I am a Senior Researcher at Etla Economic Research. I am also affiliated with HGSE Helsinki Graduate School of Economics. My research focuses on the economics of education and the economic effects of interactions between immigrants and natives. I received my PhD in Economics from Aalto University School of Business in 2024.

Research interests: Economics of education, labor economics

Research

Working papers

• The Impact of Childhood Immigrant Exposure on Adult Intermarriage (with Matti Sarvimäki and Liam Wren-Lewis)
• Priority Pitfalls: Effects of Introducing Priority Points into Secondary School Admissions

Work in progress

• Building Social Connections: The Effects of Growing up with Immigrant Neighbors (with Michela Carlana, Matti Sarvimäki, Mikko Silliman, Marco Tabellini and Liam Wren-Lewis)
• Growing Up with Immigrants: The Long-Run Effects of Peers on Political Participation and Attitudes (with Tuuli Tähtinen and Liam Wren-Lewis)
• Gendered Effects of College Admission Reform in Finland (with Cécile Bonneau)
• Public Sector Worker Quality and Local Labor Markets: Evidence from Early Childhood Education Teachers

Policy work (in Finnish)

• Varhaiskasvatuksen opettajapula: Kelpoisten opettajien osuus vaihtelee alueellisesti (2025)
• Toisen asteen koulutuksen suorittamistapojen vaikutukset (2024) (with Hannu Karhunen, Jani-Petteri Ollikainen, Tuomo Suhonen and Hanna Virtanen)
• Todistusvalintahankkeen loppuraportti (2023) (with Mila Hakanen, Tiina Kuuppelomäki, Tina Lauronen, Tuomo Suhonen and Tuomo Virkola)

Other writing (in Finnish)

• Uskottavuusvallankumous uudisti taloustieteen – samat menetelmät tarvittaisiin nyt kaikenlaiseen koulutustutkimukseen (2024) (with Jani Kuhakoski, Hannu Karhunen, Tuomo Suhonen and Hanna Virtanen)
• Esseitä koulutuksen ja maahanmuuton taloustieteestä (2024)

CV

You can download my full CV as PDF here.

Current position

Education

Presentations

Experience

Teaching