I'm an Academy Research Fellow at VATT Institute for Economic Research and an affiliate at the Helsinki GSE, RFBerlin and FIT. I defended my PhD at the European University Institute in 2021.
My work focuses on applied labor economics, migration, public economics, education and economic history.
I'm visiting at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in the Fall 2025.
email: tuomo.virkola@vatt.fi
Here's my CV.
Working papers:
Randomization as an Incentive Device: Evidence from Public Procurement of Immigrant Integration Services
with Hanna Pesola and Matti Sarvimäki (AEA RCT Registry)
Pay Transparency, Wage Setting and Worker Sorting
with Aspasia Bizopoulou and Elias Einiö
Equity and Efficiency in Anti-Discrimination Policy: Evidence from an Anonymous Hiring Pilot
with Ohto Kanninen and Sanni Kiviholma
R&R at the Review of Economics and Statistics
(Not) Anticipating Predictable Inheritances
with Erkki Vihriälä
Internships and the Allocation of Talent
Selected work in progress:
College Admissions Criteria, Students' Academic Performance and Social Mobility
Waiting Times and Refugee Integration
with Miko Lepistö and Hanna Pesola
Worker Mobility Restrictions
with Omar Bamieh and Hanna Pesola
Social Sorting, Family Formation and Inequality
The Impact of Foreign Acquisitions on Wages and Compensation
with David Autor, Tuomas Kosonen, Matti Sarvimäki and Lauri Turkia
Publications:
Paths to Integration: Earnings, Skill Investments, and Outmigration Across Immigrant Admission Categories
with Hanna Pesola and Matti Sarvimäki
The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2025, 127(4), 742-764. (working paper, IZA DP)
Famine, Inequality and Conflict
with Jaakko Meriläinen and Matti Mitrunen
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023, 21(4), 1478-1509. (working paper)
Pricing, Signalling and Sorting with Frictions
with Mats Godenhielm and Klaus Kultti
The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2019, vol. 20(1), p.1-28. (working paper)
Book chapters:
Conflict and Inequality: A Survey and Empirical Applictions to Finland
with Jaakko Meriläinen and Matti Mitrunen
in The Routledge Economic History of War, 2025, pp. 405-424
Policy work:
Mitä oikeastaan tiedämme maahanmuuttajien kotoutumispolitiikan vaikuttavuudesta?
with Hanna Pesola and Matti Sarvimäki, Talous & Yhteiskunta 4/2024.
Koto-SIB -kokeilun vaikutukset ja käytännön toteutus
with Risto Karinen, Nella Koivula, Tiina Koivula, Olli Oosi, Hanna Pesola and Matti Sarvimäki.
Publications of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment 2024:33. English translation: Impacts and practical implementation of the Koto-SIB experiment.
Eri syistä maahan muuttaneiden työllistyminen Suomessa
with Hanna Pesola and Matti Sarvimäki, Publications of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment 2024:9
Todistusvalintahankkeen loppuraportti
with Mila Hakanen, Aino Kalmbach, Tiina Kuuppelomäki, Tina Lauronen and Tuomo Suhonen, VATT Mimeo 70
Opiskelijavalintauudistuksen seurantatutkimuksen loppuraportti
with Hannu Karhunen, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Tuomo Suhonen, VATT Mimeo 76
Tavoitteena syrjimätön työelämä: Työsyrjinnän nykytila ja keinoja tasa-arvon ja yhdenvertaisuuden edistämiseksi
with Ohto Kanninen, Eero Lilja and Shadia Rask, Publications of the Government´s analysis, assessment and research activities 2022:20
Rekrytointisyrjintä ja sen vastaiset keinot
with Ohto Kanninen, Publications of the Government’s analysis, assessment and research activities 2021:27
Mitä voimme odottaa opiskelijavalinnan uudistukselta
with Hannu Karhunen, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Tuomo Suhonen, Talous & Yhteiskunta 4/2020