The conference will take place at the Nordic House in Reykjavik on the 27th of October and we welcome you to join us either in person or online.

Programme

08:55 - 9:00 Opening remarks

09:00 - 10:15 Macroeconomic policies and labour market effects

Presentation: Werner Eichhorst, professor, Institute of Labor Economics - IZA, Berlin

Discussion: Ragnar Arnason, professor, Department of Economics, University of Iceland

Mads Kieler, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance (Denmark)

10:15-10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:00 Effects of school closings and online teaching

Presentation: Caroline Hall, Ph.D., Institute for evaluation of labour market and education policy, IFAU (Sweden)

Discussion: Hanna Virtanen, Chief Research Scientist, ETLA Economic Research (Finland)

TBA

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 - 14:15 Cost-benefit analysis of Covid-19 policies

Presentation: Lars Hultkrantz, professor emeritus, Örebro University

Discussion: Ulf Persson, professor, The Swedish Institute for Health Economics, Lund University

Tuulia Hakola, Research Director, Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority

14:15 - 15:30 Labour market effects for men vs. women

Presentation: Kristina Huttunen, research professor, VATT Institute for economic research (Finland)

Discussion: Helena Svaleryd, professor, Department of Economics, Uppsala University

TBA

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:15 Policies and effects on Icelandic tourism

Presentation: Gylfi Zoega, professor, Department of Economics, University of Iceland

Discussion: Svend E. Hougaard Jensen, professor, Department of Economics, CBS

Gylfi Magnússon, professor, Department of Economics, University of Iceland

Time allocation for each paper: presenter 30 minutes, discussants 15 minutes each, and general discussion 15 minutes.

General information

Each year, the review produces and presents economic research related to a different topic high on the Nordic agenda. The peer-review conference is an opportunity for economists and others working with the subject to participate in the discussion and process of the following publication. 

The event is free of charge, but we kindly ask participants intending to participate in person to let us know if they are prevented to do so after registering. 

The upcoming issue will be launched during spring 2022 and is edited by professor emeritus Harry Flam, IIES, Stockholm University, and professor Oskar Nordström Skans, Uppsala University. 

You can find all previous issues of the Nordic Economic Policy Review in DiVA.

The first edition of the Nordic Economic Policy Review was launched in 2009 by the Nordic Ministers of Finance. The review strives to make the latest economic research accessible to decision makers as well as to a broader audience and to contribute to Nordic knowledge exchange on economic policy issues and challenges. The review is produced by the Nordic Council of Ministers and Nordregio.