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

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

Publication

2021

Early health, risk aversion and stock market participation

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance.

Böckerman, Petri

Conlin, Andrew

Svento, Rauli

Publication

2021

Effects of the European Monetary Union on High-Technology Exports

Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade.

Tohmo, Timo

Heimonen, Kari

Nieminen, Mika

Publication

2021

Employment and earnings trajectories before and after sickness absence due to major depressive disorder : a nationwide case–control study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Hakulinen, Christian

Böckerman, Petri

Pulkki-Råback, Laura

Virtanen, Marianna

Elovainio, Marko

Publication

2021

Heterogeneous Impacts of the Decentralization of Collective Bargaining

ETLA Working Papers. Elinkeinoelämän tutkimuslaitos.

Kauhanen, Antti

Maczulskij, Terhi

Riukula, Krista

Publication

2021

Innovation among SMEs in Finland : the impact of stakeholder engagement and firm-level characteristics

Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation.

Littunen, Hannu

Tohmo, Timo

Storhammar, Esa

Publication

2021

Patterns of inter- and intra-regional differences in human capital and earnings : Evidence from Finland and Sweden 1987–2015

Applied Geography.

Eliasson, Kent

Haapanen, Mika

Westerlund, Olle

Publication

2021

Personality and Public Sector Employment

ETLA Working Papers. Elinkeinoelämän tutkimuslaitos.

Maczulskij, Terhi

Viinikainen, Jutta

Empirical Microeconomics (EME)

Research group description

Jyväskylä International Macro and Finance (JyIMaF)

Strategy and Entrepreneurship