The course addresses the following questions: What are the advantages and limitations of experimental economics? How important are deviations from the assumptions of full rationality and strict self-interest in determining outcomes of economic interaction?

The main objective is to introduce the main tools in the field of applied economics, with applications to the economics of crime, political economy, and labor economics.

The purpose of this meeting is to provide an opportunity for the best labor scholars in the Nordic countries to get together and discuss their work. The meeting will contain both contributed and invited papers.