Peer-reviewed articles in English
- Auvinen, T., Uotinen, J., Vaalavuo, M. (2025). “(Un)happy together – the interrelated life satisfaction of older couples.” Social Indicators Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-025-03699-3
- Salokangas, H., Böckerman, P., Kortelainen, M., Vaalavuo, M. (2025). “A family affair? Long-term economic and mental health effects of spousal cancer.” Journal of Population Economics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-025-01070-x
- Vaalavuo, M., Rask, S. (2024). “Earnings development among new immigrants in Finland: does a native-born partner enhance economic integration?” European Sociological Review. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcae038
- Ilmakunnas, I., Uotinen, J., Vaalavuo, M. (2024). “Association Between Age and Subjective Economic Hardship Across the Income Distribution in Europe.” Social Indicators Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-024-03351-6
- Aaltonen, K., Vaalavuo, M. (2024). “Financial burden of medicines in five Northern European countries: A decommodification perspective.” Social Science & Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116799
- Sares-Jäske, L., Tapanainen, H., …, Vaalavuo, M. (2024). “Meat consumption and obesity: A climate-friendly way to reduce health inequalities.” Public Health Challenges. https://doi.org/10.1002/puh2.163
- Dobewall, H., Sirniö, O., Vaalavuo, M. (2023). “Does social disadvantage persist over generations due to unevenly distributed mental health problems? A longitudinal investigation of Finnish register data.” Social Science & Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116037
- Vaalavuo, M., Salokangas, H., Tahvonen, O. (2023). “Gender inequality reinforced: the impact of a child’s health shock on parents’ labor market trajectories.” Demography. https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-10828906
- Vaalavuo, M., Niemi, R., Suvisaari, J. (2022). “Growing up unequal? Socioeconomic disparities in mental disorders throughout childhood in Finland.” SSM – Population Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101277
- Astone, R., Vaalavuo, M. (2022). “Climate change and health: Consequences of high temperatures among vulnerable groups in Finland.” International Journal of Health Services. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207314221131208
- Vaalavuo, M., Sirniö, O. (2022). “Jobs against poverty: A fixed-effects analysis on the link between gaining employment and exiting poverty in Europe.” European Societies. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2022.2088821
- Kaljonen, M., Kortetmäki, T., …, Vaalavuo, M. (2021). “Justice in transitions: Widening considerations of justice in dietary transition.” Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2021.10.007
- Vaalavuo, M., Kailaheimo-Lönnqvist, S., Kauppinen, T.M., Sirniö, O. (2021). “Neighbourhood effects on psychiatric disorders among Finnish adolescents: The moderating impact of family background.” Health & Place. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102671
- Vaalavuo, M., Bakkum, B. (2021). “Mental health problems at a critical juncture – exit from social assistance among young Finns.” Journal of Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279420000501
- Haula, T., Vaalavuo, M. (2021). “Mental health problems in youth and later receipt of social assistance: do parental resources matter?” Journal of Youth Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2021.1923676
- Riekhoff, A-J., Vaalavuo, M. (2021). “Health shocks and couples’ labor market participation: a turning point or stuck in the trajectory?” Social Science & Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113843
- Vaalavuo, M. (2021). “The unequal impact of ill-health - Earnings, employment and mental health among Finnish women with breast cancer.” Labour Economics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2021.101967
- Vaalavuo, M., Sihvola, M-W. (2020). “Are the sick left behind in the peripheries? Health selection in migration to growing urban centres in Finland.” European Journal of Population. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-020-09568-8
- Vaalavuo, M. (2020). “Use of public health and social care services among the elderly in Finland: an under-examined mechanism of redistribution.” Journal of European Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1177/0958928719879283
- Vaalavuo, M., van Ham, M., Kauppinen, T.M. (2019). “Income mobility and moving to a better neighbourhood – an enquiry into ethnic differences in Finland.” European Sociological Review. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcz017
- Sääksvuori, L., Vaalavuo, M., Linnosmaa, I. (2018). “Pieces in a big puzzle: on the relationship between health and employment.” Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494817748297
- Vaalavuo, M. (2016). “The development of health care use among a cohort of Finnish social assistance clients: testing the social selection hypothesis.” Sociology of Health and Illness. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12458
- Vaalavuo, M. (2016). “Deterioration in health: what is the role of unemployment and poverty?” Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494815623654
- Vaalavuo, M. (2013). “The Redistributive Impact of ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Social Spending.” Journal of Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279413000251