Laura Peutere

Presentation

The main focus of my research at Kela is unemployment benefits. In my previous research, I have examined such topics as careers, workplace conditions and sickness absences. I have also contributed to a project based on register data that looked at job strain and quality of care in healthcare.

Expertise

• Register-based studies
• Sickness absences
• Unemployment benefits
• Careers and employment

Ongoing research projects

• Unemployment security amid change

Previous research projects

• Unemployment in the Six Largest Cities in Finland

Publications

• Peutere Laura, Terho Kirsi, Pentti Jaana, Ropponen Annina, Kivimäki Mika, Härmä Mikko, Krutova Oxana, Ervasti Jenni, Koskinen Aki, Virtanen Marianna (2023). Nurse Staffing Level, Length of Work Experience, and Risk of Health Care–Associated Infections Among Hospital Patients: A Prospective Record Linkage Study. Medical Care, 61(5), 279-287. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001843
• Ropponen Annina, Gluschkoff Kia, Ervasti Jenni, Kivimäki Mika, Koskinen Aki, Krutova Oxana, Peutere Laura, Virtanen Marianna, Härmä Mikko (2023). Working hour patterns and risk of occupational accidents. An optimal matching analysis in a hospital employee cohort. Safety Science, 159, 106004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2022.106004.
• Ervasti Jenni, Peutere Laura, Virtanen Marianna, Krutova Oxana, Koskinen Aki, Härmä Mikko, Kivimäki Mika, Ropponen Annina (2022). Concurrent trajectories of self-rated health and working hour patterns in health care shift workers: A longitudinal analysis with 8-year follow-up. Frontiers in public health, 10, 926057. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.926057
• Kausto Johanna, Gluschkoff Kia, Turunen Jarno, Selinheimo Sanna, Peutere Laura, Väänänen, Ari (2022). Psychotherapy and change in mental health-related work disability: a prospective Finnish population-level register-based study with a quasi-experimental design. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 76(11), 925-930. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2022-218941
• Peutere Laura, Ravaska Terhi, Bӧckerman Petri, Virtanen Pekka (2022). Effects of rehabilitative psychotherapy on labour market success: Evaluation of a nationwide programme. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948221074974
• Krutova Oxana, Peutere Laura, Ervasti Jenni, Härmä Mikko, Virtanen Marianna, Ropponen Annina (2022). Sequence analysis of the combinations of work shifts and absences in health care–comparison of two years of administrative data. BMC nursing, 21(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-01160-1
• Krutova Oxana, Koskinen Aki, Peutere Laura, Ervasti Jenni, Virtanen Marianna, Härmä Mikko, Ropponen Annina (2022). A Longitudinal Study on Trajectories of Night Work and Sickness Absence among Hospital Employees. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(13), 8168. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138168
• Peutere Laura, Saloniemi Antti, Böckerman Petri, Aho Simo, Nätti Jouko, Nummi Tapio (2022). High-involvement management practices and the productivity of firms: Detecting industry heterogeneity. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 43(2), 853-876. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X20961155
• Peutere Laura, Rosenström Tom, Koskinen Aki, Härmä Mikko, Kivimäki Mika, Virtanen Marianna, Ervasti Jenni, Ropponen Annina (2021) Length of exposure to long working hours and night work and risk of sickness absence: A register-based cohort study. BMC Health Services Research, 21(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-07231-4
• Peutere Laura, Ojala Satu, Lipiäinen Liudmila, Järvinen Katri-Maria, Saari Tiina, Pyöriä Pasi (2019). Relational justice, economic fluctuations and long-term sickness absence: a multi-cohort study. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 45(4): 413-420. https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3806
• Peutere Laura, Saloniemi Antti, Nätti Jouko, Aho Simo, Nummi Tapio (2018). High-involvement management practices, job control, and employee well-being in the public and private sectors. Evidence from Finland. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 24(4): 467-486. https://doi.org/10.1177/1024258918807387
• Nwaru Chioma A., Peutere Laura, Kivimäki Mika, Pentti Jaana, Vahtera Jussi, Virtanen Pekka (2017). Chronic diseases as predictors of labour market attachment after participation in subsidised re-employment programme: a 6-year follow-up study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 71(11): 1101-1106. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-209271
• Peutere Laura, Rautava Päivi, Virtanen Pekka (2017). Domestic responsibilities as predictors of labour market attachment trajectories in men and women. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 37(9/10): 536-554. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-04-2016-0039
• Peutere Laura, Vahtera Jussi, Kivimäki Mika, Pentti Jaana, Virtanen Pekka (2015). Job Contract at Birth of the First Child as a Predictor of Women’s Labor Market Attachment: Trajectory Analyses over 11 Years. Nordic journal of working life studies, 5(1): 9-30. https://doi.org/10.19154/njwls.v5i1.4763 
• Peutere Laura, Haataja Anita, Vahtera Jussi, Kivimäki Mika, Pentti Jaana, Virtanen Pekka (2014). Heikentääkö kotihoidon tuen kuntalisä äitien kiinnittymistä työelämään? Yhteiskuntapolitiikka, 79(3): 291-305. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2014061829343
• Peutere Laura, Kääriäinen Juha (2010). Racist crimes in the Finnish criminal justice system - analysis of cases reported to the police in Helsinki in 2006. European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 18(3): 261-279.
• Peutere Laura (2010). Rasistinen motiivi rangaistuksen koventamisperusteena – tutkimus Helsingissä vuonna 2008 poliisin tietoon tulleista rikosepäilyistä. Oikeus, 39(4): 350-368.
• Kääriäinen Juha, Ellonen Noora, Peutere Laura, Sariola Heikki (2010). Lapset ja nuoret väkivallan uhreina: Maahanmuuttajien ja kantasuomalaisten vertailua. Yhteiskuntapolitiikka, 75(2): 159-173. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe201209117705