Young Labour Economist Prize 2009
EALE has instituted a Young Economists Award for the best
single authored paper presented at the annual conference by an economist who
completed his or her PhD no longer than three years ago. The prize is Euro
300.
Prize 2009, Tallinn Conference
The prize committee,
including Stephen Machin, Kjell Salvanes and Francis Kramarz, considered a
number of excellent submitted papers. The ranking was done independently by
the committee members and they all arrived at the same selection of the best
paper, namely
Juanna Joensen
Timing and Incentives: Impacts of Student Aid on Academic Achievement
This paper is an imaginative piece
of work on a topic of high policy relevance. The author combines a rigorous
modelling approach with an innovative empirical analysis. Her study produces
strong evidence on the impact of student aid on student achievement under
different policy scenarios.
Chairman Prize Committee 2009
Stephen Machin
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