Presentation
I am a research manager at Kela’s Research Unit. My research has focused on various issues related to family life and the wellbeing of families with children, including perspectives of gender equality and social inequality. In my recent studies, I have examined the use of the family leave, particularly fathers’ participation in the use of the leave, and the effects of children's dual residence on the livelihoods and social security of divorced families.
Expertise
- family policy and benefits for families with children
- gender equality and the wellbeing of families
- issues of balancing work and family
- register-based research on family benefits
Ongoing Research Projects
- Maternity package survey 2025
- Parents’ income, child care and organising everyday life in divorced families - A continuation project of the shared residence project
- The Puzzle of Childcare – Trends in the Use of Child Home Care Allowance
- Families With Children (LAPE II)
Previous Research Projects
- Arranging Everyday Life and Livelihood During the COVID-19 Epidemic
- The Family Leave Survey 2022
- Low Income and Social Security Benefits Among Families With Children (Lapsoset)
- Livelihood, Childcare, and Organising Everyday Life in Families After the Parents’ Separation
Publications
- Miettinen, Anneli, Mustonen, Jaakko & Räsänen, Tapio (2022). Perhevapaakorvauksen käyttöönotto – tuloksia selvityshankkeesta. Kelan Työpapereita. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022031123032
- Saarikallio-Torp, Miia & Miettinen, Anneli (2021). Family leaves for fathers: Non-users as a test for parental leave reforms. Journal of European Social Policy 31(2): 161–174. https://doi.org/10.1177/0958928721996650
- Härkönen, Juho, Jalovaara, Marika, Lappalainen, Eevi & Miettinen, Anneli (2021). Double disadvantage in a Nordic welfare state: A demographic analysis of the single parent employment gap in Finland, 1987-2018. INVEST Working Papers 31/2021.
- Miettinen, Anneli, Lammi-Taskula, Johanna, Närvi, Johanna & Salmi, Minna (2021). Finland: country note. In: Koslowski, A., Blum, S., Dobrotić, I., Kaufman, G. and Moss, P. (eds.) International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2021.
- Miettinen, Anneli, Hakovirta, Mia, Saarikallio-Torp, Miia, Haapanen, Mari, Kurki, Paula, Kalliomaa-Puha, Laura, Sihvonen, Ella, Heinonen, Hanna-Mari & Kivistö, Netta (2020). Lasten vuoroasuminen ja sosiaaliturva. Vuoroasumisen nykytila ja merkitys etuus- ja palvelujärjestelmän kannalta. Helsinki: Valtioneuvoston selvitys- ja tutkimustoiminta, VN TEAS-julkaisusarja 51/2020. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-383-021-9
- Miettinen, Anneli & Saarikallio-Torp, M (2020). Isälle kiintiöidyn vanhempainvapaan käyttö ja sen taustatekijät. Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 85(4): 345–357. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2020091669860
- Räsänen, Tapio, Miettinen, Anneli & Saarikallio-Torp, Miia (2020). Äidin työmarkkina-asema ja lasten kotihoidon pituus. Talous ja Yhteiskunta 1/2020: 24–29.
- Miettinen, Anneli & Saarikallio-Torp, Mia (2018). Etuusjärjestelmä ei tunnista lasten vuoroasumista. Sosiaalivakuutus 9.3.2018.
- Miettinen, Anneli (2017). Kolme myyttiä perhevapaista (2017). Helsinki: Ajatuspaja Agenda.
Research blog posts
- Saarikallio-Torp, Miia & Miettinen, Anneli (2021). Isä on aina yhtä tärkeä kuin äiti, kaikessa” - Isyysvapaata käyttää yhä monipuolisempi joukko isiä. Kelan tutkimusblogi 12.11.2021.
- Miettinen, Anneli, Hakovirta, Mia & Räsänen, Tapio (2021). Lapsilisän jakaminen vuoroasumistilanteessa ei ratkaise lapsiperheköyhyyttä. Kelan tutkimusblogi 11.10.2021.
- Saarikallio-Torp, Miia & Miettinen, Anneli (2020). Miten isät käyttävät isyysvapaata? Kelan tutkimusblogi 18.9.2020.
- Saarikallio-Torp, Miia & Miettinen, Anneli (2020). Vanhempien mielestä 1,5-2 vuotta on sopiva ikä lapsen aloittaa kodin ulkopuolisessa hoidossa. Kelan tutkimusblogi 9.9.2020.
- Räsänen, Tapio, Saarikallio-Torp, Miia & Miettinen, Anneli (2020). Vanhempainpäivärahan määrä lasketaan uudella tavalla – muutos heikentää lomautettujen ja työttömien tilannetta. Kelan tutkimusblogi 22.5.2020.
- Saarikallio-Torp, Miia, Miettinen, Anneli & Heinonen, Hanna-Mari (2020). Kotihoidon tuen kannatus edelleen vahvaa – asenteet leikkaamista kohtaan kuitenkin lieventyneet. Kelan tutkimusblogi 19.2.2020.
- Saarikallio-Torp, Miia, Miettinen, Anneli & Heinonen, Hanna-Mari (2020). Joustavat kiintiöt saavat pienten lasten vanhemmilta kannatusta. Kelan tutkimusblogi 11.2.2020.
- Miettinen, Anneli & Saarikallio-Torp, Miia (2019). Esikoislasten isät pitävät isyysvapaita muita useammin. Kelan tutkimusblogi 8.11.2019.
- Heinonen, Hanna-Mari, Miettinen, Anneli, Saarikallio-Torp, Miia & Sihvonen, Ella (2019). Lasten vuoroasuminen – onko etuusjärjestelmä perheille tuki vai jarru? Kelan tutkimusblogi 13.9.2019.
- Miettinen, Anneli & Saarikallio-Torp, Miia (2019). 25 % isistä ei käytä vanhempainvapaata – vai onko osuus sittenkin 55 %? Kelan tutkimusblogi 13.3.2019.
- Miettinen, Anneli & Saarikallio-Torp, Miia (2018). Kotihoidon tuen käyttö vaihtelee kunnittain – valtaosa perheistä käyttää tukea jonkin aikaa. Kelan tutkimusblogi 23.2.2018.
Publications and research projects
Joint Physical Custody and Mothers’ Life Satisfaction in Belgium, Finland, and Germany
This study examined the association between joint physical custody and mothers’ life satisfaction in Belgium, Finland, and Germany.
Maternity package survey 2025
The survey looks at the experiences of families that received the maternity grant benefit in 2022 or 2023 and how satisfied they were with the items in the maternity package, and invites suggestions for improving the contents of the package.
Social Security and Living Arrangements of Low-Income families: Final Report on LAPSOSET Project
Research project LAPSOSET has studied low-income families, social security benefits and their changes, effects of child care allowance, families living apart, and child maintenance.
Sharing Care and Sharing Costs? Child Support and Child-Related Expense-Sharing Post-Separation in Finland and Wisconsin, US
This study analyzes the associations between post-separation child living arrangements and child support outcomes and expense sharing in Finland and the United States (Wisconsin).
Shared Care and Mothers’ Post-Separation Economic Wellbeing in Finland and Wisconsin, US: Does Child Support and Sharing Child’s Costs Matter?
This study examines self-reported economic wellbeing of mothers with shared versus sole physical custody of the child six or more years since separation.
Parents’ values are reflected in the age at which early childhood education begins
A child reaching an appropriate age is often used as a criterion for starting early childhood education. However, perceptions of what age is appropriate vary according to parents’ education and other family-related factors. Choosing when the child begins early childhood education can be influenced by parents’ attitudes as well as the available options for early childhood education and care, as well as parents’ views on the quality of early childhood education.
Birth Cohort Changes in Fertility Ideals: Evidence From Repeated Cross-Sectional Surveys in Finland
Birth cohort changes in the ideal number of children among men and women from five birth cohorts (1970–1994).
Parents' Characteristics and Children’s Residential Arrangements Post-Separation
Sociodemographic factors related to children’s residential arrangements in Finland.
Parents’ income, child care and organising everyday life in divorced families - A continuation project of the shared residence project
The research project examines the organisation of child support and care after the parents’ divorce, and the related factors in Finnish divorced families.
Current State, Challenges and Future of Social Security for Children and Families: Final Report of the Working Group on Social Security and Services for Children and Families
The working group was tasked with examining the benefit system for children and families as a whole and producing information for the Social Security Committee on the need to reform the system.
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