People

Management team

Kaisa Kotakorpi

Professor, PhD, Director of the Center of Excellence

Tampere University, office Pinni A3057

+358 50 318 2487

Public economics, behavioural economics, health economics, political economics, tax and benefit systems, tax compliance, policy evaluation

Jukka Pirttilä

Professor, PhD, Vice Director of the CoE, Principal Investigator

University of Helsinki and VATT Institute for Economic Research

+358 294 128 728 / +358 295 519 426

Taxation, public provision, development

Jarkko Harju

Professor, PhD in Economics, Principal Investigator

Tampere University (Office Pinni A3091), VATT Institute for Economic Research, CESifo

+358 50 473 3892

Public Economics, labor economics, taxation, social security, firms, entrepreneurs, income inequality, environmental taxes

Tuomas Kosonen

Research Professor, PhD, Principal Investigator

VATT Institute for Economic Research

+358 295 519 440

Income taxation, labour supply, fuel and car taxation, sweets tax, family benefit policies, income distribution, excise taxes

Researchers

Kwabena Adu-Ababio

Doctoral Researcher, M.Phil. in Economics

University of Helsinki

+358 40 8712887

Public economics, development economics

Sebastián Castillo

Postdoctoral Researcher, PhD in Economics

University of Helsinki

Tax evasion and public economics.

Matti Hovi

Researcher, PhD (economics)

Tampere University

+358 50 3182614

Behavioral economics, labor economics

Kari Hämäläinen

Principal Economist / PhD in Economics

VATT Insitute for Economic Research

+358 295 519 416

Labor economics, social security, labor market policy

Elina Jussila

Doctoral Researcher, M.Sc.Econ.

Tampere University

Public economics, health economics

Toni Juuti

Senior Researcher, PhD

VATT Institute for Economic Research, Labore

Social security, taxation, inequality

Sami Jysmä

Doctoral Researcher, MSc in Economics

Tampere University, Labore

+358 40 772 8768

Public economics, taxation, social insurance

Salla Kalin

Doctoral Researcher, M.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration

University of Helsinki, Helsinki GSE

+358 40 753 6267

Public economics, migration, taxation, social security, unemployment, higher education

Ida Kankaanranta

Doctoral Researcher, M Sc. (Economics)

Tampere University

+358 50 431 0726

Public and health economics, taxation, taxi markets, market regulation

Arttu Kauhanen

M.Sc. Economics

Helsinki University

+358 44 057 7899

Public Economics

Ilpo Kauppinen

Senior Researcher, Dr

Vatt Institute for Economic Research, CESifo

+358 295 519 503

Public economics, labor economics, migration

Aliisa Koivisto

Senior researcher, PhD

VATT Institute for Economic Research

+358 295 519 430

Public finance, business taxation, tax and development

Marita Laukkanen

Chief Researcher, PhD, Professor of Practice

VATT Institute for Economic Research; Tampere University

+358 40 304 5533

Energy economics, climate economics, energy taxation, carbon taxes, energy policy, climate policy

Ran Sun Lyng

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, PhD in Economics

Tampere University

+358 50 528 1015

Two-sided Matching, Multidimensional Matching, Applied Econometrics, CEO Labor Market, CEO Compensation, Teachers and School Principal Labor Market, Household Finance

Teemu Lyytikäinen

Associate Research Professor, Research Leader, PhD

VATT Institute for Economic Research

+358 295 519 431

Housing markets, urban economics, housing policy, taxation

Tuomas Matikka

Associate Research Professor/Research Leader, PhD

VATT Institute for Economic Research

+358 295 519 461

Public economics, labor economics, taxation, social insurance

Ella Mattinen

Research Assistant

Tampere University

Public economics and social security

Harri Nikula

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, PhD

Tampere University

+358 50 318 6013

Environmental economics

Annika Nivala

Senior Researcher, Dr Soc Sci

VATT Institute for Economic Research

+358 50 479 2404

Public economics, labor economics, tax policy

Kimmo Palanne

Researcher, M.Sc.

VATT Institute for Economic Research, Aalto University

+358 44 333 0633

Environmental economics, transportation, taxation, distributional impacts

Tuuli Paukkeri

Senior Researcher, PhD

VATT Institute for Economic Research

+358 50 436 8929

Public economics, taxation, social benefits, pensions, disability, disability insurance, cognitive and non-cognitive skills

Terhi Ravaska

Assistant Professor (tenure track)

Tampere University

+358 50 326 0863

Public economics, inequality, pension design

Sami Remes

Doctoral Researcher, M.Sc.

Tampere University

+358 50 437 7420

Income inequality, labor economics

Marja Riihelä

Senior Researcher / D.Sc.Econ.

VATT Institute for Economic Research

+358 295 519 442

Inequality, distribution of income, consumption and wealth, income mobility, tax progressivity

Anna Sahari

Senior Researcher, PhD (economics)

VATT Institute for Economic Research

+358 295 519 511

Energy efficiency, energy policy, household behaviour

Erkka Silvennoinen

PhD student, Master of Social Sciences (Economics)

Tampere University

+358 400 345 342

Public economics, taxation

Tom-Henrik Sirviö

Doctoral Researcher, M.S.Sc.

University of Helsinki

Public economics, corporate taxation, international taxation, tax avoidance, tax havens

Matti Tuomala

Professor (Emeritus) Doctor of Social Science (Economics)

Tampere University

+358 50 318 6037

Public economics, optimal tax theory, tax policy, economic inequality

Elina Tuominen

Postdoctoral Researcher, D.Sc.

Tampere University

+358 50 318 5955

Income distribution, equality of opportunity, public economics

Reetta Varjonen-Ollus

PhD student, Master of Social Sciences (Economics)

Helsinki University

Public economics, taxation

Jouko Verho

Chief Researcher, PhD

VATT Institute for Economic Research, CESifo

+358 295 519 409

Labour, public and health economics

Marika Viertola

Assistant Researcher, M.Sc.Econ.

VATT Institute for Economic Research, Aalto University

+358 295 519 516

Corporate taxation, international corporate taxation, tax avoidance, multinational companies

Management team

Communication and administration

Researchers

Scientific Advisory Board

International Advisory Board