VATT Seminars

At these weekly seminars, VATT’s own researchers and outside speakers present their research findings and projects.

VATT seminars are held on Thursdays from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM, and arranged in-person only. Anyone arriving on site is not required to register separately.

The seminars will be held at Economicum (Arkadiankatu 7), 4th floor. Any questions regarding our seminar can be sent by email to events (at) vatt.fi.

Remember to also follow us on Twitter (@VATT_research) for updates regarding the seminars. The new official hashtag for the seminars is #vattseminar.

01.06.2023 Mazhar Waseem (University of Manchester)

A Tale of Two Thresholds: Dynamic Implications of Size-Based Taxation

10.30-11.30 AM (Economicum)
11.05.2023 Francesco Fasani (University of Milan)

When non-native speakers compete for top schools: Displacement and peer effects in primary education

10.30-11.30 AM (Economicum, 4th floor)
27.04.2023 Adrian Adermon (IFAU)

Dynastic human capital, ethnic capital, and intergenerational mobility

10.30-11.30 AM (Economicum, 4th floor)
20.04.2023 Martin Nybom (IFAU)

Like mother, like child? The rise of women’s intergenerational income persistence in Sweden and the United States

10.30-11.30 AM (Economicum, 4th floor)
13.04.2023 Pamela Campa (SSE)

Facing the hard truth: Evidence from climate-change ignorance (with Ferenc Szucs)

10.30-11.30 AM (Economicum, 4th floor)
30.03.2023 Andrea Albanese (LISER)

Job Location Decisions and the Effect of Children on the Employment Gender Gap (with Adrián Nieto and Konstantinos Tatsiramos)

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum)
23.03.2023 Andreea Mitrut (University of Gothenburg)

When Fraud Kills: Falsified Medical Products and Neonatal Health

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum)
16.03.2023 Michele Battisti (University of Glasgow)

COVID-19 and Mental Health in China: the role of Personality and Demographics

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum)
09.03.2023 Janne Tukiainen (VATT)

Does income transparency affect support for redistribution? Evidence from Finland’s tax day (with Maurice Dunaiski)

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum)
02.03.2023 Marita Laukkanen (VATT)

Vehicle scrappage subsidies as a climate policy tool: Evidence from Finland’s 2018 subsidy program

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum)
16.02.2023 Markku Siikanen (VATT)

The Effects of Price Regulation on Pharmaceutical Expenditure and Availability

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum)
10.02.2023 Matias Giaccobasso (UCLA-Anderson)

VATT Job Talk: Growing Up Over the Social Safety Net: The Effects of a Cash Transfer Program on the Transition to Adulthood

10.30 -11.30 AM (Economicum, 4th floor)
01.02.2023 Juho Alasalmi (University of Konstanz)

VATT Job Talk: Contracted Labour Mobility and Self-selection on Job Match Quality

10 AM - 11 AM (Economicum, 1st floor, Seminar Room 1)
31.01.2023 Martti Kaila (Helsingin yliopisto)

VATT Job Talk: How Do People React to Income-based Fines? Evidence from Speeding Tickets Discontinuities

kl. 12-13 (Economicum, 4. våningen)
30.01.2023 Antoine Bertheau (University of Copenhagen)

VATT Job Talk: Turnover Costs: Evidence Unexpected Worker Separations

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum, 4th floor)
26.01.2023 Maarit Olkkola (Aalto University)

VATT Job Talk: Public Policy and the Child Mortality Transition

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum, 4th floor)
15.12.2022 Andreas de Barros (MIT)

Explaining the Productivity Paradox: Experimental Evidence from Educational Technology

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum)
01.12.2022 Marita Laukkanen (VATT)

Vehicle scrappage subsidies as a climate policy tool: Evidence from Finland’s 2018 subsidy program

Seminar has been cancelled.
24.11.2022 Davide Cerruti (ETH Zürich)

Adoption of plug-in electric vehicles: the role of solar PV and government incentives

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum)
17.11.2022 Katrin Millock (Paris School of Economics)

Flood risk information: Evidence from Paris housing markets

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum)
10.11.2022 Ilpo Kauppinen (VATT)

Twitter and Crime: the Effect of Social Movements on Gender-Based Violence

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum)
03.11.2022 Konsta Lavaste (University of Jyväskylä)

Hospital Choice and Patient Outcomes: Evidence from Regional Choice Reform

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum)
27.10.2022 Pablo Warnes (Aalto University)

Transport Infrastructure Improvements and Spatial Sorting: Evidence from Buenos Aires

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum)
06.10.2022 Ning Zhang (Oxford University)

Parental Death Penalty: Effects of Losing a Parent on Labor Market Outcomes and Gender Inequalities

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum)
29.09.2022 Matthew Lindquist (SOFI Stockholm University)

Are Entrepreneurs More Upwardly Mobile?

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum)
22.09.2022 Ran Sun Lyng (Tampere University)

Job Amenities in the Market for CEOs

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum)
15.09.2022 Esther Mbih (University of Turku)

Do informational frictions affect enrollment in public-sponsored training? Results from an online experiment

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum)
09.06.2022 Peter Matthews (Middlebury College)

Income rank and individual welfare: Experimental evidence

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum)
02.06.2022 Jeffrey Shrader (Columbia University)

Fatal Errors: The Mortality Value of Accurate Weather Forecasts

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum)
12.05.2022 Stephen L. DesJardins (University of Michigan)

Walking Three Paths: Working at the Intersection of Economics, Public Policy, and Higher Education

10.30 AM - 11.30 AM (Economicum)

VATT Seminars

A Tale of Two Thresholds: Dynamic Implications of Size-Based Taxation

When non-native speakers compete for top schools: Displacement and peer effects in primary education

Dynastic human capital, ethnic capital, and intergenerational mobility

Like mother, like child? The rise of women’s intergenerational income persistence in Sweden and the United States

Facing the hard truth: Evidence from climate-change ignorance (with Ferenc Szucs)

Job Location Decisions and the Effect of Children on the Employment Gender Gap (with Adrián Nieto and Konstantinos Tatsiramos)

When Fraud Kills: Falsified Medical Products and Neonatal Health

COVID-19 and Mental Health in China: the role of Personality and Demographics

Does income transparency affect support for redistribution? Evidence from Finland’s tax day (with Maurice Dunaiski)

Vehicle scrappage subsidies as a climate policy tool: Evidence from Finland’s 2018 subsidy program

The Effects of Price Regulation on Pharmaceutical Expenditure and Availability

VATT Job Talk: Growing Up Over the Social Safety Net: The Effects of a Cash Transfer Program on the Transition to Adulthood

VATT Job Talk: Contracted Labour Mobility and Self-selection on Job Match Quality

VATT Job Talk: How Do People React to Income-based Fines? Evidence from Speeding Tickets Discontinuities

VATT Job Talk: Turnover Costs: Evidence Unexpected Worker Separations

VATT Job Talk: Public Policy and the Child Mortality Transition

Explaining the Productivity Paradox: Experimental Evidence from Educational Technology

Vehicle scrappage subsidies as a climate policy tool: Evidence from Finland’s 2018 subsidy program

Adoption of plug-in electric vehicles: the role of solar PV and government incentives

Flood risk information: Evidence from Paris housing markets

Twitter and Crime: the Effect of Social Movements on Gender-Based Violence

Hospital Choice and Patient Outcomes: Evidence from Regional Choice Reform

Transport Infrastructure Improvements and Spatial Sorting: Evidence from Buenos Aires

Parental Death Penalty: Effects of Losing a Parent on Labor Market Outcomes and Gender Inequalities

Are Entrepreneurs More Upwardly Mobile?

Job Amenities in the Market for CEOs

Do informational frictions affect enrollment in public-sponsored training? Results from an online experiment

Income rank and individual welfare: Experimental evidence

Fatal Errors: The Mortality Value of Accurate Weather Forecasts

Walking Three Paths: Working at the Intersection of Economics, Public Policy, and Higher Education