Publications

Labor Policies and Immigrant Employment

Survey of integration and active labor market policies for immigrant employment in Europe.

September 2025 · Sanni Kiviholma, Hannu Karhunen

Check In, Check Out: How Periodic Interviews Lead Immigrants to Leave the Labor Force

Periodic interviews pushed immigrant jobseekers out of the labor force in Finland.

June 2025 · Sanni Kiviholma, Jussi Huuskonen

Working Papers

Equity and Efficiency in Anti-Discrimination Policy: Evidence from an Anonymous Hiring Pilot

Anonymous hiring increased foreign-named applicants’ hiring chances without hurting efficiency. R&R at The Review of Economics and Statistics.

May 2025 · Sanni Kiviholma, Tuomo Virkola, Ohto Kanninen

Regulating Labor Immigration: The Effects of Lifting Labor Market Testing

Removing labor market testing increased non-EU worker inflows and had heterogeneous effects on wages.

January 2025 · Sanni Kiviholma, Jeremias Nieminen, Ohto Kanninen, Hannu Karhunen

Work in Progress

Effects of Finland’s 2025 Decree on National Labour-Shortage Sectors

Work in progress.

October 2025 · Sanni Kiviholma, Jeremias Nieminen, Ohto Kanninen, Hannu Karhunen

Relaxing Immigration Rules in a Peripheral Region: Evidence from Finnish North Karelia

Work in progress.

January 2024 · Sanni Kiviholma, Jeremias Nieminen, Ohto Kanninen, Hannu Karhunen