Mikko Silliman

PhD candidate, Harvard University

Mikko Silliman is a PhD candidate at Harvard University, where his research focuses on issues at the intersection between education policy and labor economics. Prior to starting his PhD, he conducted research at the VATT Institute for Economic Research and the OECD, and studied at Tufts, Oxford, and Helsinki Universities

Recent work by Mikko Silliman

Hard and soft skills in vocational training: Experimental evidence from Colombia

While technical skills training increases overall employment in the short term, soft skills training increases employment and earnings in the long term

Labour Markets

Felipe Barrera-Osorio Adriana Kugler Mikko Silliman

Published 24.08.20

Mikko Silliman

Recent work by Mikko Silliman

Hard and soft skills in vocational training: Experimental evidence from Colombia