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

2015

Maksetaanko vientiyrityksissä parempia palkkoja?

Kansantaloudellinen aikakauskirja.

Kari, Matti

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Pehkonen, Sampo

Publication

2015

Relative age at school entry, school performance and long-term labour market outcomes

Applied Economics Letters.

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Viinikainen, Jutta

Böckerman, P.

Pulkki-Råback, L.

Keltikangas-Järvinen, L.

Raitakari, O.

Publication

2015

Suomi putosi liigasta divariin

Keskisuomalainen.

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Publication

2015

The Creative Class Revisited: Does the Creative Class Affect the Birth Rate of High-tech Firms in Nordic Countries?

Journal of Enterprising Culture.

Tohmo, Timo

Publication

2015

Using CHARM to Adjust for Cross-hauling: The Case of the Province of Hubei, China

Economic Systems Research.

Flegg, Anthony T.

Huang, Yongming

Tohmo, Timo

Publication

2014

Arriving at the Dawn of the New Economy: Is Knowledge-Based Industrial Renewal Possible in a Peripheral Region?

European Planning Studies.

Varis, Miika

Tohmo, Timo

Littunen, Hannu

Publication

2014

Cross-Hauling and Regional Input-Output Tables : The Case of the Province of Hubei, China

Regional Research Institute / Working Paper Series. West Virginia University.

Huang, Yongming

Flegg, Anthony T.

Tohmo, Timo

Publication

2014

Establishment size and task-specific wages: Evidence from historical contract data

Economics Letters.

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Publication

2014

Euro porskuttaa vahvasti – epäilyistä huolimatta

Keskisuomalainen.

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Publication

2014

Government policy failure in public support for research and development

Policy studies.

Haapanen, Mika

Lenihan, Helena

Mariani, Marco

Publication

2014

Labor market performance of dropouts: the role of personality

Journal of Economic Studies.

Viinikainen, Jutta

Kokko, Katja

Pulkkinen, Lea

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Publication

2014

Palkkatasa-arvo julkisyhteisössä - havaintoja suomalaisesta yliopistosta

Hallinnon tutkimus.

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Jokinen, Juho

Empirical Microeconomics (EME)

Research group description

Jyväskylä International Macro and Finance (JyIMaF)

Strategy and Entrepreneurship