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

2020

Regional concentration of university graduates : The role of high school grades and parental background

European Urban and Regional Studies.

Eliasson, Kent

Haapanen, Mika

Westerlund, Olle

Publication

2020

Self-reported health versus biomarkers : does unemployment lead to worse health?

Public Health.

Johansson, E.

Böckerman, P.

Lundqvist, A.

Publication

2020

Testing and implementing a new approach to estimating interregional output multipliers using input-output data for South Korean regions

Spatial Economic Analysis.

Jahn, Malte

Flegg, Anthony T.

Tohmo, Timo

Publication

2020

The effects of using participatory working time scheduling software on sickness absence : a difference-in-differences study

International Journal of Nursing Studies.

Turunen, Jarno

Karhula, Kati

Ropponen, Annina

Koskinen, Aki

Hakola, Tarja

Puttonen, Sampsa

Hämäläinen, Kari

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Härmä, Mikko

Publication

2020

The wage curve and local monopsony power

Annals of Regional Science.

Jokinen, Juho

Publication

2020

Työhyvinvointi kannattaa : työolot, työtyytyväisyys ja tuottavuus

Edistys. Teollisuuden palkansaajat.

Böckerman, Petri

Ilmakunnas, Pekka

Publication

2020

Työolot – kadotettu avain pidempään työuraan?

Akava Works.

Böckerman, Petri

Ilmakunnas, Pekka

Publication

2020

Why Finnish polytechnics reject top applicants

Education Economics.

Koerselman, Kristian

Publication

2020

Work and studies in Finland during COVID-19

Higher Education in Russia and Beyond.

Helin, Jouni

Hirvonen, Joonas

Koerselman, Kristian

Siekkinen, Taru

Publication

2019

Alternative measures of body composition and wage premium : New evidence from Indonesia

PLoS ONE.

Ahsan, Md Nazmul

Böckerman, Petri

Publication

2019

Aluetaloustieteen opetus ja tutkimus Jyväskylän yliopistossa

Aluetalouksia tutkimassa. Jyväskylän yliopisto, Kauppakorkeakoulu.

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Heimonen, Kari

Publication

2019

Ammattikorkeakoulut, työmarkkinat ja muuttoliike

Aluetalouksia tutkimassa. Jyväskylän yliopisto, Kauppakorkeakoulu.

Böckerman, Petri

Haapanen, Mika

Empirical Microeconomics (EME)

Research group description

Jyväskylä International Macro and Finance (JyIMaF)

Strategy and Entrepreneurship