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

2023

Tutkimuksia julkisten työvoimapalveluiden roolista työmarkkinoiden kohtaannossa

Kansantaloudellinen aikakauskirja.

Huuskonen, Jussi

Publication

2023

Työttömien haastattelut edistävät työmarkkinoiden kohtaantoa

Talous & yhteiskunta.

Huuskonen, Jussi

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Publication

2023

Understanding labour market participation trajectories after returning to part-time work from sickness absence : a nationwide cohort study from Finland

Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Hartikainen, Elli

Salonen, Laura

Solovieva, Svetlana

Blomgren, Jenni

Böckerman, Petri

Viikari-Juntura, Eira

Leinonen, Taina

Publication

2023

Value of art and culture institutions : a case study of Jyväskylä, Finland

European Journal of Cultural Management and Policy.

Sokka, Sakarias

Ruokolainen, Olli

Tohmo, Timo

Publication

2022

Birth weight, adult weight, and cardiovascular biomarkers : Evidence from the Cardiovascular Young Finns Study

Preventive Medicine.

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Viinikainen, Jutta

Kari, Jaana T.

Böckerman, Petri

Lehtimäki, Terho

Viikari, Jorma

Raitakari, Olli

Publication

2022

Did the Finnish depression of the early 1990s have a silver lining? : The effect of unemployment on long-term physical activity

Economics and Human Biology.

Salokangas, Henri

Böckerman, Petri

Huikari, Sanna

Korhonen, Marko

Korpelainen, Raija

Svento, Rauli

Publication

2022

Does better education mitigate risky health behavior? : A mendelian randomization study

Economics and Human Biology.

Viinikainen, Jutta

Bryson, Alex

Böckerman, Petri

Kari, Jaana T.

Lehtimäki, Terho

Raitakari, Olli

Viikari, Jorma

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Publication

2022

Economic burden of low physical activity and high sedentary behaviour in Finland

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Kolu, Päivi

Kari, Jaana T

Raitanen, Jani

Sievänen, Harri

Tokola, Kari

Havas, Eino

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Tammelin, Tuija H

Pahkala, Katja

Hutri-Kähönen, Nina

Raitakari, Olli T

Vasankari, Tommi

Publication

2022

Economic Costs of Obesity in Europe

International Handbook of the Demography of Obesity. International Handbooks of Population. Springer.

Viinikainen, Jutta

Böckerman, Petri

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Publication

2022

Hajautunut neuvottelujärjestelmä parantaa palkkoja ja työhyvinvointia

Talous & yhteiskunta.

Kauhanen, Antti

Maczulskij, Terhi

Publication

2022

High-involvement management practices and the productivity of firms : Detecting industry heterogeneity

Economic and Industrial Democracy.

Peutere, Laura

Saloniemi, Antti

Böckerman, Petri

Aho, Simo

Nätti, Jouko

Nummi, Tapio

Publication

2022

Hosting the Olympic Games : Revisiting the Connection between Hosting the Games and Olympic Success

International Journal of Sport Management.

Kari, Jaana T.

Mangeloja, Esa

Tohmo, Timo

Empirical Microeconomics (EME)

Research group description

Jyväskylä International Macro and Finance (JyIMaF)

Strategy and Entrepreneurship