Aino Kalmbach

I am a senior researcher at Etla Economic Research. My main research interests are economics of education and the economic implications of interactions between immigrants and natives. I obtained my PhD in Economics from Aalto University School of Business in 2024. 

Working papers 

The Impact of Childhood Immigrant Exposure on Adult Intermarriage  (with Matti Sarvimäki and Liam Wren-Lewis) 

Priority Pitfalls: Effects of Introducing Priority Points into Secondary School Admissions 

Work in progress 

Building Social Connections: The Effects of Growing up with Immigrant Neighbors (with Michela Carlana, Matti Sarvimäki, Mikko Silliman, Marco Tabellini and Liam Wren-Lewis)

Growing Up with Immigrants: Long-Term Impacts on Political Participation and Attitudes (with Tuuli Tähtinen and Liam Wren-Lewis)

Gendered Effects of College Admission Reform in Finland (with Cécile Bonneau)

Public Sector Worker Quality and Local Labor Markets: Evidence from Early Childhood Education Teachers 

Policy work (in Finnish) 

Varhaiskasvatuksen opettajapula: Kelpoisten opettajien osuus vaihtelee alueellisesti (2025) 

Toisen asteen koulutuksen suorittamistapojen vaikutukset (2024) (with Hannu Karhunen, Jani-Petteri Ollikainen, Tuomo Suhonen and Hanna Virtanen)

Todistusvalintahankkeen loppuraportti (2023) (with Mila Hakanen, Tiina Kuuppelomäki, Tina Lauronen, Tuomo Suhonen and Tuomo Virkola) 

Other writing (in Finnish) 

Uskottavuusvallankumous uudisti taloustieteen – samat menetelmät tarvittaisiin nyt kaikenlaiseen koulutustutkimukseen (2024) (with Jani Kuhakoski, Hannu Karhunen, Tuomo Suhonen and Hanna Virtanen)

Esseitä koulutuksen ja maahanmuuton taloustieteestä (2024)