Tuomo Virkola

Senior Researcher, PhD (Econ)

Education Income distribution and inequality Labour markets

Tuomo Virkola is a senior researcher in the Labour Markets and Education group. His recent work focuses on the transition of students to labour markets, the role of social environment on social network formation and the effects of financial globalisation on firms and labour markets. Tuomo defended his Ph.D. thesis at the European University Institute in January 2021.

Research projects

2021 - Project ongoing

Explaining the distribution of wellbeing: the role of institutions versus market-driven changes
2022 - Project ongoing

Persons with a foreign background outside the labour force
2022 - Project ongoing

Migrants’ education paths
2022 - Project ongoing

Anonymous recruitment
2022 - Project ongoing

Certificate-based admission and scoring models
2022 - Project ongoing

Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research
2020 - 2022

Tavoitteena syrjimätön työelämä: tutkittua tietoa nykytilasta ja keinoja yhdenvertaisuuden edistämiseksi
2019 - 2022

Follow-up study of student admissions reform
2022 - Project ongoing

Centre of Excellence on Tax Systems Research WP1