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

2022

Sustainable Working Life Patterns in a Swedish Twin Cohort : Age-Related Sequences of Sickness Absence, Disability Pension, Unemployment, and Premature Death during Working Life

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Ropponen, Annina

Josefsson, Pontus

Böckerman, Petri

Silventoinen, Karri

Narusyte, Jurgita

Wang, Mo

Svedberg, Pia

Publication

2022

The rare disease neurofibromatosis 1 as a source of hereditary economic inequality : evidence from Finland

Genetics in Medicine.

Johansson, Edvard

Kallionpää, Roope A.

Böckerman, Petri

Peltonen, Sirkku

Peltonen, Juha

Publication

2022

The Time-Varying Effect of Participatory Shift Scheduling on Working Hour Characteristics and Sickness Absence : Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in Hospitals

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Turunen, Jarno

Karhula, Kati

Ropponen, Annina

Koskinen, Aki

Shiri, Rahman

Sallinen, Mikael

Ervasti, Jenni

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Härmä, Mikko

Publication

2022

Young Lads and Old Tars : Changing Age Structure of the Nordic Sailors, 1750s–1930s

Social science history.

Ojala, Jari

Eloranta, Jari

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Ojala, Anu

Publication

2021

A new approach to modelling the input-output structure of regional economies using non-survey methods

Journal of Economic Structures.

Flegg, Anthony T.

Lamonica, Guiseppe R.

Chelli, Francesco M.

Recchioni, Maria C.

Tohmo, Timo

Publication

2021

A rare disease and education : Neurofibromatosis type 1 decreases educational attainment

Clinical Genetics.

Johansson, Edvard

Kallionpää, Roope A.

Böckerman, Petri

Peltonen, Juha

Peltonen, Sirkku

Publication

2021

Birth weight and adult income : An examination of mediation through adult height and body mass

Health Economics.

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Viinikainen, Jutta

Kari, Jaana T.

Böckerman, Petri

Lehtimäki, Terho

Raitakari, Olli

Publication

2021

Body weight and premature retirement : population-based evidence from Finland

European Journal of Public Health.

Viinikainen, Jutta

Tikka, Santtu

Laaksonen, Mikko

Jääskeläinen, Tuija

Böckerman, Petri

Karvanen, Juha

Publication

2021

Childhood physical activity as a labor market investment

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports.

Kari, Jaana T.

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Tammelin, Tuija H.

Hutri‐Kähönen, Nina

Raitakari. Olli, T.

Publication

2021

Dark Half : Decentralized Bargaining and Well-being at Work

ETLA Working Papers. Elinkeinoelämän tutkimuslaitos.

Maczulskij, Terhi

Haapanen, Mika

Kauhanen, Antti

Riukula, Krista

Publication

2021

Dark Passage : Mental Health Consequences of Parental Death

IZA Discussion Papers. IZA Institute of Labor Economics.

Böckerman, Petri

Haapanen, Mika

Jepsen, Christopher

Publication

2021

Determinants of Prescription Opioid Use : Population‐Based Evidence from Finland

Addiction.

Böckerman, Petri

Haapanen, Mika

Hakulinen, Christian

Karhunen, Hannu

Maczulskij, Terhi

Empirical Microeconomics (EME)

Research group description

Jyväskylä International Macro and Finance (JyIMaF)

Strategy and Entrepreneurship