Tarja Viitanen

BSocSc (Birmingham) MA (Manchester) PhD (Warwick)

Tarja's research relates to labour economics, public sector economics, economics of the family and microeconometrics. Her teaching includes public sector economics and applied microeconometrics.

Contact Details

Office CO730
Tel 64 3 479 5296
Email tarja.viitanen@otago.ac.nz

Current Teaching

• Bsns102
• Econ423

Selected publications

"Childcare voucher and labour market behaviour", Applied Economics, 43(23): 3203-3212, 2011.

"Informal elderly care across Europe: Estimates from the European Community Household Panel", Economic Analysis and Policy, 40(2): 149-178, 2010.

"The Effect of Divorce Laws on Divorce Rates in Europe" (with L.Gonzalez), European Economic Review, 53(2): 127-138, 2009.

"Cost of Childcare and Female Employment in Britain", Labour, 19 (Special Issue): 149-170, 2005.

"The Long-Run Labour Market Consequences of Teenage Motherhood in Britain" (with A. Chevalier), Journal of Population Economics, 16(2), 323-343, 2003.

"The Causality Between Female Labour Force Participation and the Supply of Childcare" (with A. Chevalier), Applied Economics Letters, 9, 915-918, 2002.

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