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

2019

Precarious workers' choices about unemployment insurance membership after the Ghent system reform : The Finnish experience

Social Policy and Administration.

Shin, Young-Kyu

Böckerman, Petri

Publication

2019

Regional Concentration and Migration of Human Capital in Finland and Sweden

Aluetalouksia tutkimassa. Jyväskylän yliopisto, Kauppakorkeakoulu.

Eliasson, Kent

Haapanen, Mika

Westerlund, Olle

Publication

2019

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

Umeå Economic Studies. Umeå University, Department of Economics.

Eliasson, Kent

Haapanen, Mika

Westerlund, Olle

Publication

2019

School Tracking and Mental Health

IZA Discussion Papers. IZA Institute of Labor Economics.

Böckerman, Petri

Haapanen, Mika

Jepsen, Christopher

Roulet, Alexandra

Publication

2019

Supistuvissa ammateissa toimineet : aikuiskoulutukseen osallistuminen vähäistä

ETLA raportit. Elinkeinoelämän tutkimuslaitos.

Asplund, Rita

Kauhanen, Antti

Vanhala Pekka

Publication

2019

Taide- ja kulttuurilaitokset osana Jyväskylän kehitystä ja hyvinvointia

Cuporen verkkojulkaisuja. Kulttuuripolitiikan tutkimuskeskus Cupore.

Ruokolainen, Olli

Sokka, Sakarias

Kurlin, Ari

Tohmo, Timo

Publication

2019

Technological change and wage premiums amongst high-skilled labour

Applied Economics Letters.

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Neuvonen, Tapani

Ojala, Jari

Publication

2019

Terveys ja työmarkkinamenestys

Kansantaloudellinen aikakauskirja.

Maczulskij, Terhi

Böckerman, Petri

Publication

2019

Terveyskäyttäytyminen ja työmarkkinamenestys : mitä geenit kertovat

Talous & yhteiskunta.

Böckerman, Petri

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Viinikainen, Jutta

Publication

2019

The effect of weight on labor market outcomes : An application of genetic instrumental variables

Health Economics.

Böckerman, Petri

Cawley, John

Viinikainen, Jutta

Lehtimäki, Terho

Rovio, Suvi

Seppälä, Ilkka

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Raitakari, Olli

Publication

2019

The Effects of the Value-Added Tax on Revenue and Inequality

Journal of Development Studies.

Alavuotunki, Kaisa

Haapanen, Mika

Pirttilä, Jukka

Publication

2019

The regionalization of national input-output tables : A study of South Korean regions

Papers in Regional Science.

Flegg, Anthony T.

Tohmo, Timo

Empirical Microeconomics (EME)

Research group description

Jyväskylä International Macro and Finance (JyIMaF)

Strategy and Entrepreneurship