Associate Professor, Department of Economics,
Aalto University School of Business and
Helsinki GSE
Associate Research Professor (part-time), VATT Institute for Economic Research
Research Fellow, IZA
External Research Fellow, CReAM
matti.sarvimaki[a]aalto.fi
Ekonominaukio 1, 02150 Espoo, Finland
Working papers
Exposure(s) to Trade and Earnings Dynamics: Evidence from the Collapse of Finnish-Soviet Trade
| Slides
with Arnaud Costinot and Jonathan Vogel
Intergenerational Spillovers of Integration Policies: Evidence from Finland's Integration Plans | Slides
with Hanna Pesola (R&R at the Review of Economics and Statistics)
The Making of Social Democracy: The Economic and Electoral Consequences of Norway's 1936 Folk School Reform | Slides
with Daron Acemoglu, Tuomas Pekkarinen and Kjell Salvanes
(R&R at the Journal of the European Economic Association)
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
[new version coming eventually]
Publications
Social Interaction in the Family: Evidence from Investors' Security Holdings
with Samuli Knüpfer and Elias Rantapuska
Review of Finance, forthcoming
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
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
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
Labor Market Integration of Refugees in Finland
Nordic Economic Policy Review, 2017, 7(1): 91–114
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
Work in progress
Forced displacement shapes personality traits across generations
with Dominik Hangartner,
Ilona Lahdelma, and
Maarit Olkkola
The Impact of Two-Year Pre-School on Academic and Social Skills
with Ramin Izadi,
Maarit Alasuutari,
Oskari Harjunen,
Mirjam Kalland,
Mikko-Jussi Laakso,
Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen,
Pekka Räsänen, and
Katariina Salmela-Aro.
Status: field work in progress. AEA RCT Registry
Teachers at Work: Preventing Social Exclusion of Immigrants
with Michela Carlana,
Mikko Silliman, and
Marco Tabellini
Status: field work in progress. AEA RCT Registry
My Path: Improving Post-Compulsory Educational Choices
with Tuomas Pekkarinen and
Hanna Pesola
Status: field work completed. AEA RCT Registry
The Impact of Foreign Acquisitions on Wages and Compensation
with David Autor, Tuomas Kosonen and Tuomo Virkola
Pre-College Skills and Wage Differentials
with Tuomas Pekkarinen,
Marko Terviö and
Roope Uusitalo
RCTs as Public Procurement: Finland's Integration SIB
Status: field work completed
Selected policy papers
Rekisteriaineistojen hyödyntäminen peruskoulujen tarveperusteisessa resurssoinnissa
with Ramin Izadi, Venla Bernelius and Oskari Nokso-Koivisto.
Vaikutusarvioinnit osaksi päätöksentekoa - Miten varmistamme politiikassa, että teemme oikeita asioita
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. Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja 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, Säävälä (ed.):
Muuttajat: Kansainvälinen muuttoliike ja suomalainen yhteiskunta. Gaudemus, 2013.
Vievätkö maahanmuuttajat kantaväestön työpaikat?
Talous & Yhteiskunta 4/2010: 10-15.
Maahanmuuton taloustiede: lyhyt johdatus
Kansantaloudellinen aikakauskirja 3/2010: 253-270.
Teaching
Taloustieteen perusteet (Principles of Economics)
Principles of Empirical Analysis (with Tuukka Saarimaa)
History of Economic Growth and Crises
Integration of Immigrants
Labor Economics (with Tuomas Pekkarinen)
International Economics