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Next up on the First Floor: Cristina Bratu of @VATT_research presenting: "Family Reunification and Migrant Integration" Co-authored with Hanna Pesola & @virkola . #MigrationForum2026 #MigrationResearch #Economics

Don’t miss this opportunity to ski in the middle of Los Andes and discuss cool papers in economics of education 🇨🇱🎿⛷️👇

My paper "Unemployment Insurance Generosity and Healthcare Use: Evidence from Sweden" is out as a VATT Working Paper. See also my related blog. I look forward to presenting this at the RFBerlin Conference on Health and Economic Well-Being in April. WP: urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2…

What happens to healthcare expenditure when unemployment insurance is reformed? Reforms in one system may have consequences for the other that are not reflected in savings calculations, writes VATT senior researcher @MPaallysaho. New blog 👇 vatt.fi/en/-/do-change…

As International Women's Day approaches, here are some researched facts: A study conducted across 11 countries shows that employers are a major factor in why women continue to earn less than men, even when working in the same occupations. vatt.fi/en/-/research-…

Research Professor @MaritaLaukkanen has been awarded the First Class Knight of the Order of the Lion of Finland on the Independence Day of Finland. The decoration was presented to Laukkanen yesterday at an internal VATT event. Congratulations! vatt.fi/en/-/research-…

Researchers find that gender differences in firm-specific wage premiums account for 10% to 30% of the gender wage gap in private-sector hourly wages across 10 European economies and Washington State, US. vatt.fi/en/-/research-… @stef_lombardi

The Family Federation of Finland (@Vaestoliitto) has granted the 2025 Väinö Kannisto Recognition Award to VATT Senior Researcher, DSc (Econ) Maarit Olkkola. Congratulations @MaaritOlkkola! 👏 @HelsinkiGSE @AaltoBIZ vatt.fi/en/-/vatt-rese…

In today's VATT seminar, @SanderRamboer discusses their research Local Property Tax Incentives for Wind Farm Development: Evidence from Finland 🍃🇫🇮 🕥10:30 am @ Economicum. Welcome! All VATT seminars: vatt.fi/en/vatt-semina…

Does pay transparency reduce employers' ability to attract and reward talent? VATT seminar Thu Nov 20 @ 10:30am: Aspasia Bizopoulou (@VATT_research) discusses Pay Transparency, Wage Setting and Worker Sorting With @virkola & Elias Einiö All seminars vatt.fi/en/vatt-semina…

VATT Seminar Thu Nov 13: Miri Stryjan (@AaltoBIZ, @HelsinkiGSE) discusses their research Local Institutions and Leader Incentives: The Political Economy of Rwanda’s Fertility Transition 🕙10:30-11:30 at Economicum. Welcome! More VATT seminars: vatt.fi/en/vatt-semina…

Call for Papers – 38th EALE Annual Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 31 August - 2 September 2026. We invite all labour economists to submit papers for presentation at the conference. Link to CfP and submission portal: ub.edu/eale2026/ Deadline: 1-02-2026

Is redistribution fair? In Thursday's VATT Seminar Arttu Kauhanen (@helsinkiuni) discusses the effect of taxes and transfers on the equality of opportunity. With @mjantti & @PirttilaJukka 🕙10:30-11:30 at Economicum. Welcome! More VATT seminars: vatt.fi/en/vatt-semina…

We are inviting applications for 1-2 three-year post-doc researcher positions to strengthen our Industrial and Economic Policy research area. Please apply soon! valtiolle.fi/en/jobs/post-d…

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This highlights the need to carefully identify and disentangle persistent mechanisms that are shaping girls’ education choices, and which appear to be operating globally.

The STEM choice gap is stable across contexts with vastly different levels of income, human development, and gender parity.

New study shows: a randomized experiment increased participants’ average income by 9 %–11 % and thus psychotropic drug use decreased by 8 %–11 %, with suggestive evidence of fewer outpatient visits due to mental health issues. Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.jpub…

Last week, we and @Coe_FIT were some of the organizers for Workshop in Labor Economics. The conversation was lively and critical, and it showed how important these kinds of forums are. Thank you everyone for participating! Read more about the event: verotutkimus.fi/en/wei2025/

Wages, Employment and Inequality aka WEI workshop had a great start with @s_machin_ as the keynote speaker! 🤩