Hanna Pesola

Hanna Pesola

Chief Researcher, Research Leader, PhD (Econ.)

Social security Income distribution and inequality Labour markets

hanna.pesola@vatt.fi

+358 295 519 438

Hanna Pesola’s research focuses on labour markets and immigration-related issues. Her ongoing research studies e.g. the educational choices of immigrants’s children and labour market outcomes of immigrants. Hanna also works in Statistics Finland Research Services on developing research data. She gained her PhD in economics from Aalto University in 2011.

Latest refereed articles

Pesola, H. and Sarvimäki, M. (2024) Intergenerational Spillovers of Integration Policies: Evidence from Finland's Integration PlansLink to an external website. The Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming.

Huttunen, K., Pesola, H. (2022). COVID-19 and labour market outcomes by gender in FinlandLink to an external website. Nordic Economic Policy Review 2022: COVID-19 Effects on the Economy in the Nordics.

Kyyrä, T. and Pesola, H. (2020), The Effects of UI Benefits on Unemployment and Subsequent Outcomes: Evidence from a Kinked Benefit RuleLink to an external website. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics.

Kyyrä, T. and Pesola, H. (2020) The effects of unemployment benefit duration: Evidence from residual benefit durationLink to an external website, Labour Economics, Volume 65, 2020, 101859

Kyyrä, T., Pesola, H. The labor market in Finland, 2000–2018Link to an external website. IZA World of Labor 2020: 421

Kyyrä, T. and Pesola, H. (2020), Long-term effects of extended unemployment benefits for older workersLink to an external website, Labour Economics, Volume 62, 2020, 101777

Kyyrä, T., Pesola, H. and Verho, J. (2019), The spike at benefit exhaustion: The role of measurement error in benefit eligibilityLink to an external website, Labour Economics, 60: 75-83

Pesola, H. (2011), Labour Mobility and Returns to Experience in Foreign FirmsLink to an external website, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 113(3): 637-664

Research projects