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

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

Publication

2021

Prescription opioid use and employment : a nationwide Finnish register study

Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

Böckerman, Petri

Haapanen, Mika

Hakulinen, Christian

Vainiomäki, Jari

Publication

2021

School Tracking and Mental Health

Journal of Human Capital.

Böckerman, Petri

Haapanen, Mika

Jepsen, Christopher

Roulet, Alexandra

Publication

2021

Socioemotional Wealth and Networking in the Internationalisation of Family SMEs

The Palgrave Handbook of Family Firm Internationalization. Palgrave Macmillan.

Metsola, Jaakko

Torkkeli, Lasse

Leppäaho, Tanja

Arenius, Pia

Haapanen, Mika

Publication

2021

Sustainable Working Life in a Swedish Twin Cohort : A Definition Paper with Sample Overview

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Ropponen, Annina

Wang, Mo

Narusyte, Jurgita

Silventoinen, Karri

Böckerman, Petri

Svedberg, Pia

Publication

2021

The effects of an education-leave program on educational attainment and labor-market outcomes

Education Economics.

Kauhanen, Antti

Publication

2021

The role of personal and relative job performance in promotion decisions

Labour.

Jokinen, Juho

Pehkonen, Jaakko

Publication

2021

Työttömyys kirvoittaa muuttokaravaanit liikkeelle

Talous & yhteiskunta.

Böckerman, Petri

Maczulskij, Terhi

Publication

2020

Aktiivisen työvoimapolitiikan mahdollisuudet työllisyysasteen kasvattamisessa

Työpoliittinen aikakauskirja.

Kauhanen, Antti

Publication

2020

Aluetaloustieteen menetelmät liikennejärjestelmän kehittämisen vaikutustarkastelussa

Liikenne- ja viestintäministeriön julkaisuja.

Hokkanen, Joonas

Savikko, Heikki

Honkatukia, Juha

Metsäranta, Heikki

Sirkiä, Ari

Haapanen, Mika

Tohmo, Timo

Empirical Microeconomics (EME)

Research group description

Jyväskylä International Macro and Finance (JyIMaF)

Strategy and Entrepreneurship