Petri Böckerman

Research Fellow

University of Jyväskylä

petri.bockerman@labore.fi

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Research Interests

Petri Böckerman is a professor of health economics at the Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics and a research economist at the Labour Institute for Economic Research. He received his PhD from Helsinki School of Economics in 2003. He has published in journals, including American Journal of Health Economics, ILR Review, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Human Capital, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of the European Economic Association, and Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A. His research interests include the use of linked survey and register data in labour market analysis and sociogenomics.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in April 2013.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16827

Does High Involvement Management Make You Work Longer? Insights from Linked Survey and Register Data

Petri Böckerman, Alex Bryson, Ilari Ilmakunnas, Pekka Ilmakunnas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16750

Born under the Bad Sign: Intergenerational Effects of the Finnish Great Depression of the Early 1990s

Eiji Mangyo, Mika Haapanen, Petri Böckerman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16005

Family Affair? Long-Term Economic and Mental Effects of Spousal Cancer

Petri Böckerman, Mika Kortelainen, Henri Salokangas, Maria Vaalavuo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15645

Lost Mind, Lost Job? Unequal Effects of Corporate Downsizings on Employees

Petri Böckerman, Mika Haapanen, Edvard Johansson

published online in: German Journal of Human Resource Management, 7 April 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14385

Dark Passage: Mental Health Consequences of Parental Death

Petri Böckerman, Mika Haapanen, Christopher Jepsen

published in: American Journal of Health Economics, 2023, 9 (4), 584-604.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13926

Information Integration, Coordination Failures, and Quality of Prescribing

Petri Böckerman, Liisa Laine, Mikko Nurminen, Tanja Saxell

forthcoming in: Journal of Human Resources

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12733

School Tracking and Mental Health

Petri Böckerman, Mika Haapanen, Christopher Jepsen, Alexandra Roulet

published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2021, 15 (2), 291-345

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12341

Early Health, Risk Aversion and Stock Market Participation

Petri Böckerman, Andrew Conlin, Rauli Svento

published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2021, 32, 100568

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12275

Digital Waste? Unintended Consequences of Health Information Technology

Petri Böckerman, Mika Kortelainen, Liisa Laine, Mikko Nurminen, Tanja Saxell

forthcoming as 'Information Technology, Improved Access, and Use of Prescription Drugs' in: Journal of the European Economic Association

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11734

Labor-Market Returns to Higher Vocational Schooling

Petri Böckerman, Mika Haapanen, Christopher Jepsen

published as 'Back to School: Labor-market Returns to Higher Vocational Schooling' in: Labour Economics, 2019, 61, 101758

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11635

Job Displacement, Inter-Regional Mobility and Long-Term Earnings

Terhi Maczulskij, Petri Böckerman, Tuomas Kosonen

published as 'Losing a Job and (Dis)incentives to Move: Interregional Migration in Finland' in: European Urban and Regional Studies, 2023, 30 (4), 430-445.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11539

Domain-Specific Risk and Public Policy

Ohto Kanninen, Petri Böckerman, Ilpo Suoniemi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10964

Do Good Working Conditions Make You Work Longer? Evidence on Retirement Decisions Using Linked Survey and Register Data

Petri Böckerman, Pekka Ilmakunnas

published as 'Do Good Working Conditions Make You Work Longer? Analyzing Retirement Decisions Using Linked Survey and Register Data' in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2020, 17, 100192

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10773

Harsh Times: Do Stressors Lead to Labor Market Losses?

Terhi Maczulskij, Petri Böckerman

published in: European Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 20 (3), 357-373

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10486

Does Job Support Make Workers Happy?

Petri Böckerman, Alex Bryson, Antti Kauhanen, Mari Kangasniemi

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 67 (1), 31-52

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9907

The Effect of Weight on Labor Market Outcomes: An Application of Genetic Instrumental Variables

Petri Böckerman, John Cawley, Jutta Viinikainen, Terho Lehtimäki, Suvi Rovio, Ilkka Seppälä, Jaakko Pehkonen, Olli Raitakari

published in: Health Economics, 2019, 28 (1), 65-77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9851

Are Jobs More Polarized in ICT Firms?

Petri Böckerman, Seppo Laaksonen, Jari Vainiomäki

published as 'Does ICT Usage Erode Routine Occupations at the Firm Level?' in: Labour, 2019, 33 (1), 26-47

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9805

Born Entrepreneur? Adolescents' Personality Characteristics and Self-Employment in Adulthood

Jutta Viinikainen, Guido Heineck, Petri Böckerman, Mirka Hintsanen, Olli Raitakari, Jaakko Pehkonen

published in: Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2017, 8, 9-12

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9632

Seniority Rules, Worker Mobility and Wages: Evidence from Multi-Country Linked Employer-Employee Data

Petri Böckerman, Per Skedinger, Roope Uusitalo

published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 51, 48-62

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9079

Back to School? Labor-Market Returns to Vocational Postsecondary Education

Petri Böckerman, Mika Haapanen, Christopher Jepsen

published as "More Skilled, Better Paid: Labour-market Returns to Vocational Postsecondary Education" in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2018, 70 (2), 485-508

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8557

Using Twins to Resolve the Twin Problem of Having a Bad Job and a Low Wage

Petri Böckerman, Pekka Ilmakunnas, Jari Vainiomäki

published in: The Manchester School, 2018, 86 (2), 155-177

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8205

A Kink that Makes You Sick: The Incentive Effect of Sick Pay on Absence

Petri Böckerman, Ohto Kanninen, Ilpo Suoniemi

published as "A Kink that Makes You Sick: The Effect of Sick Pay on Absence" in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2018, 33 (4), 568-579

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8029

Biomarkers and Long-term Labour Market Outcomes: The Case of Creatine

Petri Böckerman, Alex Bryson, Jutta Viinikainen, Christian Hakulinen, Laura Pulkki-Raback, Olli Raitakari

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 142, 259-274