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

Grant researcher, doctoral degree

External members

Hannu Tervo

Professor (emeritus)

University of Jyväskylä

Jussi Heikkilä

Research Fellow

University of Jyväskylä

Publications

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

Publication

2025

Impact of Retirement on Quality of Life: Role of Changes in Social Network Involvement

Research on Aging.

Settels, Jason

Böckerman, Petri

Publication

2025

Income–Well‐Being Gradient in Sickness and Health

Health Economics.

Kanninen, Ohto

Böckerman, Petri

Suoniemi, Ilpo

Publication

2025

Information Integration, Coordination Failures, and Quality of Prescribing

Journal of Human Resources.

Böckerman, Petri

Laine, Liisa T.

Nurminen, Mikko

Saxell, Tanja

Publication

2025

Intergenerational mobility into doctoral education across Europe

European Societies.

Helin, Jouni

Koerselman, Kristian

Nokkala, Terhi

Räikkönen, Eija

Publication

2025

Miksi järjestäytymisaste laskee ja mitä siitä seuraa?

Talous & yhteiskunta.

Böckerman, Petri

Kalin, Salla

Juuti, Toni

Kauhanen, Merja

Suhonen, Timo

Publication

2025

Parental Earnings Response to Children's Job Loss : Evidence from Finland

Labour Economics.

Haapanen, Mika

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Seppälä, Ville

Publication

2025

Priced Out : Do Adolescents from Low-Income Families Respond More to Cost-Sharing in Primary Care?

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy.

Haaga, Tapio

Böckerman, Petri

Kortelainen, Mika

Tukiainen, Janne

Publication

2025

Spillover effect of mental disorders in adolescent peer networks on likelihood of dropping out of secondary school

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Alho, Jussi

Gutvilig, Mai

Niemi, Ripsa

Cachón-Alonso, Laura

Komulainen, Kaisla

Böckerman, Petri

Webb, Roger T.

Elovainio, Marko

Hakulinen, Christian

Publication

2025

Suomessa perhetausta ei rajoita tohtoriksi tuloa

Tiedonportti : Jyväskylän yliopiston tieteen digilehti.

Helin, Jouni

Koerselman, Kristian

Publication

2025

The effects of the decentralization of collective bargaining on wage differences among employee groups

Applied Economics Letters.

Kauhanen, Antti

Publication

2025

The gendered effect of rehabilitative psychotherapy use on income : Quasi-experimental evidence from a finnish population with work disability due to common mental disorders

Journal of Affective Disorders.

Turunen, Jarno

Selinheimo, Sanna

Gluschkoff, Kia

Böckerman, Petri

Kausto, Johanna

Koskinen, Aki

Väänänen, Ari

Empirical Microeconomics (EME)

Research group description

Jyväskylä International Macro and Finance (JyIMaF)

Strategy and Entrepreneurship