Presentation
I am a researcher at Kela’s Research Unit, where I am performing a register-based research relating to family benefits as well as microsimulation to assess changes in legislation. In the ongoing projects, I am examining how the birth of a child and the use of family leave affects the wage gap between men and women and how the childcare allowances affect the childcare choices made by families.
Expertise
- microsimulation
- labour economics
- family research
- register-based research
Ongoing research projects
- Mothers’ Employment and Childcare Allowances
- EUROMOD Update Project for Finland
Previous research projects
- Low Income and Social Security Benefits Among Families With Children (Lapsoset)
- Stress Testing the Social Security System
Publications
- Räsänen, T., Saarikallio-Torp, M., Rättö, H., & Kari, H. (2025). The impact of day care attendance on antibiotic use among children aged 0-12 years: A population-based register study. PloS one, 20(11), e0335354. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0335354
- Österbacka, E., Räsänen, T. Back to work or stay at home? Family policies and maternal employment in Finland. J Popul Econ (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00843-4
- Mesiäislehto, M., Elomäki, A., Närvi, J., Simanainen, M., Sutela, H., & Räsänen, T. (2022). The gendered impacts of the Covid-19 crisis in Finland and the effectiveness of the policy responses: Findings of the project" The impact of the Covid-19 crisis in Finland". https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-343-800-2
- Räsänen, T., Jauhiainen, S., Pyy-Martikainen, M. (2021). Sosiaaliturvan stressitesti. Helsinki: Kela. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021050729192
- Jauhiainen, S., Sihvonen, E., Räsänen, T., Veilahti, A., Mikkola, H. (2019). Asumista tukemassa. Yleinen asumistuki tuensaajien ja vuokranantajien näkökulmista ja eurooppalaisessa vertailussa. Helsinki: Kela. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe201902043938
- Räsänen T., Miettinen A., Saarikallio-Torp M. (2020) Äidin työmarkkina-asema ja lasten kotihoidon pituus, Talous & Yhteiskunta.
- Räsänen, T., Österbacka, E., Valaste, M., Haataja, A. (2019). Lastenhoidon tukien vaikutus äitien osallistumiseen työmarkkinoille. Helsinki: Kela. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe201901253094
- Hiilamo, H., ym. (2017): Nuorten osallisuuden edistäminen: Selvitysmiehen raportti. Diak puheenvuoro 11. Helsinki: Diakonia-ammattikorkeakoulu. https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-493-298-1
- Honkanen, P., Hämäläinen, K., Kanerva, M., Kanninen, O., Laamanen, J., Pulkka, V., Räsänen, T., Simanainen, M., Tuovinen, A.-K., Verho, J. (2016): From idea to experiment. Report on universal basic income experiment in Finland. Helsinki: Kela. http://hdl.handle.net/10138/167728
- Kangas, O., Honkanen, P., Hämäläinen, K., Kanerva, M., Kanninen, O., Laamanen, J., Pulkka, V., Räsänen, T., Simanainen, M., Tuovinen, A.-K., Verho, J. (2016): Ideasta kokeiluihin. Loppuraportti perustulokokeilun toteuttamisvaihtoehdoista. Helsinki: Valtioneuvoston kanslia. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-287-539-6
Publications and research projects
The Importance of Self-Selection and Childcare Leave Length for Child Penalty
The child penalty is heterogeneous and highly related to the choice of leave length.
Between Universalism and the Market Model: How the Introduction of the Early Childhood Education Voucher Has Affected the Early Childhood Education System
This study uses register data to examine the dynamics between different ways of providing ECEC services by researching how the introduction of a voucher system in municipalities impacts the use and supply of public ECEC services and the use of the private day care allowance.
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.
The Association Between Gendered Workplaces and the Length of Childcare Leave
This study investigates the association between childcare leave length and workplace characteristics, as well as peer influences in the Finnish institutional context.
EUROMOD Country Report Finland 2020–2023
EUROMOD is a tax-benefit microsimulation model for the European Union (EU).
Empirical studies on family economics
This thesis studies how family policies affect families’ childcare choices and how childbirth affects the gender wage gap.
Subsidizing Private Childcare in a Universal Regime
We study the impact of the introduction of private childcare subsidies in Finland.
Reforming Childcare Support Can Improve Equality, Both Between Men and Women and Between Different Socioeconomic Groups
Reforming childcare support would improve gender equality and reduce sorting into early childhood education and care provider based on family background.
Low Income and Social Security Benefits Among Families With Children (Lapsoset)
The aim of the research project is to produce new information on the livelihoods of families with children and to highlight options for how the livelihoods of low-income families with children could be further improved.
Study on Alternative Ways of Organising Social Security
The study assesses whether alternative ways of organising social security, such as basic income, social account and one basic security benefit in particular, are suitable for the Finnish social security system.
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