Welcome to my site! I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Tampere University (tuni.fi) and I also work as a researcher at the VATT Institute for Economic Research (www.vatt.fi) based in Helsinki. I am affiliated with CESifo Institute in Munich as a Research Affiliate. 

My research focus is on public economics. Currently my research deals with themes of pension design, firms role in income inequality and wealth inequality. For more information, click here! 

I am PI in the project "Wealth inequality, Well-being and Public Policy" funded by Kone foundation (339 800 € for years 2024-2027). More information here!

I am also part of STN (Strategic Research Council within Academy of Finland) consortium SustAgeable, check the webpage here!

I am also part of Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax System Research, more info here! 

NEW! The Finnish Infrastructure for Register-Based Research (FIRE) received the national infrastructure roadmap status (2025-2028) granted by Research Council of Finland. I lead a task force aimed at developing new, accessible datasets that drive policy-relevant and groundbreaking research. Stay tuned for updates!