Jaakko Meriläinen
@jmerilainen.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics @ SSE | Mediocre political economist, aspiring trumpetist, winner of the 2011 International Kantele Competition, amateur oil painter, and Mateo and Mila's dad | Read more: https://sites.google.com/view/jaakkomerilainen/
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...and now we're getting the milking machine --> increased female political representation in Finland by Forslund, @jmerilainen.bsky.social and @celinezipfel.bsky.social ! I have to say I'm a great fan of the agricultural history turn within economics.
sites.google.com/view/celinez...
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September 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
...and now we're getting the milking machine --> increased female political representation in Finland by Forslund, @jmerilainen.bsky.social and @celinezipfel.bsky.social ! I have to say I'm a great fan of the agricultural history turn within economics.
sites.google.com/view/celinez...
sites.google.com/view/celinez...
📄 Read the paper here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/foyln...
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April 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
📄 Read the paper here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/foyln...
📄 Read the paper: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/foyln...
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April 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
📄 Read the paper: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/foyln...
💡 Our study provides rare causal evidence that early exposure to ideological content in schools can shape economic behavior and political preferences for life, even in a democratic society with a market economy.
April 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
💡 Our study provides rare causal evidence that early exposure to ideological content in schools can shape economic behavior and political preferences for life, even in a democratic society with a market economy.
📋 Original survey evidence: In a follow-up survey of treated and control individuals, we find suggestive evidence of lasting effects on beliefs and political views---consistent with the ideology embedded in the Pirkkala school experiment curriculum.
April 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
📋 Original survey evidence: In a follow-up survey of treated and control individuals, we find suggestive evidence of lasting effects on beliefs and political views---consistent with the ideology embedded in the Pirkkala school experiment curriculum.
🧠 No systematic differences in education, cognitive ability, or achievement-related traits: The income effects are not driven by skill deficits or fewer educational opportunities. Instead, the evidence points to a shift in values and preferences.
April 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🧠 No systematic differences in education, cognitive ability, or achievement-related traits: The income effects are not driven by skill deficits or fewer educational opportunities. Instead, the evidence points to a shift in values and preferences.
👷 Persistent changes in labor supply & occupational choice: They worked less months per year and were more likely to enter civic-minded, lower-paying occupations (e.g., teaching, nursing), and less likely to hold managerial roles.
April 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
👷 Persistent changes in labor supply & occupational choice: They worked less months per year and were more likely to enter civic-minded, lower-paying occupations (e.g., teaching, nursing), and less likely to hold managerial roles.
Our findings:
📉 Lower adult incomes: Exposed students earned about 10% less in adulthood; an effect comparable to the return to an additional year of schooling.
📉 Lower adult incomes: Exposed students earned about 10% less in adulthood; an effect comparable to the return to an additional year of schooling.
April 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Our findings:
📉 Lower adult incomes: Exposed students earned about 10% less in adulthood; an effect comparable to the return to an additional year of schooling.
📉 Lower adult incomes: Exposed students earned about 10% less in adulthood; an effect comparable to the return to an additional year of schooling.
The aim? To study the formation of a “functioning [socialist] worldview.”
What became of the children who were exposed?
We use full-population Finnish register data and a difference-in-differences design to study the long-run consequences of this episode of ideological education.
What became of the children who were exposed?
We use full-population Finnish register data and a difference-in-differences design to study the long-run consequences of this episode of ideological education.
April 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The aim? To study the formation of a “functioning [socialist] worldview.”
What became of the children who were exposed?
We use full-population Finnish register data and a difference-in-differences design to study the long-run consequences of this episode of ideological education.
What became of the children who were exposed?
We use full-population Finnish register data and a difference-in-differences design to study the long-run consequences of this episode of ideological education.
In 1970s Finland, a group of educational psychologists launched an experiment: two cohorts of fifth graders in the town of Pirkkala were taught a history and social studies curriculum shaped by Marxist-Leninist ideology. Other children in the country followed the standard/non-ideological curriculum.
April 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In 1970s Finland, a group of educational psychologists launched an experiment: two cohorts of fifth graders in the town of Pirkkala were taught a history and social studies curriculum shaped by Marxist-Leninist ideology. Other children in the country followed the standard/non-ideological curriculum.
Kokonaisuudessaan näyttää siltä, että ehdokkaat ovat rötöstelleet muuta väestöä vähemmän (joskaan nuo koko väestöä koskevat numerot eivät ole ihan tarkkoja -- esimerkiksi viimeisimmiltä vuosilta tilastoja ei ole vielä saatavilla), mutta puolueiden välillä on selkeitä eroja.
April 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Kokonaisuudessaan näyttää siltä, että ehdokkaat ovat rötöstelleet muuta väestöä vähemmän (joskaan nuo koko väestöä koskevat numerot eivät ole ihan tarkkoja -- esimerkiksi viimeisimmiltä vuosilta tilastoja ei ole vielä saatavilla), mutta puolueiden välillä on selkeitä eroja.
Tässä pari kuvaa rikoksesta tuomittujen osuuksista puolueittain, sekä vastaavanlaiset kuvat kolmelle yleisimmälle kunnallisvaaliehdokkaiden tekemälle rikokselle (törkeä rattijuopumus, törkeä liikenneturvallisuuden vaarantaminen ja pahoinpitely).
April 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Tässä pari kuvaa rikoksesta tuomittujen osuuksista puolueittain, sekä vastaavanlaiset kuvat kolmelle yleisimmälle kunnallisvaaliehdokkaiden tekemälle rikokselle (törkeä rattijuopumus, törkeä liikenneturvallisuuden vaarantaminen ja pahoinpitely).
Reposted by Jaakko Meriläinen
And in Finland, exposure to an inflow of workers following EU expansion ⬇️ earnings of exposed workers by about 9% relative to non-exposed workers and regions (though, some evidnece of positive effects for workers with complementary skills) @jmerilainen <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iw4zik7u5zligtxo5zkry7ie" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@jmerilainen.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
And in Finland, exposure to an inflow of workers following EU expansion ⬇️ earnings of exposed workers by about 9% relative to non-exposed workers and regions (though, some evidnece of positive effects for workers with complementary skills) @jmerilainen <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iw4zik7u5zligtxo5zkry7ie" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@jmerilainen.bsky.social