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Do changes in unemployment insurance affect healthcare costs?

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 @mpaallysaho.bsky.social (VATT)

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Research Reveals That Employers Play a Key Role in Explaining the Gender Wage Gap

As International Women's Day approaches, here is some interesting research: 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.

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Research Professor Marita Laukkanen awarded the First Class Knight of the Order of the Lion of Finland

Congratulations to Research Professor Marita Laukkanen, who 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 at an internal VATT event yesterday.

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Research Reveals That Employers Play a Key Role in Explaining the Gender Wage Gap

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.

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VATT weekly seminar - VATT Institute for Economic Research At these seminars, held on Thursdays, VATT’s own researchers and outside speakers present their research findings and projects.

In today's VATT Seminar, @mstryjan.bsky.social (@aalto.fi, @helsinkigse.bsky.social) discusses their research

Local Institutions and Leader Incentives: The Political Economy of Rwanda’s Fertility Transition

🕙10:30-11:30 at Economicum. Welcome!

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FIRE Education and training -workshop November 21 - FIRE FIRE Education and Training -task force will organise a workshop21.11.2025 12:00–15:45University of JyväskyläAgora-building, room Alfa

🔹 Join the first FIRE Education & Training Workshop! 🔹
📅 21 Nov 2025, 12:00–15:45
📍 Univ. of Jyväskylä, Agora (room Alfa)
Learn, share & network around register-based research.

Free participation – register by 11 Nov!
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Post-doctoral researcher - Innovation and related labour and education research - VATT Institute for Economic Research Open job: Post-doctoral researcher - Innovation and related labour and education research, VATT Institute for Economic Research - Find all jobs in Valtiolle.fi

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...

The Global Gender Gap in STEM Applications: Pipeline vs. Choice

This highlights the need to carefully identify and disentangle persistent mechanisms that are shaping girls’ education choices, and which appear to be operating globally. Read more: urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-f...

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.jp...

» Leading economists convened in Helsinki for WEI 2025: Wages, Employment and Inequality <p>Almost 70 economists from across Europe gathered in Helsinki on 21–22 August 2025 for the third Workshop in Labor Economics: Wages, Employment and Inequality (WEI 2025). The two-day event featured ...

Last week, we were one of the organizer 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/

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Wages, Employment & Inequality workshop had a great start with Stephen Machin as the first keynote speaker!🤩

Organisers: @tuomaskosonen.bsky.social & @oskarnskans.bsky.social🫡

Funders: FIT/Research Council of Finland, @vatt-research.bsky.social, YJS Foundation, Handelsbankens Forskningsstiftelser🙏

Happy to share that our paper on firm responses to tax audits is now available on @itaxjournal.bsky.social:

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Please find a brief recap on our main findings below

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🎓 VATT Seminar on Thu 19 June, 10:30–11:30 at Economicum (Arkadiankatu 7, Helsinki)

Cecilia Blomster (Hanken) presents: Graduating in a Recession, Education and Family Formation

Hosted by Stefano Lombardi

Welcome!

Welcome to Alejandro Zentner’s seminar presentation!
‘Frictions in Recovering Unclaimed Property: Evidence from a Large-Scale Natural Field Experiment’ reveals how simple steps boosted claims by 400%.
When: 5 June at 10:30
Where: Economicum (Arkadiankatu 7, Helsinki)

VATT seminar Thu May 22: Cloé Garnache (@oslomet.bsky.social) discusses their research

Are Asset Prices Sticky? (with Martin Schmalz and Dag Einar Sommervoll)

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Cloé's research:
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VATT seminar Thu May 15: Sofia Hernnäs (Stockholm School of Economics) discusses their research

Fiber Internet and Labor Demand (with Bengt Söderlund)

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Sofia's research:
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VATT seminar Thu May 8: Jens Wikström from University of Gothenburg discusses their research:

Should eldercare be subsidized? Theory and evidence from Sweden (joint with Patrizia Massner)

🕥10.30–11.30 (at Economicum, free entry)

More of Jens's research: sites.google.com/view/jenswik...

VATT seminar Thu April 24: Torsten Santavirta (@helsinki.fi) discusses their research

Soviet Industrialization and American Skilled Labor: Transfer of Technologies and Productivity

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Torsten's research:
tsantavirta.com/research/

Matti Sarvimäki

VATT seminar Thu April 10: Matti Sarvimäki (@aalto.fi) discusses their research

Migration Restrictions, Selection and Labor Market Returns: Estonian Emigrants, 1989–2021

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Matti’s research:
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VATT seminar Thu April 3: @mariasauval.bsky.social (@aalto.fi) discusses their research

The Long-Term Effects of Pre-Kindergarten on Teen Births

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Maria's research:
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Markku Siikanen - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus - YJA Tutkija Markku Siikanen, YTM. Tutkimusaiheet: toimialan taloustiede, terveystaloustiede, julkiset hankinnat, kilpailu

VATT seminar Thu March 27: Markku Siikanen (@vatt-research.bsky.social) discusses their research

Free Entry and Social Inefficiency in Regulated Pharmacy Markets

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Markku's research:
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VATT seminar Thu March 20: @albertduodu.bsky.social (@aalto.fi) discusses their research

Economy and the Environment - Firm-level responses to energy price shocks

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Albert's research:
albertduodu.github.io/publications/

Erik Grönqvist Professor of Health Economics, Deparment of Medical Sciences, Uppsala Universityhttps://www.uu.se/en/department/medical-sciences/research/research-groups/health-economics Director of the Centre for H...

VATT seminar Thu March 13: Erik Grönqvist (Uppsala University) discusses their research

Sick of becoming a parent: The child penalty on mental ill-health

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Erik’s research:
sites.google.com/view/erikgro...

Home I am an Economist working in the fields of Labor and Health Economics, as well as Economic History. My main research interest is the effect of public policy on the formation of skills and preferences,...

VATT seminar TODAY: Maarit Olkkola (@vatt-research.bsky.social) discusses their research

The intergenerational effects of forced migration on human capital and personality traits

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Maarit’s research: sites.google.com/view/maarito...

VATT seminar Thu February 27: Ragnhild Schreiner (University of Oslo) discusses their research

Taxing Labor: Firm R&D, Automation and the Labor Share

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Ragnhild’s research:
sites.google.com/site/ragnhil...

📢 Call for Papers: Workshop in Labor Economics: Wages, Employment and Inequality, Helsinki on 21 – 22 Aug

DL 30.3.

Keynotes:
Magne Mogstad (University of Chicago)
Stephen Machin (LSE)

Organizers: @tuomaskosonen.bsky.social @oskarnskans.bsky.social

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Home Moritz Mendel

VATT seminar Thu February 13: Moritz Mendel (@aalto.fi) discusses their research

Nonstandard Education Careers and Inequality

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Moritz’s research:
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VATT seminar Thu January 30: Terhi Ravaska (Tampere University & @VATT_research) discusses their research

Wage garnishment and negative bunching

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Terhi's research:
sites.google.com/view/terhira...

Report 2024 - Economic Policy Council Economic Policy Council Report 2024 The Finnish Economic Policy Council published its annual assessment of the government’s economic policy and the sustainability of public finances on January 28, 202...

Finnish Economic Policy Council's 2024 report is now out!

Check out the report 👇

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