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

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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

2017

Born entrepreneurs? : Adolescents’ personality characteristics and entrepreneurship in adulthood

Journal of Business Venturing Insights.

Viinikainen, Jutta

Heineck, Guido

Böckerman, Petri

Hintsanen, Mirka

Raitakari, Olli

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Publication

2017

Current accounts and coordination of wage bargaining

BOFIT Discussion Papers. Bank of Finland.

Nieminen, Mika

Heimonen, Kari

Tohmo, Timo

Publication

2017

Does higher education protect against obesity? Evidence using Mendelian randomization

Preventive Medicine.

Böckerman, Petri

Viinikainen, Jutta

Pulkki-Råback, Laura

Hakulinen, Christian

Pitkänen, Niina

Lehtimäki, Terho

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Raitakari, Olli T.

Publication

2017

Does intersectoral labour mobility pay for academics?

Scientometrics.

Tohmo, Timo

Viinikainen, Jutta

Publication

2017

Essays on wages, promotions and performance evaluations

Jyväskylä studies in business and economics. University of Jyväskylä.

Jokinen, Juho

Publication

2017

Gene-environment interactions between education and body mass : Evidence from the UK and Finland

Social Science and Medicine.

Amin, Vikesh

Böckerman, Petri

Viinikainen, Jutta

Smart, Melissa C.

Bao, Yanchun

Kumari, Meena

Pitkänen, Niina

Lehtimäki, Terho

Raitakari, Olli

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Publication

2017

Genetic endowments, parental resources and adult health : Evidence from the Young Finns Study

Social Science and Medicine.

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Viinikainen, Jutta

Böckerman, Petri

Lehtimäki, Terho

Pitkänen, Niina

Raitakari, Olli

Publication

2017

Graduation Incentives Through Conditional Student Loan Forgiveness

IZA Discussion Paper. IZA Institute of Labor Economics.

Hämäläinen, Ulla

Koerselman, Kristian

Uusitalo, Roope

Publication

2017

Innovation Expectations and Patenting in Private and Public R&D Projects

Growth and Change.

Haapanen, Mika

Lenihan, Helena

Tokila, Anu

Publication

2017

Longitudinal Associations between Physical Activity and Educational Outcomes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.

Kari, Jaana T.

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Hutri-Kähönen, Nina

Raitakari, Olli T.

Tammelin, Tuija H.

Publication

2017

Looking for determinants of willingness-to-pay for Sibelius Hall, Lahti

Cogent Arts and Humanities.

Tohmo, Timo

Publication

2017

More educated, more mobile? : Evidence from post-secondary education reform

Spatial Economic Analysis.

Haapanen, Mika

Böckerman, Petri

Empirical Microeconomics (EME)

Research group description

Jyväskylä International Macro and Finance (JyIMaF)

Strategy and Entrepreneurship