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I am a fourth year PhD student in economics at Aalto University and Helsinki GSE.
I spent the academic year 2024-2025 visiting the London School of Economics and specifically the Centre for Economic Performance. During the spring of 2024, I visited the Department of Economics at Uppsala University.
My research interests are mainly in the economics of education. I am particularly interested in why some groups on average perform worse and how that performance gap can be reduced.
You can find my CV here.
Email: ellen.sahlstrom@aalto.fi
Working papers and work in progress:
The extent and consequences of teacher biases against immigrants (with Mikko Silliman, submitted)
Working paper available: Helsinki GSE, IZA, CESifo, Annenberg Institute 4/2024. Updated version (4/2025) available upon request.
in media: Helsingin Sanomat, Yle (in Finnish, Swedish, Russian)
Effects of long-term support to disadvantaged children: Evidence from the Finnish Icehearts-program
Other publications:
Pienituloisten perheiden lapset joutuvat kiusatuksi muita useammin (with Matti Sarvimäki, Mikko Silliman, and Niina Nurkka)
FINEEC report (in Finnish), Shorter summary (in Swedish) 10/2024.
in media: Helsingin Sanomat, Yle, MTV Uutiset
Selective Friendship? A Study of Immigrant Segregation within Finnish Classrooms (2022, Master's thesis)
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