The 7th Stockholm Uppsala Education Economics Workshop
General information
The 7th Stockholm Uppsala Education Economics Workshop will be hosted by the Uppsala Center for Labor Studies (UCLS) at Uppsala University. The workshop will be held on Monday, May 5, 2025 at Radisson Blue in Uppsala (Stationsgatan 4), and includes lunch and a workshop dinner.
This year’s keynote speaker will be Brian Jacob (University of Michigan).
The Stockholm-Uppsala Education Economics Workshop aims at bringing together researchers from Stockholm and Uppsala with an interest in the Economics of Education. We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius stiftelse samt Tore Browaldhs stiftelse.
Submission and registration
Paper submission: please follow this link to submit your abstract and/or paper. The submission deadline is March 1, 2025. We will notify you by the end of March the latest.
Attendance registration: if you want to attend the workshop without presenting a paper, please register your attendance here (last day for registration: April 18, 2025)
You can download a pdf of the call for papers here
Workshop program
09:30
Alessandro Toppeta (SOFI, Stockholm University):
The Effect of Schooling on Non-Cognitive Skills in Young Adults
10:00
Caroline Hall (IFAU):
Remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden: Impacts on student performance and educational progression
Fika break (20 min.)
10:40
Karl Wennberg (Stockholm School of Economics):
Competition and Voice in Public Education: Evidence from Sweden
11:10
Inbar Amit (Nuffield):
Go Your Own Way? Peer Effects, School Choice, and Educational Inequality
11:40
Lunch
12:30
Anna Sjögren (IFAU):
Supporting refugee integration in schools: Evidence from a randomized targeted intervention in Sweden
13:00
Petter Berg (Stockholm School of Economics):
Preschool and primary school markets: Evidence from India
Short break (15 min.)
13:45–14:45
Keynote by Brian Jacob (University of Michigan)
Title TBA
Fika break (30 min.)
15:15
Natalie Irmert (Lund University):
Does AI Help or Hurt Learning?
15:45
Iman Dadgar (Stockholm School of Economics):
Relative academic ability and the choice of becoming a teacher – Evidence from Sweden
Short break (15 min.)
16:30
Nikhilesh Prakash (Stockholm School of Economics):
Course Prescription: How Medical Colleges Drive High School Decisions in India
17:00
Laia Navarro-Sola (IIES, Stockholm University):
Teacher Development Programs for Socio-Emotional Learning: Experimental Evidence on Teacher Practices and Student Outcomes
Workshop lunch and dinner
All speakers and registered participants are invited to join for lunch and dinner. The workshop dinner will take place at Dryck & Mat in Uppsala (Olof Palmes plats 2).
Contact and further information
If you have any questions regarding the workshop, please send an email to Jan Sauermann.