Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Aalto University School of Business and Helsinki GSE
Vice Director, EDUCA Flagship
Associate Research Professor (part-time), VATT Institute for Economic Research

Invited Researcher, J-PAL
Research Fellow, IZA
External Research Fellow, CReAM

CV | Google Scholar

matti.sarvimaki[a]aalto.fi
Ekonominaukio 1, 02150 Espoo, Finland

Working papers

The Local Scarring Effect of Negative Trade Shocks: Evidence from the Collapse of Finnish-Soviet Trade | Slides
with Arnaud Costinot and Jonathan Vogel (Original version: Exposure(s) to Trade and Earnings Dynamics)

Paths to Integration: Labor Market and Social Integration Across Immigrant Admission Categories
with Hanna Pesola and Tuomo Virkola

The Impact of Childhood Immigrant Exposure on Adult Intermarriage
with Aino Kalmbach and Liam Wren-Lewis

Forced Migration and Long-Term Mental Disorders in post-WWII Finland
with Henri Salokangas, Jari Haukka, Pekka Martikainen and Jaana Suvisaari

Agglomeration in the Periphery | Appendix
[new version coming eventually]

Publications / forthcoming

Intergenerational Spillovers of Integration Policies: Evidence from Finland's Integration Plans
with Hanna Pesola
Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming

The Making of Social Democracy: The Economic and Electoral Consequences of Norway's 1936 Folk School Reform
with Daron Acemoglu, Tuomas Pekkarinen and Kjell Salvanes
Journal of the European Economic Association, forthcoming
Slides | Project Syndicate Column

Social Interaction in the Family: Evidence from Investors' Security Holdings
with Samuli Knüpfer and Elias Rantapuska
Review of Finance, 2023, 27(4): 1297–1327

Habit Formation and the Misallocation of Labor: Evidence from Forced Migrations
with Roope Uusitalo and Markus Jäntti
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2022, 20(6): 2497–2539
Appendix | Slides

Immigration History, Entry Jobs and the Labor Market Integration of Immigrants
with Laura Ansala and Olof Åslund
Journal of Economic Geography, 2022, 22(3): 581–604
Slides | IZA summary

The Local Economic Impacts of Regeneration Projects: Evidence from UK's Single Regeneration Budget
with Steve Gibbons and Henry Overman
Journal of Urban Economics, 2021, 122, 103315

Managing Refugee Protection Crises: Policy Lessons from Economics and Political Science
with Dominik Hangartner and Judith Spirig
Journal of the Finnish Economic Association, 2021, 2(1): 1–24

Post-Secondary Education and Information on Labor Market Prospects: A Randomized Field Experiment
with Sari Pekkala Kerr, Tuomas Pekkarinen and Roope Uusitalo
Labour Economics, 2020, 66, 101888
Treatment material | Preprint

Age at Arrival, Parents and Neighborhoods: Understanding the Educational Attainment of Immigrants' Children
with Laura Ansala and Ulla Hämäläinen
Journal of Economic Geography, 2020, 20(2): 459–480
Appendix | Preprint

Secular Rise in Economically Valuable Personality Traits
with Markus Jokela, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Marko Terviö and Roope Uusitalo
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017, 114(25): 6527–6532
Appendix | Vox column

Formative Experiences and Portfolio Choice: Evidence from the Finnish Great Depression
with Samuli Knüpfer and Elias Rantapuska
Journal of Finance, 2017, 72(1): 133–166
Appendix

The Evolution of Social Mobility: Norway during the 20th Century
with Tuomas Pekkarinen and Kjell Salvanes
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2017, 119(1): 5–33
Appendix

The Impact of Forced Migration on Mortality: a Cohort Study of 242,075 Finns in 1939-2010
with Jari Haukka, Pekka Martikainen and Jaana Suvisaari
Epidemiology, 2017, 28(4): 587–593

Labor Market Integration of Refugees in Finland
Nordic Economic Policy Review, 2017, 7(1): 91–114

Integrating Immigrants: The Impact of Restructuring Active Labor Market Policies
with Kari Hämäläinen
Journal of Labor Economics, 2016, 34(2): 479–508

Assimilation to a Welfare State: Labor Market Performance and Use of Social Benefits by Immigrants to Finland
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2011, 113(3): 665–688

Selected work in progress

Refining Early Childhood Education: Finland's Two-Year Pre-School Experiment
with Ramin Izadi, Maarit Alasuutari, Oskari Harjunen, Mirjam Kalland, Mikko-Jussi Laakso, Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen, Pekka Räsänen, and Katariina Salmela-Aro. Status: field work in progress. AEA RCT Registry

Teachers at Work: Preventing Social Exclusion of Immigrants
with Michela Carlana, Mikko Silliman, and Marco Tabellini
Status: field work in progress. AEA RCT Registry

Randomization as an Incentive Device: Evidence from Public Procurement of Immigrant Integration Services
with Hanna Pesola and Tuomo Virkola
Status: field work completed. AEA RCT Registry

Oma linja school intervention: Improving Post-Compulsory Educational Choices
with Hanna Pesola and Maria Sauval
Status: field work completed. AEA RCT Registry

Forced displacement shapes personality traits across generations
with Dominik Hangartner, Ilona Lahdelma, and Maarit Olkkola

The Impact of Foreign Acquisitions on Wages and Compensation
with David Autor, Tuomas Kosonen and Tuomo Virkola

Selected policy papers

Mitä tiedämme maahanmuuttajien kotoutumispolitiikan vaikuttavuudesta?
with Hanna Pesola and Tuomo Virkola. Talous & Yhteiskunta 4/2024

1990-luvun laman pitkät jäljet
with Kristiina Huttunen, Eloranta and Uusitalo (eds): Ankarat ajat. Suomalaisten talouskriisien pitkä historia. Gaudeamus.

Pienituloisten perheiden lapset joutuvat kiusatuksi muita useammin
with Mikko Silliman, Ellen Sahlström and Niina Nurkka. Kansallinen koulutuksen arviointikeskus. Tiivistelmät 4: 2024.

Koto-SIB -kokeilun vaikutukset ja käytännön toteutus
with Risto Karinen, Nella Koivula, Tiina Koivula, Olli Oosi, Hanna Pesola and Tuomo Virkola. Publications of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment 2024:33. English translation: Impacts and practical implementation of the Koto-SIB experiment

Eri syistä maahan muuttaneiden työllistyminen Suomessa
with Hanna Pesola and Tuomo Virkola. Publications of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment 2024:9.

Kaksivuotisen esiopetuksen kokeilu: Väliraportti
with Maarit Alasuutari, Oskari Harjunen, Anna Holvio, Ramin Izadi, Mirjam Kalland, Julia Kuusiholma-Linnamäki, Mikko-Jussi Laakso, Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen, Heli Muhonen, Pekka Räsänen, Katariina Salmela-Aro, Lotta Saranko, Mimmu Sulkanen, Katja Upadyaya. Publications of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland 2023:19

Rekisteriaineistojen hyödyntäminen peruskoulujen tarveperusteisessa resurssoinnissa
with Ramin Izadi, Venla Bernelius and Oskari Nokso-Koivisto.

Vaikutusarvioinnit osaksi päätöksentekoa - Miten varmistamme politiikassa, että teemme oikeita asioita
with Oskari Nokso-Koivisto and Otto Toivanen. Edistys-raportti 01/2019.

Parempi tapa valita korkeakouluopiskelijat
with Tuomas Pekkarinen. VATT Policy Brief 1-2016

Kotoutumissuunnitelmien vaikutukset maahanmuuttajien lasten koulutusvalintoihin
with Kari Hämäläinen and Hanna Pesola. Publications of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment 43/2015

Maahanmuuttajien integroituminen Suomeen
with Laura Ansala, Essi Eerola, Kari Hämäläinen, Ulla Hämäläinen , Hanna Pesola and Marja Riihelä. VATT Analyysi 2, 2014.

Integroitumista vai eriytymistä? Maahanmuuttajalapset ja -nuoret Suomessa
with Laura Ansala and Ulla Hämäläinen. KELA Työpapereita 56/2014

Muuttoliikkeet, työmarkkinat ja julkinen talous
in Martikainen, Saukkonen, Säävälä (ed.): Muuttajat: Kansainvälinen muuttoliike ja suomalainen yhteiskunta. Gaudemus, 2013.

Vievätkö maahanmuuttajat kantaväestön työpaikat?
Talous & Yhteiskunta 4/2010: 10-15.

Maahanmuuton taloustiede: lyhyt johdatus
Kansantaloudellinen aikakauskirja 3/2010: 253-270.

Teaching

Taloustieteen perusteet (Principles of Economics)
History of Economic Growth and Crises
Principles of Empirical Analysis (with Miri Stryjan)
Integration of Immigrants
Labor Economics (with Tuomas Pekkarinen)
International Economics