8018
Gender Differences in Strategic Behaviour under Competitive Pressure: Evidence on Omission Patterns in University Entrance Examinations
Tuomas Pekkarinen
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 115, 94-110
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6909
Aging and Productivity: Evidence from Piece Rates
Tuomas Pekkarinen, Roope Uusitalo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6390
Gender Differences in Education
Tuomas Pekkarinen
published in Nordic Economic Policy Review, 2012, 1, 165-197
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6389
Cross-Border Health and Productivity Effects of Alcohol Policies
Per Johansson, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Jouko Kullervo Verho
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 36, 125-136
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