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

External members

Hannu Tervo

Professor (emeritus)

University of Jyväskylä

Jussi Heikkilä

Research Fellow

University of Jyväskylä

Publications

Publication

2023

Dark Passage : Mental Health Consequences of Parental Death

American Journal of Health Economics.

Böckerman, Petri

Haapanen, Mika

Jepsen, Christopher

Publication

2023

Early parental death and its association with children’s mental and economic well-being in adulthood : a nationwide population-based register study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Böckerman, Petri

Haapanen, Mika

Jepsen, Christopher

Publication

2023

Effect of Information Intervention on Prescribing Practice for Neuropathic Pain in Older Patients : A Nationwide Register-Based Study

Drugs and Aging.

Ahomäki, Iiro

Böckerman, Petri

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Saastamoinen, Leena

Publication

2023

Effects of rehabilitative psychotherapy on labour market success : Evaluation of a nationwide programme

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.

Peutere, Laura

Ravaska, Terhi

Bӧckerman, Petri

Vӓӓnӓnen, Ari

Virtanen, Pekka

Publication

2023

Essays on the role of public employment services in labour market matching

JYU dissertations.

Huuskonen, Jussi

Publication

2023

Family Affair? : Long-Term Economic and Mental Effects of Spousal Cancer

IZA Discussion Papers. IZA Institute of Labor Economics.

Böckerman, Petri

Kortelainen, Mika

Salokangas, Henri

Vaalavuo, Maria

Publication

2023

Family-Related Life Events as Predictors of Labor Market Marginalization Trajectories : A Cohort Study of Swedish Twins

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Wang, Mo

Raza, Auriba

Narusyte, Jurgita

Silventoinen, Karri

Böckerman, Petri

Svedberg, Pia

Ropponen, Annina

Publication

2023

Genetic and environmental contributions to individual differences in sustainable working life : A Swedish twin cohort study

PLoS ONE.

Ropponen, Annina

Narusyte, Jurgita

Wang, Mo

Silventoinen, Karri

Böckerman, Petri

Svedberg, Pia

Publication

2023

Genetic basis of STEM occupational choice and regional economic performance : a UK biobank genome-wide association study

Human Genomics.

Zhu, Chen

Zhao, Qiran

He, Jianbo

Böckerman, Petri

Luo, Siyang

Chen, Qihui

Publication

2023

Home-ownership and unemployment : revisiting the Oswald hypothesis from a regional heterogeneity perspective

Economics and Business Letters.

Tohmo, Timo

Viinikainen, Jutta

Publication

2023

Implementation of different types of innovations side by side : case of SMEs in Finland

International Journal of Innovation Management.

Tohmo, Timo

Storhammar, Esa

Littunen, Hannu

Publication

2023

It runs in the family? Using sibling similarities to uncover the hidden influence of family background in doctoral education and academic careers

Higher education.

Helin, Jouni

Jokinen, Juho

Koerselman, Kristian

Nokkala, Terhi

Räikkönen, Eija

Empirical Microeconomics (EME)

Research group description

Jyväskylä International Macro and Finance (JyIMaF)

Strategy and Entrepreneurship