What effects has Covid had on the macroeconomic policies and the labour market? Are they different for men and women? What are the effects of school closings and online teaching? These are some of the issues that will be presented and discussed during the next peer-review conference of the Nordic Economic Policy Review.
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: Hjördís Hardardottir, Ph.D., Department of Economics, University of Iceland
Hanna Virtanen, Chief Research Scientist, ETLA Economic Research (Finland)
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.
