Tackling Inequalities in Time of Austerity (TITA)
University of Turku,
13 June, 2017
Venue: Maaherran Makasiini, ”Porthan” lecture hall. Address: Henrikinkatu 10

Programme

09:30–10:30 Session 1: SESsion

(each presentation 15 min + 5 min discussion)

Educational contraction in Finland (09:30–09:50) by Outi Sirniö & Juho Härkönen, Stockholm University

Destination as a process: sibling similarity in the early socioeconomic trajectories (09:50–10:10) by Aleksi Karhula, University of Turku

Refugee categories and labour market integration – are there differences? (10:10–10:30) by Jussi Tervola, Social Insurance Institution of Finland

Coffee break (10:30–10:50), served next to the “Porthan” lecture hall

10:50–11:50 Session 2: Health

(each presentation 15 min + 5 min discussion)

Sickness absence as a predictor of disability retirement in different social classes (10:50–11:10) by Laura Salonen, University of Turku

Regional inequalities in length of life: A Nordic comparison (11:10–11:30) by Ben Wilson & Sven Drefahl, Stockholm University

Social mobility and mortality risk in times of recession and times of growth (11:30–11:50) by Caroline Uggla & Sunnee Billingsley, Stockholm University 

12:00–14:45 Lunchbreak

14:45–16:05 Session 3: Migration

(each presentation 15 min + 5 min discussion)

Immigrant child poverty in Finland (14:45–15:05) by Ognjen Obucina, Stockholm University & Ilari Ilmakunnas, National Institute for Health and Welfare

Finns in Sweden: Impact of origin on fathers’ parental leave use (15:05–15:25) by Eleonora Mussino, Stockholm University & Jussi Tervola, Social Insurance Institution of Finland & Ann-Zofie Duvander, Stockholm University

Being refugee or having a refugee status? Birth outcomes among offspring of immigrant mothers in Sweden (15:25–15:45) by Sol Juárez & Eleonora Mussino (presenter), Stockholm University

The Dynamics of Circular Migration between Finland and Sweden (15:45–16:05) by Rosa Weber, Stockholm University

Coffee break (16:05–16:20), served next to the “Porthan” lecture hall

16:20–17:20 Session 4: Families

(each presentation 15 min + 5 min discussion)

Is the Home-Care-Allowance disadvantaging single parents? Labor market outcome consequences of the Cash-for-Care benefit for single parents in Finland (16:20–16:40) by Kathrin Morosow, Stockholm University & Marika Jalovaara, University of Turku

Are life-course trajectories of single fathers and single mothers shaped differently by educational attainment? (16:40–17:00) by Klara Capkova, Stockholm University & Marika Jalovaara, University of Turku

Fertility in Finland: from counter- to pro-cyclical? (17:00–17:20) by Chiara Comolli, Stockholm University