Aart-Jan Riekhoff
@ajriekhoff.bsky.social
Senior researcher at the Finnish Centre for Pensions (ETK), focusing on retirement and pensions in the context of life courses, social inequalities, and changing labour markets | https://www.etk.fi/en/contactinformation/arie-aart-jan-riekhoff/
📊 Using sequence analysis and clustering, we find that relatively few return to work after the temporary disability pension: only around a fifth within four years after the start of the pension. The labour market status before the start strongly predicts chances of return to work 2/3
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
📊 Using sequence analysis and clustering, we find that relatively few return to work after the temporary disability pension: only around a fifth within four years after the start of the pension. The labour market status before the start strongly predicts chances of return to work 2/3
📢 New article with @apolvinen.bsky.social and Riku Perhoniemi in the European Journal of Public Health! What happens to Finns who end up on a temporary disability pension, not only after the start of the pension but also before? 1/3
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
📢 New article with @apolvinen.bsky.social and Riku Perhoniemi in the European Journal of Public Health! What happens to Finns who end up on a temporary disability pension, not only after the start of the pension but also before? 1/3
Together with Kène Henkens and Harry van Dalen we updated the chapter on “Managing an older workforce and retirement: The employer’s perspective” for the forthcoming second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Retirement. academic.oup.com/edited-volum....
October 31, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Together with Kène Henkens and Harry van Dalen we updated the chapter on “Managing an older workforce and retirement: The employer’s perspective” for the forthcoming second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Retirement. academic.oup.com/edited-volum....
At the @work2025fi.bsky.social conference in Turku. This afternoon presenting our research on entrepreneurial entry of gig workers in Finland
August 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
At the @work2025fi.bsky.social conference in Turku. This afternoon presenting our research on entrepreneurial entry of gig workers in Finland
With @laursalo.bsky.social we're organising a working group at the Finnish social policy days. Make sure to send an abstract (FI/EN) if you're doing research on change in labour markets, underlying causes, consequences, or policies to address inequalities! DL: 1.9 www.helsinki.fi/fi/konferens...
June 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
With @laursalo.bsky.social we're organising a working group at the Finnish social policy days. Make sure to send an abstract (FI/EN) if you're doing research on change in labour markets, underlying causes, consequences, or policies to address inequalities! DL: 1.9 www.helsinki.fi/fi/konferens...
Not often that there is an official mythbuster to give a keynote at a sociology conference
June 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Not often that there is an official mythbuster to give a keynote at a sociology conference
Heading out east to Lappeenranta to join the ESA RN21 mid-term conference. It so far from home that it's almost like going abroad 😅 Tomorrow I will be talking about doing research on age and ageing with register data and present new work on gig work and entrepreneurial entry. Looking forward!
June 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Heading out east to Lappeenranta to join the ESA RN21 mid-term conference. It so far from home that it's almost like going abroad 😅 Tomorrow I will be talking about doing research on age and ageing with register data and present new work on gig work and entrepreneurial entry. Looking forward!
Great office space when your kids have holidays and you do not 😅
February 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Great office space when your kids have holidays and you do not 😅
Mainly for Finnish sociologists, but if someone wants to come to Turku from abroad, they're more then welcome! I'm hosting a working group with @laursalo.bsky.social at the Finnish Sociology Days on March 20-21. Deadline for abstracts January 31. More info here: sosiologipaivat.fi/sosiologipai...
January 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Mainly for Finnish sociologists, but if someone wants to come to Turku from abroad, they're more then welcome! I'm hosting a working group with @laursalo.bsky.social at the Finnish Sociology Days on March 20-21. Deadline for abstracts January 31. More info here: sosiologipaivat.fi/sosiologipai...
The most common diagnosis for years-of-service pensioners is musculoskeletal disease. Rejection rates for the pension are between 45% for men and 80% for women. The most common reason for rejection is that work was not arduous enough 4/8
January 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The most common diagnosis for years-of-service pensioners is musculoskeletal disease. Rejection rates for the pension are between 45% for men and 80% for women. The most common reason for rejection is that work was not arduous enough 4/8
We find that years-of-service pensioners are mostly low-educated men with long careers working in the private sector. They were more likely to work in occupations that are exposed to heavy physical work. 3/8
January 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
We find that years-of-service pensioners are mostly low-educated men with long careers working in the private sector. They were more likely to work in occupations that are exposed to heavy physical work. 3/8
As retirement ages are rising, concerns are that especially those with long careers in physically straining work cannot or should not extend their working lives. In 2017, Finland introduced the years-of-service pension. A new study w/ @apolvinen.bsky.social takes a closer look at its recipients 1/8
January 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
As retirement ages are rising, concerns are that especially those with long careers in physically straining work cannot or should not extend their working lives. In 2017, Finland introduced the years-of-service pension. A new study w/ @apolvinen.bsky.social takes a closer look at its recipients 1/8
Me, living on the edge
December 9, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Me, living on the edge
The Netherlands has been struggling with the (virtual) absence of pension insurance for self-employed. In this Netspar paper the authors explore if e.g. the Finnish system could serve as a model www.netspar.nl/en/knowledge...
November 22, 2024 at 6:56 AM
The Netherlands has been struggling with the (virtual) absence of pension insurance for self-employed. In this Netspar paper the authors explore if e.g. the Finnish system could serve as a model www.netspar.nl/en/knowledge...
If you are doing pension-related research and would like to reach a large audience of academics, policymakers and stakeholders, now is your chance! We have launched an open call for webinar presentations. For more info, check here: www.etk.fi/en/topical-i...
October 21, 2024 at 9:18 AM
If you are doing pension-related research and would like to reach a large audience of academics, policymakers and stakeholders, now is your chance! We have launched an open call for webinar presentations. For more info, check here: www.etk.fi/en/topical-i...
Comparing the incomes of LEs with those of similar groups, we find lower income growth before entry and a catching-up effect after that. For pension accrual we see a similar trend before entry, but less of catching up after. This raises concerns about LEs’ social security 6/8
May 8, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Comparing the incomes of LEs with those of similar groups, we find lower income growth before entry and a catching-up effect after that. For pension accrual we see a similar trend before entry, but less of catching up after. This raises concerns about LEs’ social security 6/8
Besides being a source of side-income, we also see LEship as a potential step up to other (self-)employment. Following those who start as LE in 2017 we notice somewhat increasing unemployment in the 5 years before entry, but improvements in employment in the 5 years after 5/8
May 8, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Besides being a source of side-income, we also see LEship as a potential step up to other (self-)employment. Following those who start as LE in 2017 we notice somewhat increasing unemployment in the 5 years before entry, but improvements in employment in the 5 years after 5/8
LE activities overall are often short and occasional. Only around half continue as LE after 1 year. Median income from LEship in 2022 was about 1700 EUR and 80% had income from other sources. Yet, the share whose income was totally dependent on LEship increased over the years 4/8
May 8, 2024 at 8:49 AM
LE activities overall are often short and occasional. Only around half continue as LE after 1 year. Median income from LEship in 2022 was about 1700 EUR and 80% had income from other sources. Yet, the share whose income was totally dependent on LEship increased over the years 4/8
The number of LEs almost tripled between 2017 and 2022. We also see remarkable changes in the composition of the LE population: shares of young men and immigrants have increased 3/8
May 8, 2024 at 8:48 AM
The number of LEs almost tripled between 2017 and 2022. We also see remarkable changes in the composition of the LE population: shares of young men and immigrants have increased 3/8
In recent years, so-called light entrepreneurs (LEs) have drawn attention in the public debate. In this new ETK study, Susanna Sten-Gahmberg and I shed more light on this phenomenon by looking at LEs’ careers, income and pension accrual 1/8
May 8, 2024 at 8:45 AM
In recent years, so-called light entrepreneurs (LEs) have drawn attention in the public debate. In this new ETK study, Susanna Sten-Gahmberg and I shed more light on this phenomenon by looking at LEs’ careers, income and pension accrual 1/8
We found 10 clusters that differed from each other by whether people were employed or self-employed, whether they worked in retirement, and the timing of their retirement. Especially those who retired later and worked in retirement had higher incomes 3/4
February 15, 2024 at 9:30 AM
We found 10 clusters that differed from each other by whether people were employed or self-employed, whether they worked in retirement, and the timing of their retirement. Especially those who retired later and worked in retirement had higher incomes 3/4
We used register data on sources of income to identify combinations of employment, self-employment and pensions for one cohort between ages 62 and 70 and then applied sequence and cluster analysis to detect typical patterns in these statuses 2/4
February 15, 2024 at 9:30 AM
We used register data on sources of income to identify combinations of employment, self-employment and pensions for one cohort between ages 62 and 70 and then applied sequence and cluster analysis to detect typical patterns in these statuses 2/4
In our new OA research report, @apolvinen.bsky.social , Satu Nivalainen, @susankuivalainen.bsky.social and I look at how people combine work and retirement in the Finnish pension system with a flexible old-age retirement age and how this is related to their income 1/4 doi.org/10.1093/work...
February 15, 2024 at 9:29 AM
In our new OA research report, @apolvinen.bsky.social , Satu Nivalainen, @susankuivalainen.bsky.social and I look at how people combine work and retirement in the Finnish pension system with a flexible old-age retirement age and how this is related to their income 1/4 doi.org/10.1093/work...
We investigated whether these age stereotypes play a role in employers’ preferences for older workers when they are faced with recruitment problems, distinguishing four types of options for employing older workers 4/7
January 9, 2024 at 6:25 AM
We investigated whether these age stereotypes play a role in employers’ preferences for older workers when they are faced with recruitment problems, distinguishing four types of options for employing older workers 4/7
Are employers more likely to employ older workers when faced with labour shortages? Not necessarily, according to our new study w/ @njarnefelt.bsky.social , @laaksonenmikko.bsky.social & Jyri Liukko) in International Journal of Manpower 1/7
January 9, 2024 at 6:22 AM
Are employers more likely to employ older workers when faced with labour shortages? Not necessarily, according to our new study w/ @njarnefelt.bsky.social , @laaksonenmikko.bsky.social & Jyri Liukko) in International Journal of Manpower 1/7