Peer-reviewed articles in English
- Dobewall, H., Vaalavuo, M., Böckerman, P., Viinikainen, J., Sirniö, O., Kantojärvi, K., Pehkonen, J., Raitakari, O., Lehtimäki, T. (2026). Nature's Curriculum: Genes Linked to Educational Attainment and Adult Socioeconomic Status Across Birth Cohorts in a Nordic Welfare State. Demography. https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-12550847
- Grotti, R., Aradhya, S., Vaalavuo, M., Sirniö, O. (2026). Poverty Dynamics in Early Childhood among the Native-Born Children of Immigrants in Sweden and Finland. European Journal of Population. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-026-09772-y
- Vaalavuo, M., Holster, T., Skogberg, N., Kuusinen, H. (2025). An analysis of health care cost convergence among new immigrants and natives in Finland. Journal of Migration and Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2025.100386
- 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