Randomization as an Incentive Device: Evidence from Public Procurement of Immigrant Integration Services

with Hanna Pesola and Tuomo Virkola

Slides · AEA RCT Registry

The Local Scarring Effect of Negative Trade Shocks: Evidence from the Collapse of Finnish-Soviet Trade

with Arnaud Costinot and Jonathan Vogel

Slides · Original version: Exposure(s) to Trade and Earnings Dynamics

The Impact of Childhood Immigrant Exposure on Adult Intermarriage

with Aino Kalmbach and Liam Wren-Lewis

Forced Migration and Long-Term Mental Disorders in post-WWII Finland

with Henri Salokangas, Jari Haukka, Pekka Martikainen, and Jaana Suvisaari

Agglomeration in the Periphery

Appendix · [resting]

Intergenerational Spillovers of Integration Policies: Evidence from Finland's Integration Plans

with Hanna Pesola

Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming

The Making of Social Democracy: The Economic and Electoral Consequences of Norway's 1936 Folk School Reform

with Daron Acemoglu, Tuomas Pekkarinen, and Kjell Salvanes

Journal of the European Economic Association, 2025, 23(1): 119–158

Slides · Project Syndicate Column

Paths to Integration: Earnings, Skill Investments, and Outmigration across Immigrant Admission Categories

with Hanna Pesola and Tuomo Virkola

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2025, 127(4): 742–764

Social Interaction in the Family: Evidence from Investors' Security Holdings

with Samuli Knüpfer and Elias Rantapuska

Review of Finance, 2023, 27(4): 1297–1327

Habit Formation and the Misallocation of Labor: Evidence from Forced Migrations

with Roope Uusitalo and Markus Jäntti

Journal of the European Economic Association, 2022, 20(6): 2497–2539

Appendix · Slides

Immigration History, Entry Jobs and the Labor Market Integration of Immigrants

with Laura Ansala and Olof Åslund

Journal of Economic Geography, 2022, 22(3): 581–604

Slides · IZA summary

The Local Economic Impacts of Regeneration Projects: Evidence from UK's Single Regeneration Budget

with Steve Gibbons and Henry Overman

Journal of Urban Economics, 2021, 122, 103315

Post-Secondary Education and Information on Labor Market Prospects: A Randomized Field Experiment

with Sari Pekkala Kerr, Tuomas Pekkarinen, and Roope Uusitalo

Labour Economics, 2020, 66, 101888

Treatment material · Preprint

Age at Arrival, Parents and Neighborhoods: Understanding the Educational Attainment of Immigrants' Children

with Laura Ansala and Ulla Hämäläinen

Journal of Economic Geography, 2020, 20(2): 459–480

Appendix · Preprint

Secular Rise in Economically Valuable Personality Traits

with Markus Jokela, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Marko Terviö, and Roope Uusitalo

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017, 114(25): 6527–6532

Appendix · Vox column

Formative Experiences and Portfolio Choice: Evidence from the Finnish Great Depression

with Samuli Knüpfer and Elias Rantapuska

Journal of Finance, 2017, 72(1): 133–166

Appendix

The Evolution of Social Mobility: Norway during the 20th Century

with Tuomas Pekkarinen and Kjell Salvanes

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2017, 119(1): 5–33

Appendix

The Impact of Forced Migration on Mortality: a Cohort Study of 242,075 Finns in 1939–2010

with Jari Haukka, Pekka Martikainen, and Jaana Suvisaari

Epidemiology, 2017, 28(4): 587–593

Integrating Immigrants: The Impact of Restructuring Active Labor Market Policies

with Kari Hämäläinen

Journal of Labor Economics, 2016, 34(2): 479–508

Assimilation to a Welfare State: Labor Market Performance and Use of Social Benefits by Immigrants to Finland

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2011, 113(3): 665–688

Learning to Experiment: Practical Lessons from Finland's Two-Year Preschool Experiment

with Ramin Izadi

Nordic Economic Policy Review, 2026, forthcoming

Managing Refugee Protection Crises: Policy Lessons from Economics and Political Science

with Dominik Hangartner and Judith Spirig

Journal of the Finnish Economic Association, 2021, 2(1): 1–24

Labor Market Integration of Refugees in Finland

Nordic Economic Policy Review, 2017, 7(1): 91–114

Refining Early Childhood Education: Finland's Two-Year Pre-School Experiment

with Ramin Izadi, Maarit Alasuutari, Oskari Harjunen, Mirjam Kalland, Mikko-Jussi Laakso, Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen, Pekka Räsänen, and Katariina Salmela-Aro

Field work completed · AEA RCT Registry

Teachers at Work: Preventing Social Exclusion of Immigrants

with Michela Carlana, Mikko Silliman, and Marco Tabellini

Field work completed · AEA RCT Registry

Oma linja School Intervention: Improving Post-Compulsory Educational Choices

with Hanna Pesola and Maria Sauval

Field work completed · AEA RCT Registry

Forced Displacement Shapes Personality Traits across Generations

with Dominik Hangartner, Ilona Lahdelma, and Maarit Olkkola

The Impact of Foreign Acquisitions on Wages and Compensation

with David Autor, Tuomas Kosonen, and Tuomo Virkola

Perusopetuksen oppimistulokset ja mahdollisuuksien tasa-arvo

with Hannu Karhunen, Tiina Kuuppelomäki, Tuomo Suhonen, and Roope Uusitalo

Publications of the Audit Committee 1/2026, Parliament of Finland

Kaksivuotisen esiopetuksen kokeilu: Loppuraportti

with Maarit Alasuutari, Oskari Harjunen, Anna Holvio, Kaisa Harju, Ramin Izadi, Mirjam Kalland, Julia Kuusiholma-Linnamäki, Mikko-Jussi Laakso, Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen, Heli Muhonen, Pekka Räsänen, Anne-Elina Salo, Saara Salo, Lotta Saranko, Mimmu Sulkanen, Tuomas Suorsa, Katja Upadyaya, and Hilla Villanen

Publications of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland 2026:2

Policy Brief

Taloustieteilijät EDUCA-lippulaivassa

Kansantaloudellinen aikakauskirja 2/2025: 100–107

Mitä tiedämme maahanmuuttajien kotoutumispolitiikan vaikuttavuudesta?

with Hanna Pesola and Tuomo Virkola

Talous & Yhteiskunta 4/2024

1990-luvun laman pitkät jäljet

with Kristiina Huttunen

in Eloranta and Uusitalo (eds): Ankarat ajat. Suomalaisten talouskriisien pitkä historia. Gaudeamus, 2024

Pienituloisten perheiden lapset joutuvat kiusatuksi muita useammin

with Mikko Silliman, Ellen Sahlström, and Niina Nurkka

Kansallinen koulutuksen arviointikeskus. Tiivistelmät 4: 2024

Koto-SIB -kokeilun vaikutukset ja käytännön toteutus

with Risto Karinen, Nella Koivula, Tiina Koivula, Olli Oosi, Hanna Pesola, and Tuomo Virkola

Publications of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment 2024:33

English translation

Eri syistä maahan muuttaneiden työllistyminen Suomessa

with Hanna Pesola and Tuomo Virkola

Publications of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment 2024:9

Kaksivuotisen esiopetuksen kokeilu: Väliraportti

with Maarit Alasuutari, Oskari Harjunen, Anna Holvio, Ramin Izadi, Mirjam Kalland, Julia Kuusiholma-Linnamäki, Mikko-Jussi Laakso, Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen, Heli Muhonen, Pekka Räsänen, Katariina Salmela-Aro, Lotta Saranko, Mimmu Sulkanen, and Katja Upadyaya

Publications of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland 2023:19

Rekisteriaineistojen hyödyntäminen peruskoulujen tarveperusteisessa resurssoinnissa

with Ramin Izadi, Venla Bernelius, and Oskari Nokso-Koivisto

Kaksivuotinen esiopetus -kokeilu. Tutkimussuunnitelma

with Ramin Izadi, Elisa Luukkonen, and Oskari Nokso-Koivisto

Aalto Economic Institute

Vaikutusarvioinnit osaksi päätöksentekoa

with Oskari Nokso-Koivisto and Otto Toivanen

Edistys-raportti 01/2019

Parempi tapa valita korkeakouluopiskelijat

with Tuomas Pekkarinen

VATT Policy Brief 1-2016

Kotoutumissuunnitelmien vaikutukset maahanmuuttajien lasten koulutusvalintoihin

with Kari Hämäläinen and Hanna Pesola

Publications of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment 43/2015

Maahanmuuttajien integroituminen Suomeen

with Laura Ansala, Essi Eerola, Kari Hämäläinen, Ulla Hämäläinen, Hanna Pesola, and Marja Riihelä

VATT Analyysi 2, 2014

Integroitumista vai eriytymistä? Maahanmuuttajalapset ja -nuoret Suomessa

with Laura Ansala and Ulla Hämäläinen

KELA Työpapereita 56/2014

Muuttoliikkeet, työmarkkinat ja julkinen talous

in Martikainen, Saukkonen, Sääävälä (eds): Muuttajat. Gaudeamus, 2013

Vievätkö maahanmuuttajat kantaväestön työpaikat?

Talous & Yhteiskunta 4/2010: 10–15

Maahanmuuton taloustiede: lyhyt johdatus

Kansantaloudellinen aikakauskirja 3/2010: 253–270