Empirical Microeconomics (EME)

The Empirical Microeconomics research group conducts research across various domains within economics, including labor economics, health economics, economics of education, and regional economics. Our empirical research serves a dual purpose: it enhances our understanding of individual-level decision-making and outcomes, while also contributing to the assessment and development of economic policies.

Overview

Core fields of research

Sustainable business and economics

Physical activity, health and wellbeing

Research areas

Policy-Relevant Economics and Competiveness of Economy

JYU.Well

Faculty

School of Business and Economics

Research group description

The group often leverages comprehensive register-based panel datasets encompassing individuals, their families, and employers. These datasets offer a vast repository of information pertaining to economic choices and their subsequent outcomes.

Our particular areas of interest often focus on the development of human capital, the evolution of employment and earnings trajectories, as well as the examination of health-related outcomes and behaviors.

Current

Groups

Members

Research group

Group leaders

Petri Böckerman

Professor

Members

Postdoctoral Researcher

External members

Hannu Tervo

Professor (emeritus)

University of Jyväskylä

Jussi Heikkilä

Research Fellow

University of Jyväskylä

Publications

Publication

2026

Examination of self-harm clustering in adolescent peer networks : a nationwide registry cohort study in Finland

The Lancet Regional Health : Europe.

Alho, Jussi

Webb, Roger T.

Gutvilig, Mai

Niemi, Ripsa

Komulainen, Kaisla

Suokas, Kimmo

Böckerman, Petri

Elovainio, Marko

Kapur, Nav

Hakulinen, Christian

Publication

2025

A family affair? Long-term economic and mental health effects of spousal cancer

Journal of Population Economics.

Böckerman, Petri

Kortelainen, Mika

Salokangas, Henri

Vaalavuo, Maria

Publication

2025

A methodological framework to assess the employment impacts of transport infrastructure construction

Construction Economics and Building.

Savikko, Heikki

Hokkanen, Joonas

Metsäranta, Heikki

Honkatukia, Juha

Haapanen, Mika

Tohmo, Timo

Pongracz, Eva

Publication

2025

An Examination of Alternative LQ-Based Approaches to Computing Regional Input–Output Coefficients

Computational Economics.

Flegg, Anthony T.

Pereira-López, Xesús

Sánchez-Chóez, Napoleón

de la Torre, Cuevas Fernando

Tohmo, Timo

Publication

2025

Association of a child’s mental disorder with parental income and employment : analysis of nationwide register-based cohorts in Finland and Denmark

BMJ Mental Health.

Komulainen, Kaisla

Niemi, Ripsa

Gutvilig, Mai

Momen, Natalie C.

Böckerman, Petri

Elovainio, Marko

Plana-Ripoll, Oleguer

Hakulinen, Christian

Publication

2025

Associations of mental disorders in children with parents' subsequent mental disorders : nationwide cohort study from Finland and Denmark

British Journal of Psychiatry.

Hakulinen, Christian

Gutvilig, Mai

Niemi, Ripsa

Momen, Natalie C.

Pulkki-Råback, Laura

Böckerman, Petri

Plana-Ripoll, Oleguer

Komulainen, Kaisla

Elovainio, Marko

Publication

2025

Check In, Check Out : How Periodic Interviews Lead Immigrants to Leave the Labor Force

Economics Letters.

Huuskonen, Jussi

Kiviholma, Sanni

Publication

2025

Does high involvement management make you work longer? Insights from linked survey and register data

Journal of the Economics of Ageing.

Böckerman, Petri

Bryson, Alex

Ilmakunnas, Ilari

Ilmakunnas, Pekka

Publication

2025

Estimating SFLQ-based regional input-output tables for South Korean regions

National Accounting Review.

Tohmo, Timo

Publication

2025

Evaluating quick return restrictions on sickness absence in healthcare employees : A difference-in-differences study

International Journal of Nursing Studies.

Turunen, Jarno

Karhula, Kati

Ropponen, Annina

Shiri, Rahman

Hämäläinen, Kari

Ervasti, Jenni

Koskinen, Aki

Haavisto, Olli

Sallinen, Mikael

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Härmä, Mikko

Publication

2025

Evaluating quick return restrictions on sickness absence in healthcare employees : a difference-in-differences study

Epidemiology in Occupational Health Conference. Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Turunen, Jarno

Karhula, Kati

Ropponen, Annina

Shiri, Rahman

Hämäläinen, Kari

Ervasti, Jenni

Koskinen, Aki

Haavisto, Olli

Sallinen, Mikael

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Härmä, Mikko

Publication

2025

Four major psychiatric disorders in childhood and early adulthood and siblings’ subsequent socioeconomic status : a nationwide register study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.

Yang, Wen

Komulainen, Kaisla

Niemi, Ripsa

Gutvilig, Mai

Böckerman, Petri

Elovainio, Marko

Hakulinen, Christian

Empirical Microeconomics (EME)

Research group description

Social competence gaining significance in the labour market

The FIRE Education and training -workshop

Jyväskylä International Macro and Finance (JyIMaF)

Strategy and Entrepreneurship