Peer-reviewed publications
Harju, Jarkko; Jäger, Simon and Schoefer, Benjamin
Voice at Work
Forthcoming, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
Giaccobasso, Matias; Nathan, Brad; Perez-Truglia, Ricardo and Zentner, Alejandro
Where Do My Tax Dollars Go? Tax Morale Effects of Perceived Government Spending
Forthcoming, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
Jouste, Maria; Kanbur, Ravi; Pirttilä, Jukka and Rattenhuber, Pia (editors)
Poor Protection: The Role of Taxes and Social Benefits in the Developing World During Crises
Forthcoming, Oxford University Press
Harju, Jarkko; Kotakorpi, Kaisa; Matikka, Tuomas and Nivala, Annika
Tax Enforcement and Firm Performance: Real and Reporting Responses to Risk-Based Tax Audits?
Accepted for publication, International Tax and Public Finance
Verho, Jouko & Harju, Jarkko
Copayments for Prescription Drugs: The Drivers of Demand Responses
Health Economics, March 2025
Ollonqvist, Joonas; Kotakorpi, Kaisa; Laaksonen, Mikko; Martikainen, Pekka; Pirttilä, Jukka and Tarkiainen, Lasse
Incentives, Health, and Retirement: Evidence From a Finnish Pension Reform
Health Economics, March 2025
Harju, Jarkko; Kauppinen, Ilpo and Ropponen, Olli
Firm Responses to an Interest Barrier: Empirical Evidence
Fiscal Studies 2025, February 2025
Jandarova, Nurfatima
Does intelligence shield children from the effects of parental non-employment?
Economics of Education Review, Volume 104, February 2025
Ebrahim, Amina and Pirttilä, Jukka
A Policy for the Jobless Youth in South Africa
Journal of Development Economics, Volume 172, January 2025
Kanbur, Ravi and Tuomala, Matti
How Does Predistribution Affect Redistribution?
Journal of Economic Inequality, January 2025
Ebrahim, Amina; Castillo, Sebastián; Leyaro, Vincent; Swema, Ezekiel; Haule, Oswald
Bridging the Gap: Unveiling the Potential of Tanzania’s SMEs through VAT Insights
CESifo Economic Studies Special Issue on Tax Compliance, December 2024
Jouste, Maria; Kaidu Barugahara, Tina; Okello Ayo, Joseph; Pirttilä, Jukka and Rattenhuber, Pia
Taxpayer Response to Greater Progressivity: Evidence from Personal Income Tax Reform in Uganda
International Tax and Public Finance, November 2024
Ebrahim, Amina; Kisanga, Elineema; Leyaro, Vincent; Mhede, Edwin; Mdee, Ephraim; Palviainen, Heikki and Pirttilä, Jukka
The Effects of a Risk-based Approach to Tax Examinations: Evidence from a Tax Pilot Programme in Tanzania
International Tax and Public Finance (2024), September 2024
Paukkeri, Tuuli; Ravaska, Terhi & Riihelä, Marja
Examining Inequalities: From Labour Markets to Social Outcomes in Finland
Fiscal Studies, Vol. 45, Issue 2, June 2024
Koivisto, Aliisa
Tax Planning and Investment Responses to Dividend Taxation
International Tax and Public Finance, April 2024
Kotakorpi, Kaisaⓡ; Nurminen, Tuomasⓡ; Miettinen, Topiⓡ; Metsälampi, Satu ⓡ
Bearing the Burden – Implications of Tax Reporting Institutions on Evasion and Incidence
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Vol. 220, Pages 81-134, April 2024
Tuominen, Elina
Top-End Inequality and Growth: Empirical Exploration of Nonlinearities and the Time Dimension
Journal of Economic Inequality, March 2024
Batsaikhan,Mongoljin; Gørtz, Mette; Kennes, John; Lyng, Ran Sun; Monte, Daniel & Tumennasan, Norovsambuu
Discrimination and Daycare Choice: Evidence from a Randomized Survey
Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 59, Issue 1, January 2024
Barteska, Philipp; Dobkowitz, Sonja; Olkkola, Maarit; Rieser, Michael
Mass Vaccination and Educational Attainment: Evidence from the 1967–68 Measles Eradication Campaign
Journal of Health Economics, Volume 92, December 2023
McKay, Andy; Pirttilä, Jukka & Schimanski, Caroline
The Tax Elasticity of Formal Work in Sub-Saharan African Countries
The Journal of Development Studies, 60(2), 217–244, December 2023
Castillo, Sebastián
Tax Policy Design in a Hierarchical Model with Occupational Decisions
International Tax and Public Finance, October 2023
Peutere L, Ravaska T, Bӧckerman P, Vӓӓnӓnen A, Virtanen P.
Effects of Rehabilitative Psychotherapy on Labour Market Success: Evaluation of a Nationwide Programme
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 51(6), August 2023
Lyng, Ran Sun; Zhou, Jie
Household Portfolio Choice before and after a House Purchase
Real Estate Economics, September 2023
Ruokamo, Enni; Laukkanen, Marita; Karhinen Santtu; Kopsakangas-Savolainen, Maria & Svento, Rauli
Innovators, Followers and Laggards in Home Solar PV: Factors Driving Diffusion in Finland
Energy Research & Social Science 102, August 2023
Hämäläinen, Kari; Verho, Jouko
Design and Evaluation of the Finnish Basic Income Experiment
National Tax Journal, Volume 75, Number 3, September 2022
Harju, Jarkko; Koivisto, Aliisa; Matikka, Tuomas
The Effects of Corporate Taxes on Small Firms
Journal of Public Economics, Volume 212, August 2022
Gruber, Jonathan; Kanninen, Ohto; Ravaska, Terhi
Relabeling, Retirement and Regret
Journal of Public Economics, Volume 211, July 2022
Haaparanta,Pertti; Kanbur, Ravi; Paukkeri, Tuuli; Pirttilä, Jukka; Tuomala, Matti
Promoting Education under Distortionary Taxation: Equality of Opportunity versus Welfarism
The Journal of Economic Inequality, volume 20, pages 281–297, June 2022
Hall, Caroline; Kotakorpi, Kaisa, Liljeberg, Linus; Pirttilä, Jukka
Screening Through Activation? Differential Effects of a Youth Activation Programme
Journal of Human Resources, 57, 1033-1077, May 2022
Palviainen, Heikki
Incentivizing Last-Resort Social Assistance Clients: Evidence from a Finnish Policy Experiment
International Tax Public Finance, May 2022
Tuomala, Matti; Weinzierl, Matthew
Prioritarianism and Optimal Taxation (A book chapter in Prioritarianism in Practice by Adler Matthew and Norheim, Ole, eds)
Cambridge University Press; New edition, April, 2022
Matikka, Tuomas; Paukkeri, Tuuli
Does Sending Letters Increase the Take-Up of Social Benefits? Evidence from a New Benefit Program
Empirical Economics, April 2022
Harju, Jarkko; Kosonen, Tuomas; Laukkanen, Marita; Palanne, Kimmo
The Heterogeneous Incidence of Fuel Carbon Taxes: Evidence from Station-Level Data
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Volume 112, March 2022
FIT working papers
Alessandro Sovera
Decoding Local Public Finance: The Interplay of the Legislature and the Executive
FIT Working Paper 32, April 2025
Sebastián Castillo and Romina Safojan
Tax Evasion and Self-Employment Decisions: Evidence From an Income Tax Reform in Chile
FIT Working Paper 31, December 2024
Vesa-Matti Heikkuri and Matthias Schief
Subgroup Decomposition of the Gini Coefficient: A New Solution to an Old Problem
FIT Working Paper 30, December 2024
Petri Böckerman, Toni Juuti, Tuomas Kosonen and Henri Keränen
Are Firms Willing to Pay Lower Wages? A Quasi-Experiment on Subminimum Wage Policy
FIT Working Paper 29, November 2024
Matias Giaccobasso, Brad Nathan,Ricardo Perez-Truglia and Alejandro Zentner
Where Do My Tax Dollars Go? Tax Morale Effects of Perceived Government Spending
FIT Working Paper 28, November 2024
Nurfatima Jandarova and Aldo Rustichini
Selection and the Roy Model in the Neolithic Transition
FIT Working Paper 27, October 2024
Nurfatima Jandarova and Aldo Rustichini
Individual Characteristics and Earnings
FIT Working Paper 26, October 2024
Nurfatima Jandarova and Aldo Rustichini
Political Participation and Party Preferences
FIT Working Paper 25, October 2024
Matti Hovi and Sami Remes
Unlucky Labor Market Entry and Resilience in Subsequent Shocks
FIT Working Paper 24, August 2024
Annika Nivala
(No) Effects of Subsidizing the First Employee: Evidence of a Low Take-up Puzzle Among Firms
FIT Working Paper 23, June 2024
Jarkko Harju, Kaisa Kotakorpi, Tuomas Matikka & Annika Nivala
How Do Firms Respond to Risk-based Tax Audits?
FIT Working Paper 22, June 2024
Salla Kalin, Tomi Kyyrä and Tuomas Matikka
Combining Part-time Work and Social Benefits: Empirical Evidence from Finland
FIT Working Paper 21, April 2024
Tuuli Paukkeri and Terhi Ravaska
Labour Supply Responses to Reducing the Risk of Losing Disability Insurance Benefits
FIT Working Paper 20, January 2024
Ravi Kanbur and Matti Tuomala
How Does Predistribution Affect Redistribution?
FIT Working Paper 19, January 2024
Marika Viertola
Profit Shifting of Multinational Enterprises: Evidence from the Nordics
FIT Working Paper 18, December 2023
Jarkko Harju, Toni Juuti and Tuomas Matikka
Stairway to Heaven? Selection into Entrepreneurship, Income Mobility and Firm Performance
FIT Working Paper 17, December 2023; update August 2024
Lassi Ahlvik and Anna Sahari
Promoting Active Transport through Health Information: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial
FIT Working Paper 16, December 2023
Aliisa Koivisto
Tax Planning and Investment Responses to Dividend Taxation
FIT Working Paper 15, September 2023
Essi Eerola, Tuomas Kosonen, Kaisa Kotakorpi and Teemu Lyytikäinen
Tax Compliance in the Rental Housing Market: Evidence from a Field Experiment
FIT Working Paper 14, June 2023
Maria Jouste, Tina Kaidu Barugahara, Joseph Okello Ayo, Jukka Pirttilä and Pia Rattenhuber
Taxpayer Response to Greater Progressivity: Evidence from Personal Income Tax Reform in Uganda
FIT Working Paper 13, June 2023
Jouko Verho and Jarkko Harju
Moral Hazard in Drug Purchases
FIT Working Paper 12, May 2023
Joonas Ollonqvist, Kaisa Kotakorpi, Mikko Laaksonen, Pekka Martikainen, Jukka Pirttilä and Lasse Tarkiainen
Incentives, Health, and Retirement: Evidence from a Finnish Pension Reform
FIT Working Paper 11, May 2023
Xiaogeng Xu, Satu Metsälampi, Michael Kirchler, Kaisa Kotakorpi, Peter Hans Matthews and Topi Miettinen
Which Income Comparisons Matter to People, and How? Evidence from a Large Field Experiment
FIT Working Paper 10, May 2023
Tuomas Kosonen and Tuomas Matikka
Discrete Labor Supply: Quasi-Experimental Evidence and Implications
FIT Working Paper 9, April 2023
Jarkko Harju, Sami Jysmä, Aliisa Koivisto and Tuomas Kosonen
Do Household Tax Credits Increase Consumption? The Role of Demand Elasticity and the Extent of Demand
FIT Working Paper 8, March 2023
Jarkko Harju, Ilpo Kauppinen and Olli Ropponen
Firm Responses to an Interest Barrier: Empirical Evidence
FIT Working Paper 7, March 2023
Terhi Ravaska
Do Reduced Working Hours for Older Workers Have Health Consequences and Prolong Work Careers?
FIT Working Paper 6, February 2023
Elina Jussila, Kaisa Kotakorpi and Jouko Verho
Prescription Behavior of Physicians in the Public and Private Sector
FIT Working Paper 5, December 2022
Jonathan Gruber, Kristiina Huttunen and Tuomas Kosonen
Paying Moms to Stay Home: Short and Long Run Effects on Parents and Children
FIT Working Paper 4, November 2022
Kaisa Kotakorpi ⓡ Tuomas Nurminen ⓡ Topi Miettinen ⓡ Satu Metsälampi ⓡ
Bearing the Burden - Implications of Tax Reporting Institutions and Image Concerns on Evasion and Incidence
FIT Working Paper 3, November 2022
Sebastián Castillo
Tax Policy Design in a Hierarchical Model with Occupational Decisions
FIT Working Paper 2, November 2022
Salla Kalin, Ilpo Kauppinen, Kaisa Kotakorpi and Jukka Pirttilä
Migration and Tax Policy: Evidence from Finnish Full Population Data
FIT Working Paper 1, October 2022