Merja Kauhanen
- Chief Researcher
- Labour Economics, Education Economics
- Tel. +358-40 940 1946
- E-mail: merja.kauhanen@labore.fi
- At Labour Institute for Economic Research LABORE: 1st August 1999
- Education: Doctor of Science (Economics)
Peer-reviewed Scientific Articles
Publications in Labore's series
Studies
Working Papers
- 331 – Multiple job holding in the changing labour market – evidence from Finland
- 314 – Where do workers from declining routine jobs go and does migration matter?
- 291 – Migration experience, occupational attainment and subjective perceptions of occupational downgrading
- 290 – Returns to return migration: wage premium of Estonian return migrants from Finland
- 283 – Characteristics and labour market performance of the new member state immigrants in Finland, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom after the enlargement of 2004
- 282 – Who leaves and who stays? Outmigration of Estonian immigrants from Finland and its impact on economic assimilation of Estonian immigrants in Finland
- 279 – The impact of the near superior’s management on worker wellbeing, retirement intentions, and establishment productivity
- 272 – Involuntary temporary and part-time work, job quality and well-being at work
- 265 – Reasons for using part-time work in the Nordic establishments. Does it make difference for workers and companies?
- 260 – Wage Growth and Mobility Between and Within Firms by Gender and Education
- 242 – The incentive effects of tightened UIB entitlement rules – Empirical evidence from three Nordic countries
- 174 – Temporary Agency Work in Finland
- 161 – Who Move to Depressed Regions? – An Analysis of Migration Streams in Finland in the 1990s
Reports
- 50 – Assessing the impact of social security cuts on workers in the private service sectors
- 49 – Report on the more equal distribution of the parental leave costs
- 45 – Competitiveness Agreement and the distribution of social security
- 44 – Who is not a member of an unemployment fund?
- 42 – Labour shortages, bottlenecks, and the quality of vacancies – an analysis of 12 occupational groups
- 39 – Finnish wage level in a European comparison
- 33 – Part-time work in private service sectors
External Publications
Policy Reports
Other Publications
- 20.5.2026 – Income and employment of platform workers in Finland: A study linking survey and register data
- 7.11.2024 – Geographical and Occupational Mismatch in Finland over the Recent Era of Economic Crises: Estimates Using an Interconnected-Markets Approach
- 15.12.2016 – Temporary work, participation in personnel training and staying at work
- 24.11.2016 – Back to Work: Finland: Improving the Re-employment Prospects of Displaced Workers
- 13.10.2016 – Labour market polarisation and labour mobility – where do workers performing routine tasks end up?
- 1.12.2015 – The many forms and quality of fixed-term employment