1998 - Ph.D. majandusteaduses, Kopenhaageni Ülikool (University of Copenhagen), Taani
1996 - M.Sc. . majanduses, Massachusettsi Tehnoloogiainstituut (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Ameerika Ühendriigid
1992 - M.A. majandusteaduses, Kopenhaageni Ülikool (University of Copenhagen), Taani

Tallinna Tehnikaülikool, majandusteaduskond, erakorraline professor alates 2007. aastast
Eesti Pank, majandusuuringute osakond, uurimistööde juhendaja alates 2006. aastast
Environmental Assessment Institute, (Kopenhaagen, Taani), peaspetsialist aastatel 2005-2006
Tartu Ülikool, Euroteaduskond, lektor aastatel 2001-2005
Norra Keskpank, rahvusvaheliste suhete osakond, vanemnõunik aastatel 1998-2001
Vilniuse Ülikool (University of Vilnius), Euroteaduskond, lector aastatel 1996-1997

Valik publikatsioone:

A further investigation of unemployment persistence in European transition economies, 2011, kaasautorid Juan-Carlos Cuestas ja Luis Alberiko. Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 39, No. 4.

Democratic and market-economic reforms in the post-communist countries. The impact of enlargement of the European Union, 2011. Eastern European Economics, Vol. 49, No. 5.

The global financial crisis and public finances in the new EU countries in Central and Eastern Europe: Developments and challenges, 2010. Public Finance and Management, Vol. 10, No. 4.

Unreported employment and envelope wages in mid-transition: Comparing developments and causes in the Baltic countries, 2010, kaasautor Jaanika Meriküll. Comparative Economic Systems, Vol. 52, No. 4.

Income convergence and inflation in Central and Eastern Europe: does the sun always rise in the east?, 2010. Eastern European Economics, Vol. 48, No. 5.

The Maastricht Inflation Criterion: What is the effect of Enlargement of the European Union?, 2010, kaasautor John Lewis. Journal of Common Market Studies, 48. Vol, No. 3.

Inflation in the new EU countries from central and eastern Europe: Theories and panel data estimations, 2009, European Economy. Occasional Papers nr. 50 (What drives inflation in the New EU Member States?)

Estimates of employment and welfare effects of personal labour income taxation in a flat-tax country: The case of Estonia, 2009. Kogumikus Microfoundations of Economic Success: Lessons from Estonia, David G. Mayes (toim.), Edward Elgar Publishing

Why do individuals evade payroll and income taxation in Estonia?, 2008 (kaasautorid Kenneth Kriz, Jaanika Merikull ja Alari Paulus). Kogumikus Shadow Economy, Corruption and Governance, Michael Pickhardt & Edward Shinnick (toim.): Edward Elgar Publishing

Fiscal policies and business cycles in an enlarged euro area, 2008, Economic Systems, 32. väljalase, nr. 1

Linkages between political and economic reforms in the post-communist countries, 2006, Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 32. väljalase, nr. 2

Two-stage bargaining with coverage extension in a dual labour market, 2000 (kaasautorid Mark Roberts ja Torben Tranaes), European Economic Review, 44. väljalase, nr. 1

The soft budget constraint in the transition economy - and the prospect of privatization, 1993, Acta Oeconomica, 45. väljalase, nr. 3-4

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