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Short-id: psi1087

Working Papers

2026

1. Life-Cycle Effects of Public Childcare: Evidence on Children and Their Parents
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
   Also in RFBerlin Discussion Paper Series, ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin) (2026)

2025

2. Beyond Training: Worker Agency, Informal Learning, and Competition
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2025)
3. Skills and human capital in the labor market
   RFBerlin Discussion Paper Series, ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin)

2024

4. Education, Gender, and Family Formation
   IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (3)
   Also in ETLA Working Papers, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (2024) View citations (3)
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2024) View citations (3)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2024) View citations (3)
   Working Papers, Työn ja talouden tutkimus LABORE, The Labour Institute for Economic Research LABORE (2024) View citations (3)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2024) View citations (3)
5. Informal Social Interactions, Academic Achievement and Behavior: Evidence from Peers on the School Bus
   IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (1)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2024) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Informal social interactions, academic achievement and behavior: Evidence from peers on the school bus, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2025) (2025)
6. The Extent and Consequences of Teacher Biases against Immigrants
   IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (4)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2024) View citations (4)
7. Worker Power, Immigrant Sorting, and Firm Dynamics
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2024)
   Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics (2024)

2019

8. Labor Market Returns to Vocational Secondary Education
   ETLA Working Papers, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article Labor Market Returns to Vocational Secondary Education, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2022) View citations (47) (2022)

2017

9. Targeted Funding, Immigrant Background, and Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Helsinki's “Positive Discrimination†Policy
   Working Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Informal social interactions, academic achievement and behavior: Evidence from peers on the school bus
   The Economic Journal, 2025, 135, (671), 2359-2373
   See also Working Paper Informal Social Interactions, Academic Achievement and Behavior: Evidence from Peers on the School Bus, IZA Discussion Papers (2024) View citations (1) (2024)

2023

2. Hard and Soft Skills in Vocational Training: Experimental Evidence from Colombia
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2023, 37, (3), 409-436 View citations (9)

2022

3. Labor Market Returns to Vocational Secondary Education
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2022, 14, (1), 197-224 View citations (47)
   See also Working Paper Labor Market Returns to Vocational Secondary Education, ETLA Working Papers (2019) View citations (9) (2019)