Previous seminars
Spring 2024 programme
15.1.2024 Mika Kortelainen (THL & University of Turku): "Improving Performance Through Allocation and Competition: Evidence from a Patient Choice Reform" (paper)
18.3.2024 Tuomas Kosonen (VATT): "Assessing the impacts of alcohol sales restrictions" (paper)
15.4.2024 Marko Korhonen (University of Oulu): "CEO’s Spouse’s Death and Firm Performance" (paper)
20.5.2024 Thang Dang (Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health): "Language Training, Refugees’ Healthcare Integration, and the Next Generation's Health" (paper)
Autumn 2024 programme
19.8.2024 Tapio Räsänen (KELA): "Family policy and maternal mental health" (paper)
16.9.2024 Virva Hyttinen (UEF): "Impact of the publication of the Finnish Meds75+ database on the use of potentially inappropriate medications in older persons"
21.10.2024 Riikka Savolainen (Swansea University): "Studying a Sin Tax Scheme with Multiple Reforms. Lessons for Consumption Taxation" (paper)
18.11.2024 Petri Böckerman (University of Jyväskylä, LABORE): "Effect of Information Intervention on Opioid Prescribing: A Pre-Registered Nationwide Randomized Experiment" (paper)
16.6.2024 Lauri Luosta (University of Wisconsin-Madison): "The Cross-Border Spillover Effects of Recreational Marijuana Dispensaries on Child Protective Services Reporting" (paper)
Spring 2025 programme
20.1.2025 Sara Abrahamsson (Norwegian Institute of Public Health): Smartphone Bans, Student Outcomes and Mental Health" (paper)
17.3.2025 Aline Bütikofer (NHH): "Long-Term Consequences of Air Pollution: Does Age or Years of Exposure Matter?"
28.4.2025 Maarit Olkkola (VATT): "Universal Child Health Services and the Educational Attainment and Adult Income of Rural Children" (paper)
19.5.2025 Aljoscha Janssen (Singapore Management University): "Peer Effects in Drug Adoption" (paper)
16.6.2025 Antti Ripatti (University of Helsinki): "Macroeconomic Impact of Endemic COVID-19"