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Max Planck – University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health (MaxHel)

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Methods

Conducted by Mikko Myrskylä; Christian Dudel, Aapo Hiilamo, Pekka Martikainen, Megan Evans

This project focuses on advancing research methods at the intersection of demographic techniques, such as multistate models, causal inference, and genetic epidemiology. Detailed Description

Research Keywords:

Aging, Mortality and Longevity, Family Behavior, Health Care, Public Health, Medicine, and Epidemiology, Life Course

Region keywords:

Finland

Publications

Hiilamo, A.; Fugletveit , R.; Pitkänen, J.; Moretti, M.; Martikainen, P.; Hermansen, Å.; Myrskylä, M.:

Children´s out-of-home care across Finnish and Norwegian regions: lifetime risks, expected length, and care leaving routes for synthetic cohorts

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2026-001. (2026)

Hiilamo, A.; Hermansen, Å.:

Financial strain in Norway: the lifetime risk of and expected time spent in payment problems

International Journal of Social Welfare 35:1, e70053–e70053. (2026)

Hiilamo, A.; Hermansen, Å.:

Financial strain in Norway: the lifetime risk of and expected time spent in payment problems

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2025-006. (2025)

Hiilamo, A.; Pitkänen, J.; Moretti, M.; Martikainen, P.; Myrskylä, M.:

Children's out-of-home care in Finland, 1993–2020: lifetime risks, expectancies, exit routes, and number of placements for synthetic cohorts

Child Abuse and Neglect 169:1, 1–10. (2025)

Moretti, M.; Korhonen, K.; van Raalte, A. A.; Riffe, T.; Martikainen, P.:

Evolution of widowhood lifespan and its gender and educational inequalities in Finland over three decades

Demography 62:5, 1635–1660. (2025)

Moretti, M.; Korhonen, K.; van Raalte, A. A.; Riffe, T.; Martikainen, P.:

Evolution of widowhood lifespan and its gender and educational inequalities in Finland over three decades

SocArXiv papers. unpublished. (2025)

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