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I am a professor of health economics at Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics and
a research economist at Labour Institute for Economic Research.
I am also a
research fellow at IZA Institute of Labor Economics and the Royal Society for Public Health and an adjunct professor (i.e. "dosentti" in Finnish) at Turku School of Economics and University of Tampere.
Curriculum Vitae
E-mail: petri.bockerman@labore.fi
Journal articles
Böckerman, P., Kortelainen, M., Laine, L.T., Nurminen, M. & Saxell, T. (2025). Information Technology, Improved Access, and Use of Prescription Drugs. Journal of the European Economic Association, Forthcoming.
Böckerman, P., Laine, L.T., Nurminen, M. & Saxell, T. (2025). Information Integration, Coordination Failures, and Quality of Prescribing. Journal of Human Resources, Forthcoming.
Böckerman, P., Kortelainen, M., Salokangas, H. & Vaalavuo, M. (2025). Family Affair? Long-term Economic and Mental Effects of Spousal Cancer. Journal of Population Economics, Forthcoming.
Hakulinen, C., Gutvilig, M., Niemi, R., Momen, N.C., Pulkki-Råback, L., Böckerman, P., Plana-Ripoll, O., Komulainen, K. & Elovainio, M. (2025). The Associations of Mental Disorders in Children With Parents’ Subsequent Mental Disorders: A Nationwide Cohort Study From Finland and Denmark. The British Journal of Psychiatry, Forthcoming.
Viinikainen, J., Böckerman, P., Hakulinen, C., Kari, J., Lehtimäki, T., Pahkala, K., Pehkonen, J., Viikari, J. & Raitakari, O. (2025). Tobacco Smoking in Early Adulthood and Labor Market Performance: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Forthcoming.
Böckerman, P., Haapanen, M. & Johansson, E. (2024). Lost Mind, Lost Job? Unequal Effects of Corporate Downsizings on Employees. German Journal of Human Resource Management, 38:4, 413—429.
Alho, J., Gutvilig, M., Niemi, R., Komulainen, K., Böckerman, P., Webb, R.T., Elovainio, M. & Hakulinen, C. (2024). Transmission of Mental Disorders in Adolescent Peer Networks. JAMA Psychiatry, 81:9, 882—888.
Haaga, T., Böckerman, P., Kortelainen, M. & Tukiainen, J. (2024). Effects of Nurse Visit Copayment on Primary Care Use: Do Low-Income Households Pay the Price? Journal of Health Economics, 94, 102866.
Haaga, T., Böckerman, P., Kortelainen, M. & Tukiainen, J. (2024). Does Abolishing a Copayment Increase Doctor Visits? A Comparative Case Study. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 24:1, 187—204.
Johansson, E., Kallionpää, R.A., Böckerman, P., Peltonen, S. & Peltonen, J. (2024). The Contribution of Morbidity and Unemployment for the Reduced Labor Market Participation of Individuals with Neurofibromatosis 1 in Finland. European Journal of Human Genetics, 32, 83—90.
Viinikainen, J., Böckerman, P., Willage, B., Elovainio, M., Kari, J.T., Lehtimäki, T., Pehkonen, J., Pitkänen, N. & Raitakari, O. (2024). Effect of Weight on Depression using Multiple Genetic Instruments. PLoS ONE, 19(2): e0297594.
Böckerman, P., Haapanen, M. & Jepsen, C. (2023). Dark Passage: Mental Health Consequences of Parental Death. American Journal of Health Economics, 9:4, 584—604.
Weckström, T., Elovainio, M., Pulkki-Råback, L., Suokas, K., Komulainen, K., Mullola, S., Böckerman, P. & Hakulinen, C. (2023). School Achievement in Adolescence and the Risk of Mental Disorders in Early Adulthood: A Finnish Nationwide Register Study. Molecular Psychiatry, 28, 3104—3110.
Hartikainen, E., Salonen, L., Solovieva, S., Blomgren, J., Böckerman, P., Viikari-Juntura, E. & Leinonen, T. (2023). Labour Market Trajectories after Part-time Sickness Absence: A Nationwide Cohort Study from Finland. BMJ Open, 13: e075584.
Böckerman, P., Haapanen, M. & Jepsen, C. (2023). Early Parental Death and Its Association with Children’s Mental and Economic Well-being in Adulthood: A Nationwide Population-based Register Study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 77, 625—631.
Wang, M., Razan, A., Narusyten, J., Silventoinen, K., Böckerman, P., Svedberg, P. & Ropponen, A. (2023). Family-related Life Events as Predictors of Labour Market Marginalization Trajectories: A Cohort Study of Swedish Twins. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 65:5, 627—634.
Maczulskij, T. & Böckerman, P. (2023). Losing a Job and (Dis)incentives to Move: Interregional Migration in Finland. European Urban and Regional Studies, 30:4, 430—445.
Peutere, L., Ravaska, T., Böckerman, P., Väänänen, A. & Virtanen, P. (2023). Effects of Rehabilitative Psychotherapy on Labour Market Success: Evaluation of a Nationwide Programme. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 51:6, 882—893.
Ropponen, A., Narusyten, J., Wang, M., Silventoinen, K., Böckerman, P. & Svedberg, P. (2023). Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Individual Differences in Sustainable Working Life – a Swedish Twin Cohort Study. PLoS ONE, 18(7): e0289074.
Settels, J. & Böckerman, P. (2023). The Effects of COVID-19-Era Unemployment and Business Closures upon the Physical and Mental Health of Older Europeans: Mediation through Financial Circumstances and Social Activity. SSM – Population Health, 23, 101419.
Zhu, C., Zhao, Q., He, J., Böckerman, P., Luo, S. & Chen, Q. (2023). Genetic Basis of STEM Occupational Choice and Regional Economic Performance: A UK Biobank Genome-wide Association Study. Human Genomics, 17:40.
Ahomäki, I., Böckerman, P., Pehkonen, J. & Saastamoinen, L. (2023). Effect of Information Intervention on Prescribing Practice for Neuropathic Pain in Older Patients: A Nationwide Register-based Study. Drugs & Aging, 40:1, 81—88.
Hakulinen, C., Komulainen, K., Suokas, K., Pirkola, S., Pulkki-Råback, L., Lumme, S., Elovainio, M. & Böckerman, P. (2023). Socioeconomic Position at the Age of 30 and the Later Risk of a Mental Disorder: A Nationwide Population-based Register Study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 77, 298—304.
Johansson, E., Kallionpää, R.A., Böckerman, P., Peltonen, S. & Peltonen, J. (2022). The Rare Disease Neurofibromatosis 1 as a Source of Hereditary Economic Inequality: Evidence from Finland. Genetics in Medicine, 24:4, 870-879.
Viinikainen, J., Böckerman, P., Hakulinen, C., Kari, J.T., Lehtimäki, T., Raitakari, O. & Pehkonen, J. (2022). Schizophrenia Polygenic Risk Score and Long-term Success in the Labour Market: A Cohort Study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 151, 638-641.
Peutere, L., Saloniemi, A., Böckerman, P., Aho, S., Nätti, J., & Nummi, T. (2022). High-involvement Management Practices and the Productivity of Firms: Detecting Industry Heterogeneity. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 43:2, 853-876.
Salokangas, H., Böckerman, P., Huikari, S., Korhonen, M., Korpelainen, R. & Svento, R. (2022). Did Finnish Depression of the early 1990s Have a Silver Lining? The Effect of Unemployment on Long-term Physical Activity. Economics and Human Biology, 46, 101139.
Viinikainen, J., Bryson, A., Böckerman, P., Kari, J.T., Lehtimäki, T., Raitakari, O., Viikari, J. & Pehkonen, J. (2022). Does Better Education Mitigate Risky Health Behavior? A Mendelian Randomization Study. Economics and Human Biology, 46, 101134.
Pehkonen, J., Viinikainen, J., Kari, J.T., Böckerman, P., Lehtimäki, T., Viikari, J. & Raitakari, O. (2022). Birth Weight, Adult Weight, and Cardiovascular Biomarkers: Evidence from the Cardiovascular Young Finns Study. Preventive Medicine, 154, 106894.
Böckerman, P., Haapanen, M., Jepsen, C. & Roulet, A. (2021). School Tracking and Mental Health. Journal of Human Capital, 15:2, 291-345.
Pehkonen, J., Viinikainen, J., Kari, J.T., Böckerman, P., Lehtimäki, T. & Raitakari, O. (2021). Birth Weight and Adult income: An Examination of Mediation through Adult Height and Body Mass. Health Economics, 30:10, 2383-2398.
Böckerman, P., Conlin, A. & Svento, R. (2021). Early Health, Risk Aversion and Stock Market Participation. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 32, 100568.
Böckerman, P., Haapanen, M., Hakulinen, C. & Vainiomäki, J. (2021). Prescription Opioid Use and Employment: A Nationwide Finnish Register Study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 227, 108967.
Böckerman, P., Haapanen, M., Hakulinen, C., Karhunen, H. & Maczulskij, T. (2021). Determinants of Prescription Opioid Use: Population-based Evidence from Finland. Addiction, 116:1, 170-175.
Hakulinen, C., Böckerman, P., Pulkki-Råback, L.,, Virtanen, M. & Elovainio (2021). Employment and Earnings Trajectories Before and After Sickness Absence due to Major Depressive Disorder: A Nationwide Case-control Study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 78:3, 173-178.
Johansson, E., Kallionpää, R.A., Böckerman, P., Peltonen, J. & Peltonen, S. (2021). A Rare Disease and Education: Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Decreases Educational Attainment. Clinical Genetics, 99, 529-539.
Viinikainen, J., Tikka, S., Laaksonen, M., Jääkseläinen, T., Böckerman, P. & Karvanen, J. (2021). Body Weight and Premature Retirement: Population-based Evidence from Finland. The European Journal of Public Health, 31:4, 731-736.
Böckerman, P. & Ilmakunnas, P. (2020). Do Good Working Conditions Make You Work Longer? Analyzing Retirement Decisions Using Linked Survey and Register Data. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 17, 100192.
Hakulinen, C., Elovainio, M., Arffman, M., Lumme, S., Pirkkola, S., Keskimäki, I., Manderbacka K. & Böckerman, P. (2020). Employment Status and Personal Income Before and After Onset of a Severe Mental Disorder: A Case-control Study. Psychiatric Services, 71:3, 250-255.
Viinikainen, J., Bryson, A., Böckerman, P., Elovainio, M., Hutri-Kähönen, N., Juonala, M., Lehtimäki, T., Pahkala, K., Rovio, S., Pulkki-Råback, L., Raitakari, O. & Pehkonen, J. (2020). Do Childhood Infections Affect Labour Market Outcomes in Adulthood and, If So, How? Economics and Human Biology, 37, 100857.
Kari, J.T., Viinikainen, J., Böckerman, P., Tammelin, T.H., Pitkänen, N., Lehtimäki, T., Pahkala, K., Raitakari, O.T. & Pehkonen, J. (2020). Education Leads to a More Physically Active Lifestyle: Evidence Based on Mendelian Randomization. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 30:7, 1194-1204.
Böckerman, P., Bryson, A., Kauhanen, A. & Kangasniemi, M. (2020). Does Job Design Make Workers Happy? Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 67:1, 31-52.
Viinikainen, J., Böckerman, P., Elovainio, M., Hakulinen, C., Hintsanen, M., Kähönen, M., Pehkonen, J., Pulkki-Råback, L., Raitakari, O. & Keltikangas-Järvinen, L. (2020). Personality, Occupational Sorting and Routine Work. Employee Relations, 42:6, 1423-1440.
Johansson, E., Böckerman, P., Lundqvist, A. (2020). Self-reported Health versus Biomarkers: Does Unemployment Lead to Worse Health? Public Health, 179, 127-134.
Johansson, E., Böckerman, P., Koskinen, S. (2020). Moving to Become Healthier? SSM — Population Health, 10, 100528.
Böckerman, P., Haapanen, M. & Jepsen, C. (2019). Back to School: Labor-market Returns to Higher Vocational Schooling. Labour Economics, 61, 101758.
Böckerman, P., Cawley, J., Viinikainen, J., Lehtimäki, T., Rovio, S., Seppälä, I., Pehkonen, J. & Raitakari, O. (2019). The Effect of Weight on Labor Market Outcomes: An Application of Genetic Instrumental Variables. Health Economics, 28:1, 65-77.
Shin, Y.K. & Böckerman, P. (2019). Precarious Workers’ Choices about Unemployment Insurance Membership after the Ghent System Reform: The Finnish Experience. Social Policy & Administration, 53:7, 921-938.
Hakulinen, C., Elovainio, M., Arffman, M., Lumme, S., Pirkkola, S., Keskimäki, I., Manderbacka K. & Böckerman, P. (2019). Mental Disorders and Long-term Labour Market Outcomes: Nationwide Cohort Study of 2 055 720 Individuals. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 140:4, 371-381.
Ahsan, N. & Böckerman, P. (2019). Alternative Measures of Body Composition and Wage Premium: New Evidence from Indonesia. PLoS ONE, 14(8): e0219438.
Pehkonen, J., Viinikainen, J., Böckerman, P., Pitkänen, N., Lehtimäki, T. & Raitakari, O. (2019). Health Endowment and Later-life Outcomes in the Labour Market: Evidence Using Genetic Risk Scores and Reduced-form Models. SSM — Population Health, 7, 100379.
Maczulskij, T. & Böckerman, P. (2019). Harsh Times: Do Stressors Lead to Labor Market Losses? The European Journal of Health Economics, 20:3, 357-373.
Böckerman, P., Laaksonen, S. & Vainiomäki, J. (2019). Does ICT Usage Erode Routine Occupations at the Firm Level? Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 33:1, 26-47.
Böckerman, P., Kanninen, O. & Suoniemi, I. (2018). A Kink that Makes You Sick: The Effect of Sick Pay on Absence. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 33:4, 568-579.
Viinikainen, J., Bryson, A., Böckerman, P., Elovainio, M., Pitkänen, N., Pulkki-Råback, L., Lehtimäki, T., Raitakari, O. & Pehkonen, J. (2018). Does Education Protect Against Depression? Evidence from the Young Finns Study using Mendelian Randomization. Preventive Medicine, 115, 134-139.
Böckerman, P., Hyytinen, A., Kaprio, J. & Maczulskij, T. (2018). If You Drink, Don’t Smoke: Joint Associations between Risky Health Behaviors and Labor Market Outcomes. Social Science and Medicine, 207, 55-63.
Böckerman, P., Haapanen, M. & Jepsen, C. (2018). More Skilled, Better Paid: Labour-market Returns to Vocational Postsecondary Education. Oxford Economic Papers, 70:2, 485-508.
Böckerman, P., Ilmakunnas, P. & Vainiomäki, J. (2018). Using Twins to Resolve the Twin Problem of Having a Bad Job and a Low Wage. The Manchester School, 86:2, 155-177.
Böckerman, P., Skedinger, P. & Uusitalo, R. (2018). Seniority Rules, Worker Mobility and Wages: Evidence from Multi-country Linked Employer-employee Data. Labour Economics, 51, 48-62.
Böckerman, P. & Maczulskij, T. (2018). Unfit for Work: Health and Labour-Market Prospects. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 46(Suppl. 19), 7-17.
Amin, V., Böckerman, P., Viinikainen, J., Bao, Y., Kumari, M., Smart, M.C., Pitkänen, N., Lehtimäki, T., Raitakari, O. & Pehkonen, J. (2017). Gene-environment Interactions Between Education and Body Mass: Evidence from the UK and Finland. Social Science and Medicine, 195, 12-16.
Böckerman, P., Bryson, A., Viinikainen, J., Hakulinen, C., Pulkki-Råback, L., Raitakari, O. & Pehkonen, J. (2017). Biomarkers and Long-term Labour Market Outcomes: The Case of Creatine. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 142, 259-274.
Böckerman, P., Bryson, A., Viinikainen, J., Hakulinen, C., Hintsanen, M., Pehkonen, J., Viikari, J. & Raitakari, O. (2017). The Biometric Antecedents to Happiness. PLoS ONE, 12(9): e0184887.
Pehkonen, J., Viinikainen, J., Böckerman, P., Lehtimäki, T., Pitkänen, N. & Raitakari, O. (2017). The Challenges of GxE Research: A Rejoinder. Social Science and Medicine, 188, 204-205.
Pehkonen, J., Viinikainen, J., Böckerman, P., Lehtimäki, T., Pitkänen, N. & Raitakari, O. (2017). Genetic Endowments, Parental Resources and Adult Health: Evidence from the Young Finns Study. Social Science and Medicine, 188, 191-200.
Böckerman, P., Viinikainen, J., Pulkki-Råback, L., Hakulinen, C., Pitkänen, N., Lehtimäki, N., Pehkonen, J. & Raitakari, O. (2017). Does Higher Education Protect Against Obesity? Evidence Using Mendelian Randomization. Preventive Medicine, 101, 195-198.
Böckerman, P., Hyytinen, A. & Maczulskij, T. (2017). Alcohol Consumption and Long-term Labor Market Outcomes. Health Economics, 26:3, 275-291.
Viinikainen, J., Heineck, G., Böckerman, P., Hintsanen, M., Raitakari, O. & Pehkonen, J. (2017). Born Entrepreneurs? Adolescents’ Personality Characteristics and Entrepreneurship in Adulthood. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 8, 9-12.
Haapanen, M. Böckerman, P. (2017). More Educated, More Mobile? Evidence from Post-secondary Education Reform. Spatial Economic Analysis, 12:1, 8-26.
Böckerman, P., Viinikainen, J., Vainiomäki, J., Hintsanen, M., Pitkänen, N., Lehtimäki, T., Pehkonen, J., Rovio, S. & Raitakari, O. (2017). Stature and Long-term Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence Using Mendelian Randomization. Economics and Human Biology, 24, 18-29.
Böckerman, P., Bryson, A., Viinikainen, J., Viikari, J., Lehtimäki, T., Vuori, E., Keltikangas-Järvinen, L., Raitakari, O. & Pehkonen, J. (2016). The Serum Copper/Zinc Ratio in Childhood and Educational Attainment: A Population-based Study. Journal of Public Health, 38:4, 696-703.
Toppinen-Tanner, S., Böckerman, P., Mutanen, P., Martimo, K.-P. & Vuori, J. (2016). Preventing Sickness Absence with Career Management Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Field Trial. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 58:12, 1202-1206.
Böckerman, P., Laamanen, J.-P. & Palosaari, E. (2016). The Role of Social Ties in Explaining Heterogeneity in the Association Between Economic Growth and Subjective Well-being. Journal of Happiness Studies, 17:6, 2457-2479.
Hakulinen, C., Elovainio, M., Pulkki-Råback, L., Böckerman, P., Viinikainen, J., Pehkonen, J., Raitakari, O.T., Keltikangas-Järvinen, L., & Hintsanen, M. (2016). Depressive Symptoms and Long-term Income: The Young Finns Study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 204, 120-123.
Rietveld, C.A., Böckerman, P., Viinikainen, J., Bryson, A., Raitakari, O. & Pehkonen, J. (2016). Creatine and Entrepreneurship. Journal of Bioeconomics,18:1, 53-64.
Böckerman, P., Hyytinen, A. & Maczulskij, T. (2016). Devil in Disguise: Does Drinking Lead to a Disability Pension? Preventive Medicine, 86:1, 130-135.
Böckerman, P. & Maczulskij, T. (2016). The Education-health Nexus: Fact and Fiction. Social Science and Medicine, 150:1, 112-116.
Böckerman, P., Hyytinen, A. & Kaprio, J. (2015). Smoking and Long-term Labour Market Outcomes. Tobacco Control, 24:4, 348-353.
Böckerman, P., Johansson, E., Saarni, S.I. & Saarni, S.E. (2014). The Negative Association of Obesity with Subjective Well-being: Is It All about Health? Journal of Happiness Studies, 15:4, 857-867.
Böckerman, P., Bryson, A. & Ilmakunnas, P. (2013). Does High Involvement Management Lead to Higher Pay? Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society), 176:4, 861-885.
Böckerman, P. & Maliranta, M. (2013). Outsourcing, Occupational Restructuring, and Employee Well-being: Is there a Silver Lining? Industrial Relations, 52:4, 878-914.
Böckerman, P. & Vainiomäki, J. (2013). Stature and Life-time Labor Market Outcomes: Accounting for Unobserved Differences. Labour Economics, 24:1, 86-96.
Böckerman, P. & Haapanen, M. (2013). The Effect of Polytechnic Reform on Migration. Journal of Population Economics 26:2, 593-617.
Böckerman, P. (2013). Top Income Shares and Mortality: Evidence from Advanced Countries. Journal of Income Distribution, 22:1, 57-69.
Böckerman, P., Ilmakunnas, P., Jokisaari, M. & Vuori, J. (2013). Who Stays Unwillingly in a Job? A Study Based on a Representative Random Sample of Employees. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 34:1, 25-43.
Böckerman, P., Bryson, A. Ilmakunnas, P. (2012). Does High Involvement Management Improve Worker Wellbeing? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 84:6, 660-680.
Böckerman, P. & Maliranta, M. (2012). Globalization, Creative Destruction, and Labour Share Change: Evidence on the Determinants and Mechanisms from Longitudinal Plant-level Data. Oxford Economic Papers, 64:2, 259-280.
Böckerman, P. & Ilmakunnas, P. (2012). The Job Satisfaction-productivity Nexus: A Study Using Matched Survey and Register Data. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 65:2, 244-262.
Böckerman, P., Johansson, E. & Kauhanen, A. (2012). Innovative Work Practices and Sickness Absence: What Does a Nationally Representative Employee Survey Tell? Industrial and Corporate Change, 21:3, 587-613.
Böckerman, P., Johansson, E. & Saarni, S.I. (2012). Institutionalisation and Subjective Wellbeing for Old-age Individuals: Is Life Really Miserable in Care Homes? Ageing and Society, 32:7, 1176-1192.
Böckerman, P., Ilmakunnas, P. & Johansson, E. (2011). Job Security and Employee Well-being: Evidence from Matched Survey and Register Data. Labour Economics, 18:4, 547-554.
Böckerman, P., Johansson, E. & Saarni, S.I. (2011). Do Established Health-related Quality-of-life Measures Adequately Capture the Impact of Chronic Conditions on Subjective Well-being? Health Policy, 100:1, 91-95.
Lehto, E., Böckerman, P. & Huovari, J. (2011). The Return to the Technological Frontier: The Conditional Effect of R&D on Plant Productivity in Finnish Manufacturing. Papers in Regional Science, 90:1, 91-109.
Böckerman, P., Johansson, E., Kiiskinen, U. & Heliövaara, M. (2010). The Relationship Between Physical Work and the Height Premium: Finnish Evidence. Economics and Human Biology, 8:3, 414-420.
Böckerman, P., Laaksonen, S. & Vainiomäki, J. (2010). Micro and Macro Level Wage Rigidity: Lessons from Finland. Finnish Economic Papers, 23:1, 27-42.
Böckerman, P. & Laukkanen, E. (2010). Predictors of Sickness Absence and Presenteeism: Does the Pattern Differ by a Respondent's Health? Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 52:3, 332-335.
Böckerman, P. & Laukkanen, E. (2010). What Makes You Work while You Are Sick? Evidence from a Survey of Workers. The European Journal of Public Health, 20:1, 43-46.
Böckerman, P., Hämäläinen, U. & Uusitalo, R. (2009). Labour Market Effects of the Polytechnic Education Reform: The Finnish Experience. Economics of Education Review, 28:6, 672-681.
Böckerman, P. & Uusitalo, R. (2009). Minimum Wages and Youth Employment: Evidence from the Finnish Retail Trade Sector. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 47:2, 388-405.
Böckerman, P. & Ilmakunnas, P. (2009). Unemployment and Self-assessed Health: Evidence from Panel Data. Health Economics,18:2, 161-179.
Böckerman, P. & Ilmakunnas, P. (2009). Job Disamenities, Job Satisfaction, Quit Intentions, and Actual Separations: Putting the Pieces Together. Industrial Relations, 48:1, 73-96.
Böckerman, P., Johansson, E., Helakorpi, S. & Uutela, A. (2009). Economic Inequality and Population Health: Looking Beyond Aggregate Indicators. Sociology of Health and Illness, 31:3, 422-440.
Johansson, E., Böckerman, P., Kiiskinen, U. & Heliövaara, M. (2009). Obesity and Labour Market Success in Finland: The Difference Between Having a High BMI and Being Fat. Economics and Human Biology, 7:1, 36-45.
Johansson, E., Böckerman, P. & Uutela, A. (2009). Alcohol Consumption and Sickness Absence: Evidence from Microdata. The European Journal of Public Health, 19:1, 19-22.
Böckerman, P. & Ilmakunnas, P. (2008). Interaction of Working Conditions, Job Satisfaction, and Sickness Absences: Evidence from a Representative Sample of Employees. Social Science and Medicine, 67:4, 520-528.
Lehto, E. & Böckerman, P. (2008). Analysing the Employment Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 68:1, 112-124.
Böckerman, P., Johansson, E., Jousilahti, P. & Uutela, A. (2008). The Physical Strenuousness of Work is Slightly Associated with an Upward Trend in the BMI. Social Science and Medicine, 66:6, 1346-1355.
Böckerman, P. & Maliranta, M. (2007). The Micro-level Dynamics of Regional Productivity Growth: The Source of Divergence in Finland. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 37:2, 165-182.
Böckerman, P., Johansson, E., Helakorpi, S., Prättälä, R., Vartiainen, E. & Uutela, A. (2007). Does a Slump Really Make You Thinner? Finnish Micro-level Evidence 1978-2002. Health Economics, 16:1, 103-107.
Böckerman, P., Laaksonen, S. & Vainiomäki, J. (2007). Who Bears the Burden of Wage Cuts? Evidence from Finland during the 1990s. International Journal of Manpower, 28:2, 100-121.
Böckerman, P. (2007). Polytechnic Graduate Placement in Finnish Manufacturing. Journal of Education and Work, 20:1, 1-16.
Böckerman, P. & Lehto, E. (2006). Geography of Domestic Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As): Evidence from Matched Firm-level Data. Regional Studies, 40:8, 847-860.
Böckerman, P. & Ilmakunnas, P. (2006). Elusive Effects of Unemployment on Happiness. Social Indicators Research, 79:1, 159-169.
Böckerman, P. & Uusitalo, R. (2006). Erosion of the Ghent System and Union Membership Decline: Lessons from Finland. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 44:2, 283-303.
Böckerman, P. & Ilmakunnas, P. (2006). Do Job Disamenities Raise Wages or Ruin Job Satisfaction? International Journal of Manpower, 27:3, 290-302.
Johansson, E., Böckerman, P., Prättälä, R. & Uutela, A. (2006). Alcohol-related Mortality, Drinking Behavior, and Business Cycles: Are Slumps Really Dry Seasons? The European Journal of Health Economics, 7:3, 215-220.
Hämäläinen, K. & Böckerman, P. (2004). Regional Labor Market Dynamics, Housing, and Migration. Journal of Regional Science, 44:3, 543-568.
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