Department of Economics Aalto University School of Economics P.O. Box 21240, 00076 Aalto Helsinki, Finland Tel: +358(0)40 304 5515 m.sarvimaki@lse.ac.uk http://hse-econ./sarvimaki/ Matti Sarvimäki July 2010 Research Interest Applied empirical microeconomics Education 2009 DSc (PhD) in Economics, Helsinki School of Economics 2003 MSc in Economics, Helsinki School of Economics Current Positions 7/2010 Post-Doctoral Researcher Department of Economics, Aalto University School of Economics 10/2009 Senior Researcher Government Institute for Economic Research, Helsinki 11/2008 Research Economist SERC/CEP, London School of Economics Previous Positions 9/20028/2005, 12/200712/2008 Researcher Government Institute for Economic Research, Helsinki 1/200611/2007 Graduate School Fellow Department of Economics, Helsinki School of Economics 8/20054/2006 Visiting Aliate Researcher Department of Economics and CReAM, University College London 1
Journal Articles [1] Assimilation to a Welfare State: Labour Market Performance and Use of Social Benets by Immigrants to Finland, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, forthcoming. Work in Progress [1] Long-Term Eects of Forced Migration (with R. Uusitalo and M. Jäntti), IZA DP No. 4003. SERC DP No. 15 [2] Self-Reinforcing Shocks: Evidence from a Resettlement Policy (with A. Kangasharju), SERC DP No. 47 [3] Assimilating Immigrants: The Impact of an Integration Program (with K. Hämäläinen) [4] The Impact of Subsidizing Commercial Space in Deprived Neighbourhoods (with S. Gibbons and H. Overman) Teaching International Economics (undergraduate) Visiting Lecturer, University of Helsinki, 20042008 Microeconomic Theory (graduate) Teaching Assistant, Helsinki School of Economics, 2006 Presentations 2010 Finnish Economic Association, Society of Labor Economists 2009 Institute for International Economic Studies (Stockholm), Institute for Labor Market Policy Evaluation (Uppsala), London School of Economics, University of Sussex, Tinbergen Institute, Society of Labor Economists, Royal Economic Society 2008 University College London, London School of Economics, Helsinki Center for Economic Research, Government Institute for Economic Research, Social Insurance Institution of Finland, Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, Labour Institute for Economic Research, Workshop on New Aspects of Active Labour Market Policies, Nordic Migration Workshop, European Society for Population Economics, Society of Labor Economists, Finnish Economic Association 2
2007 Helsinki Center for Economic Research, Government Institute for Economic Research, Econometric Society, European Society for Population Economics, Nordic Summer Institute for Empirical Labour Economics 2006 University College London, Labour Institute for Economic Research, Finnish Economic Association, Summer Meeting of Finnish Economists 2005 European Regional Science Association, Finnish Economic Association 2004 Government Institute for Economic Research, Finnish Economic Association Visits 10/2009 Institute for Labor Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU), Uppsala 8/20054/2006 Department of Economics and CReAM, University College London 812/2003 Department of Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Referee Journal of Economic Geography, Journal of Population Economics, Labour Economics, Empirical Economics, Population & Environment, Scandinavian Journal of Economics Other Professional Service Member of the Board, Finnish Society for Economic Research, 20072009 Participant, Round Table on Immigration, Ministry of Interior, 2007 Testifying expert, Parliament of Finland, 2006 Grants Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 Jenny and Antti Foundation 2006 Palkansaajasäätiö 2005 3
Papers in Finnish [1] Sarvimäki, Matti (2009): Esseitä muuttoliikkeistä. Kansantaloudellinen aikakauskirja 3/2009: 376380. [2] Hämäläinen Kari - Sarvimäki Matti (2008): Vuoden 1999 kotouttamislain vaikutusarviointi. In Ilmakunnas, Uusitalo, Junka (ed.): Vaikuttavaa tutkimusta - miten arviointitutkimus palvelee päätöksenteon tarpeita? VATT Publications 47. Government Institute for Economic Research. [3] Karvinen, Anni-Mari - Sarvimäki, Matti (2008): Maahanmuuttajien työttömyyden ja työllistymisen kustannusvaikutukset Helsingin kaupungille. VATT DP 456. Government Institute for Economic Research. [4] Sarvimäki, Matti (2006): Maahanmuuttajien työttömyys. In Hämäläinen, Taimio, Uusitalo (ed.): Työttömyys - taloustieteellisiä puheenvuoroja. Edita. [5] Gissler, Mika - Malin, Maili - Matveinen, Petri - Sarvimäki, Matti - Kangasharju, Aki (2006): Maahanmuuttajat ja julkiset palvelut. Työpoliittinen tutkimus 296. Ministry of Labour. [6] Hämäläinen, Kari - Kangasharju, Aki - Pekkala, Sari - Sarvimäki, Matti (2005): Maahanmuuttajien vero-tulonsiirtotase. Siirtolaisuus Migration 32(2): 311 [7] Hämäläinen, Kari - Kangasharju, Aki - Pekkala, Sari - Sarvimäki, Matti (2005): Maahanmuuttajien taloudellinen asema Suomessa. Talous & Yhteiskuunta 33(1): 3340 [8] Hämäläinen, Kari - Kangasharju, Aki - Pekkala, Sari - Sarvimäki, Matti (2005): 1990-luvun maahanmuuttajien työllisyys, tuloverot ja tulonsiirrot. Työpoliittinen tutkimus 265. Ministry of Labour. [9] Sarvimäki, Matti (2004): Uusista EU-maista tulevan maahanmuuton makro-taloudellinen merkitys. Työpoliittinen aikakauskirja 47(2): 826 [10] Sarvimäki, Matti (2003): Euroopan unionin itälaajentuminen ja maahanmuutto Suomeen. Research Reports 98. Government Institute for Economic Research Other Writings [1] Sarvimäki, Matti (2009): The unexpected consequences of forced migration. CentrePiece 14(2) Autumn 2009: 24-26 4
Other Work Experience May 2002Aug. 2002 Assistant Dealer, Nordea Markets May 2001Aug. 2001 Trainee, Ministry for Foreign Aairs May 1999Aug. 1999 Trainee, Finnish Competition Authority 5